Visiting Mexico City

[quote] Anyone else experience Mexico City

Yes.

Mexico City is always a fun time. I love their metro system, the world-class museums, food, gay bars, Teotihuacan, etc.

The Anthropology Museum is so vast that it could take days just taking all of it in.

The subway system is a wonder to behold—clean, fast, cheap, frequent

And cruisy, R3. An entire car dedicated to m4m, lmao.

There was so much press about kidnappings and tourists being robbed in the mid-late 2000s - it didn't sound safe.

Like this comment on the other Mexico City thread: Be very careful. A good friend of mine was recently attacked and kidnapped in Mexico City. He fought like crazy to get away and ended up with a lot of bruises but alive. He knew that if he ended up in the car, he'd be done for. Express kidnappings are very popular where you will be abducted and taken to an ATM to give them cash. If you don't have the cash, they will beat the crap out of you. Don't walk alone especially at night,

It's either horror stories or its "just like any other big city - just be careful". I would stick out in Mexico City as a tourist. I've been to Mexico at least 20 times - but Mexico City always had red flags.

It's supposed to be the really cool hip place to go to the past few years - and I know there's good and bad.

It’s fantastic. Don’t believe the negative stories. Any city is dangerous if you’re not careful and street smart.

True R6 but in the last several years Mexico has become particularly concerning and yes many of the violent crimes happen outside of tourist areas

Country Summary: Violent crime – such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery – is widespread and common in Mexico. The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in many areas of Mexico, as travel by U.S. government employees to certain areas is prohibited or restricted. In many states, local emergency services are limited outside the state capital or major cities.

When I went, I never felt in a danger at all. I was mainly in the downtown area.

I think some of the Mexican States can be dangerous but those are far from Mex City

Mexico City used to be ranked as the having the most polluted air but, over the last decade, it made major changes to improve the air quality

One interesting but often overlooked museum is the Museum of Memory and Tolerance— a human rights museum

How’s Grindr in Mexico City?

R9, yes, like Sinaloa. Now that state is a no-go zone.

Love Mex City! I stayed downtown and loved that there were live bands always playing down the strip and people dancing.

Lots of gays everywhere. Great place!

Hope you can get back into the US OP! You might end up visiting El Salvador instead.

I lived there for 4 months. It's fascinating, but it has its drawbacks. The fucking noise levels. The air pollution. The risk of an earthquake (I was there during one). The density of street vendors, and people in general, can feel overwhelming. Once I accidentally strayed a couple blocks from the Centro Historico and got caught up in the most packed street market I've ever seen - like, crowded to the point you couldn't move freely. It would have been an ideal situation to get pickpocketed (thankfully that never happened). The metro can be like that too. Of course most expats stay in the Roma/Condesa/Polanco bubble and never venture further.

Teotihuacan is not an Aztec site. Jesus—learn some history.

R14 are the men hot?

OP, I think I might take my son to CDMX this fall. Looking forward to your thoughts if you go before!

R15

I just spent four days in Isla Mujeres for a wedding - absolutely no trouble getting home and the Cancun airport employees were efficient and professional. I did wonder slightly about difficulty getting home, since I’m not quiet about my distaste of Trump and Musk on social media, but so are thousands of other Americans right now. They can’t get us all.

Is it true the air pollution is so bad you see it when you blow your nose?

Oh for chrissake they’re not going to grab you at the border for DL POSTS —-you people are nuts.

Did AI write the original post?

It's a HUGE mess of a city. It's waaaay too crowded. The traffic is some of the worst you'll find anywhere.

Yes the museums are great. The culinary scene has thrived bigly. Some neighborhood architecture is gorgeous. But if you want Mexican flavor, other cities are preferred.

Mexico City is the best city in the world.

It sounds like a very dynamic place where your experience in living or visiting would vary greatly.

It's not the gangs I'd worry about. It's the earthquakes. I wouldn't want to be in the metro when it happens.

Its an amazing place for a 5-6 day visit.

It sits on a dry lakebed!

I love it. Subway is so wonderful

For what it's worth, Mexico City has a lower homicide rate than Chicago;

That's what they say r31, I don't believe that at all, they lie of course.

They do say at Christmas time it's beautiful though.

A weird fact is that Mexico City has had its major earthquakes on the same day in Sept over the years (Can’t recall but I think it’s Sept 19 or so)

It was ranked the city with the worst air pollution about 20 years ago. Since then the city has taken many measures to reduce the pollution. It’s far better now

I always surprised by the sheer number of gay couples holding hands through downtown. Heck you don’t even see that in NYC or SF

R34 is confused — the 16th is Independence Day.

1985 Earthquake: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Mexico City on September 19, 1985, causing widespread destruction and claiming thousands of lives.

2017 Earthquake: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck on September 19, 2017, causing significant damage and casualties.

2022 Earthquake: Another major earthquake struck Mexico City on September 19, 2022, adding to the traumatic history surrounding this date.

Only one of those was centered in Mexico City. There are hundreds more that didn’t occur on 19/9.

[quote] Heck you don’t even see that in NYC or SF

What? I see gay couples holding hands all the time in Chicago.

[Quote] What? I see gay couples holding hands all the time in Chicago.

I do in the gayborhood in Chicago but not downtown

Most crime in Mexico City is underreported for obvious reasons, so the Chicago remark is invalid, look it up, apparently people go missing and that's not reported either, try something else idiot.

A much lower IQ, for R42, for obvious reasons…

I never felt unsafe, not even for a second, in Mexico City. That said, I didn’t crawl the city in the wee hours looking for parties and bars.

You ordered in on Rentmen…