“I don’t know about this. I’m betting there are cities all over Mexico – just to use our neighbor to the south as an example – where the population is far poorer than San Diego’s – even adjusting for welfare cuts – that don’t have the sort of crime problems you’re envisioning”
one of the things that surprises me about Mexico is seeing walled estates where the walls are seriously intended to keep people OUT – broken glass embedded in the top of a wall is sort of pretty from a distance but not much fun to climb over I would imagine – barbed wire is also used
is crime low because of a lack of criminals or a lack of opportunity?
tourist guides in Mexico talk about roaming bandits in different parts of the country but that may just be part of their shtick
the old saying, “fences make for good neighbors”, comes to mind
which brings up, “an armed society is a polite society”
