Are You Sure The Violence from N.L. Is not spreading to Reynosa,Mexicali,Acuna,P.N. And Other Cities?=microcat]Let me answer the latter question first. Mexicali is MUCH safer than Nuevo Laredo. I've been living in Mexicali on a part-time basis since last year and have walked all around the city even in the wee hours of night. I've never been hassled, not even once. Compared to other border towns, Mexicali is quite mellow. The police have been nothing but good to me, too.
The SW scene is very different from the one in TJ. Most SWs are confined to the lobbies of the various hotels in the small "zona de tolerancia" area in Mexicali's downtown. That isn't to say that there aren't ANY SWs outside of this area. One weekend a few months ago, I happened to be cruising late at night along Carretera Santa Isabel in the Real del Rio district. Near the Calimax by Av. Yugoslavia, I spotted a pretty, young thing in a white dress walking by an OXXO. Actually, she wasn't a SW, really. She said she had been kicking it with some friends in the area and needed to get back home. However, she had no money to pay a cab to take her back home (in the Villafontana district) so she was going to hoof it. I asked her if she was willing to do me a little favor in exchange for a ride home and some cash. To make a long story short, $20 and a ride to Villafontana bought me a sloppy CBJ.
I don't know too much about the MP scene in Mexicali. Never been to one. Check the local papers to find the MP ads. Actually, I really can't monger too in Mexicali much as I have a GF (met her here in Los Angeles) that I share a place with out there and she usually doesn't let me too far out of her sight.
P.S.: Mr. Banker, this thread should be folded over into the main Mexicali section.[/QUOTE]