Jimineez, I always grimace when people tell other people "Don't Do That! I Wouldn't Do That!" Allow for the fact that other folks have a certain amount of intelligence. If they go and don't like it, just keep shuffling along until they find their own personal paradise.
Belize has it's own charms and warts according to my own personal preferences. Places that hordes of gringos love I hate and verse visa. If I listened to the consensus of friends, decades ago I would be stuck in a ticky-tacky tract home in suburbia doing mental calisthenics over how to prepare my will and avoid probate.