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I’ve been interested in traveling to South Africa but I’ve heard some terrible stories about crime there. I don’t know much about SA since I live in North America but I’m familiar with Mexico and it can be seedy in large areas, so I wanted to compare its largest city to SA’s largest. Anyway, enough spill, here’s the criteria.
-Safety (This is number 1 to me)
- Public Transit
- Cost of Living (Housing mostly)
- Job Opportunities
- Shopping
- Nightlife
- Diversity
- Urban Environments
I have no idea how the cost of living in Johannesburg compares to MXC.
*I think MXC has a much larger foreign born population than does Johannesburg, but I’m not 100% sure of this.
Personally, I think this comparison is somewhat unfair because MXC is a much more global city than Johannesburg. In a way its like comparing apples to oranges.
Mexico is NOT safe as long as the drug cartels run the show. It's a corrupt, hopeless society desperately trying to move in with their norther neighbor.
Mexico is NOT safe as long as the drug cartels run the show. It's a corrupt, hopeless society desperately trying to move in with their norther neighbor.
Mexico City is still safer than Johannesburg.
I'd probably choose Mexico City - seems like a much better urban experience.
I have no idea how the cost of living in Johannesburg compares to MXC.
*I think MXC has a much larger foreign born population than does Johannesburg, but I’m not 100% sure of this.
Personally, I think this comparison is somewhat unfair because MXC is a much more global city than Johannesburg. In a way its like comparing apples to oranges.
It is more of a world city, but Jo’burg is basically Sub Saharan Africa’s gateway to the world. It’s the closest African comparison I can make to Mexico City (besides Cairo but that’s a whole different area and culture).
It is more of a world city, but Jo’burg is basically Sub Saharan Africa’s gateway to the world. It’s the closest African comparison I can make to Mexico City (besides Cairo but that’s a whole different area and culture).
That is just an opinion as after all there are cities in Sub Sahara Africa that are even safer than Jo'burg and even ones that are more populated too.
Are they’re cities that are more developed or have more money? Sandton is the richest neighborhood in the continent.
Well, even Lagos in Nigeria has neighbourhoods where the mega-rich live too. South Africa is typical for many African countries where only a minority of people hold most of the countries wealth and most people remain really poor. Yet, of course, South Africa is one of the most developed African countries yet even so so many people lack the basics such as running water and electricity in their homes and their homes are made from the most basic materials.
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