Robbery near Mazatlan

homefor2 wrote:

briansue wrote:
We "stray" all over North America as well as other parts of the world. Good things or bad things can happen anywhere. We find many more good things than bad things. Sure, odds can be reduced and risks reduced - but by how much really? I don't care who you are or where you are or what you are doing there are always all kinds of things that can happen. And there places and things we will not do and will not go. But we are not going to live in a monastery - or a gated community either. We lived in Puerto Rico and we knew the risks. We were burglarized a couple times - minor stuff - then we got a black dog and never had another problem. We know the standard operating practices for Mexico - as well as the US and the rest of the world - and we follow them as much as we can. Bad things can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime - refuse to live in fear!

Well said. Common sense to those that refuse to live in fear.

You guys well know that it's statistically more dangerous to live, and travel, in the USA than in Mexico. IMO if you are HERE, and don't know this, you are either ignorant, OR you're not afraid (don't live in fear). BTW I truly don't know anyone that "lives in fear". But, I know of places in the USA that are more dangerous than other places, in the USA. But, I come and go as I please.
FYI There's many people over here who no longer have the patience to deal with time-wasting officials, and policies over there (some of them are my relatives, and we are decsendants of Spanish and Native Americans with relatives who live in Mexico).