Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualifiedfor 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?

And there goes the paranoia of people who get scared every time they
cross a border. They are always so evil on the other side. There are
parts of Philadelphia where I believe exactly the same applies, yet we
have meetings there.

But the main thing about anywhere in Mexico is that to get a reasonable
selection of ecomonical flights, you need to transit through the US to
get there, as as the US does not have any international transit, guess
what, you need to enter the US to do that.

regards

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:73attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Dean Willis
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 4:53 PM
> To: Ted Lemon
> Cc: 73attendees@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualifiedfor 
> 2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?
> 
> 
> On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
> 
> >  Mexico City, for example.
> >
> 
> Sure, if you want 40% of our attendees kidnapped for ransom 
> and another 20% arrested on faux charges and fined heavily. 
> Mexico City is a HUGELY not safe place for people who don't 
> know their way around.  
> Those who DO know only travel with trusted bodyguards. Do 
> you, for example, know the difference between Libre and Sitio 
> taxis? Most people don't, but there is a big one . . . 
> mostly, how many days the kidnappers hold you to keep pumping 
> the ATM dry.
> 
> The US may be a pain for immigration purposes, but I don't 
> think we're losing many people to crime in Minneapolis. 
> Nobody mugs the locals; many are lawfully armed, and most of 
> them wouldn't put up with that sort of behavior.
> 
> See:
> 
> http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Minneapolis&state=MN
> 
> http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=43999
> 
> 
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