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You should try living in Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, etc.. The places you listed are all the safe states, which effectively is a different country. It's not
by skellington 10y ago
You should try living in Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, etc..
The places you listed are all the safe states, which effectively is a different country.
It's not super complex, the states near the Gulf/Yucatan are generally the safe ones.
- qume 10y agoI have pretty much the same story (but 4 years) and lived in Sonora and Nayarit. I have close friends living in Sinaloa (expats of 20 years). I now live in Guanajuato, and the only crime I've heard of first or second hand in the years in mx was a worker taking some cash which was laying around, and some gringo's stealing from each other. On the other hand I lost three friends in hurricane Odile, so I guess don't forget nature can be a much bigger threat if not given enough respect.
- pier25 10y agoI lived in Tequisquiapan for a few years which is pretty close! Didn't expect to find someone on HN living in El Bajío. :)
- Insanity 10y agoI realise this is a bit of a late comment and you might miss it. But is there any way to contact you? As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I am married to a Mexican woman and I was wondering what it is like to live in Mexico as a European (Specifically software engineers, which you might happen to be as well ;-) )
- HillaryBriss 10y agoHere's a map of Mexico with intentional homicide rates (data from 2011) by state: http://www.geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mexico-Homicide-Rate-Map-1024x748.png http://www.geocurrents.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Mexic... FWIW, Baja California Sur, though not near Gulf/Yucatan is pretty low on the list too. Baja California and Sonora have significantly lower rates than Chihuahua, but all three border the US.