Is Mexico City dangerous ?
Yeah, I go with “JC” on this. I’ve lived 15 years in Mexico City and have never come as close to being “mugged” as I have in Vancouver. (I am NOT saying that Mexico City is safer than Vancouver, its NOT. But I take precautions here I don’t take there, too) Also, more Canadians have been killed in New York City in the past 5 years than have been killed in Mexico since the end of the last Ice Age! One of the biggest problems in Mexico City right now (which is causing recent tourist alerts and warnings) are the political protests, especially those planned for the transition of power to the newly elected President on December 1st of this year. The hard-leftists are furious that people didn’t actually vote for them and are promising to disrupt the planned ceremonies. Not one tourist has been targeted by anyone during the past year of protests, election unrest or demonstrations. By March 2007, this will all be long gone, I see absolutely NO problem, especially visiting a Monarch Butterfly sa
