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Originally Posted by WichitaDM
The more you travel the more you realize the world is not the scary place portrayed by the US media. The people in here scared of Central America have not traveled extensively.
That being said I wouldn't go to NK either but that is one of the few places on earth that is true. Comparing Central America to NK is laughable.
I actually disagree. I consider Central America the most dangerous places I’ve been, on par with South Africa and Brazil. I find people overrate political tensions and underrate organized crime and street crime for some reason.
I’ve been to Kosovo, Ukraine (2015 & 2018), Haiti (4x), Zimbabwe (2010), Russia, Transnistria, Bosnia/Hercegovina, Ethiopia, and Cuba, and generally I consider those places safer from a crime/risk perspective than Central America, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Brazil, and South Africa. Maybe Haiti is more dangerous because there’s very little infrastructure and lack of stability, but much less criminality so it’s hard to balance.
I hesitate to go back to Central America, partly because of the crime and partly because I like Mexico much, much more—it’s a place that’s worth the danger imo.
edit to add: I wouldn’t hesitate before going to NK, and I don’t think I deserve much sympathy if I get killed doing some stupid thing in some dangerous place.