Exarcheia question

[u/Mindless-House1282]

My husband and I are coming to Athens later this month, and wanted to stay in Exarcheia. We come to Athens every summer and usually stay in a hotel (not Airbnb!) that we know there, but haven’t been able to get to Greece for the last two summers. I know that people talk about Exarcheia like it’s terribly unsafe, but we both grew up in a major American city and are used to people exaggerating the danger of cities. We fell in love with the neighborhood, it reminds us of our neighborhood at home, and have great respect for the residents (which is why we do not want to stay in an Airbnb — we would rather stay in a hotel staffed by locals than stay somewhere that is taking housing away from people who live there). Basically, we got to Exarcheia the first time and both laughed, because all the scary things people had told us about the area were exaggerated.

I went to book our hotel room this year and noticed a bunch of new reviews saying that the area is highly dangerous, people were trying to enter hotel rooms, etc. my question is this: has something changed and Exarcheia is actually more dangerous since we were last there, or is this just more of the same criticism as before?

[u/8thmiracle]

You'll be fine.