woody with a view - 4-20-2009 at 02:37 PM
http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1003...
t minus 4 days...... i'm guessing the answer is yes!
rpleger - 4-20-2009 at 04:43 PM
Depends on where in México?
Woooosh - 4-20-2009 at 06:55 PM
"K. Jill Rigby, a travel editor from Toronto spending four months in in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial-era city known as a haven for expats and
artists, was mugged in February in an attack that left her on crutches for two weeks.
She doesn't think her mugging was related to the drug trade. Instead, she cites another concern in the country: the growing gap between wealthy and
poor residents in tourist areas like hers. "
That last sentence has me worried here in Rosarito Beach. Not for visitors, but for all Americans living "the good life" in a third world country.
The locals are getting squeezed hard and petty crime is up so far that the police knocked on doors a few weeks back and told us to make sure we kept
locked everything up and to be watchful. Not against violent attacks, but against things people can sell or pawn quick for cash (a fast growing
industry here without all the pesky laws and regulations).
Bajahowodd - 4-20-2009 at 11:38 PM
Unfortunately, the world-wide financial situation hits hardest on the poor. Way fewer jobs available up North. Huge drop in remittances. Tourism way
down. So folks get just a bit more daring in order to eat.