Why have millions of Americans moved to these countries instead?

Re:Why have millions of Americans moved to these countries i... by emptysongglass on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:29PM (#34226351)

The same Mexico with violent corruption reaching all the way to the highest levels of government? It sounds like you've insulated yourself from the astronomical violence of Mexico in one of its towns that caters to you but it's not the truth of the country: you're living in your own kind of walled up community town and telling yourself it's representative of the country at large.

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Re:Why have millions of Americans moved to these countries i... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:46PM (#34226485)

Mexico is hardly a uniform country, much of American media on Mexico is limited to high crime border areas, not the nicer parts of the country. If you compare the countries:

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Mexico/Uni...

They come out to be relatively similar overall. It would be like using St. Louis as an example of crime that someone living in SF will experience: the scales are completely off.

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Re:Why have millions of Americans moved to these countries i... by emptysongglass on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:38PM (#34226864)

From your own data I see a 98% higher murder rate. No, it is not a uniform country but it is deeply, deeply corrupt. That the state is so thoroughly compromised is well-known. The commenter I replied to used their own anecdata to extrapolate to the whole of Mexico, which is a mistake.

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Re:Why have millions of Americans moved to these countries i... by seanmcdirmid on Monday January 02, 2023 @09:53PM (#34226970)

Yes, the murder rate is higher. But it’s not a huge difference when you consider that those numbers are low to begin with.

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