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[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 118 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Top one needs to be tinted yellow.

[โ€“] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Mexico is naturally tinted yellow because itโ€™s a little wild, a little crazy.

[โ€“] Vespair@lemm.ee 115 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been to Mexico like 6 times.

The first 5 times were all excellent trips, wonderful places, wonderful people.

The sixth time, we were all literally robbed by Mexican police officers at the airport who claimed we couldn't leave the country without paying an "exit tax" of $200 USD each, and told us we either paid and got on our flight home or we didn't pay and they took us to prison.

I don't go back to Mexico now.

[โ€“] Album@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why we turn the corner when we see cops in Mexico lol

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[โ€“] blahsay@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Hah the Mexican cops got me at traffic stop once.

[โ€“] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Andrew Callaghan's Channel 5 has a few videos about migrants coming to America, and a couple of the people he interviewed mentioned being more scared of the Mexican police than the border patrol.

He actually goes to Mexico and hops the border back into America in one of his videos, I highly recommend checking him out.

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[โ€“] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm visiting Mexico City for the first time in April.

Hopefully things will be mellow.

[โ€“] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just don't expect cheese on your quesadillas and you'll be fine

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

This one hurts me, luckily we don't deal with this in the place where I live.

[โ€“] blujan@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey most of mexico is not that crazy, only central mexico people think quesadillas don't need queso. Like saying cheeze its don't have to have cheese.

[โ€“] Chriszz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plain ones donโ€™t even really taste cheesy tho

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[โ€“] amio@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

So it's just a dilla?

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[โ€“] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been many times when my brother lived and worked there for three+ years. We are gringos. Never felt unsafe. Sure, he talks about a time at Xochimilco where him same some work colleagues perhaps drew the ire of some locals, but really the worst part of the trip was the few times we needed to get in a taxi.

I'm that vein, that was the one rule we tried to adhere to at the time, make sure, if you take a taxi, to take the sanctioned ones or whatever.

Now, we drove to Oaxaca once, and some of the towns en route to were sketchy looking. Didn't have any bad experiences but also didn't bring the car down under like 15mph either.

Enjoy! Bring Pepto. I got Montezuma's revenge every time. I'm starting to think it was the altitude (couldn't have been the many michelladas, certainly not).

[โ€“] MadBigote@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a local and would NEVER go to Xochimilco. It's just not worth it.

[โ€“] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think it's an experience for a visit, but yeah, the kind of thing, if you're local... why?

Another thing I forgot was that MXC was one of two decent sized earthquakes I ever felt. On the roof of a 17 story building, not ideal, but looking back, pretty neat. The city's really got it all!

[โ€“] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I want to see some chinampas, I find the method of construction fascinating. I'm hoping the water level is high enough to get around in a small boat.

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I hope for you it's mellow, and come back and tell us if everything in Mexico is tinted yellow.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mexico City is many things, but mellow is not one of them.

[โ€“] desto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have gone many times, every single one has been mellow. I imagine as a local it doesn't look like that, especially if you have to commute all over the city.

[โ€“] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I swear we browse the same communities. You'll have a great time!

[โ€“] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's a small (Lemmy) world.

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[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm Mexican and I agree with this meme.

[โ€“] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

okay but is everything tinted yellow in Mexico?

[โ€“] kratoz29@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and we all wear big hats and a huge mustache.

No. It's all tinted Burnt Sienna

[โ€“] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've lived in Mexico for over 20 years now, and yeah there is crime, yeah there are problems, but I rarely felt unsafe, really.

[โ€“] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does this depend on the region you live in? I get the impression border areas are less safe.

[โ€“] blahsay@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Also depends on how gringo you look. Gringos are largely seen as money pinatas.

[โ€“] mdurell@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Basically I'm a soft, doughy ATM.

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[โ€“] Damdy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You ever been to London? I hear about stabbings a violence occasionally, sometimes places I'm very close to. But they're always gang related, if you're not in a gang, you're probably safe.

I feel like Mexico is kinda similar with an added bonus of don't walk around with expensive stuff or look like an easy target.

Does that sound right?

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[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Been to CDMX many times, where I take the subways to get around. I'm a gringo and CDMX has its bad areas like any other big city. They do also have police and cartel problems. Depending on your ethnicity and location, the US is equally dangerous. These things said, I love Mexico City and will always return. It is incredible and the folks who live there are wonderful.

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[โ€“] SrTobi@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only the last one should be police

[โ€“] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That would be the US, not Mexico.

[โ€“] discostjohn@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's very much Mexico as well

[โ€“] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Is this how we improve the US?

Tell all the racists they're behaving worse than Mexicans?

Is this how we improve Mexico?

Tell all the Mexicans they're really just bad Americans?

[โ€“] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

ยฟPor que no los dos?

[โ€“] SrTobi@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry but I have been to both countries and only in Mexico did the state police with big guns extorted money from me. And that was not a nice experience.

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[โ€“] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apparently Yucatan is cool

[โ€“] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only because cartels keep you safe there. Because how else would it be safe if cartels weren't earning better cash there with the tourist trash?

[โ€“] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Cartels have to launder their money somehow, no better way than catering to Midwesterners.

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[โ€“] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yucatan is fucking awesome once you get away from the tourist zones. Great small towns, authentic, safe as best I can tell, strong Mayan culture. I love it.

[โ€“] blahsay@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

Take my money, just don't hurt my tacos!

[โ€“] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've read 2666, too

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