Feeling Safe in Zihuatanejo - Safety - Violence - Security

I have only had good experiences the nine years my sister and I have traveled to Zihua. We also walk Playa del Ropa beach every evening.
This past year we went to town and my sister had to take a cab back to the hotel and I stayed in town by myself, walking around, hanging out at the town square etc. One person asked if I needed help (I had been walking down by the boats docked on Playa Madera). I think he wondered what a middle aged white woman was doing walking by herself and then he asked if I lived there, which cracked me up. I hung out on the wharf and felt totally safe. La gente (the people) are so friendly and warm and I have never felt
threatened. Zihua is one of my favorite places in the whole world. ....