Reply #3: Violence in Mexico is Old News [View All]

It's interesting how this 2-4 month old story keeps popping up in the news. Perhaps the suffering SoCal Real Estate mogles are trying to stem the tide of Americans (250 per day) that are moving to Mexico for more affordable medial, lower cost of living and generally safer situtations (without the fear of imaginary terrorists). During the same time period of these 13 attacks in Mexico, 27 similar attacks occured JUST IN CALIFORNIA STATE AND NATIONAL PARKS!!!

Don't be stupid and try to find to most off the beaten path place to camp. One of the most publicized attacks occurred at 1AM while parked waiting to cross the border (too tired to drive) DOWN BY THE TJ Bull ring!!! I won't go there at 1 in the afternoon just like I wouldn't walk down Clark Street in San Diego at 1AM !!! North Americans are usually a bit nieve about these things, I won't camp in an isolated spot in 80% of the countries I've visited, save the US, Canada and England (parts) Folks in the USA pay 33% of their income plus other taxes for this luxury. In Mexico, your income tax is 10% and my property tax on a nice home is $87 PER YEAR. We don't pay for that kinda infrastructure, we are left to our own common sense. Something more than 3/4 of these reports I have read seem to lack in the victims.

Mexico is booming right now, housing price % gains make southern California look like Watts, yet prices are still reasonable. The credit boom ( folks really just got credit nationwide down here) is bring development to the whole of the Baja peninsula at an explosive rate. Luxury Condos over 1 Million USD are not the least bit unusual.

All of these attacks occurred more than three months ago. Police have been replaced and the military is regularly patrolling Hwy 1 from TJ to El Rosario. Going out to look for that isolated place could still land you in trouble. As far as I am aware, there has not been a new attack in more than 45 days

The overwhelming ignorance of some posts is amazing, Mexico is FAR from Lawless and in most repects still honors Freedom and Privacy to a far greater degree than the prodding long arm of the USA.

And Mexico doesn't spend billions killing innocents abroad either...

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