Snowbirding in Mexico

CKNSLS wrote:

Tequila wrote:
The ratio of Canadians RVing in Mexico vs Americans has always been between 4 to 1 and 2 to 1. Canadians do not get exposed to as much negative publicity and we hear a lot of negative publicity about safety in the US, so it does not make much difference from our perspective. That is the only explanation I can think of.

I have never come across a Canadian RVing forum, come to think of it. Considering Canadians make up the bulk of snowbirds you would think there would be a forum dedicated to that, but I can't find one.

You will never see a helicopter gunship chase down a drug dealer with bullets flying in the U.S.

You will never see a military roadblock in the U.S.

You will never be asked to pay a "fine" to a Police Officer in the U.S.

Do I make myself clear?

There plenty of cases of US police offiers accepting bribes (try googling it). Also in Mexico you never hear of random nut jobs going into movie theatres or schools and shooting innocent people. Also there are few Mexican serial killers on the loose. To be quite frank, I actually feel a lot safer in Mexico than I do in the US. You are far more likely to see the average Mexican teenager sitting in the square with his family in a Saturday night than hanging around a 7-11.

Some bad people down there? Sure, but they seem to be much more defined and avoidable.