Safety Is Used To Scare Us!

"Last year, Lonely Planet US Travel Editor Robert Reid weighed in on travelers' safety in Mexico. Mexico could surely be safer but, as Reid points out, so could America."

What you don't get from most reports in the US is statistical evidence that Americans are less likely to face violence in Mexico than at home, particularly when you zero in on Mexico's most popular travel destinations. 

For me, safety is not something I disregard when traveling to Mexico, but the same goes for traveling in PDX. Would I walk in certain areas, after dark, in PDX? No! Let's use some common sense and not paint PDX or Mexico with too broad of a brush. Driving a car may be more risky than being a tourist.