I was assaulted last night at across from the Baseball Stadium

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@DML: Excellent response, Donna. I would only add that I can't fathom why anyone would choose to live in a city that he believed to be unsafe for all but six hours at midday. Perhaps J Anoni would like to explain why he lives here.

@vagamundo: Please don't let one report of an assault discourage you. Guanajuato, like any city of its size, has the occasional mugging and so on, but it remains one of the safest cities in Mexico. And safer than many if not most cities of comparable size in the United States.

I've lived here for fourteen years, and I've never been assaulted, despite frequently daring to venture outdoors before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m. You ask about dangerous neighborhoods. I would avoid Cerro de los Leones and Cerro del Cuarto at all hours. I would be careful in parts of Pastita (near the baseball stadium) and Valenciana. I would also be careful in any neighborhood after dark, just as I would in any city anywhere. I usually drive or take taxis at night, but I don't completely rule out walking after dark.

On this forum, vagamundo, as on any such forum, there will always be a few extreme opinions. I advise you to ignore the extremes at either end. The truth is somewhere in the middle.

Don