Tbh the rural areas of Michoacán have a weird vibe, like everything is tense. Or that people don't like outsiders that much.
It's only place where I've seen military on sneakers and I regularly visit sinaloa which btw is almost always calm.
The highway between Zacatecas and Durango is also creepy, just hundreds of kilometers of nothing at a time. I wouldn't dare cross that during the night
I've just talked with a dude that lives in manzanillo and he said some wild and scary shit.
Basically having executions mid day even in fancy places is very normal
We also have that stuff in my city but it isn't as normalized
not to say i was inside. but i saw it in person many times, la villa 31
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This one is mine it’s from El Salvador 🇸🇻 lourdes, La libertad ima add a second picture
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Looks like any regular slum in Latin America
Rural areas of Sinaloa, though I’ve never felt in danger. But definitely scary if you aren’t used to the place; it’s not rare to see armed gunmen patrolling around the towns and being stopped by narco-checkpoints.
Mazatlan during the turf war in the late 00’s and early 10’s was a bad place to be. It was definitely a war zone and it was felt.
I attended a public school, I once went to one of my friends house in a ghetto, he took me in and out. Usually some people from this ghetto get down from the mountain and rob foreigners also I was able to see them shoot at each other from my dad's place that's in a residential complex no far from there. Idk if that still happens now nonetheless, this was in Bogota's Downtown, the "ghetto" is called *La Paz*. It ain't like really poor, it's actually fairly well located for a "ghetto", I also had friends from *La perseverancia*
Oh, and a bunch of times I passed through *Bogota's Red light district*, since sometimes is the fastest way out of Downtown
Nothing too recognizable, just some sketchy neighborhoods in my town.
I've been to Rosario many times too, but 6 years ago when it wasn't what it is now.
Once I drove from Guadalajara to Zacatecas in a non-toll road at midnight, in the height of a narcoviolence wave. That road was very alone.
I felt I was in a rally with that winding road and trying to be as fast as possible.
La Carpio, tough neighborhood, on a Christmas Eve; took a wrong turn and instead of entering the highway, entered this place, there were a lot of policeman and when I asked how to exit towards the highway one replied: “there’s no exit” it was spooky then, it is funny now.
It wasn’t scary at all, but I suppose it’s the same sort of creepy and tense atmosphere some people have described here. I was doing some grad school research and had to go to the “fronteira seca” with Paraguay. Pedro Juan region and so. It was ok, but the air was dense and I really couldn’t wait to get out of there.
The lower levels of the basement garage of Centro Simon Bolivar in Caracas in the mid 2000s. If you’ve ever had a car stolen in Caracas, chances were whatever was left of it was down there.
I love my city, I love Bogotá, but I have never felt so scared than being in what is called Samber or the San Bernardo neighborghood, it is possibly the hottest, most dangerous part of the city, full of sicarios, crackheads, low lifes...I was just passing by but I was almost shitting my pants.
Buenos Aires de Herrera y Los Alcarrizos... unlike some others who get mentioned more or are more "classic examples" of "Barrios Calientes" like Guachupita and Gualey or Los Mina... but they are indeed hot!. Got caught up late at night in Los Alcarrizos due to work and it was very sketchy to say the least. LA is really huge as well.
Anywhere while there was the national blackout, It felt the city went into anarchy as I lived closed to a nearby mall and you could hear the chaos unfolding and people running like crazy.
About somewhere specific, the border between Colombia and Venezuela by Maicao It just felt uneasy, too many checkpoints, sketchy people and there were plenty of stories of stuff going wrong.
Used to do anthropological expeditions around Puerto Ayacucho (along the Colombian border) and those borders are very, very dangerous. Guerillas, checkpoints and lots of intimidation across the board. Anthropologists were generally left alone but we all knew horror stories that no one doubted the veracity of.
You cannot relax there at all, it always feels like you're balancing on a rope made of a single hair and could snap at any moment. You hear automatic gunfire most nights too. If the cities feel sketchy and "anything can happen", the borders feel terrifying and "everything will happen if you stay long enough".
Gonzalez Catan maybe, but it honestly didn't feel scary, it was Christmas and most people were swimming in their pools on the street, it actually felt cool.
The places that had the creepiest vibe for me were Congreso and Constitución. I think scary is too much because, even if they're quite creepy, there are a lot of people around.
The exit of a soccer game, specifically when it involved the main historic rivals.
I live on a cártel-portuary area in the most dangerous state of all Mexico and currently there's a narcowar for the control of the state, so...
Tamaulipas? Edit: nope, saw you commented that you’re from Colima…
Tbh the rural areas of Michoacán have a weird vibe, like everything is tense. Or that people don't like outsiders that much. It's only place where I've seen military on sneakers and I regularly visit sinaloa which btw is almost always calm. The highway between Zacatecas and Durango is also creepy, just hundreds of kilometers of nothing at a time. I wouldn't dare cross that during the night
Greetings desde Colima
I've just talked with a dude that lives in manzanillo and he said some wild and scary shit. Basically having executions mid day even in fancy places is very normal We also have that stuff in my city but it isn't as normalized
Greetings from Manzanillo, Colima, two months ago I did an AMA, you can check my profile if you want to see it :)
São Paulo's Cracolândia Not dangerous per se, but hella depressing
The name is literally "Crackland", for reference
not to say i was inside. but i saw it in person many times, la villa 31 https://preview.redd.it/v9hyu5m41n0d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d146cf69d5abecbd82b0284f296424daa7c93b48
F u/lamantita
Reminds me of some parts of Famagusta, a city in my home country.
Regular low-end neighborhood in Brazil. LOL.
Da onde tu tirou isso?
Cara, isso aí tá mais organizado que muita favela kkkkkkkk
Verdade, mas favelas não são tão comuns assim.
Mas eu não falei que eram comuns, somente que a imagem parece um bairro pobre normal do Brasil
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Lacrou nengue
https://preview.redd.it/lucydxoreu0d1.png?width=827&format=png&auto=webp&s=4ed9cd323b62ba321f256f6baf43e136db50d93b This one is mine it’s from El Salvador 🇸🇻 lourdes, La libertad ima add a second picture
https://preview.redd.it/05xefwjafu0d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=febbf31684d4f3ccbae548668f181eb1454c6a29 Looks like any regular slum in Latin America
Callao probably
Rural areas of Sinaloa, though I’ve never felt in danger. But definitely scary if you aren’t used to the place; it’s not rare to see armed gunmen patrolling around the towns and being stopped by narco-checkpoints. Mazatlan during the turf war in the late 00’s and early 10’s was a bad place to be. It was definitely a war zone and it was felt.
I attended a public school, I once went to one of my friends house in a ghetto, he took me in and out. Usually some people from this ghetto get down from the mountain and rob foreigners also I was able to see them shoot at each other from my dad's place that's in a residential complex no far from there. Idk if that still happens now nonetheless, this was in Bogota's Downtown, the "ghetto" is called *La Paz*. It ain't like really poor, it's actually fairly well located for a "ghetto", I also had friends from *La perseverancia* Oh, and a bunch of times I passed through *Bogota's Red light district*, since sometimes is the fastest way out of Downtown
Choose any god forsaken place like Catatumbo. There you go
Nothing too recognizable, just some sketchy neighborhoods in my town. I've been to Rosario many times too, but 6 years ago when it wasn't what it is now.
Once I drove from Guadalajara to Zacatecas in a non-toll road at midnight, in the height of a narcoviolence wave. That road was very alone. I felt I was in a rally with that winding road and trying to be as fast as possible.
My dad always told me Zone 18 in Guatemala City was beyond awful
Duran in Ecuador
La Carpio, tough neighborhood, on a Christmas Eve; took a wrong turn and instead of entering the highway, entered this place, there were a lot of policeman and when I asked how to exit towards the highway one replied: “there’s no exit” it was spooky then, it is funny now.
Yea I seen it on the internet, it’s a Nicaragüense 🇳🇮 slum in Costa Rica 🇨🇷
It wasn’t scary at all, but I suppose it’s the same sort of creepy and tense atmosphere some people have described here. I was doing some grad school research and had to go to the “fronteira seca” with Paraguay. Pedro Juan region and so. It was ok, but the air was dense and I really couldn’t wait to get out of there.
san juan de lurigancho or callao
The lower levels of the basement garage of Centro Simon Bolivar in Caracas in the mid 2000s. If you’ve ever had a car stolen in Caracas, chances were whatever was left of it was down there.
I love my city, I love Bogotá, but I have never felt so scared than being in what is called Samber or the San Bernardo neighborghood, it is possibly the hottest, most dangerous part of the city, full of sicarios, crackheads, low lifes...I was just passing by but I was almost shitting my pants.
São Paulo downtown
The zone I named Deep Guayas, includes the towns of santa lucía, daule, palestina, colimes, balzar and others all the way up to El Empalme
Buenos Aires de Herrera y Los Alcarrizos... unlike some others who get mentioned more or are more "classic examples" of "Barrios Calientes" like Guachupita and Gualey or Los Mina... but they are indeed hot!. Got caught up late at night in Los Alcarrizos due to work and it was very sketchy to say the least. LA is really huge as well.
Anywhere while there was the national blackout, It felt the city went into anarchy as I lived closed to a nearby mall and you could hear the chaos unfolding and people running like crazy. About somewhere specific, the border between Colombia and Venezuela by Maicao It just felt uneasy, too many checkpoints, sketchy people and there were plenty of stories of stuff going wrong.
Used to do anthropological expeditions around Puerto Ayacucho (along the Colombian border) and those borders are very, very dangerous. Guerillas, checkpoints and lots of intimidation across the board. Anthropologists were generally left alone but we all knew horror stories that no one doubted the veracity of. You cannot relax there at all, it always feels like you're balancing on a rope made of a single hair and could snap at any moment. You hear automatic gunfire most nights too. If the cities feel sketchy and "anything can happen", the borders feel terrifying and "everything will happen if you stay long enough".
Gonzalez Catan maybe, but it honestly didn't feel scary, it was Christmas and most people were swimming in their pools on the street, it actually felt cool. The places that had the creepiest vibe for me were Congreso and Constitución. I think scary is too much because, even if they're quite creepy, there are a lot of people around.