[hellonoko]

I suppose I can't say that I know with absolutely certainty that they were safer, but we would talk with locals and got a general feel for what places are more or less safe.

One explanation was that the cartel members have families too and keep the cities their families live in free or more free of that sort of trouble.

I would look into place like San Miguel De Allende, Valladolid, Puerto Escondito, Puerta Vallarta and the small villages north of it, Todos Santos, Oaxaca, San Cristobal De Las Casa. Guanajuato.

Have you looked into Costa Rica and Panama?

[ilaksh]

I haven't really researched anything else thoroughly in South America. I was more thinking of trying to find some place reasonable in the US.

Honestly I am not sure all of those little towns in Mexico you mentioned are really safe.

The issue is Tijuana has the name recognition for the bad reputation. So really people only see that.

[rootsudo]

Eh, don't bother, some people like the person you replied to just enjoy staying in a hotspot, and it makes no sense.

As someone who is "hispanic" it amazes me that someone would do such a thing when they are constantly in danger, and there are safer places to live, but medical and other cheap entertainment in MX is probably the reason why.

If he has spent two years in Tijuana and hasn't heard of the places you mentioned, or done any true traveling, well, yeah.

They're content. That's what they want. That's all they want.

[ilaksh]

You are "hispanic"? WTH does that mean in quotation marks?? And how does that make you an expert on where it is safe?

I moved here because it was close to the border and most of the horror stories I heard were farther into Mexico. Also this way I could still visit my father before he passed away and still easily cross to buy things in the US or get US mail etc.

I live in Playas de Tijuana. People here told me it was safe. So far I have not seen any danger.

I have heard of other towns and locations in Mexico and South America.

How TF would you know how much traveling I have done?

Why do you say I am constantly in danger? Where do you think I should live and why?

I put myself out here looking for information and of course I got what I deserved which was just for people to spit in my eye.