Really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always thought Mexico City was incredibly dynamic.
Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.
As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive.
I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I don't know if I could live there all year. It's such an intense place.
What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.
I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
I'll tell you what makes me feel worthwhile: organizing and solving other people's problems. It makes me feel good to go to Mexico City and figure out theories on how you can reorganize and reduce crime. To me, it's one of the more fulfilling ways to spend a day.
Mexico is a mosaic of different realities and beauties.
I have a lot of respect for Mexico.
I feel absolutely no threat or fear in Mexico City.