Is Riga a safe place to go to?

I've spent several weeks all total in Riga in the past 3 years, often walking around with 5 young gypsy children who we were adopting; we obviously weren't doing the night life/partying bit, tho I had young men half my age try to pick me up in a nice hotel. There are plenty of rude people on the streets (maybe they didn't like gypsy children in their city?!), but i also met some really nice, kind people. Go to the oldest part of the city and hire a bus to take you out to Sigulda to see the Krimulda Castle and the bobsleigh training facility; there's a little place called "The Cats" to get something to eat & look at the gorgeous views-our young children loved to climb on the guy-wire cat-walk thingies, and if you're young enough you might go for it too. Take the trip across the river in the cable car. Go to the Tervete Forest for a breathtaking, quiet place. Ride the train to Jelgava-in the city center is a great restaurant where delicious mashed potatoes are served with huge capers-I always have to have capers now with my potatoes. Oh, order potatoes every time you eat-they will be served with the best gravies in the world! Don't: loiter on the streets or hallways of buildings-someone will tell you that you MUST move on; don't make noise in a rented apt-they will threaten to throw you out! Do talk every day with the doorman of any apartment bldg you're staying in, bc one day you will need him to let you in! Don't lean on handrails in dark staircases once you get past-oh, say, the first floor! Don't expect anyone to be thrilled to have Americans (if that's what you are) in their city. You can't impress them with your Russian (even if they're listening to Russian-language radio) but you CAN impress/soften them with a few words of the Latvian language. Learn "Paldies" and "Ludzu" and use them often.