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12 years 4 months ago #1281930518- dcpimpin12
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12 years 4 months ago #1281930575- Skeptical_One
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dcpimpin12 wrote: I found this video from Tijuana www.lovelydisgrace.com/mexicos-drug-war-...very-graphic-videos/ and tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2008/12/01/1039...en-found-in-tijuana/ very graphic video,,, makes u think twice before going to mexico.. I couldn't watch all the videos but it is frightened to watch.
I'd rather be in Tijuana than in some places in Oakland, California or Baltimore, Maryland. What people ought to know is that the vast majority of drug violence tends to be related to turf-wars; as in - cartel vs cartel, or cartel vs law enforcement. Innocent bystanders can be victims, but as I said previously, I'd rather walk the streets of Tijuana before you'd find me in some of America's toughest "hoods."
Tijuana as a city is - like Nohidingstyle said before me, an extension of Southern California. It's a large city with a large population and if you are a smart traveler, you will not have any troubles. If you look up crime stats, Tijuana is actually remarkably safe relative to some REAL hot spots of cartel violence in Mexico.
Hell, if anyone's noticed, no progress report on this forum ever insinuated any sort of discomfort or sense of danger while staying in Tijuana - it's an illusion perpetuated by fear of beheadings & violence often more problematic in other parts of the country. Let's not pass judgement on a place we haven't been to, and let's heed the judgment of those who've traveled there. My 2cents.
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12 years 4 months ago #1281930614- Skeptical_One
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dcpimpin12 wrote: but this one happened in Tijuana tucsoncitizen.com/morgue/2008/12/01/1039...en-found-in-tijuana/ it just a scary thought after seeing those videos
There are spurts of violence in Tijuana from time to time, but it hasn't been the hotbed of violence seen in other parts of Mexico for some time... or at the very least, in the past few years TJ has been relevant to this forum.
The key is being a smart traveler. Take a cab to and from your destination. The greater Tijuana area is home to millions of people, and the number of people killed account for less than a fraction of a percent and are often targeted for cartel-related motives (and hence innocent bystanders being affected).
I've been to TJ a handful of times and the only sense I got was that it was in an extension of San Diego, except that everyone spoke Spanish.
If it were an all-out war zone (like it arguably is in some other spots in Mexico), this could be a different conversation.
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12 years 4 months ago #1281934027- Dance_With_Dragons
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Anyway, really glad to hear things are turning up for you. Let me know how it works when you take it for a test drive
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12 years 4 months ago #1281938635- Skeptical_One
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I'd like to hope that men who have opted for procedures in the U.S. did so because of preference for methodology and doctor, and not so much "what city" it was in.
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