Top one needs to be tinted yellow.
Mexico is naturally tinted yellow because it’s a little wild, a little crazy.
I’ve been to Mexico like 6 times.
The first 5 times were all excellent trips, wonderful places, wonderful people.
The sixth time, we were all literally robbed by Mexican police officers at the airport who claimed we couldn’t leave the country without paying an “exit tax” of $200 USD each, and told us we either paid and got on our flight home or we didn’t pay and they took us to prison.
I don’t go back to Mexico now.
This is why we turn the corner when we see cops in Mexico lol
Some Mexican police stopped me and searched me for drugs while I was stumbling back to my Airbnb in Cabo.
But I had no drugs so continued back and went to sleep.
Hah the Mexican cops got me at traffic stop once.
Andrew Callaghan’s Channel 5 has a few videos about migrants coming to America, and a couple of the people he interviewed mentioned being more scared of the Mexican police than the border patrol.
He actually goes to Mexico and hops the border back into America in one of his videos, I highly recommend checking him out.
I highly recommend checking him out.
Didn’t he rape a bunch of women? Or was it just that he turned out to be super pushy when it comes to sex?
There was a drama or something, but at this point I can’t be fucked to fact-check every accusation when so many people get accused of shit. I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.
Either way, his content is informative regardless of his past, so even if he were a rapist or some shit I’d just continue watching with adblock.
I figure if it’s really that bad I’ll hear about it on here, Reddit, or someone else’s YouTube channel.
You mean, like, in the comment to which you just replied? Because you are hearing about it here…
You gave me two questions, telling me you had no clue yourself, that got -4 karma. If anything, that points to him not being a creep.
But what I heard at the time is that he was drunk and being pushy. Which isn’t good, but it’s not like you can’t come back from that.
I subscribe to a lot of channels who would jump at the chance to out him at the drop of a hat so I assumed there wasn’t anything more to it, but if you have anything else to put in the table I’m all ears.
I’m visiting Mexico City for the first time in April.
Hopefully things will be mellow.
Just don’t expect cheese on your quesadillas and you’ll be fine
This one hurts me, luckily we don’t deal with this in the place where I live.
Hey most of mexico is not that crazy, only central mexico people think quesadillas don’t need queso. Like saying cheeze its don’t have to have cheese.
Plain ones don’t even really taste cheesy tho
Really I just wanted to make it clear how dumb it sounds in spanish to say quesadillas don’t need queso but you’re right
So it’s just a dilla?
r/mexico is leaking
Been many times when my brother lived and worked there for three+ years. We are gringos. Never felt unsafe. Sure, he talks about a time at Xochimilco where him same some work colleagues perhaps drew the ire of some locals, but really the worst part of the trip was the few times we needed to get in a taxi.
I’m that vein, that was the one rule we tried to adhere to at the time, make sure, if you take a taxi, to take the sanctioned ones or whatever.
Now, we drove to Oaxaca once, and some of the towns en route to were sketchy looking. Didn’t have any bad experiences but also didn’t bring the car down under like 15mph either.
Enjoy! Bring Pepto. I got Montezuma’s revenge every time. I’m starting to think it was the altitude (couldn’t have been the many michelladas, certainly not).
I’m a local and would NEVER go to Xochimilco. It’s just not worth it.
I think it’s an experience for a visit, but yeah, the kind of thing, if you’re local… why?
Another thing I forgot was that MXC was one of two decent sized earthquakes I ever felt. On the roof of a 17 story building, not ideal, but looking back, pretty neat. The city’s really got it all!
I want to see some chinampas, I find the method of construction fascinating. I’m hoping the water level is high enough to get around in a small boat.
I hope for you it’s mellow, and come back and tell us if everything in Mexico is tinted yellow.
Mexico City is many things, but mellow is not one of them.
I have gone many times, every single one has been mellow. I imagine as a local it doesn’t look like that, especially if you have to commute all over the city.
I swear we browse the same communities. You’ll have a great time!
It’s a small (Lemmy) world.
I don’t like CDMX, but I gotta go there for concerts, but I do agree that it is nice for quick trips, just don’t go late in the streets alone… Well don’t go late at all lol.
Thank god criminals have fucked up sleep cycles
Criminals have always counted on the shadows to get away. It’s why when something happens during the day we’re all surprised and we say, “He just did that shit in broad daylight. What a moron!”
I’m Mexican and I agree with this meme.
okay but is everything tinted yellow in Mexico?
Yes, and we all wear big hats and a huge mustache.
Sombreros
No. It’s all tinted Burnt Sienna
LPT: NOT police men 😶🌫️
Gotta provide some details for us non Mexican folks.
They look like they are part of the federal government?
It is common for either:
A - cartel to dress up to look like police men (commonly recognized through wearing masks over face)
B - police men to be in cahoots with cartel (iirc this is becoming less and less common)
Also actual cops, like uninformed police officers who pull you over, will rob you. My friend got caught with some weed over there and while he was handcuffed they tried to get his wallet several times. He finally convinced them he’d give them some money if they uncuffed him and he gave them half of what he had. He said they would have taken all of it if they were able to get his wallet without having to beat him.
Why couldn’t they get his wallet if he was handcuffed?
He’d lift his butt cheek to one side and when they walked over to the other side of the police car he’d switch sides. They were all giggling and finally he said, “I’ll tell you what, muchacho, you take these cuffs off and I’ll give you half my money.”
(Read the next line with your inner Forrest Gump) And wouldn’t you know it? It worked.
There are autodefensas that dress up and have assault rifles, too. Probably not these guys though.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. The covering of faces I didn’t know.
Thus, plus the random terf fighting in blatantly tourist areas makes me really not want to go there, even to the “safe” afeas
normally the cartel dresses like the military or the* police, one big give away is that the cartel uses tennis instead of boots and act mostly like kids LARPing
Cartels maybe?
LMAO
These are Mexican Mormons.
Been to CDMX many times, where I take the subways to get around. I’m a gringo and CDMX has its bad areas like any other big city. They do also have police and cartel problems. Depending on your ethnicity and location, the US is equally dangerous. These things said, I love Mexico City and will always return. It is incredible and the folks who live there are wonderful.
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Only the last one should be police
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That would be the US, not Mexico.
No, that’s very much Mexico as well
Is this how we improve the US?
Tell all the racists they’re behaving worse than Mexicans?
Is this how we improve Mexico?
Tell all the Mexicans they’re really just bad Americans?
There aren’t mayan pyramids in US
I think I meant the cops shooting civilians…
Sorry but I have been to both countries and only in Mexico did the state police with big guns extorted money from me. And that was not a nice experience.
I’ve lived in Mexico for 20 years. I’ve been extorted once by police and indeed it’s not a pleasant experience.
Having said that, usually I have no issue with police there. Police in the US consistently scares the living shit out of me with their attitude, the way they act, talk, walk… You can see they all feel like the trigger happy gunslinging Sherif in town. Police in Mexico is approachable, have done that countless times. I can’t say the same for US police
Apparently Yucatan is cool
Only because cartels keep you safe there. Because how else would it be safe if cartels weren’t earning better cash there with the tourist trash?
Cartels have to launder their money somehow, no better way than catering to Midwesterners.
That seems like a logical explanation at first, but how do you launder dirty money by offering services to tourists who bring “clean” money into the country? and wouldn’t the cartels have a multiple in money from drug trades compared to the overall transactions involved in tourism?
I mean, I am not saying you are wrong, it just never occurred to me that this could be more than just a nice additional source of income…
Laundering money is usually mixing dirty cash with clean cash. So you have legit business(es) in a busy area, and you inflate the ‘real’ income with the ‘dirty’ cash. Now you’ve paid taxes on the dirty cash (and can put it in the bank).
oh. yeah, that makes sense! Thank you for the money laundering crash course :D
No problem. The best types of businesses for this deal with a lot of cash, and are ideally service-based. If you are selling goods, then someone could investigate and find that you aren’t buying enough supplies to account for your sales. For laundering millions, real-estate and fine art are popular, since you can buy it cheap, and then inflate it pretty arbitrarily, and sell it (to yourself or a coconspirator) for a huge ‘profit’.
kind of explains the art market :D
Yucatan is fucking awesome once you get away from the tourist zones. Great small towns, authentic, safe as best I can tell, strong Mayan culture. I love it.
Accurate.
It’s like that family guy cutaway “I set one foot outside the resort!”
I’ve lived in Mexico for over 20 years now, and yeah there is crime, yeah there are problems, but I rarely felt unsafe, really.
Does this depend on the region you live in? I get the impression border areas are less safe.
There are hot zones, yes. Border zones are less safe, Michoacan (minis the capital) are not a good place to visit either. Celaya as a city should be avoided, but the Rest of Mexico can be reasonably safe, especially the tourist areas.
Mind you, I’ve visited Celaya (and Michoacan) countless times and I’ve seen some shit, but I never really was worried for my safety. Stay in the main roads, tourist areas, you’ll be fine.
Also depends on how gringo you look. Gringos are largely seen as money pinatas.
Basically I’m a soft, doughy ATM.
You ever been to London? I hear about stabbings a violence occasionally, sometimes places I’m very close to. But they’re always gang related, if you’re not in a gang, you’re probably safe.
I feel like Mexico is kinda similar with an added bonus of don’t walk around with expensive stuff or look like an easy target.
Does that sound right?
Mostly right, yes. Stay away from drugs, certain areas, don’t flaunt your money, and you’ll be fine. Lived there for 20 years and I’ve seen some crazy shit but generally, if you behave normally, you’ll be fine.
Honestly, I’ve generally and consistently felt more unsafe in the US than in Mexico.
