We are kind of talking about different things here guys. I touted the economic and political improvements of Mexico as a whole, and suggest their future is a lot brighter than their past. Investors agree, and capital is flowing into the country, esp. from China. Their wages are growing fast and the expanding middle class with small families are demanding cleaner government and higher living standards.
Their bloody drug wars continue, albeit lessening of late, and only in specific parts of the country. And they are largely, though not exclusively, bad guys killing other bad guys.
Enclaves of American retirees continue to grow, and I’d go there to get their side of the story. Every country has its dangerous areas. Mexico’s are especially graphic and telegenic, which may be giving us an outsized vision of the danger that exists in the retirement communities. I also would not chose to retire in America’s murder capitals like Detroit, Chicago, or New Orleans.
