Is Mexico really that dangerous? Thinking of going to Rocky Point soon. Any tips to avoid being killed/robbed etc.? Going with my family that's white.
>>2846838no. dont be a dumb tourist. use common sense.
>>2846838On a side note, ive always wondered whats up here, while simultaneously not really acknowledging that it exists. now i know
>Rocky PointWhoo boy, AZfag here. >Any tips to avoid being killed/robbed etc.The road to and from AZ to Rocky Point is basically a "don't touch whitey" road, rocky point is stupidly safe to the point every mexican knows to just call you a cab and direct you back to the beach. No one is going to fuck with you unless you start some serious fucking shit. Talking like going to buy actual large amounts of drugs or running your mouth larping as some guy who knows the cartels.>>2846846A ton of failed ventures to make it a tourist place, attempted fishing villages that realized the pacific had more fish, run off from the salton sea.It doesn't get enough rain fall for any crops, the temps are worse than Arizona, and outside some random meteor craters nothing of interest. Last I recall there were attempts to make it into a solar farm but all the locals would just run and steal the panels
>>2846887>>2846846I thought it was full of cool marine life like whales and porpises and shit? I drove through Baja but I didnt explore the sea of Cortez side because the one place I stopped at was a town with a prison right next to it and it was just bad vibes I got a ticket driving the wrong way down a one way road lmao but I paid off the cop for like $15
>>2846910>I thought it was full of cool marine life like whales and porpises and shit?Wrong side of the Baja California Coast. The inner waterway has some crappy ass circulation and little rainfall flushing out the crap that drains into it. The water isn't shitty like Salton Sea but the runoff still flows down into it. Rocky point is fine, it's just where people go that is cheaper than San Deigo to go to. English is fine everywhere.
>>2846910it's critical habitat for the worlds smallest porpoise, the vaquita (which is also critically endangered), because of becoming by-catch to illegal fishing of Totoaba for some small-penis chinaman's superstitions
>>2846912Most of the year there is very little runoff flowing into the Sea of Cortez, so its waters are very clear and calm. It is also a marine wonderland.>>2846846The biosphere reserve is worth a visit. It has cool craters, lava flows and desert hikes. You pay a small fee to enter. I didn't encounter anyone else in the whole park when I visited.
I went to baja with gf and had the time of my life. Im glad the losers and incels never go anywhere besides asia
No really
Yeah, probably going to end up doing Guadalajara -> Oaxaca via CDMX next year. I'm worried about the safety too. Also how car dependent is Mexico.
>>2848000>Also how car dependent is Mexicoveryguanajuato was nicedon't miss san miguel de allendethe whole province is quite safe, quiet, conservative, mining area, good food I also enjoyed Puerto Vallarta.
>>2846838Mexico is less dangerous than the American media portrays but it's still a backwards, lawless 3rd world country. Peñasco is safe but parts of rural Sonora are very dangerous. Mexico has places that are fine at all times, fine during the day, and unsafe at all times. The latter are actually pretty rare and confined to pockets of extreme destitution.The bottom line is don't travel at night and be aware of your surroundings. If you use an ATM for example, try to see if you're being followed. It's a sketchy but enjoyable country.>>2846846It's underrated but become kinda touristy. It's weird that there's east facing beaches a couple hours from San Diego or a coastline an hour from Tucson but it's there.This area is where the Colorado River historical ended, it's very arid, very sandy, the water is calm and turquoise and the tides are extreme they have like 20 foot tides there.
>>2848020The danger is most of Mexico has nothing to do with destitution, but rather to do with feuds between rival drug cartel factions that may escalate into a full-blown gun battle at any moment. As a casual visitor, you can notice cues that indicate the level of tension the people are living under, but nobody's gonna tell you what has been going on, so you really don't know just how dangerous it is at the moment. If you show up as a solo male looking to poke around the hill country, you will get a lot of hard looks from the local cartel operatives. But they will only make a move if the boss tells them to.Police are very corrupt and should not be trusted whatsoever. I'd sooner trust a random cow herder with my wallet full of cash than I'd trust a goddamn Mexican cop. All the same, you should be friendly with them and not show fear/annoyance.>extreme tidesYeah, be very careful when driving or camping on the beach at low tide. If you get stuck in quicksand in a remote area, you might be SOL.>>2848000Taxis are plentiful in Mexican cities, and intercity buses while not cheap are modern and reasonably fast. I'd say Mexican cities are much safer from a street crime perspective than most of Central and South America. You don't see drug addicts and homeless beggars everywhere like you do in Colombia. Mexican youth are not given to lawless insolent behaviors like snatch theft either; it's the 20-40 year old males in cartel-dominated neighborhoods that are the real danger. BTW the dangerous parts of Mexico are eerily quiet, because nobody goes outside unless they have to.
>>2848051>local cartel operativesany advice for how to spot these people?
>>2848002>I also enjoyed Puerto Vallartait is pretty nice, and safe, also has a super gay neighborhood if you're into that>>2848212Tourist towns are very safe, cartels are invested in them and protect them and keep trouble down.The only cartel people you're going to see are probably going to be drug dealers. Most posters that tell you to worry are talking about the northern cities by the border.I go to very poor areas, but no crime.
