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AlicatAZ wrote:

I think all ";internationals" should help to create an environment against crime wherever they go, work to better the local community and rat out crime holes....I know,.....dangerous.  Create Block Watches and follow suspicious characters back to their holes.  Make it unfriendly to the bad guys.  In Mexico the police are very active, I like that.but they need our help.

Don´t be so condescending. Mexicans can take of themselves.  Nobody needs "our" help. It is their responsibility, no one elses. Take care of yourself and your own property like everyone else does and you will fit in just fine. IMO

FelipeZapata wrote:

Depends on one's personal druthers, of course.

My current home has one big drawback, it's too humid.
That's compensated for by being able to sleep in a t-shirt with just a top sheet for cover in February.
Depends on one's personal druthers, of course!

gudgrief wrote:

But, in the two cities I have lived, it doesn't take long for a driver or one driver in each lane to stop for pedestrians to cross even where there is no stop sign.  In the middle of the block, even.

In a larger city like Guadalajara or even Morelia and Saltillo, you may have to wait 2 or 3 minutes.

They will stop where it is mandated that they stop. There is usually a speed bump cross walk and signs to yield to pedestrians.
Stop signs in Mexico are more of an advisory thing. Unlike the U.S. they have streets that go a direction having the right away. Here its North - South, the stop signs are on the cross streets, and even the police see them as sort of advice more than a requirement.
The people going the right of way direction do not have to stop. They are particularily lax about those right of way streets. You cross at your own risk, and people stop because of that. I recently became aware that if you are crossing a double right of way street you are safe if you make it to the center. If like the U.S you have just moved out and stopped while crossing, but have not reached the magic center area , someone on the right away can exceed the speed limit and hit your car and still not be seen as liable for the accident. They had the right of way you see, so it's your fault.

As a pedestrian it's best to be very wary and look for speed bump crossings. In  Morelia it was rare to get across in less than 5 minutes, and it can get pretty exciting.

stinkyboy1 wrote:

Be carefull when walking on The street,they will hit you.Somtimes Its unavoidable, when cars are parked on the sidewalk for example.I was walking on the street in Coatza as The sidewalk was not passable.A taxi hit me from behind with his mirror and ran over my left foot with his front wheel,he was only doing about 5mph at the time.He then got out and informed me it was my fault as I was walking on the street.

Absolutely, you have to be on the lookout.
Watch out for cars trying to park parallel and those making turns into the lane your crossing the street in.
Sometimes it is safer and quicker to walk IN the street but you have to be aware of what's coming in all directions.

Sorry about that taxi incident.  I've come pretty close to getting sideswiped myself.