A little networking: Mexico anyone?

Wastelandlive says on Feb 18, 2008, 20:42:

Well... as I said, I'm lookin for a blog/forum recommendation. Obviously, I've googled... but finding a good online community is harder than you might think.

What else? Introductions. Is there a club I should join to meet the players? What are some of your favorite haunts in the city.

I expect to be there for a few years. But I always like to hit the ground running.

Wasteland

Lostgringo says on Feb 19, 2008, 00:32:

I belonged to a few blogs for Mexico. Try this one http://www.mexconnected.com/perl/foros/gforum.cgi

The other had to do with Lake Chapela (sp) just south of Guadalajara. I was really interested in this place until I found it is now "Americanised." Prices have sky rocketed there.



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morphus says on Feb 19, 2008, 05:36:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forum.jspa?forumID=17

paulr says on Feb 19, 2008, 11:28:

WHy not create a blog or forum for Mexico, they are easy to set up and free (except for the hosting and domain) http://b2evolution.net/

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morphus says on Feb 19, 2008, 11:32:

Easier said than done. Most blogs end up in the internet desert.

paulr says on Feb 19, 2008, 11:47:

I agree, but if you find a niche or if the others aren´t so good you´ll do ok. You do need to keep on top of it too, to make a sucessful website takes a lot of dedication.

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Strobers says on Feb 19, 2008, 12:19:

My mom was born in Moneterry, Nuevo Leon, but we haven't been back there for several years. Mexico is in pretty bad shape right now. The narcos are really pounding each other over drug territory and the atrocities they are committing to intimidate each other has reached pretty epidemic preportions. Can you imagine being at a dance club and while your dancing, drinking having a good time, some thugs roll the heads of some adversaries across the dance floor? It's crazy.

Besides that, there are a lot of other places in Mexico that are better places to live than Monterrey. There are some beautiful little towns to explore, especially in Oaxaca. I would do that first and then make your decision on where you want to live.

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Man Tequila says on Feb 19, 2008, 17:01:

Mexico has had its problems with narcos, especially in Michoacan, but is still relatively safe. I am thinking about getting a place in Guanajuato but Oaxaca would also be a fine choice. If you want a beach, you´ll pay much more.

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Simon says on Feb 19, 2008, 17:05:

Don't go to Mexico dude, stay in Colombia where it's safe!

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Wastelandlive says on Feb 20, 2008, 15:57:

Thanks guys.

For the curious, my choice of cities is driven by the job... so that's not really going to change.

I'll check out the blogs. I appreciate the recommendations.

W

Wasteland

diabloblas says on Feb 20, 2008, 16:24:

tj dangerous?...there yesterday...no problem...more problems within 20 kilometers north of the border

DodgerDogs says on Feb 20, 2008, 16:41:

TIJAUNA TODAY 20 FEB 2008



TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Drug hitmen have killed a popular Mexican singer along with his manager and assistant near the U.S. border, authorities said on Wednesday, the latest murder among musicians who sing "narcocorrido" ballads glorifying drug traffickers.

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The body of Jesus Rey David Alfaro, known as "The Little Rooster," was one of six that turned up tortured, murdered and pinned with threatening messages for Mexico's army last week in the border town of Tijuana near San Diego.

"We believe Alfaro had links to the Arellano Felix cartel," said an official with the Baja California state attorney general's office who declined to be named.

The official was referring to Tijuana's main drug smuggling cartel, which is fighting a gory turf war with traffickers from Mexico's Pacific state of Sinaloa, led by the country's most-wanted man, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman.

At least half a dozen Mexican folk singers, who play narcocorridos and upbeat, brassy "grupera" music, have been killed since Mexico's drug war flared in 2006.

Alfaro, a regular act at Tijuana's biggest bars and music halls, was found covered in a blanket in wasteland on the edge of the city with rope marks around his neck, suggesting he was tortured before he was shot in the head, the attorney general's office said.

Drug hitmen pinned a message on his body saying "You'll be next," a taunt aimed at the thousands of soldiers sent by President Felipe Calderon to Tijuana to crush the drug gangs and clean up police forces working with the cartels.

Tijuana, long a transit point for narcotics heading to the United States, has seen a spike in murders this past year, with drug gangs even killing children. More than 2,500 people were killed in drug violence in Mexico last year and at least 320 people have died so far this year

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RUV says on Feb 21, 2008, 09:35:

Diabladblas,

Revolution does not count. There are more cops there then anywhere else in TJ. I have been warned by some family members about TJ.