Sorry, I confused you with the guy saying Mexicans were "just as miserable to live around." Mexicans have a crime problem sure, but I don't think it's more dangerous to be a white woman in a predominately Mexican area. Several years ago I lived in a poor, predominately Mexican area. It had lots of problems including theft, but people, even Anglos/non-Mexicans took walks, smoked outside, talked with neighbors, whatever. Nobody was at least physically scared of their neighbors. When I lived in a black area my girlfriend and her 60-something-year-old mother (who lived in the same area) would refuse to walk two streets to the convenience store because they'd get rape threats.