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Mexico can be dangerous even without crime.
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Mexico is a large country....
My Mother (she is 77 now) has rented a house in Merida for the last 15 years or so... She, my aunt and my uncle split the cost of the house.. they have friends visit them for the duration of the rental.
They rent from the beginning of February until the end of April... (Mom lives in Vermont and she has tired of sub-zero temps finally)
In all the time my elderly mother has spent in Mexico she has never ever had a problem..She walks the streets, goes to the market... rents a car and drives herself when she need to...
She will flag down a cab at random etc..
Its all about location though.... Merida is apparently not a cartel hot spot...
Blanket statements about Mexico being unsafe or a war zone are untrue.... I guess border towns are the issue..
I was in Cancun for a 6 day weekend.. and had not a second thought about safety...
Then again I have spent time in the sand box.. and west bank..