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re: Mexican border towns
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:07 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:07 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Did you expect anything other than comically dire reactions from a board that is largely scared of anything not white?
In December 2014 I took a bus from Laredo to Monterrey (and back), which included a transfer in the station in Nuevo Laredo. Spent four days in the Monterrey area. No signs of violence or any kind of threat at all. That was nearer to the height of the cartel violence, too.
In December 2014 I took a bus from Laredo to Monterrey (and back), which included a transfer in the station in Nuevo Laredo. Spent four days in the Monterrey area. No signs of violence or any kind of threat at all. That was nearer to the height of the cartel violence, too.
This post was edited on 1/18/16 at 12:08 pm
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Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:13 pm to zacata88
zacata, you might fit in better than others. What does being white have to do with it? Racist?
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:20 pm to zacata88
I guess the US government has a comically dire reaction in regards to border town travel and is scared of anything not white..
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:21 pm to zacata88
What was your time like Nuevo Laredo? Did you actually go anywhere outside the bus station? Monterrey isn't bad, but its not near as safe as it used to be. I wouldn't suggest going alone at all. Going in a group and sticking to the tourist part of Saltillo is fine, but that's not what the OP wants to do.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 12:40 pm to zacata88
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Monterrey
Monterrey is a nice place. Border towns, meh.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 11:53 pm to zacata88
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Did you expect anything other than comically dire reactions from a board that is largely scared of anything not white?
In December 2014 I took a bus from Laredo to Monterrey (and back), which included a transfer in the station in Nuevo Laredo. Spent four days in the Monterrey area. No signs of violence or any kind of threat at all. That was nearer to the height of the cartel violence, too
This. It's not like as soon as you cross the border you will be sold into slavery, then get your head chopped off. There have been a few incidents of Americans getting kidnapped, and thousands upon thousands cross into Mexico every day.
That being said, you probably won't have a very good time if you are paranoid the whole time you are there (understandably so)
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