That river is only the border in el paso and east. My point though is that the "crap" isn't Mexico, it's the border. They are having a drug war along the border because that is where the border is :) and it doesn't even affect everywhere along the border. Nobody is afraid of getting shot in Piedras Negras or Acoma these days, or even in Nuevo Laredo. I hear that Palomas is pretty bad these days though.
As with many things, this is more complicated and granular the more you look at it. Guanajato is a beautiful little city where there is almost no crime. Veracruz doesn't have these kinds of problems, nor does Oaxaca (they have different problems these days, hehe). While the drug violence does break out in other places away from the border -- Sinaloa recently I believe -- the engine that drives it isn't some inherent Mexican-ness, it's the US drug laws. Take them away and there is no incentive for people to shoot at each other. A side note -- the police chef may feel his city is pretty safe, but the statistics may be skewed by the large number of residents there who do not talk to the police. Not sure. I just know that I was warned to be careful where I parked my car there. On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Rastafari <[email protected]> wrote: > he found it interesting that although there was no manmade LINE > or WALL or anything, (to maureens point) there was still a natural > line (the rio grande) preventing that CRAP from spilling over into the > USA (as good as it can) > > even i got that, and i dont get anything usually :) > > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. > -- siddhartha gautama > > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> What do you find interesting? It's old news really, except that they >> have a turf war going on amongst the drug people. They've been killing >> women in Juarez for years, and nothing is happening about it, allegely >> because law enforcement is inbolved. Just curious... this doesn't make >> the newspapers in Kansas? If you are taking it that Juarez is typical >> of Mexico as a whole it is not, and not even all that typical of the >> border towns, which the Mexicans call "the armpit of the world." Acoma >> and Laredo are reasonably safe last I heard. Palomas is having its own >> turf war though. Once you get away from the sleaze of the border >> though, much of Mexico is very friendly and quite safe. >> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:09 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I found this article very interesting, especially in light of the recent >>> discussion prompted by Maureen's thoughts on a borderless society. >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/23elpaso.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1232737222-Pp/kpR0tF8+Lct1G305/ZA >>> >>> Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is separated from El Paso, Texas only by the narrow >>> Rio Grande river. Juarez is basically a war zone, while El Paso is the third >>> safest city in the United States. >>> >>> -- >>> I'm callin' all friends >>> And people i've met on the way down >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286541 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
