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I'm an American that's been living in Mexico City for 2 years and don't want to ever have to leave. AMA
by obiefernandez 7y ago
I'm an American that's been living in Mexico City for 2 years and don't want to ever have to leave. AMA
- walrus01 7y agoHow do you deal with the air pollution?
- obiefernandez 7y agoThat's probably the worst part about living here. And I'm not actually dealing with it very well. It gives me allergy like symptoms so I've been taking an allergy medicine every day. At some point I'm probably gonna get at least one air purifier and put it in my bedroom.
- eloff 7y agoWhat do you do about the traffic?
- obiefernandez 7y agoWork from home. :)
- benrbray 7y agoWhat do you find most surprising about life in Mexico City vs. wherever you were living before?
- obiefernandez 7y agoMy living standards are super high here. Way higher than I thought they would be considering how relatively low my living expenses are compared to where I was living before (Atlanta).
- influx 7y agoWhat's crime like compared to a major city in the USA?
- King-Aaron 7y agoThis is what I'm most interested in. The picture that the media paints of Mexico City is one of constant violence and crime, I'd love to hear a differing perspective.
- masonic 7y agoUS media I see depict Mexico City as safer than the country at large due to less gang influence.
- obiefernandez 7y agoThere are a couple of neighborhoods here like Tepito that people say to avoid at all costs. But other than that I don't think it is less safe than any major city anywhere. Mexico City is huge. A lot of people don't realize how big it is.
- obiefernandez 7y agoI've lived in really nice areas of NYC and all over Atlanta. It doesn't feel quite as safe as NYC, But I feel much safer where I live here (near Condesa) than I did when I lived in Castleberry Hill (Atlanta), where I was robbed at gunpoint and had things stolen from my building garage. Worst that has happened to me here is my bike was stolen outside a movie theater. Ironically I walked into the theater that night wondering if my bike would still be there when I got out, and indeed my instinct was right. If I had parked it inside the garage of the mall it would have been fine. That was when I first moved here. It seems to be very much as they say, as long as you don't go looking for trouble it won't find you. That said I have had to pay a couple of bribes to cops and I certainly never want to own a car here. One time I got caught turning into a bus lane. It was quite innocent I was just following the car in front of me and didn't know where I was going. The other I pretty much got shook down cause I was with a friend whose car has deep tints (which are illegal in the state we were driving thru).