o/ \o
is this a joke?, lets talk about numbers first...
http://www.eluniversal.com/2010/08/27/e
0815.shtml
And that was 2009, actually we have the third dangerous/deadly cities around the world with Hoduras and Guatemala if i remember.
The kidnap and robbery is common around here as common as i know many people who have been robbed several times and actually my brother had a "kidnaping express" the last year, he just disspaear for 18 hours, "thx to the lord" he is ok. And if you still think this is are just words, well... i have a friend who dissapear for about 4 weeks... so yes kidnaping... is common
So... those cities you mentions should looks like Disneyland compared to Caracas, Ciudad Juárez, Rio or any other of these cities in the next lists...
http://opentravel.com/blogs/worlds-five
us-cities/
http://urbantitan.com/10-most-dangerous
d-in-2011/
http://urbantitan.com/the-10-most-dange
s-in-2012/
OF COURSE, this is nothing to be pround to say, nothing to be shame to tell... is something that you just have to learn to live with (if youre in any of these cities) of course... if you go out there with an Iphone4s/ipad in your had, with a pair of shoes of 500$ and step into few guys with suspicious faces, dont spect the best... So, been stupidly obvious in any of these cities wont help...
and the real true is...