What's a foreigner to think about the San Diego area?
My medical center is in the middle of the beehive of polka dots. The Union Tribune is one of the few newspapers anywhere that depicts crime.
So people who are utterly unaware of the crime stats in their area of the USA take one look at M-E-X-I-C-O and freak out.
I've met an uncounted number of visitors who came, who visited and then expressed outrage at skewed publicity. "How could they...?" is a favorite starting line.
When I encountered an alarmist the few times I spent the states I countered the self-serving-hysteria with a probability of an asteroid coming through their living room drapes. My demeanor changes entirely for folks asking legit questions.
