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Rafi

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36. The number of carjackings in the US has spiked since covid at am alarming rate.

Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:09 PM

Sep 2023

Armed robberies were about 40,000 last year.

Your point about being safe in safe spaces is almost comical. There is no safe zone in the US. Mass murderers kill without a pattern or warning for the most part. If you're a minority, especially black, then you are about as likely to be shot by a cop as a criminal.

I've driven to the beach here on numerous occasions without even a hint of trouble. Guess I'm just lucky...same as you, to not be in the wrong place at the wrong time. My wife and I are natives of Atlanta. We would not walk the streets of Atlanta at night on a bet. We do it here several times a week and don't worry about crime, as there are almost no robberies or assaults.

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A friend of min is considering retiring to Mexico... [View all] brooklynite Sep 2023 OP

I hear the price to have someone killed there Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #1

Please keep the stereotypes coming.... Foolacious Sep 2023 #2

I'd stick to fundrasing... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2023 #3

Not comedy; that's what she told me. brooklynite Sep 2023 #34

Wondering if this is a bad joke or for reals? Canoe52 Sep 2023 #4

For real. brooklynite Sep 2023 #35

Thats a racist trope, cilla4progress Sep 2023 #5

Perhaps this comment was in bad taste, but there's nothing racist about recognizing that Mexico... Silent3 Sep 2023 #11

Friends have retired there cilla4progress Sep 2023 #12

Me too Johonny Sep 2023 #13

Cancun is really nice Snooper9 Sep 2023 #18

Yep, nothing like that happens in the US... Spazito Sep 2023 #30

And may it continue. We've always loved Mexico. Hortensis Sep 2023 #19

If you have the money to live in a good neighborhood, and if... Silent3 Sep 2023 #29

I've been living in Mexico for nine years. The corruption here is evident, but it Rafi Sep 2023 #15

In the U.S. sensible people don't have to be careful Hortensis Sep 2023 #22

The number of carjackings in the US has spiked since covid at am alarming rate. Rafi Sep 2023 #36

Very false notions and equivalencies. Hortensis Sep 2023 #37

Don't want to be where? Wish what on you? Rafi Sep 2023 #38

Racist? A place to visit or live, not for me. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #6

There's a lot of very safe areas though. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #17

Post removed Post removed Sep 2023 #7

I have three friends in Panama and they love it. Patterson Sep 2023 #8

Panama interests me. roamer65 Sep 2023 #10

My husband and I had a place under construction in Bocas del Toro mnhtnbb Sep 2023 #14

Sounds gross and steamy. If you like steamy weather, I guess it's good. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #32

How many tons of that cartel Cocaine are bound directly for Brooklyn? Blues Heron Sep 2023 #9

I would never move there--it can sound attractive Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #16

Inconvenience is the key word...building codes are different too LeftInTX Sep 2023 #23

This country just had a coup attempt on its government ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #25

Different kind of crime and murders. Homicide rate is 4 times higher than the US. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #31

Right. There are no inconveniences in other in the US or elsewhere. Rafi Sep 2023 #39

I can't imagine wanting to live under that kind of agreement. Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #20

You believe this bigoted nonsense? ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #26

WTF do I know? Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #28

He's looking to escape all the mass shootings in the USA, right? Sky Jewels Sep 2023 #21

Is this for reals? Do they have HOA's in Mexico? LeftInTX Sep 2023 #24

Some of the new higher-end gated developments in suburbs ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #27

Cartels are almost as funny as burning Christmas trees outside Fox studios. Torchlight Sep 2023 #33