Most RVers don't have the Spanish skills or time to follow what is really happening but instead depend on rumors posted in English. Sometimes it is people who are biased, supporting their friends or families business or just plain ignorance that causes these types of posts. .Here is a independent evaluation from the other side of the world, plus a color coed map that should be easy to understand. "According to Mexico Pace Index 2015 issued by The Institute for Economics & Peace, based in Sydney Australia, the state of Veracruz is the seventh entity with higher levels of public safety in Mexico."http://www.elgolfo.info/nota/311593-ubica-the-institute-for-economics-peace-a-veracruz-como-un-estado-pacifico/

Mexico Peace Index Report Share this article: The 2015 Mexico Peace Index Report shows that Mexico has become less violent over the last three years due to a dramatic decrease in the number of homicidesPublished19 Mar 2015http://economicsandpeace.org/http://economicsandpeace.org/publicationshttp://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/news/1148 http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/mexico-peace-index/2014

A lot depends on where you live, and what you are. Drive-by shootings do occur, but then they occur in downtown LA or SD as well. Theft and robberies are still very common. Standards of living are lower than in the US, you leave some items outside with no fence 'cause you don't see much value in it, and an above-average Mexican has to work and save money for several months to buy it. Targeted hits are common too, not necessarily drug-related. Gringos with permanent status are working, running some business. Locals know everything, they know when there is a payday in your company so there is more cash on premises. The whole country is still poor and with backwards mentality.

Almot wrote:A lot depends on where you live, and what you are. Drive-by shootings do occur, but then they occur in downtown LA or SD as well. Theft and robberies are still very common. Standards of living are lower than in the US, you leave some items outside with no fence 'cause you don't see much value in it, and an above-average Mexican has to work and save money for several months to buy it. Targeted hits are common too, not necessarily drug-related. Gringos with permanent status are working, running some business. Locals know everything, they know when there is a payday in your company so there is more cash on premises. The whole country is still poor and with backwards mentality.Really

The webpage you link to is in Spanish. Google translate doesn't seem to work even though I have it enabled in Chrome.Do you have a link to the page in English?(By the way, that sort of post usually brings out the xenophobes and bigots - so good luck with that!)

tepetapan wrote:Most RVers don't have the Spanish skills or time to follow what is really happening but instead depend on rumors posted in English. Sometimes it is people who are biased, supporting their friends or families business or just plain ignorance that causes these types of posts. .Here is a independent evaluation from the other side of the world, plus a color coed map that should be easy to understand. "According to Mexico Pace Index 2015 issued by The Institute for Economics & Peace, based in Sydney Australia, the state of Veracruz is the seventh entity with higher levels of public safety in Mexico."http://www.elgolfo.info/nota/311593-ubica-the-institute-for-economics-peace-a-veracruz-como-un-estado-pacifico/Here is a clicky Ubica The Institute for Economics & Peace a Veracruz como un estado pacífico I promised myself last year I would keep a low profile on this forum but I can't resist. I agree with the article 100%.Last fall I posted statistical graphs similar to those in the above link on my blog. Many rvers have a fear of crossing the border thinking it is the most dangerous area and just can't wait to head south. Because they are not familiar with the langauge, travel and stay in small towns, they have little to no access to real world Mexico news. In the end, it turns out that their fear of border states is unwarranted as many of them stay in the most dangerous areas and don't even know it. Many people miss out on some of the most beautiful scenery, mountains, lakes and desert because they are in such a hurry to head south.That's all. :)

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Almot
Explorer III
Mar 20, 2015
A lot depends on where you live, and what you are. Drive-by shootings do occur, but then they occur in downtown LA or SD as well. Theft and robberies are still very common. Standards of living are lower than in the US, you leave some items outside with no fence 'cause you don't see much value in it, and an above-average Mexican has to work and save money for several months to buy it.

Targeted hits are common too, not necessarily drug-related. Gringos with permanent status are working, running some business. Locals know everything, they know when there is a payday in your company so there is more cash on premises. The whole country is still poor and with backwards mentality.
briansue
Explorer
Mar 20, 2015
Mexico Peace Index Report Share this article:
The 2015 Mexico Peace Index Report shows that Mexico has become less violent over the last three years due to a dramatic decrease in the number of homicides
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19 Mar 2015

http://economicsandpeace.org/

http://economicsandpeace.org/publications

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/news/1148

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#page/indexes/mexico-peace-index/2014

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