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

Dean Willis <dean.willis@softarmor.com> Tue, 18 November 2008 21:32 UTC

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On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:22 PM, David Kessens wrote:

>
> Dean,
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:53:24AM -0600, Dean Willis wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> This still doesn't even come close to your description of the safety
> situation in Dallas (see mail below).

Apparently folks listened to my advice in Dallas and stayed out of the  
bad neighborhoods.

Seriously though: Mexico City on average is as bad as Dallas at its  
worst.

--
Dean

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