Yeah, I have the same feeling. The eastern coast is more beautiful in terms of the sea and beaches but I don´t really like the behavior of the locals there. My friend once said: "It feels like they want you to pay for breathing the air here." Quite aptly I think. Plus these days, there is a huge increase in all kinds of scams not just by the ordinary folks but also the police. In PDC, police would stop random tourists right on La Quinta, make up some excuse for a body search (usually drugs) and when doing so, they steal anything valuable (money, cameras, jewelry etc.) from the confused unsuspecting person. More and more reports of these scams have been showing up all over the Riviera. Pathetic. And yeah, there is a spike in the cartel violence too. Especially Tulum. 65 murders in this little town just between January and September this year... Crazy. I don´t know why Merida is such a safe haven but it obviously is... You picked a very good place as your new home.
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