At the same time, we also see official promotion of Tijuana tourism:

Tijuana has been recommended by the New York Times as the eighth best site to visit in 2017. Here you can traverse its streets and immerse yourself in its multifaceted and vibrant culture.

https://www.visitmexico.com/en/main-destinations/baja-califo...

But isn't that like saying Chicago is one of the deadliest cities in America, but it still shows up on tourist recommendations? As a Chicago native, it is dangerous, but only if you go way deep into the wrong area, which you would have to do on purpose -- everywhere else is pretty safe in general

I guess so, yeah. That's what I'm trying to highlight. That's what I find so interesting.

There's this juxtaposition of US tourists having a great time and simultaneously a lot of murders -- all in the same city. There's the LA Times describing the high murder rate, and the NY Times describing a city one must visit.

US residents cross the border to Tijuana every day in large numbers. If I'm not mistaken, it's the busiest border crossing in the US. Pretty much none of these US residents get killed while visiting Tijuana. Pretty much all of them return to the US alive and well.

Curious if Tijiuna has safe areas.

We call those “San Diego”.