EconProf: I agree, and took pains in my post to make that distinction. I also advised doing the necessary research and reaching an informed decision.
However, personal safety always trumps economic opportunity. I don’t believe that the drug war shows any signs of abating and previously “safe” areas of Mexico (safe being a relative term in Mexico), like Acapulco and Monterrey, have been struck by the same violence plaguing the rest of the country. This is becoming an intractable problem and the violence necessary to quell it will take years and cost thousands more lives.
