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I was just in Mexico City a few months back. It's far safer and cleaner than NYC for example while still being just as cosmopolitan.
by aprilthird2021 3y ago
I was just in Mexico City a few months back. It's far safer and cleaner than NYC for example while still being just as cosmopolitan.
- tempestn 3y agoMexico City had a crime rate in 2022 of 46k crimes per 100k inhabitants. In New York City it was 2900.
- tempestn 3y agoFound an interesting recent article on the murder rate too: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/21/mexico-city-murder-rate-dropped-disappeared-number-rises https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/21/mexico-city-mu...
- aprilthird2021 3y agoAnd a lot of cities have a higher crime rate than SF, but SF feels a lot worse when you go there. The difference is how effectively police can keep crime in certain areas and keep it from leaking into others. People enjoy and have better experiences in a city where the no-go areas are known and avoided than a place where the touristy areas ARE the no-go areas or where crime bleeds into major economic thrufares