Well Mexico City is one of the (if not the) wealthiest cities in Mexico, and I was in a reasonably nice part of town; so this was a best case scenario. The city also has shanty-towns and no-go areas, but I didn't go to those places. I imagine if I wanted to see some "deeply fucked up shit" I would have been able to find it there in abundance.
One thing I forgot to mention was the air pollution: my lungs burned as soon as I got off the plane, and it took a few days for it to subside. Then you're also at 8,000 feet, so it takes time to get used to the thin air.
Well Mexico City is one of the (if not the) wealthiest cities in Mexico, and I was in a reasonably nice part of town; so this was a best case scenario. The city also has shanty-towns and no-go areas, but I didn't go to those places. I imagine if I wanted to see some "deeply fucked up shit" I would have been able to find it there in abundance.
One thing I forgot to mention was the air pollution: my lungs burned as soon as I got off the plane, and it took a few days for it to subside. Then you're also at 8,000 feet, so it takes time to get used to the thin air.