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Here in Mexico, the usual tourists who are injured are Canadians who walk down the middle of the street, don't look before crossing a street (pedestrians do not have the right of way) and they are especially bad about falling off balconies. We need special signs for Canadians telling them not to sit on a balcony and lean back. People get beaten and robbed everyday in the U.S., yet oddly, the U.S. is thought to be safer.
The rarity of this happening to a tourist in Mexico is why it is news. Most of the Northerners who live in Mexico full time prefer the Mexican doctors and hospitals to those back home. The biggest problem is for the family to transport an injured person back to the U.S.
People need to be aware of their behavior and surroundings anywhere they are. Mexico is probably safer than the beaches in Florida.
We went to Mexico (Playa del Carmen) last year. If you stay at an all inclusive resort and don't leave, it's perfectly safe--there was security for the resort and the beach. We had a family get together with siblings and kids and had a great time. That's an entirely different situation than a drunk college kid wandering around on his own and deciding to sleep by the pool. Although Mexico is very dangerous right now, he could have been beaten doing the same thing at a hotel in Florida or Texas. You have to use common sense. Have you ever seen college kids on spring break in those places? It's like animal house. If you're too drunk to talk or walk, it's pretty easy to become a victim of a violent crime.
Here in Mexico, the usual tourists who are injured are Canadians who walk down the middle of the street, don't look before crossing a street (pedestrians do not have the right of way) and they are especially bad about falling off balconies. We need special signs for Canadians telling them not to sit on a balcony and lean back. People get beaten and robbed everyday in the U.S., yet oddly, the U.S. is thought to be safer.
The rarity of this happening to a tourist in Mexico is why it is news. Most of the Northerners who live in Mexico full time prefer the Mexican doctors and hospitals to those back home. The biggest problem is for the family to transport an injured person back to the U.S.
People need to be aware of their behavior and surroundings anywhere they are. Mexico is probably safer than the beaches in Florida.
I didn't read your post before I did mine, but I think you're right, if you stick to the tourist areas. I don't think I'd take off driving cross country in Mexico anytime soon though, and I'm a pretty fearless traveler.
I live near the Clearwater beach area (big spring break destination). Alcohol not the parents are to blame for putting this young man in harms way. He and his friends judgement was impaired, which led to the poor decision of sleeping on lounge chair. Every spring break some poor kid falls off a balcony ! It has nothing to do with being in Mexico and the parents are no more to blame then if their child crashed the family car (just because they paid for it). At what point should a college graduate be held accountable for making adult decisions?? 30??
Here in Mexico, the usual tourists who are injured are Canadians who walk down the middle of the street, don't look before crossing a street (pedestrians do not have the right of way) and they are especially bad about falling off balconies. We need special signs for Canadians telling them not to sit on a balcony and lean back. People get beaten and robbed everyday in the U.S., yet oddly, the U.S. is thought to be safer.
The rarity of this happening to a tourist in Mexico is why it is news. Most of the Northerners who live in Mexico full time prefer the Mexican doctors and hospitals to those back home. The biggest problem is for the family to transport an injured person back to the U.S.
People need to be aware of their behavior and surroundings anywhere they are. Mexico is probably safer than the beaches in Florida.
i will take my chances on the beaches in florida.
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