Have you been to San Salvador? No, Coli nikkah. I have actually chilled in parke central there and people just living their lives.
Yes, the murder rate is high there for Salvadorans who involved in gang and drug life, but that's because crime is a great revenue stream there and cartels got stuff on lock. Real Salvadorans may get robbed in dangerous areas but nobody in a war zone. It's normal life and not 10x Chicago

probably tamer than many parts of Chicago
If you go to a titty bar (which is damn near every bar in the capital) flashing big money and being loud and rude, you might get bodied, but that's everywhere. But normal person ain't trying gunned down for no reason. Ain't no war zone.
There are plenty of Salvadorans living life, with businesses and families and there are people who are doing well in the country.
The same for Nicaragua. Nicaragua is a country club compared to El Salvador. People who are poor in these countries have a hard time coming up. The easiest way for a poor person to move up in class and wealth is to go to America or Mexico and work and send money back home. A poor Salvadoran moving to Costs Rica for work is a come up, a poor Nicaraguan moving to Panama for work is a come up...And moving to Mexico or USA is an even bigger come up for work.