Is Acapulco no longer a fabulous place to visit?

Yeah crime is bad, not worth the risk.

It took a direct hit from a Cat. 5 hurricane last October. I imagine the recovery in a place like that is pretty slow.

Escaping quicksand, stop, drop, & roll, and visiting Acapulco… all things from my childhood I thought would be more prevalent as an adult than they really are.

frick me it gets better

Maybe we shouldn’t be that scared of it. Deadliest city rankings

It is supposedly very unsafe for tourists and everyone else. I've been to Zihuatenejo and Ixtapa, and they are neat places, the former more authentic Mexican, the latter Cancunish but nice. It's a shame they are on the no travel list now.

That would make the Memphis thread and list from yesterday waaay wrong.

That was actually a canary in the coal mine for me - Mrs. Midnight and I went to Mexico (Yucatan) for a part business/part vacation trip many years ago. I never felt unsafe, necessarily, because I assumed the authorities would keep the tourist areas as safe as possible. Once tourists start getting clipped or even violence spikes in/near the tourist areas, the game is up, right?

Well, a few years later, I saw that story with all the beheaded bodies found near one of the West coast resort cities, either Puerto Vallarta or Acapulco. I knew right then things had changed.

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I hope Andy Dufrene and Red are alright down there!!

And these are the invading force flooding unimpeded into the US. They’re already here by the thousands. They are all compromised by the cartels in some fashion.