Is downtown Miami safe enough Here’s how we can make sure
Published on July 07, 2026
For over 20 years, starting in the early 1990s, my mother-in-law owned a small jewelry store in downtown Miami. Every afternoon around 4:30 p.m., she would lock the front door, grab her purse and race to her car. She would call her husband or my wife as she left the store and stay on the phone until she was safely inside. Like many business owners of that era, she never took unnecessary chances.