Jeez yotta see the weekly crime report map in the San Diego Union Tribune.
Looks like a freckled redhead with a really bad case of measles.
6th street and Serdan is on the East side of the city. And shopping centers are all on the West end of town. About 3 miles apart. Like any other Mexican city I avoid non tourist areas after say 7:30 PM. I have no reason to be running around after dark nor do I hang out in humdrum areas of any city, anywhere day or night. As I remember it there are few if any businesses of interest to tourists American or Mexican in that area. When I worked for Cooperativa Juan Lopez Ventura I couldn't even find a restaurant in that area, and the Cooperativa address WAS 6th and Serdan.
It isn't that I minimize, trivialize, or ignore reports of violence. The first thing that comes to mind is "What are the chances?" I try and use common sense. Areas that have supermarkets, expensive restaurants, tourist zones, are known to have more aggressive police responses. A supermarket robbery for instance would not bring the police it would bring the state and federal police. So would a gunshot in a tourist zone. Criminals might be boneheads but that do know to screw up in a higher priority area is to invite a nasty response.
Young people's music performances, Mexicano discos, parlores de billares (pool halls) houses of doubtful repute, salones sociales (like rent a hall for events) are more likely to attract criminals.
When we have a birthday party we do not have open invitations -- strictly family and friends only. This keeps out the regional scumbags. Just like in the US.
I would not hesitate to drive the length of Serdan today, from the big curve all the way to the Ferry terminal. And remember Serdan is NOT the main boulevard. There is a bigger street a few blocks inland that serves as the main boulevard.
Then there is a autopista that bypasses the whole rigamarole and it is like 5 miles from the nearest Guaymas structure.
A newspaper reporter or editor who would publish what I wrote above as an addendum in the violence article would be looking for a new job the next day.
