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Originally Posted by mad_chils139
I am from the US and currently been living in Medellin for a while now... Medellin is way safer than any other city in Colombia, you can walk alone that wont be a problem and taxis are all safe.. dont listen to ppl they dont know because they dont live here..
"way safer" isn't saying much in the 15th most dangerous country in the world. It's also not entirely true; Medellin has a higher murder rate than Bogota, and about the same as Cartagena, Barranquilla, and Santa Marta. Medellin does have a significantly lower rate of robberies though, fwiw.