It would suck to be one of these cops.

[Dinner]

It is entirely economic migration.

[Al B. Sure!]

I don't think that's got anything to do with it, I think it's 99.995% economic migration. If Mexico was as rich as the US there'd be no issue.

Actually, I think if Mexico was as equal as the US, there'd be no issue. Granted, the US is the richest country in the world by a longshot but Mexico is the 14th biggest economy and is middling per capita (it's between Brazil and Argentina), but wealth is not distributed well. It's one of the world's most unequal economies.

Nonetheless, income inequality remains a problem, and huge gaps remain not only between rich and poor but also between the north and the south, and between urban and rural areas. Sharp contrasts in income and Human Development are also a grave problem in Mexico. The 2004 United Nations Human Development Index report for Mexico states that Benito Juárez, a district of Mexico City, and San Pedro Garza GarcÃa, in the State of Nuevo León, would have a similar level of economic, educational and life expectancy development to Germany or New Zealand. In contrast, Metlatonoc, in the state of Guerrero, would have an HDI similar to that of Syria.[143] According to a 2008 UN report the average income in a typical urbanized area of Mexico was $26,654 a rate higher than advanced nations like South Korea or Taiwan while the average income in rural areas (sometimes just miles away) was only $8,403, rate comparable to developing countries such as Russia or Turkey.[144]

[KrazyHorse]

Really? Its Gini coefficient is similar to that of the US. That's only one measure of the income distribution but it certainly doesn't seem to indicate that "inequality" is much more prevalent in Mexico than in the US.

The biggest difference between the two countries' income distributions is simply the scale.

[Al B. Sure!]

Really? Its Gini coefficient is similar to that of the US. That's only one measure of the income distribution but it certainly doesn't seem to indicate that "inequality" is much more prevalent in Mexico than in the US.

The biggest difference between the two countries' income distributions is simply the scale.

My data was outdated:



Check the difference between Mexico and the US in the 80's and 90's. Also note that Mexico and Brazil have the highest Gini coefficients of those countries shown.

Looks like there is a progressive convergence between US and Mexico.

[KrazyHorse]

So you admit that you had no idea what you were talking about?

[KrazyHorse]

By the way, I note that you haven't gone back to the Gary/Cincy discussion where I posted actual crime statistics that show the two cities being fairly similar...

[MRT144]

You know whats funny, it's only places that border the United States in Mexico that suck. Puerto Vallarta is great.

[Dinner]

Actually, the violence is all over the place in Mexico these days.

[Donegeal]

Yeah? Some guy stole $40 from my wallet when I was diving down there.

[Dinner]

Sinaloa is about as far from the US as you can get in Mexico yet it's been rocked by violence and assassinations with the cartels practically running the state.

[MRT144]

Actually, the violence is all over the place in Mexico these days.

Bull****.

[David Floyd]

The only answer is to turn the US-Mexico border into a minefield and artillery range, with live fire exercises going at any time. Also, give a unlimited hunting license to ranchers near the border for whacking any Mexicans they catch coming across.

If the option was stay in Mexico and be desperately poor, or sneak into America and likely ****ing die, I think we'd see a nice little decrease in illegal immigration.

[Dinner]

Bull****.

The violence is all over Mexico, man.