Originally Posted by BenjaminNYC
A lot of the same things can be said about the bad areas of US cities. Staying at the beautiful Four Seasons or W, having a private driver and car, going to dinner in Polanco, going to museums, etc, nothing bad is going to happen.
You are in denial and trying to paint a rosy scenario.
What you are REALLY saying is to for this guy to have the most artificial 'Mexico City Experience' possible by staying away from the locals and pricing his way away from the 'common' citizens there. Essentially, isolate himself away from the 20,000,000 people there that don't have money. Nice.
I've never had to even think about a body guard, private car, being kidnapped, or anything even close to that anywhere in the US.
To compare Mexico City to ANY city in the US is simply ridiculous. Perhaps hard to accept for you, but completely not comparable. Period.
The guy should be ultra-careful and NOT think of it as a dirty Las Vegas. If he and his boys get messed up on booze and lose their wits the consequences in Mexico City can be severe. Period.