Aha! Now I get it. It was a joke...a sarcastic joke, nevertheless it was a joke. Humor is a good thing. 
I have friends who vacation in Mexico and they love it. Or loved it before the pandemic screwed up travel. There are over a million expats in Mexico. Puerto Vallarta is known as an expat haven by the sea. Other expat favorites are San Miguel de Allende; Mérida; Lake Chapala which is Mexico’s largest expat hotspot and where my friends vacation. There are several more favorite locations expats chose in Mexico.
One of the aspects of the media I most dislike is how they frequently magnify all the bad shit that goes on around the world and completely ignore all that is good and positive. People who live elsewhere, think all of Portland is under siege when the reality is very different. People think what we see on the media is real. Maybe it is real, but not in the way they'd like you to think it is.
There are some great places to live in Mexico. The problem is they are few and far between. 90% of Mexico is a cesspool. You will notice all the places filled with American's and Europeans are just that, all American and European. They are the top 1% of the Country.
I know American's who live there quite comfortably. It's cheap and very few rules to follow. If you made your wealth illegally, it's the place to live, nobody askes any questions, no taxes and red tape to worry about. You have money, no problemo!
Also many places are beautiful. I've seen some amazing places on the Pacific coastline.
The main cities are pretty bad though. Just try driving a car through Mexico City, it's insane. No traffic laws to follow, or at least none are enforced.
Tampico is my favorite place, but it's the "rich" part of Mexico.
Just don't get caught away from one of the good places and you are fine. As my GF and her family always say, don't carry cash, don't dress nice, speak spanish (at least some), never start a fight, don't act important and always travel with a Mexican.
I've been to Juarez and Tijuana, some of the worst places in North America. The majority of the people are nice and friendly, don't care much about anything. But those others will rob you and knife you for $100, no questions asked. The police won't even make a report. They don't want the attention. Thousands of people disappear in the border towns every year. When you cross the border there are walls covered with pictures of missing Americans. The government doesn't even acknowledge they are missing, it's family members going down there to try and find them.
I've been all over Mexico and i've seen how badly they are treated, so much poverty, rape, murder and gang activity. Most of the bad things that happen there are not televised or talked about, they are swept under the rug. Which is kind of my point. The government is corrupt, so is the military; they can be bought and paid for. The cartels have billions of dollars, they influence over 25% of the police force. That's pretty crazy to think about.
Once your government, media, police and military are corrupt and do not tell the truth. All is lost. That is how the majority of Central and South America are. We don't need to be heading that direction.
