Foreign Policy points out that Ciudad Juarez notwithstanding, the crime rate in Mexico isn't nearly as out of control as news reports over the last year have made it out to be.
“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.” -Thomas Jefferson
