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Originally Posted by Balalsubturfyooj
Mexico... hmmm... you want to move to Mexico... WOW... Got bodyguards and bribe money for the local officials and an uzi and of course do you have the CIA in your pocket ?
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care to explain?
Exception made of places like Ciudad Juarez and those close to US border, Mexico isn't really more or less dangerous than US, for one. Anf if you don't behave like a king-of-the-world know-it-all smart ass, you won't probably have any problem in 99% of Mexico, they love tourists dollars so they take care of them.
Back to the question, I always had the dream to have a place in San Cristobal de las Casas (I'm not a beach person, I love mountains) but there are beautiful "by the sea" places like Salina Cruz or Puerto Escondido and small places close to Merida and Campeche. And I love Mexico DF, I lived and worked there back in my white collar corporate times and I use to go back once every 1 or 2 years, although now I spend a few days in DF and then head to the south, being Oaxaca Merida and San Cristobal my main places to go
Out of Mexico, Costa Rica is absolutely cool and beautiful, and yes, a lot more safer than most countries in the world (and they don't even have an army, maybe that's why).
And then in South America, depends on many factors. ie, if you like european style of living and excellent food (esp meat), the Argentina is your place. For cheaper and safer, I'd say Venezuela (don't believe everything FOX says, most of it is blatant lies, some of them quite ridiculous) although you better have a steel liver, food is hideous, they never heard about "fat free" meals. And "common" women are so-so, but if you have money and access to high class people, they've some of the hottest babes in the world. Brazil has very nice places, hot women and very sexual people, but it's a little more dangerous. Well, quite dangerous to be honest. But if you can deal with it, you'll have a great time. Chile has an appeal for US people since they try to imitate US in everything they can. IMHO, they are a quite boring country as well, exception made of the south. And the exact middle point between all that I guess must be Uruguay, being Montevideo the best option and Punta del Este a great option if you want more luxury and fun.
The "don't even bother" places (IMHO): Guatemala (unless you like living an adventure every day), Peru (unless you like archeology), Bolivia (unless you like heights diseases), Ecuador (unless you like boredom) and Colombia (unless you dislike the fact of being alive. And guerrilla isn't even close to be the main cause of violent death there since they're in a regular to little zone with no tourism at all)