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Fire away, amigos!

I know this is a rather awful and stereotypical question, but: one of the primary associations that Americans have about Mexico is with drug trafficking and violence. (A) what are your views on that in general and (B) to what extent is that actually present in everyday life? The sketchy impression I've got from reading a few things is that for a long time organized crime and violence was mostly limited to a few fairly specific places, but that it is kind of spreading out.

No, I appreciate you asking that, and I'm glad to share my personal experience about it.

Your quite right about your first impression. The level of violence relies heavily on what part of the country you're living. I live near the capital, and most of the heavy violence is located up north and currently on the southwest part of the country. I really cannot talk how things are in those places.

Sadly, it's also true it is spreading: I live in a small but lovely city, that up until a few months ago was a very quiet, tranquil place. Then we started hearing news about kidnappings and executions and two shootings on the two main malls of the area (no people were hurt, thank God). I'd lie if I told you I'm not worried, and I sincerely hope the violence stops before it spreads even further. So far nothing has happened to me, but everyone knows a friend of a friend who has suffered from it.

People has learned to live with it and are generally very cautious though I've seen exceptions to this. You don't show your cell phone on public, or you hide some money within your clothes in case your bus is mugged. You hang up the phone in case you receive a false call claiming they have someone from your family kidnapped (this has happened to me once, it was a false call and they want people to fall for this one). You don't resist if someone wants to rob you, that kind of stuff.

But at the same time, bizarrely, people keep living their normal lives. You go to work, go shopping, go to parties, even in areas with heavy violence. I guess life cannot be stopped. Some areas has been unaffected by it so far (mostly, tourist areas, which are heavily guarded), where you feel safer than in home (Cancún, for example). For what I've seen on American media, is kinda like living on American neighborhoods considered dangerous, I get that impression.

My view on the whole violence business is that it's a complex situation. Overall, it relies on economy: if wealth were distributed more equally, then people would not have to resort to crime for surviving, and also, if drug consumption dropped everywhere (not just the US, but every country that has drug abuse problems), drug related problems would diminish too. Sadly, people in power get more benefits from this whole situation. Scared people are easier to control than happy people, after all.

An absolute standing ovation for your analysis, Mexican!Anon. The latter part, specially. Thank you <3 (Dime si no es verdad que los vecinos del norte son los que más se benefician de que en Latinoamérica esté la media zorra :/ Aunque la clase política local igual se llena los bolsillos con estas cosas, por supuesto. Deseando desde acá que las cosas mejoren, le tengo cariño a tu país.)

Thanks. (Por supuesto, tiendo a compartir esa opinión. Es demasiada casualidad que a los del norte se les "pierdan" embarques completos de armas que luego aparecen en manos de narcos, pero si pongo eso en inglés me despellejan viva. Desgraciadamente parece que a todos los políticos en Latinoamérica les importa más su bienestar inmediato que el de nuestros países a largo plazo. Gracias por los buenos deseos, me da gusto que guardes buenos recuerdos de acá. ¡Saludos!)

(Pero por supuesto, es re-triste, pero hasta a la gente más dulce del fandom en inglés se le sale el patriotismo chabacano si les tocas a su país :/ Me acuerdo clarito de la última vez que hubo wank porque yo no les llamaba ~americanos~, un asunto desagradable. Entre latinos nos entendemos, en todo caso. *hi5* Me gustaría volver pronto a México, aún no conozco ni la mitad de sitios que me gustaría. Ustedes merecen un mejor gobierno, muchachxs. Saludos!)

(Uy sí, ni tocarles el orgullo patriotero porque se ponen... Me imagino el mal trago que debiste pasar entonces. Pero sí, nosotros nos entendemos y eso basta. :D Ojalá puedas volver pronto!)

Different anon:

Oh I had no idea you guys in Chile used re, like for very. I thought it was only an Argentinian thing. I don't really know any Chileans, so yeah.

Dude, we're a total sponge of modismos X'D It's not so widespread as in Argentina, but we do use re-noun. Mostly to accompany profanity. (Like in "Avíspate, reweón").

Ok. I know the usual way to drink tequila there is neat. But: is that in shot glasses or larger glasses? Is the lemon/lime and salt thing not done at all?

You use really small glasses called caballitos. About the salt and lime thing, it's more of a personal choice.

Tequila is pretty strong alone, so some people like it more with lime and salt, but it also depends of the brand of tequila. The real quality stuff has a sweet taste to it, which is the reason why some other people prefer to drink it alone.

I don't really have any questions. I just want to link you to this fun little song.

With love from CA,
FJ

Haha, thanks, I didn't know that song! (And glad to know we have so many things in common!)

And yeah, I'm so used to earthquakes it would be odd for me to live in some other place where they don't have them. ;D

Welcome. ;) {Yeah, our areas are pretty similar. Damn Chupacabras.}

I know, right? Have you ever seen a non-local freak out while they're in your area during a tiny earthquake? It's kinda funny.

Oh yeah! I admit it's quite hilarious to see someone totally freaking out with a 4.0 earthquake. Makes you wonder what would they do with a 7.0 one. XD

I know, right? I mean, I understand if it was in a place that doesn't have earthquakes because their buildings aren't built to code. But when you're where we are? Dude, chill. Go stand in a doorway. I'm gonna go see what's to eat in the fridge.

To be completely honest I miss most earthquakes. It's really hard for me to feel them. I generally have to have someone else tell me or figure it out because everything around me is shaking.

Same. I learn there had been an earthquake most of the times only because I follow the National Earthquake System on Twitter. Otherwise, I only feel the large ones.

But yeah, buildings are so resistant to them that people tend to take them very lightly around here, myself included. Sometimes I do worry that we might be a little too careless at times, tho: I've had to wake up students who were sleeping during big earthquakes because they don't think they are dangerous at all, which is not a very wise thing to do...

Oh, I'm glad I'm not the only one who seems to be unable to feel them unless they're big.

Yeeaaaahhhh, something could fall on you or the quake could get worse. It's a fine line we need to walk between over-panicking and being carelessly stupid. It's hard to judge sometimes. At least we know what to do in case of an emergency. That's gotta count for something.

That's true.

Talk to ya later, Mexico Anon. It's been great.

Also, for funsies:

See you later, I had a great time talking to you.

Oh that image. Brings a lot of childhood memories!

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