Comments on: How Dangerous Is Mexico? http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/danger/how-dangerous/ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rosana http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/danger/how-dangerous/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Rosana Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:06:43 +0000 http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/?p=1275#comment-156 Thanks very much, Deena. Readers, here is the link to that Forbes article, though really she has summarized it: http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/most-dangerous-cities-lifestyle-real-estate-dangerous-american-cities.html Thanks very much, Deena. Readers, here is the link to that Forbes article, though really she has summarized it:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/23/most-dangerous-cities-lifestyle-real-estate-dangerous-american-cities.html

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Starting with the worst: Detroit, Memphis, Miami, Las Vegas, Stockton, Orlando, Little Rock, Charleston, Nashville, Baltimore, New Orleans, West Palm Beach, Charlotte, Philadelphia.

After five years of living in a somewhat isolated spot of San Antonio Tlay., I know the local Chapala police rarely respond to calls to come to our area for the drugging/drinking etc at the lakefront – once they asked where the street was and another time after four hours they said they were too busy to come – a chain was recently put across the access road to the lake and at least once a week it is broken/removed. The other day five of us called the fire department – they never came.

I accept the fact that when you live here you must take total responsibility for your own security.

So I have nine dogs, and I am thankful that cement doesn’t burn. My few good pieces of jewelry are “buried” except for what I wear, and I don’t keep money in the house – and it sure doesn’t stay in my wallet long. I have no other fast-track pawnable items. A gambler once told me that if you can’t afford to lose it, then don’t play the game.

The one time my wall was breached about six months after moving here, I got more dogs – some are outside, some are inside, and the dobes are paraded thru town once a week.

With the recent rash of robberies due to the economic mess, our street has started a neighborhood watch of sorts. Since there is only one way in/out, by exchanging phone numbers we figured we can warn one another of suspicious activity or get help, and thereby have a little control over our mutual fate.

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