@@davidmoncada7366 They removed the option to upload it (only I can). But if you send a word document with the translation I can upload it. If you can help that would be great!
It’s frustrating and pisses people off when it happens in US cities. I can’t imagine how angry I’d be if I were Mexican. Also this is great argument for using CDMX hotels, not Air BnBs!
Not trying to undermine the situation in mexico by any means, but trust me, wealthy remote workers are doing the same thing to small towns with cheaper cost of living within the US also.
Your point is valid. Also, Mexicans with well-paid knowledge worker jobs who were once stuck in the offices here in Mexico City are doing the same in small towns in Mexico too.
When you go to the expensive US cities, you find that the reason these wealthy workers are moving to other places to do remote work is that an even wealthier set of people are pushing them out of cities like San Francisco, New York, London, Seoul, etc. In San Francisco prices are insane, and there is a weird combo of a lot of vacancies alongside spots where some billionaire buys the buildings around them just to not have to live next to 'peasants' that are only millionaires... So those people move to Austin, and then Austin people move to Arizona, and then Arizona folks move to Mexico...
@@arcady0 My friend and her husband--both wealthy tech workers--moved to Austin during the pandemic. They're not working remote. They could simply transfer offices. And they followed the trajectory you described: They bought a house, which was a steal compared to Manhattan prices. But they were motivated not for economic factors. The wife is Asian. And the violence directed toward Asians--especially Asian women--in New York went off the charts.
Something similar happened in Istanbul, Turkey over the course of last 5-10 years. Wealthy Gulf Arabs moved in, pushed their petrodollars into the market and skyrocketed housing prices. They are aggressively buying livelihoods and in exchange they are granted fast track citizenship. And unlike digital nomads, Gulf Arabs don't even work. Their excessive oil money finances their life of extreme luxury, while poor Turks work incredibly long hours just to be able to stay afloat. It's totally messed up. Big time.
The state value money more than it does the condition of its people. The extra money will help the government? There is no “trickle down”. It is sad to see this happening all across the world, rich people ruin the place they live in, and move elsewhere. Eventually, being an asshole to the poor won’t get them a free pass.
As a former New Yorker who has been priced out of several neighborhoods due to gentrification, all I can say is that it sucks. People just gave to move on, the power of greed is a force that can rarely be defeated. I also remember back in the day, people used to mock African-Americans about their complaints about "gentrification". The mockers have now adopted the use of the term.
Out of curiosity where did you land? My family and I came South. We even took a pay cut that kinda offset because of the cheaper rent 🤷🏽♂️. Raleigh and Charlotte have become Southern New Yorks.
So what happens when that happens, you have to mírate to somewhere affordable because people with Money come around and jack the prices up which off balances the local economy?
One of the more obnoxious things I feel that comes with gentrification here in NYC is the selective way crime is reported. During the Bloomberg era when the administration and city was marketing it as "the safest big city in the country" there was so much violent crime that was never reported. In my old neighborhood alone there were regular shootouts between the two warring drug crews, and when I'd go to search the newspapers or local news stations for any info... absolutely nothing. Also the local NYPD precinct, who were widely known to be on the take of the dealers may have something to with it as well. Fast forward to now, where things are very much the same as they were back then, but now the NYPD feels increasing pressure to justify their actions (complete with work slowdowns even), every little crime, no matter how big or small is front page news. It's definitely setting a fear mongering narrative. Something the local media never seems to just go along with.
I'm sick and tired of this. I live in that neighborhood and it's awful that restaurants are too expensive for us. La Roma was so different 15 years ago. All small family businesses but not anymore. Plus, some foreigners are rude and ignorant. They aren't interested in our culture and won't even learn Spanish.
The worse part for me of all of this, is the fact the majority of remote workers NEVER get to know any local resident the entirety of their stay in Mexico. They don't even attempt to try to get to know the maid or landlord in a more personal way, and only by name. And above all they don't even try to learn Spanish. That's my take on the majority of them in those areas like Roma, Condesa, Polanco, etc. I hope one day they are all taxed.
That’s not the worst part. The worst part is the inflation making it harder for locals to keep up given their low wages. Who gives a damn that they don’t get to know the maid. You gotta be kidding me.
@@stargirl6659 Ok. Yes, inflation is bad. But, I'm speaking of BEFORE there was inflation. I care about being around people who are self centered and live in a bubble and avoid contact with the society they live around. I live in Mexico City and it's disgusting how they act. Besides that I used to travel different places and Canadians are definitely good for doing the same thing when they travel to the USA. They stay in their niches and don't congregate with the locals, especially at RV parks or remote camping areas. I'm mainly talking about French Canadians.
The prices have doubled in some of these areas, even outside of those areas like Coyoacan. Polanco is really high now for nothing. Where I live the prices have doubled with Airbnbs and other rental sites. The small studios in Roma Norte are about $3000-4000 per month. It's crazy. Polanco or bosque lomas would be better if paying that amount to be around a bunch of tourists. But Roma Norte and condesa was not that high in my opinion based on when I was looking for a place and comparing all the areas. This price hikes started before now and have nothing to do with inflation. They know they can rent for that amount simple as that. And the KNOW that's where all those types of visitors want to stay. I'm just glad they're all in one area because they make me nauseated actually. 🤢
It is very sad - the Mexican people are so warm and welcoming, it is a cultural difference HOWEVER IMHO I think what ever country you are going to, even if just visiting, you need do learn some phrases in the native language and investigate they cultural norms. And, please if you are moving there you need try to fit in, not change things.
Lo que pedimos a los extranjeros sobre todo es respeto a nuestra persona y a nuestra forma de vida. Que sean conscientes de que su realidad ilusoria y superficial no es la de la gran mayoría de los mexicanos que deben partirse el lomo para tener lo mínimo. Vienen buscando experiencias auténticas, sin darse cuenta que es la gente local la que le da la autenticidad a un lugar, y no una decoración exótica o una serie de elementos culturales aislados y desprovistos ya de su valor simbólico.
@mycode lamentablemente como habitante de la capital y persona que suele tratar con extranjeros en el trabajo, me ha tocado presenciar actos que implican un poco interés por respetar a los habitantes locales, desde verlos beber alcohol en vía pública, vanalizar o simplificar momentos festivos con tal de obtener una buena publicación, expresarse de manera menospreciativa de los habitantes de la ciudad, o oírlos decir que sólo están en México por que les es “barato”, y hasta presenciar actos de enojo porque en un establecimiento no se hablaba inglés o no se les atendía como ellos deseaban; y estoy seguro que muchas más personas tendrán anécdotas y experiencias similares. No soy partidario de prohibir la entrada de extranjeros al país, lo único que pido es un turismo y una residencia temporal consciente de la dura y compleja realidad nacional, que en verdad haya una intención por comprendernos y que entiendan que el país y su gente no existen solo para complacerles o para sacarles alguna ventaja, tenemos también una vida que llevar. No creo que sea patriotismo o victimismo (término reduccionista en el que parece que todo cabe), es solo una petición justa de alguien que ha experimentado una de las consecuencias más penosas del complicado fenómeno de la gentrificación (ver casos en Barcelona, Venecia, Tailandia, Nueva York, San Francisco). Mi opinión al fin de cuentas.
@mycode el hecho de que lo consideres “exagerado” (otro término en el que todo cabe) o que aún no es un problema tan evidente como en Quintana Roo, no implica que no exista ya en la CDMX, donde innegablemente se esta haciendo cada vez más notorio (tanto que ya se esta hablando y discutiendo ampliamente sobre el asunto en todos los medios). Recordemos que la CDMX es el segundo destino más visitado de México, por lo que no está eximido de padecer este fenómeno (como no lo está ninguna ciudad del mundo). Destaco que precisamente acabas de mencionar un punto importante, hay que procurar que las ciudades de México no caigan en el modelo turístico que ha seguido Cancún (o Tulum o Playa del Carmen), y que por desgracia le está quitando las cualidades que lo hacían un lugar atractivo para visitar.
@mycode solo hay que replantear el modelo de turismo que hemos estado siguiendo, como ya está sucediendo en otras grandes ciudades del mundo. Es favorable que se discuta y se ponga el dedo sobre el renglón. Un saludo 🙂
@mycode El clásico: hablar más alto que todas las personas en un lugar. Esa es la marca indeleble de alguien que no respeta las reglas implícitas de una cultura extranjera.
I have dual citizenship, decided to move to California in 1989, grew up in Sinaloa, I enjoy driving to Tijuana at least once a year and would like to move back to Mexico (Mazatlan) some day, what bothers me is that businesses are starting to charge the equivalent of U.S. cost of living, restaurants, real estate and so on, making it hard for the locals to afford.
As someone that lives in Mazatlán I can say that everything is so expensive now. 2-3 year ago my parents were paying $2200 mxn on rent for my college in a place no more than 10 minutes on foot to my school. Right now, that place would be al least twice the price. Pradera Dorada was a place that many people avoided. It was cheap, but pretty dangerous. Right now is still dangerous, but is really expensive. Since the construction of the medicine department from UAS, developers had been building like crazy, with the only intention of take money from students. Many US citizens are relocating here, a lot of the beach is now privatized, gated communities are everywhere and looking for rental places is almost impossible. Everyone is turning they rental properties into vacational houses, and if they are no vacational, they are really expensive. The only options for us locals is move pretty far from the urban zones, to the places where there is bad public transportation and s lot of crime, because otherwise we would have to pay all our salary on rent. Is horrible, honestly, I hate all this people kicking us out.
@@chikanime1257 Open boarders bigot. There's enough room for EVERYONE! Please keep your bigoted, conservative, Trumpist rhetoric to yourself. Hate has no home here!
Why are the Mexicans blaming anyone? That's Capitalism's fault. Let's not forget prices in the U.S go/are up when foreigners go to the U.S to have there offspring, and soak up it's Social Benefits. Pure hypocrisy.
I’m not sure if this is true in Mexico City , but the Mexican culture is extremely polite where I live. Immigrants from the US can come off as rude without knowing it. In addition to learning Spanish, I recommend finding a Mexican manners class local to your region. Being polite goes a long way.
Thank you Bryce! Completely agree. I am Mexican-American and lived in Mexico City for 18 mos. I’m from L.A. and have also traveled all over LatAM (incl. many parts of MX), and I’ve lived in NYC, San Francisco, London, Barcelona and Hamburg. I speak near-native Spanish. All of this to say, I have deep experience in many cultures, countries and speak various languages. From all of the Latin American cultures I’ve come across, Mexicans are BY FAR the most polite. They put a significant emphasis on what the French call “la politesse”…minding your manners! Def more polite than any English-speaking society, even the English who like to pride themselves on politeness, no offense but they really aren’t polite at the MX level (I lived in England). So, YES, being polite, refined, patient, humble, respectful, smiling, thanking people, sometimes having to be indirect, saying good morning, good afternoon, good night, not raising your voice….ALL of this is expected and valued in Mexico. ☺️
Dude, we need to be polite in order to keep our service-industry work, it's simple math; oppressed mexican worker treats you "decently" or above decent, you give us a fraction of the money you earn (because "OMG, Mexico is sooo cheap of course). You guys aren't welcome here, we have to tolarate you in order to survive, that the truth. And yes I've worked in Roma-Condesa my entire life, born and raised in Mexico City, I can assure you most of the people I've worked with have the same opinion as I do. Nothing against you, really, but please, at least try to walk in our shoes before you say that "Mexican culture is extremely polite".
@@TrueMexico I always hear liberal socialist brag about how they populate luxury places in México and make business due their over reach by using the dollar exchange rate. One of those places is the MeidasTouch channel, which is a liberal bias channel. Now, tell me sweet little lies.
It's happening everywhere and has been for a long time. Rich Chicagoans buy up lake front properties in Michigan, Canadians driving up the prices in Phoenix metro, the Chinese buying up waterfront property in Hawaii, etc. I think the problem is greater now because of the internet; more people are aware of opportunities, and more people can earn a living from home.
Yeah but who fixes the plumbing, builds the home or installs the fixtures for electrical? Fixes the cars? Not everything is internet job related. Sad that those trades are not glamorous
In Tennessee too! Housing is ridiculously high! I honestly don't know how someone with a single income could afford to live alone. It definitely doesn't match the average salary.
I remember when gentrification was first happening to different areas in the US people told us to stop crying. Now it's happening everywhere. I live in Charleston SC and it started happening in the early 2000s. The city looks completely different now.
@@naturelover2292 that's why I left Florida. The worst part is that they're like, "we won't vote like those other Yankees!", then they hear that we get drunk and shoot guns and the first thing they go after is easy access to firearms, because "well, we gotta have some regulations on something you've been doing for decades before we got here!" In a matter of time, they've left behind a blue dumpster fire and they're blaming all sorts of phantoms because they dont want to offend the responsible parties, and are fleeing to the next red state, but now the US is so bad that they're fleeing to Mexico. Leftist ideologies of all stripes need to be dealt with the same way Pinochet dealt with them; a helicopter ride over the ocean.
@@naturelover2292 I’m also a native Floridian. They’ve completely changed the way our state looks and operates. I guess that’s the natural progression of things unfortunately. We’re considering leaving because of the price hikes.
Happening where I live. Fled California in 2018, got chased out of my new home city and took cover in the small town across the lake with my older brother after the city’s population more than doubled in four years. Too expensive, gentrification, all because of Californian, New Yorker, and rust belt state refugees are flooding in.
@@princessmarlena1359 are you talking about New Orleans? Because since Katrina in 2005, the gentrification started oh so slowly, & then BAM! All locals pushed across the lake.
Not sure how I feel about this. Gentrification usually leaves areas with a modern feel, but it takes the culture away. Happens to a lot of communities.
Something looking modern and sucking the soul out of the place isn’t a worthy trade. It took me exiting my youth and seeing enough “cookie cutter” modern/industrial designs oriented at people that generally are too full of themselves, helped me appreciate a lot of things I never did before.
This would be the most optimal result of gentrification. The reality is that this affects the lower classes and makes life much harder in general, especially when the government is so corrupt and doesn't give two craps about not profiteering.
Thank you for addressing this huge problem. It's not only Mexico City, but pretty much everywhere, especially in coastal areas. It's insane. Expats and so-called digital nomads come here, they gentrify, they do not integrate with the locals or their culture, they refuse to learn Spanish (and demand that locals speak perfect English), and they pay zero taxes. They also pay said locals miserable wages. It's honestly a scourge and the government should just start taxing the sh*t out of them.
Los mexicanos hacemos lo mismo en el extranjero pero ahí están chilla do de que los tratan mal cuando se van de mojados, no hablan inglés, no siguen la ley, y no pagan impuestos. No seas hipócrita.
As I say in the video, digital nomads have always been in Mexico. There are also loads of Mexicans in countries like Colombia working on their laptops doing the same thing. But the Remote Workers... FULL TIME US jobs.... that's a level above. It's a lot more money flowing in and pricing out locals.
@@andree1991 no seas tonto, la mayoría de los mexicanos que van a trabajar en Estados Unidos, son personas que no tienen oportunidades y que tienen que adaptarse tanto a la cultura existente como a la vida local, el problema con este tipo de gentrificion es que es gente que paga sus impuestos en otro pais, que viene a cumplir su "sueño Mexicano" a costa de la estabilidad económica los locales
A 12-apartment building I used to live in 3 years ago in Roma Norte has now completely turned into an AirBnb operation. Useful service businesses or family run ones that were staples in the area like the one you showed are being swapped for generic trendy cafes and coworking spaces. Locals are being rented out into lesser nice areas and a lot of people are resenting this.
It's not just happening in Mexico. Even in the US, cities like Austin, Texas have had the same thing happen. The result for any locals is not very good.
I read a comment about Mexican politeness and wanted to share my response for the broader group to read: I am Mexican-American & lived in Mexico City for 18 mos. I have friends who are Mexican nationals. I’m from L.A. and have also traveled all over LatAM (incl. many parts of MX), and I’ve lived in NYC, San Francisco, London, Barcelona and Hamburg. I speak near-native Spanish. All of this to say, I have deep experience in many cultures, countries and speak various languages. From all of the Latin American cultures I’ve come across, Mexicans are BY FAR the most polite. They put a significant emphasis on what the French call “la politesse”…minding your manners! Def more polite than any English-speaking society, even the English who like to pride themselves on politeness, no offense but they really aren’t polite at the MX level (I lived in England). So, YES, being polite, refined, patient, humble, respectful, smiling, thanking people, sometimes having to be indirect, saying good morning, good afternoon, good night, not raising your voice….ALL of this is expected and valued in Mexico. ☺️
FYI: American is a Continental identity, not a nationality. America is a Continent, not a country. We are 35 American countries in the American Continent. Respect is due.✌️
well said!! and yes, brits are not that polite. i spend a little time every year in Spain and i always grit my teeth when i hear an english person not only mispronouncing spanish (which is totally understandable, it's not their native language) but changing words entirely and being dramatic about it "Eye-bee-thuh" = Ibiza, and they are so loud.
Lol well they not liking them moving in now imagine if a white person complained about it, WELCOME TO THE PAIN 😉🙈at least they're not taking up government resources 😉😌😜
I find this situation quite ironic. How dare gringos not learn the language! Next thing you know they will want signage and governmental forms in English and the right to vote?
I believe the term is: my how the tables have turned. For years we've had a similar but opposite situation happening that has affected the US as well. Yes when illegal immigrants come into the country people will hire them at a lower wage. The issue is that creates a wage stagnation and even worse people are taking advantage of the immigrants. Now while I do think this is bad, hopefully it will help lead to a solution that resolves both issue's. And before anyone gets their panties in twist I am half Mexican and I have grown wanting to own land in Mexico to retire too. So we'll see how this plays out. *edit* So we're clear I have close family in Mexico, I've been there more then once. Telling me to stay in the US is indeed ignorant and racist on it's own right, especially if you aren't saying it the other way around. Yeah Marcela I saw those ignorant comments before you deleted them
Very true. Many of my mentors in the construction industry who I deeply respect were plenty happy out working the native populations at 3/4 the price because they could take the money back to to Mexico and have it go twice as far. In addition the shift resulted in a demand for bilingual construction workers resulting in even more demand for Mexican labor. I learned a lot from these remarkable individuals but I cannot deny my skills were undervalued because of this economic shift.
@@jerlaine1638 It is crazy how names can do that. I have a friend who took his wife's maiden name and all of the sudden his applications started becoming far more effective.
California's and people from NY are fleeing their states and causing problems in Texas and Florida as well. Many people can't compete as they come with cash and it has caused an inventory problem with homes.
As long as the expat makes an effort to integrate themselves with the local culture it is all good, but what sometimes happens is expats create little isolation zones and that is not good, because then you get stores that are disrespectful and you also get stores that only want foreigners. A big issue has been resorts that close off beaches to nationals.
They're immigrants, they call that to anyone from a different country in the US or Europe, but when is them they're expats, that's something that disgust Mexican people, along with not wanting to learn and respect our traditions.
I wrote to you about this issue some years ago and I stand with my point of view about regulating this kind of remote workers influx from the U.S. and other parts of the world. Unfortunately, the Mexican government doesn't care at all because their main priority is getting rich by other means, even if that damages Mexicans from all backgrounds. CDMX is not the only place with this issue, also places such as Cancun, Merida, San Miguel Allende have gentrification, and let's not forget places from outside Mexico too such as NYC, London, Madrid, etc. Honestly it makes me mad and sad because I know that is not completely foreigners' fault. Our governments from all countries don't give a sh!t about their people, that's the real issue.
Im Mexican I’ve lived in Vancouver and Sydney in Australia and I noticed that in those cities is also happening this the gentrification or I would call it chinification (no offence to Chinese) Every tourist city in the world faces this. The loose of its identity
@@toniayan Chinification? In Vancouver Canada we call it nacofication, no offense to mexican nacos. And in the US it is much worse. Nacos, stay in your country, please.
I notice in the comments there's not much pointing out how Mexicans want everyone else to assimilate. Well, I just pointed it out. Hope everyone understands the thick layers of irony happening when you complain about Americans not assimilating. Bc it's there.
I hate to say it but this happens all over the U.S. too. Where I live it has gotten so expensive because of Californian's moving into our city. Locals are being priced out of rentals.
@@JasmineTea127 Seeing things that way your best bet is getting the hell away for that state, but still please whenever you go build jobs instead of taking them.
The other problem we have is that these people don't want to live in Mexico, they want a cheap place. Instead of actually living here, they create an isolated bubble with no cultural or economic interaction with the rest of the region. They sometimes don't even want to learn spanish. Take for example the tortas place that went bankrupt. Why? Becasue these immigrants didn't wanted to eat a mexican torta alongside with locals, they wanted to have an expensive and hip coffee and brunch. And the worst part: when someone else tries to go to the US and live there, they use the lack of integration with the US way of living as an excuse for deportation, while here they don't even try to do what they ask in their country.
@@peterb2325 Indeed. I may assume those people bring the cultrue, but they speak english (or try so), accept US dollars and overall are integral parts of the town. Now imagine them that they raise up rent prices because of their stronger currency, refuse to learn english and demand everyone else to speak spanish for them, never shop in locla stores and only in high-class shps basically set up for them only, and in the process never paying taxes due loopholes in their passport status.
Last I checked we only deport illegals sometimes. Mexicans are welcome in the states. Stop whining. I thought Mexicans are hard workers. Take notes from the Americans that move there. You might make more money.
The fresas have always lived in their own bubble as well. This is the case all over Latin America and even the world. It's a class issue and these people are completely detached.
@@luperamos7307 Yeah We can consider the "fresas" as the main social problem in Mexico. Those gentrifiers are perfect for those "fresas". But will make life more miserable for Mexicans. So, we need to make a way to remove both.
I really had nothing against people from other parts of the world coming to Mexico city to do "home office" but is sad that for us Mexicans who have lived all our lives in the city living is getting harder and harder to survive in the city that we love
This also happens at the border, a one-bedroom apartment without a bathroom can cost you up to 300 dollars and this is because there are people who work in the US and live in Mexico, they come and go every day.
What a double standard. I have sooo much extended family from Mexico who has never integrated into American culture, language, etc and still get all the benefits of earning a living here while going back to Mexico for months out of the year (this is money spent outside of U.S. economy, which is another issue). But God forbid Americans do the same! I believe in integrating into whatever country you live in, just my humble opinion.
Yeah I see it the same way freaking hypocrites , plus the USA literally has tens of millions of hispanics that tend to be a negative on the taxpayer. Seems they also forget that , at least these ones put money into the economy , plus the dozens of millions on the USA are literally changing US demographics to a point whites will be a minority , this is nowhere close to what is happening in mexico lol
If someone could point out what is the “american” culture about would be great cause other than speaking english I am lost in the sauce of what is considered to be a culturally enriched american.
Mexico has always been able to slow down the influx of wealthy foreigners looking to move there and retire. But this is a different dynamic. The remote workers are not necessarily looking to become a permanent part of the economy. They won't need to obtain permanent residency like in the past. They can just renew their 6 month visas every six months. What Mexico needs to do is really clamp down on their 6 month visas. They hand them out without question. I know, I visited and then lived in Mexico as a permanent resident for over 10 years. Mexico needs to say 6 months MAX per year. Otherwise, more of this is going to continue, and even spread to the smaller states and towns.
You're right, and it is already happening, for example: Bahias de Huatulco, is filling up with Americans who rent and buy houses, and also Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, the same situation.
Ecuador ended up doing that. People should get residency if they live somewhere. Mexico has a good system of having people qualify for residency at Mexican consulates in their home countries before they move to Mexico. Being a fake tourist for years on in has been a problem in other countries, too. For many of these people, being in whatever foreign country is an extended vacation, not an immersion in another culture, which is a pity because Mexico is amazing.
yup, as a fellow resident I agree! Hell, I'd even go more extreme and say max 3 months. That is a long time. Long enough for a tourist. If you wanna stay longer you gotta get a residency
@@eddycarpenter8989 They can. But it wouldn't benefit the elites...the property owners...to do it. And just like in the USA, most of the politicians in Mexico are also property owners.
I am very sympathetic to the Mexicans. I am a Florida native 6th generation with some Hispanic roots. Florida’s Population was just over four million when I was a kid in the early 1950’s. Now it’s 21million and growing fast. The average family back then had no problem working and supporting their families - I NEVER saw people living on the streets or begging - now here in Sarasota they are everywhere. The rush of the wealthy into the state has left us with an awful divide where 10% live like royalty and the remaining 90% are functionally little more than their serfs.
Same in Colorado! It started here with the legalization of marijuana and became worse due to the Covid epidemic. These parasites are taking over the world!
I'd never thought I'd see the time where Mexicans would tell Gringos "Go back to your country". I think the next thing will be "Speak Mexican! You are in Mexico".
Pues si es molesto que los turistas quieran que les contestes en inglés en un país de habla hispana, y todavía te hacen el feo si les dices que no hablas inglés
Same thing is happening in so many places. Clueless people with money kicking the rest of us out of our homes. Disgusting. It just makes my heart ache at this point.
@McDonaldsDude Not the same thing. Latinos there can only do that because of dumb democrat politicians. Gringos here on the other hand come here to take advantage of their dollars because everything is cheaper while they would be starving in their country. We aren't equal nor the same, except in one thing: Mexicans don't contribute to the USA and neither do americans to México
This is horrible! I’m so sorry they are having to deal with people from other countries disrupting their economy, being rude, refusing to learn the language. That’s horrible. I could not imagine how that feels.
I’m guessing you’re being sarcastic especially considering that for every 1 American who moves there legally there are at least 100 Mexicans moving here illegally.
@@bryankirkham8249 But one american immigrant have more aggressivenessm, narcisism and superiority complex than 500 mexicans immigrant who go there to do hard woks getting low salaries in order you getting low cost goods... by the way, mexican immigration to USA has been going down significantly las decade, contrary to ammerican immigration... and not few ilegally...
@@bryankirkham8249 I am sorry to inform you that most of the American Citizens in Mexico are illegal. There are around 36 million people in the USA that can be seen as Mexicans, and most of them are legal. (I am one of them) Many of them are basically bilingual, work, and basically make USA's population to not decrease like in Europe. All this while the Digital Nomads from the USA, are one of the worst immigrants that Mexico have xD. They don't work in Mexico, so they don't pay taxes, they also do not really care about learning the language. (Considering that people in Mexico usually are monolingual) They act like if they are tourist. They also use Mexican healthcare (Paid by Mexican Taxes) and all that... xD I mean, the USA here do not leader as an example of what an immigrant is. Many of you are terrible immigrants. xD People will not be so aggressive to you, just because they don't want to confuse Americans with Europeans or Canadians. Or American Tourist. I am 100% fine with American Tourist, not so much with American Digital Nomads (Or as they like to call themselves, "Expats")
I'm a local and native of the Condesa-Roma and I've seen the gentrification, and it started since the early 1990s with the arrival of Argentinian immigrants who started their classic steak restaurants bringing in people from all the city to eat wonderful bifes (rib eye) I've been able to keep up with the gentrification and I'm liking it because I'm making good money and also in USD, but most people in the section can't, food is very pricey and its has only raised since the beginning of the pandemic at least a 50%. An example there is this expensive restaurant that sells like 4 pieces of beef in the same size of chicken nuggets for what would give you a kg of excellent and tasty stake in any of the Argentinian stake houses. Is just insane.
All of this because housing is affordable In the United States The main reason why these people here Americans are moving to Mexico is because the rent All mortgages are too damn high in the United States if you want to make things more affordable in Mexico for all the Mexicans you must increase cheap in affordable housing in the United States and in Canada. But a My not solve the problem of Americans becoming Mexican citizen or Who wants to say in Mexico
As a chicano living in the US I been wanting to come to Mexico on a 180 day visa to connect more with my Mexican culture. To visit where my grandparents came from. I want to learn spanish since I'm the only one in my family that doesn't speak Spanish. I'd love to live in Mexico for a longer time since I've had some health issues and cn no longer afford to live in the USA. Yet the stories of privilege and gentrification frustrate me. I would love to start my own channel around these issues. Fallowing expat groups and seeing how privileged many of them are is not surprising. Been witnessing Gringo neighborhoods and people not wanting to live in the Mexican neighborhoods. Seeing shopping centers catering to growing expat populations which is sadly changing some of the culture in those areas. When I come to Mexico I'd love to interview you for one of my videos if you would be willing. Thank you for uploading this video. It's a very important topic.
I get where you’re coming from, but I feel like your situation is different from the typical gringo. Since you’re trying to embrace your roots,and learn the language. Most Americans don’t try to assimilate to the society in any way, and stay bubbled.
We, upper middle class Mexicans started the gentrification process in that area. Back in the late 90’s. Condesa and Roma used to be more lower middle and lower class neighborhoods, after the 85 earthquake. And that changed in the late 90’s with tons of restaurants and bars opening in the area, and we used to eat there, we started to move there. I lived in Cuauhtémoc and Condesa in the 2000’s. So, we can’t complaint, we did it. And now they’re taking advantage of that. We also lost like 60% of our purchase value, between the late 90’s and today. So we cannot longer afford to live or eat there that often. But we are the ones to “blame”. Places like San Miguel de Allende, Ajijic, etc. Are to blame for US gentrification. Not Mexico City.
I think I might have to agree with you . It would take a tremendous amount of Americans moving there to raise prices this much . Haven’t been there so can’t really say but I think your right can’t imagine that many non tax paying Americans living there .
@@peterb2325 It’s not really about paying taxes. It’s just about money. They have a lot more money to spend than we do. So, prices are going up in trendy places. But it’s always been like that. Someone always haves more money. And it’s usually upper middle class. But now it is happening to them, and they’re not happy about it.
Tío Paul, Mucha gente de los Estados Unidos están llegando a vivir acá a Baja California y Baja California Sur, vendiendo todo lo que tenían en USA para tener acá una casita, o rentar un departamento cerca de las playas. No solo los Home Office sino personas ya jubiladas. Y pasa en varios estados de México que están en el Pacífico.
@Jay Kemme Well it seems that know there is more people from the US moving to MX than Mexicans moving to the US. I lived 15 years in Los Angeles, in a little apartment I finally move to Ensenada Baja California, finally got my dream house and living way better than what I used to.
@@hectorcampos9244 You're part of the problem. Yet you are excluding yourself. You ARE the influx from 'el otro lado.' And your cheap housing has made somebody displaced. Don't pat yourself in the back and pretend that you are NOT part of the problem. That's just hypocritical.
Uncle Paul, I dont like these tensions, but the problem is neither the foreigners nor the locals, we must not fall into blaming either of the two groups. Gentrification is a global process led by the real estate and financial markets, they would be ultimately responsible. People should come together (foreign and local) to try to control these markets and regulate prices.
Exactemente. My husband is Mexican, but we met in Canada. We can not afford to raise our children in Canada, and thus now live here in Mexico. I am trying to assimilate into Mexican culture. However, it is human nature to group together. In Canada we have many Chinese, Indian, and Jamaican communities which group together after immigrating to Canada.
As an American, it is most definitely the remote working foreigner's fault. Most don't care about Mexico or Mexicans or at least not as much as they care about Mexico's capacity to serve them. If they did (and I'm sure some do) they would try to live within Mexican prices and not cause gentrification. If they don't want to live like a middle class Mexican, there are many upper class areas available (Polanco, Santa Fe, etc.). Real estate businesses react to the prices their potential clients are willing to pay, not the other way around.
EXACTLY. Of course it's easy to blame 'foreigners' or 'immigrants' they're the low hanging fruit. It's what governments and banks would like us to believe. They want us fighting and blaming each other, instead of putting the blame where it really belongs, because then they'll be held accountable. Wake up people.
Oh I really hate this whole "it's cheap to live here narrative!" We have the same issues in the country of Georgia 🇬🇪. I am an expat myself, but I know how hard it is to make good money here and I see how the cost of living is driving us all mad. The lari (their currency) is always suffering, yet salaries stay the same and prices rise. For the locals it's a catastrophe.
Same thing happens to rural areas here in the States. People from areas making more money come in and toss the cash around and drive up cost for locals who are still trying to live on our local lower wages. This happens not only with what they spend but ordinances they push/vote for drives up taxes and change our way of living.
...right, it's called progress...you and your family did exactly the same thing to the people who lived in your neighborhood before you...your neighbors are willingly taking the cash being tossed around...
@@puzer1 How are you calling this progress? "you and your family did the same thing"?? Actually our families have been here for generations. That is the issue. Pay attention.
Gentrification is an old issue. As with many big cities in the world, the Real State market has being moving to luxury apartments as an investment alternative and even before covid, Airbnb was already helping to accelerate this change. As locals we should avoid xenophobia and please if you come from another country, just have in mind that this is a difficult situation for many local families.
Yeah, locals are probably mostly going to Mexico because they can't afford to buy a home, have kids, and retire if they stayed in their home city. They are probably very lucky to be able to afford one of the three without moving somewhere cheaper.
@@swaggery and yet they insist the term immigrant is offensive for them because they are not trying to improve their life quality in MX. I do not believe that someone ever moves with the intention of making their life worse lol.
It is funny to see people from CDMX feeling that way, we Yucatecans have been feeling that towards other mexicans coming to Yucatán, they do have a slight similar effect as gentrification, but the worst part is that they bring crime and rudeness to our once peaceful society, 20 years ago Yucatán was really peaceful, you really could leave your bicycle outside and no one would even dare to touch it, people slept with their main doors open and no one dared to steal or come in, not only that, housing was more affordable and with way more space, now houses and living spaces are small and expensive, but wages are still the lowest in all the country. From all the other states of México Yucatán is known for its dumb people (we trusted everyone) and their low wages, so we essentially became slaves for richer people and without morals. This in combination with the rampant informality on the job market (they register workers with minimum wages and pay under the table the remaining salary) is making Yucatán a misserable place to live, and I haven't even mentioned traffic jams, the loss of local customs and the water supply being depleted.
Tienes razón amigo, Yucatán y toda la península han estado sufriendo todo esto. Yo los conocí hace tiempo y gente de ahí, todos antes al parecer tenían vidas muy normales, muy suyas, y ahora viven apenas con poco en la industria del servicio, y entre más lejos de los hoteles mejor porque así pueden vivir más o menos bien, y a la vez no porque siguen teniendo que ir a los mismos a trabajar, recorridos muy largos y difíciles. Mucha ilegalidad en todas partes para los locales (en materia de seguridad y en transas). Es muy triste. Me imagino que en el fondo otras partes del país donde apenas está comenzando algo similar lo presienten y por eso se ponen a querer denunciarlo, por el miedo de que suceda igual. Yucatán y su gente y sus costumbres son hermosos, ojalá se encuentre una solución para tanta cosa y brillen como nunca, no por el turismo, si no por la equidad social.
@@jguerrero6953 Tu respuesta no tiene sentido lógico, mi comentario nunca trató del libre tránsito, sino de que los yucatecos llevamos décadas sintiendo lo que ahora sienten los chilangos por los gringos. Te hace falta mejorar esa capacidad lectora, amigo.
Can you tell me your thoughts on the Maya Train? I feel like it’s being built WAAAAY too fast and the money given to the locals in “good faith” is ridiculous. It’s not much and they take advantage of communities there that don’t really speak Spanish all that well. I feel for the states of Yucatán
All I can say is the USA has complained about the influx of Mexicans into the US is causing so many problems, in housing, schools, hospitals, crime, social services, etc. Mexico did not concern itself with our problem. I am so less than concerned about their problem of having Americans with money traveling to live/work there. No sympathy and watch out Mexico you may be labeled as racist!
Interesting. So American workers are taking advantage of an economy of another country in order to make or save extra money, and the locals don't like it because it messes with their way of life? I wonder how many blue-collar workers in America feel when the jobs they've been doing for years suddenly stop pay increases because they're onboarding low wage workers. Yet, there are some of us that would speak up when Americans (mostly Americans of a particular race and political party) would flip on Latinos for taking advantage of our economy and immigration laws. Telling them they should "go back to their own country." Nice learning this.
@A B I don't think I mentioned anything about no jobs were available or anything about jobs being taken. And no, blue collar workers weren't deceived by politicians about the jobs market or pay, I'm a blue collar worker and I watched it happen in real time over the past 20 years.
Yet, you have no problem with millions of Mexicans living and working illegally in the US. Utilising public services, lowing wages, and at times committing crimes.
Immigrants are the only people in America who can hold a steady job nowadays. It's the American government who wants these workers because the country would crumble otherwise. They just don't want to give them citizenship because it's cheaper to have them as subjugated workers. Not even a close comparison.
@@latuya5887 You have no factual statistics to back-up the nonsense you're talking about. And you're broadly generalising immigrants as a whole. And misrepresenting U.S immigration as a one size fits all approach as well.
As you've mentioned, The Pandemic intensified and made possible for so many people to work remotely. Most of these workers are obviously young, single and not interested in Mexico culturally. They're just mostly focused on maintaining a lifestyle they can ill afford in their own countries. As long as their employers let them work this way, it's gonna keep being a problem for the locals. Unlike a lot of other countries though, Mexico doesn't seem to be encouraging it.
Damn if you didn't hit the nail on the head with the lifestyle comment. That's what these fools are looking for, that Instagram/TikTok lifestyle we Americans like to show off.
@@latuya5887 That's the bizarre part about this new wave of gentrification. Telling your followers you spent $15 dollars for a taco meal. In Mexico! Meanwhile in Colombia, you have horny single guys casually admitting they were drugged and robbed.
Yeah this isn't like moves for opportunity so much. They're moving because it's cheap rather than to contribute to and learn about the local area. Once it stops being cheap, a lot of these remote workers will pick up and go to the next place to suck it dry
@@thathandsomedevil0828 No, because they're working for American companies not Mexican ones, they're not contributing to the local economy, spending their money is a temporary benefit just like tourism is, if they leave that income will go with them, but damage remain, such as high rental and services prices.
Tio Paul welcome back!!! I'm happy to see you again and thank you for touching the subject. One of the problems is that the majority of foreigners don't want to be subjected to our country's regulations. Is not only that they don't pay the taxes that they sould but even following the simple health regulations (for example since the start of the pandemic you could indentify who was a foreigner becase they would never use a facemask and would make a huge scandal eveytime they we asked they have to use one even on the street :/ )
Mexico, Philippines, Ghana etc, it's becoming a real problem. Wish tjr governments could put in place measures where locals can coexist with foreigners without tension and rhe locals losing out.
It would be nice if they'd do that in the USA too because the locals get completely edged out of jobs that go to illegal alien workers from Mexico and other countries.
@@MexAm120902 lol i don't see any US citizens fighting for the hard labor jobs Mexicans do. What i see is political leaders and Racist groups making it a big deal on TV saying they taking their jobs when in reality they ain't. Maybe lazy construction workers complain because Mexican are harder workers.
@@Ivan-tm9pd Do you work in construction or is this what you imagine happens in the construction industry? My husband is Mexican and he works in construction and even he says, "los gringos no buscan trabajo en la construcción porque nosotros los hemos corrido". (Translation: Anglo-Americans don't look for jobs in construction because we've chased them all out.) And the Mexicanos have chased them all out. They form nepotistic groups with their friends and relatives who are all from the same place in Mexico and will only hire people from their home towns or people who are known by their friends and family. And the belief that Mexicans are the hardest workers is an urban myth. Some are good workers and work hard, but there are plenty that aren't. I know. I've hired many Mexicans and worked with many others. They're like any group: some are hard workers and some aren't. However they get this reputation for being these "great" workers because what they are is cheap workers. They are willing to undersell themselves to make any dollar and they have no problem undercutting other Mexicans in the construction industry by offering construction quotes (for a job) that are so low they make the industry difficult for everyone. They're difficult to train and they have difficulty following instructions. Part of what makes them difficult workers is that they are such know-it-alls. And they hate to have to learn anything new. Go out to any construction site where there are Mexicanos and you'll find people there that have been here 10, 15, 20 years here in the US and they still can't speak English.
@@MexAm120902 Im speaking for 25 years experience. We give equal employment opportunity to everyone and we have better luck of keeping immigrant workers. We pay everyone the same at 18 a hour. If you hired Latinos born in US is a different story, no immigrants come here to be lazy. Let your husband know he could get a lawsuit for discrimination if he only hires one group of people. We have employees from all groups. Immigrants workers work harder and last longer. My boss is a Gringo and speaks Spanish. Yes bidding on jobs is part of the business is up to the costumers to hire the best company for the job.
@@Ivan-tm9pd "No immigrants come here to be lazy." Not true. I know some that do that. Absolute statements are almost never true by virtue of they're being absolutes hence your statement above is not true. My husband doesn't hire anyone so you should stop making assumptions and give your advice to others who ask for it. Maybe you have employees of all groups, but that doesn't mean it happens everywhere. And what I told you about Mexicanos hiring only their friends and people who come from their home towns is true where I live. It's probably true where you live to, but maybe you just don't see it. I disagree about immigrants working harder and longer. I've known plenty that don't fit that description. Again, absolute statements are almost never true so your statement by definition is likely inaccurate. My statement about Mexicanos underbidding each other is not about the customer and their decision process. It's about the Mexicanos not having enough sense or numeracy to properly calculate the cost of materials and labor so they can make a bid that is both competitive and realistic.
It's less the nomads, and more the savvy owners who know they can jack up prices on foreigners, make more money, and also the government gets its cut. But yeah, blame the hapless foreigners who would probably prefer to pay less for everything, but are walking targets for price-gauging.
That's not true, the problem with these so called digital nomads is that they have U.S. jobs with paychecks from which the U.S. government withholds taxes even though they aren't living in the U.S. So then many nomads are living in Mexico without paying any payroll taxes, and yet these nomads get to use our public roads, garbage collection, transportation system, and other public goods without contributing to their upkeep because they don't pay taxes. Even though they do pay sales taxes, just like all other Mexicans, they are not fulfilling other financial obligations that all others are expected to meet (payroll taxes). Don't get me wrong many foreigners do come to Mexico because they genuinely want to integrate themselves to our society, however there are others that try to isolate themselves from Mexicans and that look down upon us in our own country. Some begin buying up rental properties and only rent to other foreigners while jacking up rental prices to the point where Mexicans are being pushed out of our own neighborhoods.
@@angelhernandez5842 what does your tax argument have to do with greedy property owners jacking up prices? Also, if they are paying inflated prices, they are paying a kind of tax. Also, I doubt the relative handful of nomads are a strain on the system. The primary strain is always the kleptocracy. Finally, consider the flood of illegal Mexican labor into the USA and the effect it had on the domestic labor market, not to mention the drain on the taxpayer, all so Big Business can break the back of labor, yet you are complaining about a relative handful of digital nomads who already have money and jobs in another country, but they spend their money in Mexico, stimulating the local economy, and they are there legally.
@@matthewdietzen6708 The problem is that these nomads are being a bunch of freeloaders and not paying taxes. They are not taxed on their checks but still use public infrastructure which is paid for with Mexican people's taxes. Also, it's not just a handful of foreign nomads, you obviously don't live in Mexico City if you think its just a handful. Entire neighborhoods are being displaced. My hope is that the Mexican government follows suit and tightens immigration laws. I don't mind people coming to Mexico at all, they are welcome, but there are some people that are abusing Mexico's visa system and not paying a single cent in payroll taxes and that's not right either. My understanding is that many of the people migrating to the U.S. are usually the ones doing the low paying jobs that most Americans are unwilling to do for such low pay. The US agricultural, food service, and construction industries would be hard-pressed if it wasn't for immigrant labor. Also, are undocumented immigrants in the U.S. causing gentrification? My guess is that there are some that get paid under the table, which is also a major problem (bad), but others also have payroll taxes deducted from their checks. Unlike here in Mexico City, where many digital nomads use publicly funded infrastructure without paying any payroll taxes.
@@angelhernandez5842 the jobs are low-paying because there is an endless oversupply of desperate illegal non-union labor flooding the country that will work for peanuts because the currency arbitrage has purchasing power back in Mexico. They are subsidized by the taxpayer in a number of ways. Also, being priced out of a neighborhood happens in every country, not just Mexico. A quote: (The real problem is not) the fact that ‘people arrive from outside’” tweeted activist Carla Escoffié. “The problem is the lack of tenancy legislation, tenant impunity, the lack of contracts and the fact that groups with purchasing power are privileged.” If the prices were not raised by the greedy locals, who backstab their own countrymen for money, the nomads would not be able to displace the native population. But thanks to neoliberalism, this happens everywhere. People fled price increases in California to other states displacing people in Idaho and Oregon.
@@angelhernandez5842 the money they bring is taxed. Clearly people are benefitting economically, or it would not be allowed. And if they are digital nomads, they are not competing with locals for jobs.
There is also a problem where foreigners come to Mexico opening a business to cater specifically to to foreigners and leave the local businesses In the dust.
@@eddycarpenter8989 Correct, and that should be handled by the proper authorities. I think people in Mexico don’t mind foreigners, but it does become a problem when they start to gentrify the local neighborhoods, force the people out, set up shop, don’t learn the language, don’t even interact with the locals, and sometimes even steal their art.
@@mayanaztec6440 I think a long-term solution would be for the Mexican government to fix its systemic corruption and address economic disparity within Mexico in a meaningful way. Rather than scapegoat a handful of Americans lol...
@@eddycarpenter8989 I totally agree with you on the part of the government fixing it’s systemic corruption. It’s not a handful of Americans and in reality I never said just Americans I mean foreigners, and it’s millions of them at this point. They are moving to Tijuana, Playa del Carmen, Querétaro, Puerto Vallarta, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Merida, Tulum etc etc.
I’m sure the restaurant owners and the property owners aren’t complaining. I think the negative effects can be felt both ways. Mexicans jumped the boarder for higher wages which suppresses local wages in America but Americans jump the boarder and wages go up in Mexico. Economics says that the foreigners are bringing in wealth and spending it which will bring these areas out of poverty.
What ends up happening is that the incomers buy up properties to develop and sell/rent to other foreigners, the incomers live in their own ghetto and spend money in other foreign-owned places so that very little 'trickles down' to the locals. This happens in seaside UK as well as all over the world.
But they're not going to spend their money there, they're going to take the profits and spend them on American investments, since they're not paying taxes in Mexico. Economics is fine on paper, but in reality, the rich will always look for the loopholes to keep all their money. And if they put them in a trust in America, they won't have to pay any taxes there either. Also, local wages have been suppressed across the board for 20-30 years--it's a myth that illegal immigration causes that. It only happens in small markets, but on the whole level--they don't affect it to the degree that we're seen it today. Wages in America should be around twenty something dollars if wages had kept up with inflation the way it's done in other countries--but it didn't. You can't say undocumented workers are the reason college grads can't have livable wages, even when you do away with student debt--the world has changed, and to keep looking at the same old tired stories of "immigrants ruined America's money" is just ignorant, and wrong.
Not enough Mexicans "jumping the border" to make it okay for Americans to "jump the border", not a fair trade off, if you ask me. "...which will bring these areas out of poverty" which areas? oh, you mean the areas that are being gentrified? well, that's nice.
Not me, you gringos are welcome in my City!, the only thing I really want you Americans and foreigners to know is that most Mexican laborers work with tips you must TIP, and don't be cheap, tip a good amount not just a dollar, tip more you can do it, Mexicans we tip good amount (20, 30, 50 pesos or more) because we know they live for the tips, I have seen a lot of cheap foreigners, really trying to pay less asking them to charge less to local poorer people, and that issue is the only complain I really have on foreigners, don't be cheap.
@@mainao3443 where in Mexico? Because they pay in the USA, I think is way more important to let them know not to be cheap in the visiting country and tip good
@@Becky_Cal but they do pay taxes when they eat and rent things, I don’t get this as a tourist you don’t have to pay taxes in two countries if you buy something Eeuu has better laws on this than Mexico, as mexican when i travel aboard I can skip taxes in the USA way easier than here, I don’t get this
¡¡Tío Paul ya se te extrañaba amigoo!! Me llegó la notificación "True Mexico" y dije; "¿quién será? me suena que lo conozco" jajaja Un gusto volverte a ver por estos rumbos, Saludos desde el mero norte en Monterrey!!🤠🤠 PD: Acá en mi ciudad también ocurre el mismo problema :/
It always amazes me that when Mexicans immigrate to the United States and some protest that their neighborhoods are being taken over, it is referred to as racism, but when Americans move to Mexico, it is referred to as gentrification. Is it just me who notices the dubble standard here? If we all want globalization, with free trade and all, we must accept that the community in which we grew up will not remain the same - for better or worse.
So let me get this straight, it's okay for Mexicans to pour into the United States and bum rush the border, get free medical care, subsidized housing and food, free education which is often subsidized all the way through college, get unmerited favor in jobs just because they speak Spanish not because they're able to do the job any better than anyone else, hold positions and political offices even though they're in the country illegally, negatively affect the economy throughout the entire United States and they are now upset because some law-abiding Americans have moved to Mexico and can afford to live in better conditions??? In addition, there is a movement in the United States of Mexican Nationals and very confused American-born Mexicans who are actively working to repatriate areas of the United States and put them back in the control of Mexico. There are large numbers of Mexicans who have lived in the United States for decades and never bothered to learn to speak English. In fact they feel insulted should anyone demand that they speak English! We're supposed to put up with all of that crap because these are so-called hard-working contributors our nation cannot do without, but they get to b**** and moan about people who move to Mexico because it is far less expensive. What a bunch of hypocrites!! So the moral of the story is Mexicans get to do whatever they want and Americans are just supposed to take it.
@@traumatizedwick1760 in 1492 we made it ours. Now millions of foreigners abandon their homeland to live in the workd dreamed of, built by, and fought for, by white Christian men.
Several commentators have complained that foreigners pay no taxes in México. Actually, one of the main sources of income for the government is the IVA, or Value Added Tax which is presently 16%. So even tourists pay these taxes. As for the foreigners who have made México their permanent home, there are lots of taxes they pay. I do strongly agree that anyone who comes here to live should learn the language, understand the culture and customs and respect the people. Al país que fueras, haz lo que vieras, or when in Rome…. I first moved to México when I was 26 to work for a Mexican Institution and studied the language evenings, three hours a night, five nights a week. I also took university courses in Mexican history and Latin American Affairs. Now I am 70 years old and happily retired in Morelia. As always, one size never fits all.
Thank you Paul for bringing up such an important subject. I’m a big fan of your channel, and it’s nice to see you be so respectful of the Mexican people and their plight. I believe it is possible for Americans to go to other countries and not ruined them. But it is rare.
@@TrueMexico Ignore the peanut gallery. The US and UK allies have help Japan, South Korea and Ukraine achieve the very best version of themselves. Maybe once Mexico rids itself from Russian influence it may find true democracy and "good version" of capitalism maybe a NBA team or NFL team in Mexico. I see Mexico as a very beautiful Joshua Tree vibe but when you look at Mexico I have to ask where is all the green tech? where are all the solar panels, the hydroponics? The agave farms as far as the eye can see? No, renters don't care about your property site or value.
@@bluedog101c lol, "true democracy" like Siria? by "good version of capitalism" you mean like Haiti? Nooo taks, i dont agree to the actual goberment in Mexico, but, i prefer the the russian and chines influence you talk about, funny enoug, wen you see civil rights in France or european contries, people like you call that a develop country, if the same thing hapen in Latam or Asia, you call that comunism, you dont even now that means, read a little bit on the subjet, you maibe get rid of your sick ideolgy
@@lacalcetaderayas4505 Communism and Democracy come from the same Caldron. The Tennis Court Oath in France, the social contract gave us the right choose. Autocrats don't give you the right to choose.
Dear Americans in Mexico, demand the locals bend the knee to you and demand they speak English, just like the Latinos immigrants demand us in America to do for them.
My first visit to Mexico was this April. I started in Mazatlan because of the ocean and pictures. I rented an Airbnb which was in an older neighborhood of working people. I can speak basic pleasantries and did to every person I interacted with. 75% of the time I was ignored, as if I didn’t speak. I definitely felt despised. The few times I went to the hotel zone, to sightsee or eat, I was treated much nicer. I will say that the few locals who were nice were so sweet and it almost made up for the rest. My visits to Heroica Veracruz and Cancun were much more hospitable. I stayed in local neighborhoods there, as well.
A lot of these resorts stole land that belonged to native people near the beach. They pay off cartels to terrorize them and remove them from their land. I would be pissed off seeing some foreigners enjoy what has been robbed from my community as well.
There’s is freedom in Mexico, people love it. I’m tired of hi taxes in IL. I’m planning to move out. My first option was Florida, second Texas. But now is Mexico. The whole world is changing. For some, it’s not good but they also benefit of the dollars we send. Greetings from Chicago.
Mexicans come here to the US and live in separate communities where they don’t have to integrate as much. They’ll just have to get used to it like we have.
@@robertosouza0123A very large number of Mexicans live and work in the US. For instance, my hometown in the eastern US is almost majority Mexican now. 30 years ago, there were none. This means that they are competing directly with local people for housing, causing prices to increase and people to leave. The same thing is happening in Mexico City. You have American communities, and you have Mexican communities competing. People didn't ask for it but that's how it is. People just have to get used to it, it's a multicultural world now. Quit with all the complaining.
Welcome to the new global economies. When I sold my last home in San Diego, about 90% of buyers were from China or Europe. Wound up selling to a German guy.
As a remote working American who was recently looking to emigrate (though not to Mexico), problems of gentrification is the number one reason I have decided to put my plans on pause. Yes, capitalism in ringing us dry here in the US and our politics are on the edge of fascism, but as opposed to staying in order to be a part of the solution, a lot of people with money and means are choosing to flee instead, which inadvertently causes them to be a part of the problem elsewhere.
The problem lies in the government handling the economy. Those areas shouldn't remain poor, run down or dilapidated; instead of attacking the remote workers, how about people focus on attacking the real culprits: the vile government, filthy rich religious leaders and corrupt corporations. They are the ones that keep people from earning more money, since all that cash goes into their own pockets, and the pockets of their select families and friends. But it's easier to attack working people instead, right? I am convinced most of the ones directing the rage against the foreigners, are actually shills and agents, diverting the attention from the true culprits; their MO is "never let a good crisis go to waste", y esto se los dice un mexicano.
Let's be honest, if landlords wouldn't try to capitalize on every population increase this wouldn't be a problem anywhere. Some areas in LA were decreasing in population and there were finally rent caps put in place, but that wasn't enough to save the decreasing number in businesses or people.
There should be laws limiting the rent amount, as well as a number of properties an individual can own in urban environments, this will definitely happen, it's just a question of time.
Basically people who live in Manhattan are moving to Astoria Queens which is about 15 mins from the city because rent is cheaper. Now rent getting crazy high in Astoria and you getting this new fanzy buildings been built that we can't afford to rent an apartment on.
Now they know how us gringos in the US feel about them. I was paying $1200 a month for a two bedroom townhouse in nice area and making about $85K a year. The property owners in my neighborhood realized they could fit a dozen or more illegals into one apartment and charge them $300 a head. My rent went up to $2800 dollars a month. My employer started hiring them for peanuts and my benefits and bonuses went down the drain and I was barely allowed to keep my job because someone had to clean up and cover for all the screwups the new hires caused. Local stores and restaurants jacked up their prices to cover for all the theft and bogus slip and fall lawsuits. My auto insurance went through the roof to cover for all the uninsured and unlicensed motorists on the road. I moved into an RV off grid way out in the desert to get away from them, took a shitty dollar over minimum wage job and I am actually doing better financially now than I was in the city. I had to shoot a rattle snake just to get out my front door a few hours ago to take out the trash. Thanks Mexicans.
Fantastic video. It's not too different than what happened here in New Jersey when New Yorkers started buying property. Gentrification is a good thing when it improves a slum/rundown area, but when you supplant a city with it's own soul it can kind of turn on it's head. Mexico city was a bit like Tokyo, in that it had a robust tourist industry but it didn't devolve into a tourist trap like if you go to Barcelona, Mumbai or Paris where taking advantage of naive tourists is all locals can do. I think with this influx of not just remote workers, but rich remote workers, you will see a situation like in Brazil. A city separating the have-nots from the have-it-alls.
Mexico is well know for having swaths of people who fuck over tourists to make a quick peso. If you drive a car with a US plate, I can guarantee you were paying more for things than locals were.
I'm from NJ and I'm miserable about the fact I will NEVER be able to afford any kind of property in the town I grew up in even if I made 100k a year when I graduate. I absolutely love and adore NJ but when I graduate I think I might need to get a remote job and move to a state with a declining population like WV near the eastern panhandle. My family is fairly poor but our rent is slightly cheaper than our neighbors since we have lived in the same apartment for 24 years so we can get by, but definitely not for much longer. I hate the fact that NY has so many empty buildings but they are too expensive for New Yorkers so they made NJ uninhabitable cost wise for the native residents. I'm studying to get two stem degrees so I might hopefully have a small chance of staying in the state I grew up, but it seems almost impossible especially with the absolutely stupid amount of single family zoning we have in NJ. When you have the highest population density of any state, you'd think single family zoning would be outlawed but it isn't.
Yo creo que la culpa de todo esto lo tienen los gobiernos que se han aprovechado de esto para hacerse asquerosamente ricos, así como los dueños de los inmuebles que son movidos simplemente por la ambición de cobrar rentas más y más caras. Yo soy profesionista y no puedo comprar un departamento en una zona regular de la ciudad, simplemente me toca comprar propiedad en otro estado, pero al hacerlo estoy causando que la gente de esos estados tampoco puedan competir con mi capacidad de pago, gano poco para la ciudad pero mucho para provincia.
Also, blame the corporations that are paying certain people so much and so many others so little. Amazon designer, project leader, site builders, all make a shit load. Amazon warehouse or delivery workers get nothing. Remote workers are making huge bank, while the Amazon employees here in Mexico are earning peanuts.
Politeness is so valued in Mexico that sometimes people will give you directions even if they don’t know where you wanna go just so that they don’t have to “let you down”. Sounds funny but it’s true. People would rather TRY and figure something out for you than simply say “I can’t help you sorry”.
The Roma and Condesa neighborhoods were originally colonies of wealthy people, with the pass of time some of the original settlers left and with the 1985 earthquake many buildings were damaged, leaving a hybrid area of shops and degraded housing areas, from my point of view it is enriching that new inhabitants are arriving in Roma and Condesa, because they have caused the buildings to be renovated and the housing to be reactivated with new buildings, allowing these neighborhoods to extend their lives, surely at some point part of these American people will return to their cities of origin and others may stay forever, enriching the local culture and the city in general, it is a phenomenon that has happened in many cities around the world and in all cases it causes positive and negative changes alike.
It's not the fault of the remote workers it's the fault of the merchants who see remote workers and feel compelled to raise the prices they should not do that
For the 1000 americans legally moving and paying rent in mexico driving up prices in 2 areas, there are tens of thousands of mexican people illegally immigrating to the US. This is kinda ironic and comical
I just got back from an 8 day visit to CDMX. I'm from Los Angeles, which is also a major world capital that draws foreign workers from around the world. 50% of Los Angeles is Latino. 15% is Asian. We get domestic immigrants from all over the United States. The director of our philharmonic is Venezuelan. Our movie industry thrives because there is so much talent that arrives from behind--and in front--of the screen. There is huge Chinese influxes of capital. And before that, Japanese. All of which created worry, panic, and Xenophobia. With so many people flocking to LA, rental and purchase prices have skyrocketed. And this has caused resentment, too. But the city itself would not be able to operate as a major world capital without the talent and money this transnational migration represents. That said, I made it a point not to stay in Roma or Condesa zones. And since I know CDMX pretty well, I stayed in a lesser known area. I come to CDMX so I can polish my Spanish. And in Roma you are too likely to get conversations in English...even if you are speaking to a Mexican.
This is the same complaint in every popular place. It’s the same reason I was pushed out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Bunch of rich people and tech workers took over the area where my family has lived since the 1800’s! I was the last one to leave. The rest of my family got pushed out before me from the tech boom.
@@answerman9933 as generations come of home buying age they’re not able to afford to buy in the area they grew up in. They have to move further and further away. That’s been happening to my family since the 90’s with the Silicon Valley tech boom bringing swarms of tech workers to the area not only from other states, but from all over Asia. Now our parents generation have all passed on and we are spread out all over the place. It use to be that generation after generation was able to buy and stay in the same area. Sadly that’s not the case anymore.
@@soul2soul399 I still do not see the problem? Most people young people move away from their home base. And you want them to stay. Does it matter where a person lives as long it is a good environment? But, I guess this is how the natives felt when they were displaced by the European settlers.
@@answerman9933 most young people move away now… not back when I was growing up. This is why people are lonely now and families aren’t close anymore. When I was growing up my family spent many of our weekends, most of our vacations, and all of our holidays with my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, grand aunts, grand uncles, great-grands… this still happens in places like Mexico and Italy. So when gentrification comes in and displaces the upcoming generations…. Families are pulled further apart.
I am a gringo from Canada, and I totally understand their frustration. Some places in Canada and Japan to name a few places have the same issue with tourist pollution. Mass immigration is also an issue here in Canada and should be stopped. I know in a few places in East Asia, they even have signs in bars, clubs, etc. that say only locals are allowed because the tourist pollution is so bad. I believe that if you move to another country; Mexico or otherwise, REGARDLESS of where you come from. I don’t care if you’re white, black, Latino, Asian, etc. you should ALWAYS do the following when moving to or visiting a foreign country: • respect and adapt to the culture (!!!!!!!!!) • learn the native language • [this only applies to those moving to a foreign country, not visiting] get a job IN the country you are moving to, not work from home jobs based at your origin country. What most of these “expats” (or should I say immigrants), should not be allowed to happen. • [immigrators] Contribute to the society which you are in, and pay the taxes for that country like everyone else. • Don’t be an ass, and respect the locals. • Last but not least: ***you aren’t special; don’t expect to be treated as such.** As a gringo, I can totally understand their frustration, and have every right to be frustrated. Foreigners with foreign jobs = higher cost of living for everyone. If you can’t adapt to the culture, and/or get a job in the country you are moving to, or pay taxes and contribute like everyone else, GTFO! Viva Mexico
It's false to blame the gentrification the Roma neighborhood on the relatively few foreigners living and renting in the Colonia Roma. The gentrification of the Condesa and Roma began in the late 90s, and it's currently happening in the Narvarte and Alamos neighborhoods, where there are far fewer foreigners. I'm quite sure that the people that are pushing up prices and driving the renovation of these neighborhoods are mostly locals.
@@Zenboy23Ha ha ha, if by "here" you mean La Roma or Condesa, then yes, I don't live there, but I have lived in Coyoacan for 26 years, so there you have my credentials =) What I mean is that since foreigners stand out in those neighborhoods, we may tend to overestimate how many there really are. I am reasonably sure that the overwhelming majority of residents of these neighborhoods are still locals. When we see two trends happening at the same time, we tend to overstate the cause and effect relationship of the two events. Many property owners in the neighborhoods are renovating and then pricing legacy tenants out the real estate. However, at least some of this renewal would have happened anyway. Those of us who have lived on CDMX awhile have seen the Roma and Condesa neighborhoods getting more and more trendier and hipper every year, starting from way before remote work was even a thing. Rents are rising all over the city, including in newer trendy areas like the Narvarte and Alamos neighborhoods, where there are far fewer foreigners. I also think that while they may have generally higher purchasing power than locals, many of the foreigners that come to the city are here because the rents are low. For the most part, these foreigners are not millionaires coming here to throw money around...they are remote workers and retirees who to varying degrees, need to watch their budgets. I could be dead wrong about all of this, of course. What we really need is an economist to study this and determine to what degree the presence of foreigners is raising rents.
What most people might miss is that mortgages are are pretty much non existent in Mexico-I believe this is the reason why Mexico doesn’t have a strong middle class. My family is from Mexico City and they’ve immigrated to the U.S., but we still have family in CDMX, so this is where I’m getting my info from. Also, I’ve visited these areas in this video and they’re great areas, but if the nomads are pushing out the locals it has severe ramifications due to the topography of Mexico City itself i.e. pushes locals into older structures that most likely can’t handle earthquakes. When I was visiting back in September 2017 or 2018 there was a major earthquake off the Oaxacan coast and it shook CDMX. Two weeks later a smaller earthquake occurred although closer to the city at the time it ended up toppling buildings. Come February of the following year another earthquake occurred literally scary the life out of my aunt-this was the last time I’m I was in CDMX for her funeral. The gentrification of CDMX has severe consequences for the local population not only with earthquakes, but the lack of clean drinking water that constantly has to be sucked from underground and god knows where else. To the gringos who look down on the locals you better pray that you never have to experience the earthquakes and have to depend on those beneath you to save your life.
Weird that some people would rather continue to live in squalor than embrace the clean up and renovations of these neighborhoods. The place looked like a shit hole before with falling down buildings and trashy properties. Now its beautiful.
I am from the state of Guanajuato and oh boy it's very very very expensive to go to San Miguel de Allende I can't go there and pay the prices 😔 a house cost 10 times now than before and because of foreigners the prices went up a lot food transportation and places to stay
It happened in California too. A lot of the people in my neighborhood were not born in California and there's a large percentage that weren't even born in the US. It's happening all over
The way I see it, the problem is not just the influx of money 5 times higher than the local average, is the fact they don't want to integrate. These remote workers don't want to become Mexican, they don't want to apply for a residence or citizenship. They will just get in and out whenever they want and live in Mexico with permanent tourist status. They even proud themselves on that calling themselves "expats". They put a lot of effort to build an "oasis" of foreigners inside Mexico, you know, to don't have to deal with any of Mexico's realities. "Oasis" like this Roma and Condesa in Mexico City, but as well as Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, or Tulum in Quintana Roo.
simplest way of dealing with it is clamping down on the overstaying tourists or simply not giving out 6 months no questions asked. That is an insane amount of time!
I feel no sadness for Mexico with what happens here in America. I live near people who don’t speak English. People come here illegally and take up our government assistance, housing and jobs. No way my rent should be rising every year. It’s extremely frustrating to know we’re in so much need yet our tax money which can go to educating our children is going to illegal people. Our schools use to have driving in it when my mother was a teen yet we don’t have that why? My old high school removed sewing and cooking classes 2 years after I graduated. I still use my sewing tell this day. We have all this money to give to everyone else but nothing to promote the growth of Americas? This government do not care about us nor do they care about you. Stop sending people here. The reason we’re going to Mexico is because people keep coming here. We can’t afford to live here and all opportunities are fading here. It’s clear this government don’t care about us and destroying America. All jobs and money is being sent over seas. If your in South America tell people coming to the border America has no better life for you. America is dying.
The root of the problem with gentrification is not people wanting to move to another city, it is the city not having good housing market regulations and not having a significant portion of the living space in public housing. This is the solution, not forcing people out of the city.
Another great example is Ajijic, one of the top retirement hot spots for foreigners. It has gotten so far out of hand that ex-pats have taken over the real estate market. They sell in dollars, cater to other foreigners, and need to find balance with the locals as well. Foreign affluence is good, but it needs some conscience and regulation...like someone else said "taxes".
@@cycojerry13 Sayulita got invaded long ago and is overcrowded I would say. The mountain towns are great but don't offer much to do. GDL is headed that way. Colonia Americana, Moderna, and even Santa Tere is expensive now and traffic there sucks. Have you found the resemblance between LA and GDL yet? Peace.
"equilibrado" ja, ja, ja....obviamente no has comparado la situación paralela de todos los inmigrantes mexicanos, legales tanto illegales, que van a Los Estados Unidos y toman trabajos que no les corresponden y cambian total y absolutamente las ciudades sin preguntar a los residentes ciudadanos de allí si eso era lo que ellos quierían.
This situation reminds me of the 90's and AOL. In high school allot of my friends tried to get me to come to AOL and work. I got a tour and seen what they did . I asked why can't someone in Mexico do this for a tenth the money.... And after AOL had everything down pay they did, though the jobs went somewhere else. There is nothing special about those remote workers . There are people in Mexico , India , many other places that can easily do their jobs for a fraction of the pay, why not yet ? Broad band access. This remote worker thing is a temporary issue . In five years they will either be physically back to work or laid off with their job outsourced with Elon's broad band satellite network in full swing you can have high speed internet anywhere, why pay One American ten times the money if you can hire three people to do that job that make a tenth as much each. According to my friend in the Philippines what I make in a week is what people make there in two months in a similar job. My job requires a physical on site presence so I'm not worried about being replaced. This problem is going to be corrected very soon . Americans will move back home housing prices will fall inflation will stall and life for people that have trades that actually do "work" will be better for it .
In the end we'll all be making as much as people in Philippines and India and Mexico and we won't be able to afford our own rents and houses in Canada/USA
But what happens when they stay and they start there own business. In 1830's and 1840's they brought slaves which was a big no no and against Mexican law. What happens next they stold half the land.
@@hufficag don't worry, you will be able to afford the rent,because all those empty buildings will cost the landlords more to keep empty, the economy will re balance, and another thing, it will also shrink as demographics change and industrial countries populations decline.
@@user-cb3vs3oh5h noone likes to say they support exploitation. But they don't want their standard of living to drop or for it to cost more. You cannot have both in this economic system. however there is hope in a generation or two because this economic model we're living in has to end. sometime in the next 25 to 100 years human labor will become almost completely obsolete. with technology like fusion around the corner it may one day be possible for everyone to live on the same level, however that is not today. Today for a few to have much many have to have little. On a global scale even the Americans that cannot afford a home are rich .
British here. Same thing is happening in my home town. A pub I used to have Lunch at with my Grandfather is now a snobby Craft Ale establishment employing out of town students. If you sound or look local, you aren't welcome. Not the only bar affected by this.
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This is a hot topic right now 🔥 What's your opinion? Can anyone help translate this video into Spanish? Let me know! Thank you
I could help you out with the translation but the thing is I don't know how to work on you tube, I'm not good for social media.
@@davidmoncada7366 They removed the option to upload it (only I can). But if you send a word document with the translation I can upload it. If you can help that would be great!
It’s frustrating and pisses people off when it happens in US cities. I can’t imagine how angry I’d be if I were Mexican. Also this is great argument for using CDMX hotels, not Air BnBs!
@@barney2165 That's a good point!
Sorry Tìo Paul but I'm working, so busy to help with the translation.
Not trying to undermine the situation in mexico by any means, but trust me, wealthy remote workers are doing the same thing to small towns with cheaper cost of living within the US also.
Your point is valid. Also, Mexicans with well-paid knowledge worker jobs who were once stuck in the offices here in Mexico City are doing the same in small towns in Mexico too.
@@TrueMexico that's shitty capitalism for you
When you go to the expensive US cities, you find that the reason these wealthy workers are moving to other places to do remote work is that an even wealthier set of people are pushing them out of cities like San Francisco, New York, London, Seoul, etc. In San Francisco prices are insane, and there is a weird combo of a lot of vacancies alongside spots where some billionaire buys the buildings around them just to not have to live next to 'peasants' that are only millionaires... So those people move to Austin, and then Austin people move to Arizona, and then Arizona folks move to Mexico...
@@arcady0 My friend and her husband--both wealthy tech workers--moved to Austin during the pandemic. They're not working remote. They could simply transfer offices. And they followed the trajectory you described: They bought a house, which was a steal compared to Manhattan prices. But they were motivated not for economic factors. The wife is Asian. And the violence directed toward Asians--especially Asian women--in New York went off the charts.
*facepalm
Something similar happened in Istanbul, Turkey over the course of last 5-10 years. Wealthy Gulf Arabs moved in, pushed their petrodollars into the market and skyrocketed housing prices. They are aggressively buying livelihoods and in exchange they are granted fast track citizenship. And unlike digital nomads, Gulf Arabs don't even work. Their excessive oil money finances their life of extreme luxury, while poor Turks work incredibly long hours just to be able to stay afloat. It's totally messed up. Big time.
The state value money more than it does the condition of its people. The extra money will help the government? There is no “trickle down”. It is sad to see this happening all across the world, rich people ruin the place they live in, and move elsewhere. Eventually, being an asshole to the poor won’t get them a free pass.
Why doesn’t Istanbul tax them appropriately and then direct those funds to programs that can help the natives
@@millsykooksy4863 why would that ever happen? What class of people do you think end up running things?
*You mean making Turkey 🇹🇷 better.
@@MrSky10101 better for who exactly? The society is rapidly transitioning back to feudalism.
As a former New Yorker who has been priced out of several neighborhoods due to gentrification, all I can say is that it sucks. People just gave to move on, the power of greed is a force that can rarely be defeated. I also remember back in the day, people used to mock African-Americans about their complaints about "gentrification". The mockers have now adopted the use of the term.
Out of curiosity where did you land? My family and I came South. We even took a pay cut that kinda offset because of the cheaper rent 🤷🏽♂️. Raleigh and Charlotte have become Southern New Yorks.
Yours is a very important observation; I'd never thought about whites' subsequential negative experience with the issue.
So what happens when that happens, you have to mírate to somewhere affordable because people with Money come around and jack the prices up which off balances the local economy?
One of the more obnoxious things I feel that comes with gentrification here in NYC is the selective way crime is reported. During the Bloomberg era when the administration and city was marketing it as "the safest big city in the country" there was so much violent crime that was never reported. In my old neighborhood alone there were regular shootouts between the two warring drug crews, and when I'd go to search the newspapers or local news stations for any info... absolutely nothing. Also the local NYPD precinct, who were widely known to be on the take of the dealers may have something to with it as well.
Fast forward to now, where things are very much the same as they were back then, but now the NYPD feels increasing pressure to justify their actions (complete with work slowdowns even), every little crime, no matter how big or small is front page news. It's definitely setting a fear mongering narrative. Something the local media never seems to just go along with.
Gentrification is only used in reference to wy te people, if its "minorities" then its diversity.. The anti wy te narrative is off the charts.
I'm sick and tired of this. I live in that neighborhood and it's awful that restaurants are too expensive for us. La Roma was so different 15 years ago. All small family businesses but not anymore. Plus, some foreigners are rude and ignorant. They aren't interested in our culture and won't even learn Spanish.
Eso esa la otra cara de lo negativo que está pasando.
It’s the same in USA
@@ayuanabradford3206 no it's not
@@ayuanabradford3206 You people are privileged
@@davecarterNV5 no new york brooklyn is a great example
The worse part for me of all of this, is the fact the majority of remote workers NEVER get to know any local resident the entirety of their stay in Mexico. They don't even attempt to try to get to know the maid or landlord in a more personal way, and only by name. And above all they don't even try to learn Spanish. That's my take on the majority of them in those areas like Roma, Condesa, Polanco, etc. I hope one day they are all taxed.
We hate usa
That’s not the worst part. The worst part is the inflation making it harder for locals to keep up given their low wages. Who gives a damn that they don’t get to know the maid. You gotta be kidding me.
@@stargirl6659 Ok. Yes, inflation is bad. But, I'm speaking of BEFORE there was inflation. I care about being around people who are self centered and live in a bubble and avoid contact with the society they live around. I live in Mexico City and it's disgusting how they act. Besides that I used to travel different places and Canadians are definitely good for doing the same thing when they travel to the USA. They stay in their niches and don't congregate with the locals, especially at RV parks or remote camping areas. I'm mainly talking about French Canadians.
The prices have doubled in some of these areas, even outside of those areas like Coyoacan. Polanco is really high now for nothing. Where I live the prices have doubled with Airbnbs and other rental sites. The small studios in Roma Norte are about $3000-4000 per month. It's crazy. Polanco or bosque lomas would be better if paying that amount to be around a bunch of tourists. But Roma Norte and condesa was not that high in my opinion based on when I was looking for a place and comparing all the areas. This price hikes started before now and have nothing to do with inflation. They know they can rent for that amount simple as that. And the KNOW that's where all those types of visitors want to stay. I'm just glad they're all in one area because they make me nauseated actually. 🤢
It is very sad - the Mexican people are so warm and welcoming, it is a cultural difference HOWEVER IMHO I think what ever country you are going to, even if just visiting, you need do learn some phrases in the native language and investigate they cultural norms. And, please if you are moving there you need try to fit in, not change things.
Lo que pedimos a los extranjeros sobre todo es respeto a nuestra persona y a nuestra forma de vida. Que sean conscientes de que su realidad ilusoria y superficial no es la de la gran mayoría de los mexicanos que deben partirse el lomo para tener lo mínimo.
Vienen buscando experiencias auténticas, sin darse cuenta que es la gente local la que le da la autenticidad a un lugar, y no una decoración exótica o una serie de elementos culturales aislados y desprovistos ya de su valor simbólico.
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@mycode lamentablemente como habitante de la capital y persona que suele tratar con extranjeros en el trabajo, me ha tocado presenciar actos que implican un poco interés por respetar a los habitantes locales, desde verlos beber alcohol en vía pública, vanalizar o simplificar momentos festivos con tal de obtener una buena publicación, expresarse de manera menospreciativa de los habitantes de la ciudad, o oírlos decir que sólo están en México por que les es “barato”, y hasta presenciar actos de enojo porque en un establecimiento no se hablaba inglés o no se les atendía como ellos deseaban; y estoy seguro que muchas más personas tendrán anécdotas y experiencias similares.
No soy partidario de prohibir la entrada de extranjeros al país, lo único que pido es un turismo y una residencia temporal consciente de la dura y compleja realidad nacional, que en verdad haya una intención por comprendernos y que entiendan que el país y su gente no existen solo para complacerles o para sacarles alguna ventaja, tenemos también una vida que llevar. No creo que sea patriotismo o victimismo (término reduccionista en el que parece que todo cabe), es solo una petición justa de alguien que ha experimentado una de las consecuencias más penosas del complicado fenómeno de la gentrificación (ver casos en Barcelona, Venecia, Tailandia, Nueva York, San Francisco). Mi opinión al fin de cuentas.
@mycode el hecho de que lo consideres “exagerado” (otro término en el que todo cabe) o que aún no es un problema tan evidente como en Quintana Roo, no implica que no exista ya en la CDMX, donde innegablemente se esta haciendo cada vez más notorio (tanto que ya se esta hablando y discutiendo ampliamente sobre el asunto en todos los medios). Recordemos que la CDMX es el segundo destino más visitado de México, por lo que no está eximido de padecer este fenómeno (como no lo está ninguna ciudad del mundo).
Destaco que precisamente acabas de mencionar un punto importante, hay que procurar que las ciudades de México no caigan en el modelo turístico que ha seguido Cancún (o Tulum o Playa del Carmen), y que por desgracia le está quitando las cualidades que lo hacían un lugar atractivo para visitar.
@mycode solo hay que replantear el modelo de turismo que hemos estado siguiendo, como ya está sucediendo en otras grandes ciudades del mundo. Es favorable que se discuta y se ponga el dedo sobre el renglón. Un saludo 🙂
@mycode El clásico: hablar más alto que todas las personas en un lugar. Esa es la marca indeleble de alguien que no respeta las reglas implícitas de una cultura extranjera.
I have dual citizenship, decided to move to California in 1989, grew up in Sinaloa, I enjoy driving to Tijuana at least once a year and would like to move back to Mexico (Mazatlan) some day, what bothers me is that businesses are starting to charge the equivalent of U.S. cost of living, restaurants, real estate and so on, making it hard for the locals to afford.
As someone that lives in Mazatlán I can say that everything is so expensive now. 2-3 year ago my parents were paying $2200 mxn on rent for my college in a place no more than 10 minutes on foot to my school. Right now, that place would be al least twice the price. Pradera Dorada was a place that many people avoided. It was cheap, but pretty dangerous. Right now is still dangerous, but is really expensive. Since the construction of the medicine department from UAS, developers had been building like crazy, with the only intention of take money from students. Many US citizens are relocating here, a lot of the beach is now privatized, gated communities are everywhere and looking for rental places is almost impossible. Everyone is turning they rental properties into vacational houses, and if they are no vacational, they are really expensive. The only options for us locals is move pretty far from the urban zones, to the places where there is bad public transportation and s lot of crime, because otherwise we would have to pay all our salary on rent. Is horrible, honestly, I hate all this people kicking us out.
@@chikanime1257 Open boarders bigot. There's enough room for EVERYONE! Please keep your bigoted, conservative, Trumpist rhetoric to yourself. Hate has no home here!
yea the california effect is ruining cost of living everywhere they move to
@@kaizen5415 that's a right wing myth there is more than enough room in America! All immigrants welcome! : )
Why are the Mexicans blaming anyone? That's Capitalism's fault. Let's not forget prices in the U.S go/are up when foreigners go to the U.S to have there offspring, and soak up it's Social Benefits. Pure hypocrisy.
My heart goes out to them-The very same thing has happened here in Hawaii.
Isn't it hilarious, united states isn't even supposed to he there.
It's been happening in California for about 30 or 40 years.
That's exactly what I said when I saw this.
I can understand Hawaii but Mexico it’s hilarious how ironic this is
I’m not sure if this is true in Mexico City , but the Mexican culture is extremely polite where I live. Immigrants from the US can come off as rude without knowing it. In addition to learning Spanish, I recommend finding a Mexican manners class local to your region. Being polite goes a long way.
Well said amigo.
Thank you Bryce! Completely agree. I am Mexican-American and lived in Mexico City for 18 mos. I’m from L.A. and have also traveled all over LatAM (incl. many parts of MX), and I’ve lived in NYC, San Francisco, London, Barcelona and Hamburg. I speak near-native Spanish. All of this to say, I have deep experience in many cultures, countries and speak various languages. From all of the Latin American cultures I’ve come across, Mexicans are BY FAR the most polite. They put a significant emphasis on what the French call “la politesse”…minding your manners! Def more polite than any English-speaking society, even the English who like to pride themselves on politeness, no offense but they really aren’t polite at the MX level (I lived in England). So, YES, being polite, refined, patient, humble, respectful, smiling, thanking people, sometimes having to be indirect, saying good morning, good afternoon, good night, not raising your voice….ALL of this is expected and valued in Mexico. ☺️
mexican manners class¿¿ did I understad that well¿ i don´t think such thing exist.. except mom and her chancla to teach you some manners
Dude, we need to be polite in order to keep our service-industry work, it's simple math; oppressed mexican worker treats you "decently" or above decent, you give us a fraction of the money you earn (because "OMG, Mexico is sooo cheap of course). You guys aren't welcome here, we have to tolarate you in order to survive, that the truth.
And yes I've worked in Roma-Condesa my entire life, born and raised in Mexico City, I can assure you most of the people I've worked with have the same opinion as I do.
Nothing against you, really, but please, at least try to walk in our shoes before you say that "Mexican culture is extremely polite".
@@TrueMexico I always hear liberal socialist brag about how they populate luxury places in México and make business due their over reach by using the dollar exchange rate. One of those places is the MeidasTouch channel, which is a liberal bias channel.
Now, tell me sweet little lies.
It's happening everywhere and has been for a long time. Rich Chicagoans buy up lake front properties in Michigan, Canadians driving up the prices in Phoenix metro, the Chinese buying up waterfront property in Hawaii, etc. I think the problem is greater now because of the internet; more people are aware of opportunities, and more people can earn a living from home.
Callifornians have destroyed the housing market in central Idaho to the point where locals with two incomes can't afford a studio apartment.
Yeah but who fixes the plumbing, builds the home or installs the fixtures for electrical? Fixes the cars? Not everything is internet job related. Sad that those trades are not glamorous
Regarding California ex pats; they are like a spreading virus destroying everything everywhere they go
In Tennessee too! Housing is ridiculously high! I honestly don't know how someone with a single income could afford to live alone. It definitely doesn't match the average salary.
@@bradthunderpants3283 same in texas
I remember when gentrification was first happening to different areas in the US people told us to stop crying. Now it's happening everywhere. I live in Charleston SC and it started happening in the early 2000s. The city looks completely different now.
@@naturelover2292 that's why I left Florida. The worst part is that they're like, "we won't vote like those other Yankees!", then they hear that we get drunk and shoot guns and the first thing they go after is easy access to firearms, because "well, we gotta have some regulations on something you've been doing for decades before we got here!" In a matter of time, they've left behind a blue dumpster fire and they're blaming all sorts of phantoms because they dont want to offend the responsible parties, and are fleeing to the next red state, but now the US is so bad that they're fleeing to Mexico. Leftist ideologies of all stripes need to be dealt with the same way Pinochet dealt with them; a helicopter ride over the ocean.
@@naturelover2292 I’m also a native Floridian. They’ve completely changed the way our state looks and operates. I guess that’s the natural progression of things unfortunately.
We’re considering leaving because of the price hikes.
@Complex Ez I've been in DC all my life and it's unrecognizable and a crime.
Happening where I live. Fled California in 2018, got chased out of my new home city and took cover in the small town across the lake with my older brother after the city’s population more than doubled in four years. Too expensive, gentrification, all because of Californian, New Yorker, and rust belt state refugees are flooding in.
@@princessmarlena1359 are you talking about New Orleans? Because since Katrina in 2005, the gentrification started oh so slowly, & then BAM! All locals pushed across the lake.
Not sure how I feel about this. Gentrification usually leaves areas with a modern feel, but it takes the culture away. Happens to a lot of communities.
Something looking modern and sucking the soul out of the place isn’t a worthy trade. It took me exiting my youth and seeing enough “cookie cutter” modern/industrial designs oriented at people that generally are too full of themselves, helped me appreciate a lot of things I never did before.
not worth 'modern' if it means destructive effects on society.. if, locals wanted it, they could've lobbied 4 it themselves..
“Culture away” it displaces Mexican people from those areas man.
This would be the most optimal result of gentrification. The reality is that this affects the lower classes and makes life much harder in general, especially when the government is so corrupt and doesn't give two craps about not profiteering.
Gentrification is a modern word for Colonialism. 😂 please stop acting like you don’t know this.
Thank you for addressing this huge problem. It's not only Mexico City, but pretty much everywhere, especially in coastal areas. It's insane. Expats and so-called digital nomads come here, they gentrify, they do not integrate with the locals or their culture, they refuse to learn Spanish (and demand that locals speak perfect English), and they pay zero taxes. They also pay said locals miserable wages. It's honestly a scourge and the government should just start taxing the sh*t out of them.
Los mexicanos hacemos lo mismo en el extranjero pero ahí están chilla do de que los tratan mal cuando se van de mojados, no hablan inglés, no siguen la ley, y no pagan impuestos. No seas hipócrita.
As I say in the video, digital nomads have always been in Mexico. There are also loads of Mexicans in countries like Colombia working on their laptops doing the same thing. But the Remote Workers... FULL TIME US jobs.... that's a level above. It's a lot more money flowing in and pricing out locals.
@@andree1991 Asi es, en Colombia por ejemplo hay muchos.
@@andree1991 nada que ver tu ejemplo. Los mexicanos que se van allá no gentrifican un país del tercer mundo. Peras y manzanas.
@@andree1991 no seas tonto, la mayoría de los mexicanos que van a trabajar en Estados Unidos, son personas que no tienen oportunidades y que tienen que adaptarse tanto a la cultura existente como a la vida local, el problema con este tipo de gentrificion es que es gente que paga sus impuestos en otro pais, que viene a cumplir su "sueño Mexicano" a costa de la estabilidad económica los locales
A 12-apartment building I used to live in 3 years ago in Roma Norte has now completely turned into an AirBnb operation. Useful service businesses or family run ones that were staples in the area like the one you showed are being swapped for generic trendy cafes and coworking spaces. Locals are being rented out into lesser nice areas and a lot of people are resenting this.
Wey, esto es súper real. A unos compas los CORRIERON de su departamento en la Roma por lo mismo EN PLENA PANDEMIA.
It's not just happening in Mexico. Even in the US, cities like Austin, Texas have had the same thing happen. The result for any locals is not very good.
thats life, I had to leave canada entirely because real estate is unaffordable on local wages
If you don't like it where you are are, move.
@@gregoriosmith6994 That's what I say to gentrifiers, just do it out of my neighborhood.
I read a comment about Mexican politeness and wanted to share my response for the broader group to read: I am Mexican-American & lived in Mexico City for 18 mos. I have friends who are Mexican nationals. I’m from L.A. and have also traveled all over LatAM (incl. many parts of MX), and I’ve lived in NYC, San Francisco, London, Barcelona and Hamburg. I speak near-native Spanish. All of this to say, I have deep experience in many cultures, countries and speak various languages. From all of the Latin American cultures I’ve come across, Mexicans are BY FAR the most polite. They put a significant emphasis on what the French call “la politesse”…minding your manners! Def more polite than any English-speaking society, even the English who like to pride themselves on politeness, no offense but they really aren’t polite at the MX level (I lived in England). So, YES, being polite, refined, patient, humble, respectful, smiling, thanking people, sometimes having to be indirect, saying good morning, good afternoon, good night, not raising your voice….ALL of this is expected and valued in Mexico. ☺️
I couldn't agree more with what you said. Also, yes, Brits definitely aren't polite! (compared to Mexican standards).
English and politeness? No wonder you haven’t found nicer people where you live, they are known abroad for not being as nice and closed off.
FYI: American is a Continental identity, not a nationality.
America is a Continent, not a country.
We are 35 American countries in the American Continent.
Respect is due.✌️
@@luyzqint3760 YES; But is Common to use "AMERICAS" for the Rest of the Continent. AMERICA for USA and AMERICAS for the rest.
well said!! and yes, brits are not that polite. i spend a little time every year in Spain and i always grit my teeth when i hear an english person not only mispronouncing spanish (which is totally understandable, it's not their native language) but changing words entirely and being dramatic about it "Eye-bee-thuh" = Ibiza, and they are so loud.
It's funny how gringos invent the term "Remote Workers" to avoid calling themselves immigrants XD
I call them foreign economic leeches
Lol well they not liking them moving in now imagine if a white person complained about it, WELCOME TO THE PAIN 😉🙈at least they're not taking up government resources 😉😌😜
Or "expats"
It's like no dear YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT!
It's funny Mexicans want to come to America for a better life but it's not good for Americans
Worst, some call themself "expats".
I find this situation quite ironic. How dare gringos not learn the language! Next thing you know they will want signage and governmental forms in English and the right to vote?
Let’s not forget insurance and free college, screw them. They don’t learn English when they come to the US, they tell us to learn Spanish.
Yes, just wait for the next complaint: "They are taking money out of our pockets and sending it home to America!"
I’m Mexican and I agree and echo your statement.
😩 I was thinking the same thing 😂😂
Haha
I believe the term is: my how the tables have turned.
For years we've had a similar but opposite situation happening that has affected the US as well.
Yes when illegal immigrants come into the country people will hire them at a lower wage.
The issue is that creates a wage stagnation and even worse people are taking advantage of the immigrants.
Now while I do think this is bad, hopefully it will help lead to a solution that resolves both issue's.
And before anyone gets their panties in twist I am half Mexican and I have grown wanting to own land in Mexico to retire too. So we'll see how this plays out.
*edit*
So we're clear I have close family in Mexico, I've been there more then once. Telling me to stay in the US is indeed ignorant and racist on it's own right, especially if you aren't saying it the other way around.
Yeah Marcela I saw those ignorant comments before you deleted them
Best response
Very true. Many of my mentors in the construction industry who I deeply respect were plenty happy out working the native populations at 3/4 the price because they could take the money back to to Mexico and have it go twice as far. In addition the shift resulted in a demand for bilingual construction workers resulting in even more demand for Mexican labor. I learned a lot from these remarkable individuals but I cannot deny my skills were undervalued because of this economic shift.
I was just thinking thing
@@definitelynotcole I used to be a painter, and last time I tried I'd get calls because of my last name but nobody would hire me with experience :/
@@jerlaine1638 It is crazy how names can do that. I have a friend who took his wife's maiden name and all of the sudden his applications started becoming far more effective.
California's and people from NY are fleeing their states and causing problems in Texas and Florida as well. Many people can't compete as they come with cash and it has caused an inventory problem with homes.
People moving in? Not assimilating? Changing the culture of a place? Man, that must really suck
The irony is completely lost on them for sure…….
@@ashdav9980 bingo
@@martinmccfly5166 lol, sure you're not 😂😉
@@martinmccfly5166 I don't think you know what that means
yes just like the settlers took the lands and lives of native americans
As long as the expat makes an effort to integrate themselves with the local culture it is all good, but what sometimes happens is expats create little isolation zones and that is not good, because then you get stores that are disrespectful and you also get stores that only want foreigners. A big issue has been resorts that close off beaches to nationals.
They're immigrants, they call that to anyone from a different country in the US or Europe, but when is them they're expats, that's something that disgust Mexican people, along with not wanting to learn and respect our traditions.
Mexicans in the US do the same thing.
Ever been to Central Californistan? There are neighborhoods Americans avoid like the plague.
Yeah welcome to our world..
@@jctr4559 were not talking about the USA, were talking about Mexico
Thanks for being a true local & supporting small business out there
I wrote to you about this issue some years ago and I stand with my point of view about regulating this kind of remote workers influx from the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Unfortunately, the Mexican government doesn't care at all because their main priority is getting rich by other means, even if that damages Mexicans from all backgrounds.
CDMX is not the only place with this issue, also places such as Cancun, Merida, San Miguel Allende have gentrification, and let's not forget places from outside Mexico too such as NYC, London, Madrid, etc.
Honestly it makes me mad and sad because I know that is not completely foreigners' fault. Our governments from all countries don't give a sh!t about their people, that's the real issue.
The Mexican Government doesn't give a d**n about its citizens.
Im Mexican I’ve lived in Vancouver and Sydney in Australia and I noticed that in those cities is also happening this the gentrification or I would call it chinification (no offence to Chinese)
Every tourist city in the world faces this. The loose of its identity
Get over it.
@@toniayan Chinification? In Vancouver Canada we call it nacofication, no offense to mexican nacos. And in the US it is much worse. Nacos, stay in your country, please.
We should regulate it here in America also. Oh wait , that would be racist. It's called capitalism
I notice in the comments there's not much pointing out how Mexicans want everyone else to assimilate. Well, I just pointed it out. Hope everyone understands the thick layers of irony happening when you complain about Americans not assimilating. Bc it's there.
I hate to say it but this happens all over the U.S. too. Where I live it has gotten so expensive because of Californian's moving into our city. Locals are being priced out of rentals.
Canada too were getting smoked in Ontario
Thank city leadership and real estate lobbyist for failing to provide affordable housing
Yep, same situation in Portland, Oregon.
As a Californian, I can't afford to build a life in California and will be moving out of state.
@@JasmineTea127 Seeing things that way your best bet is getting the hell away for that state, but still please whenever you go build jobs instead of taking them.
The other problem we have is that these people don't want to live in Mexico, they want a cheap place. Instead of actually living here, they create an isolated bubble with no cultural or economic interaction with the rest of the region. They sometimes don't even want to learn spanish.
Take for example the tortas place that went bankrupt. Why? Becasue these immigrants didn't wanted to eat a mexican torta alongside with locals, they wanted to have an expensive and hip coffee and brunch.
And the worst part: when someone else tries to go to the US and live there, they use the lack of integration with the US way of living as an excuse for deportation, while here they don't even try to do what they ask in their country.
Sorry to hear this . I live in NY and there’s a Mexican neighborhood bout a mile away . Always go there to eat amazing food . Nice people too .
@@peterb2325 Indeed. I may assume those people bring the cultrue, but they speak english (or try so), accept US dollars and overall are integral parts of the town.
Now imagine them that they raise up rent prices because of their stronger currency, refuse to learn english and demand everyone else to speak spanish for them, never shop in locla stores and only in high-class shps basically set up for them only, and in the process never paying taxes due loopholes in their passport status.
Last I checked we only deport illegals sometimes. Mexicans are welcome in the states. Stop whining. I thought Mexicans are hard workers. Take notes from the Americans that move there. You might make more money.
The fresas have always lived in their own bubble as well. This is the case all over Latin America and even the world. It's a class issue and these people are completely detached.
@@luperamos7307 Yeah
We can consider the "fresas" as the main social problem in Mexico. Those gentrifiers are perfect for those "fresas". But will make life more miserable for Mexicans.
So, we need to make a way to remove both.
I really had nothing against people from other parts of the world coming to Mexico city to do "home office" but is sad that for us Mexicans who have lived all our lives in the city living is getting harder and harder to survive in the city that we love
Hate USA from Mexico 🇲🇽🤜🇺🇲
@mycode haha i just posted something similar and I fully agree with you 👋👏
So how do you think all westerners feel their countries being destroyed by foreigners? Payback is a B*.
We face similar issues with so many Mexicans moving to the US. Welcome to the club.
This also happens at the border, a one-bedroom apartment without a bathroom can cost you up to 300 dollars and this is because there are people who work in the US and live in Mexico, they come and go every day.
What a double standard. I have sooo much extended family from Mexico who has never integrated into American culture, language, etc and still get all the benefits of earning a living here while going back to Mexico for months out of the year (this is money spent outside of U.S. economy, which is another issue). But God forbid Americans do the same!
I believe in integrating into whatever country you live in, just my humble opinion.
Yes, indeed. Well said.
Yeah I see it the same way freaking hypocrites , plus the USA literally has tens of millions of hispanics that tend to be a negative on the taxpayer. Seems they also forget that , at least these ones put money into the economy , plus the dozens of millions on the USA are literally changing US demographics to a point whites will be a minority , this is nowhere close to what is happening in mexico lol
Indeed, even here as a Mexican, it's only fair for Mexican migrants to get a hold of the culture, bare minimum
If someone could point out what is the “american” culture about would be great cause other than speaking english I am lost in the sauce of what is considered to be a culturally enriched american.
Mexico has always been able to slow down the influx of wealthy foreigners looking to move there and retire. But this is a different dynamic. The remote workers are not necessarily looking to become a permanent part of the economy. They won't need to obtain permanent residency like in the past. They can just renew their 6 month visas every six months. What Mexico needs to do is really clamp down on their 6 month visas. They hand them out without question. I know, I visited and then lived in Mexico as a permanent resident for over 10 years. Mexico needs to say 6 months MAX per year. Otherwise, more of this is going to continue, and even spread to the smaller states and towns.
You're right,
and it is already happening, for example: Bahias de Huatulco, is filling up with Americans who rent and buy houses, and also Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, the same situation.
Ecuador ended up doing that. People should get residency if they live somewhere. Mexico has a good system of having people qualify for residency at Mexican consulates in their home countries before they move to Mexico. Being a fake tourist for years on in has been a problem in other countries, too. For many of these people, being in whatever foreign country is an extended vacation, not an immersion in another culture, which is a pity because Mexico is amazing.
yup, as a fellow resident I agree! Hell, I'd even go more extreme and say max 3 months. That is a long time. Long enough for a tourist. If you wanna stay longer you gotta get a residency
They can barely fix the problems they already have in Mexico. Lol add this to the list
@@eddycarpenter8989 They can. But it wouldn't benefit the elites...the property owners...to do it. And just like in the USA, most of the politicians in Mexico are also property owners.
I am very sympathetic to the Mexicans. I am a Florida native 6th generation with some Hispanic roots. Florida’s Population was just over four million when I was a kid in the early 1950’s. Now it’s 21million and growing fast. The average family back then had no problem working and supporting their families - I NEVER saw people living on the streets or begging - now here in Sarasota they are everywhere. The rush of the wealthy into the state has left us with an awful divide where 10% live like royalty and the remaining 90% are functionally little more than their serfs.
Same in Colorado! It started here with the legalization of marijuana and became worse due to the Covid epidemic. These parasites are taking over the world!
Most people in Florida are here illegally or their elders were. That's the problem too.
@@tias.6675 ... Most? Yeah, but the illegals are also serfs, just willing ones. The royalty are ones who hire them.
Maybe we have in general a population problem. Too many people, all competing for resources and land...
Liberals. They're called liberals, and they simply won't go away. They just flee to the next place and ruin it.
I'd never thought I'd see the time where Mexicans would tell Gringos "Go back to your country". I think the next thing will be "Speak Mexican! You are in Mexico".
They should. They should also burn crosses on their lawns and whip their people.
Pues si es molesto que los turistas quieran que les contestes en inglés en un país de habla hispana, y todavía te hacen el feo si les dices que no hablas inglés
I know it's hilarious, and I'm loving every ironic second of it
@@m_text Asi son los de Mexico en USA. Se molestan cuando no hay alguien que habla Español.
Same thing is happening in so many places. Clueless people with money kicking the rest of us out of our homes. Disgusting. It just makes my heart ache at this point.
Mexicans do that in the USA. Do you care about that?
@@McDonaldsDudenot true
@@McDonaldsDudeI think you're confusing gentrification with immigration
@McDonaldsDude Not the same thing. Latinos there can only do that because of dumb democrat politicians. Gringos here on the other hand come here to take advantage of their dollars because everything is cheaper while they would be starving in their country. We aren't equal nor the same, except in one thing: Mexicans don't contribute to the USA and neither do americans to México
This is horrible! I’m so sorry they are having to deal with people from other countries disrupting their economy, being rude, refusing to learn the language. That’s horrible. I could not imagine how that feels.
Yes, it's horrible, I hope you never have to deal with americans...
I’m guessing you’re being sarcastic especially considering that for every 1 American who moves there legally there are at least 100 Mexicans moving here illegally.
@@bryankirkham8249 But one american immigrant have more aggressivenessm, narcisism and superiority complex than 500 mexicans immigrant who go there to do hard woks getting low salaries in order you getting low cost goods...
by the way, mexican immigration to USA has been going down significantly las decade, contrary to ammerican immigration... and not few ilegally...
Salty 😂
@@bryankirkham8249 I am sorry to inform you that most of the American Citizens in Mexico are illegal.
There are around 36 million people in the USA that can be seen as Mexicans, and most of them are legal. (I am one of them)
Many of them are basically bilingual, work, and basically make USA's population to not decrease like in Europe.
All this while the Digital Nomads from the USA, are one of the worst immigrants that Mexico have xD. They don't work in Mexico, so they don't pay taxes, they also do not really care about learning the language. (Considering that people in Mexico usually are monolingual) They act like if they are tourist.
They also use Mexican healthcare (Paid by Mexican Taxes) and all that... xD
I mean, the USA here do not leader as an example of what an immigrant is.
Many of you are terrible immigrants. xD
People will not be so aggressive to you, just because they don't want to confuse Americans with Europeans or Canadians.
Or American Tourist.
I am 100% fine with American Tourist, not so much with American Digital Nomads (Or as they like to call themselves, "Expats")
I'm a local and native of the Condesa-Roma and I've seen the gentrification, and it started since the early 1990s with the arrival of Argentinian immigrants who started their classic steak restaurants bringing in people from all the city to eat wonderful bifes (rib eye) I've been able to keep up with the gentrification and I'm liking it because I'm making good money and also in USD, but most people in the section can't, food is very pricey and its has only raised since the beginning of the pandemic at least a 50%.
An example there is this expensive restaurant that sells like 4 pieces of beef in the same size of chicken nuggets for what would give you a kg of excellent and tasty stake in any of the Argentinian stake houses. Is just insane.
hellsing yeah i
All of this because housing is affordable In the United States The main reason why these people here Americans are moving to Mexico is because the rent All mortgages are too damn high in the United States if you want to make things more affordable in Mexico for all the Mexicans you must increase cheap in affordable housing in the United States and in Canada.
But a My not solve the problem of Americans becoming Mexican citizen or Who wants to say in Mexico
As a chicano living in the US I been wanting to come to Mexico on a 180 day visa to connect more with my Mexican culture. To visit where my grandparents came from. I want to learn spanish since I'm the only one in my family that doesn't speak Spanish. I'd love to live in Mexico for a longer time since I've had some health issues and cn no longer afford to live in the USA. Yet the stories of privilege and gentrification frustrate me. I would love to start my own channel around these issues. Fallowing expat groups and seeing how privileged many of them are is not surprising. Been witnessing Gringo neighborhoods and people not wanting to live in the Mexican neighborhoods. Seeing shopping centers catering to growing expat populations which is sadly changing some of the culture in those areas. When I come to Mexico I'd love to interview you for one of my videos if you would be willing. Thank you for uploading this video. It's a very important topic.
I get where you’re coming from, but I feel like your situation is different from the typical gringo. Since you’re trying to embrace your roots,and learn the language. Most Americans don’t try to assimilate to the society in any way, and stay bubbled.
We, upper middle class Mexicans started the gentrification process in that area. Back in the late 90’s. Condesa and Roma used to be more lower middle and lower class neighborhoods, after the 85 earthquake. And that changed in the late 90’s with tons of restaurants and bars opening in the area, and we used to eat there, we started to move there. I lived in Cuauhtémoc and Condesa in the 2000’s. So, we can’t complaint, we did it. And now they’re taking advantage of that. We also lost like 60% of our purchase value, between the late 90’s and today. So we cannot longer afford to live or eat there that often.
But we are the ones to “blame”. Places like San Miguel de Allende, Ajijic, etc. Are to blame for US gentrification. Not Mexico City.
I think I might have to agree with you . It would take a tremendous amount of Americans moving there to raise prices this much . Haven’t been there so can’t really say but I think your right can’t imagine that many non tax paying Americans living there .
@@peterb2325 It’s not really about paying taxes. It’s just about money. They have a lot more money to spend than we do. So, prices are going up in trendy places. But it’s always been like that. Someone always haves more money. And it’s usually upper middle class. But now it is happening to them, and they’re not happy about it.
@@pablovi77 pull yourself up by the bootstrap
@@John-wd4qv I don’t know what I have to pull up myself out from.
@@pablovi77 You'll see when it comes. It never fails.
Tío Paul,
Mucha gente de los Estados Unidos están llegando a vivir acá a Baja California y Baja California Sur, vendiendo todo lo que tenían en USA para tener acá una casita, o rentar un departamento cerca de las playas.
No solo los Home Office sino personas ya jubiladas. Y pasa en varios estados de México que están en el Pacífico.
en el video los menciona brevemente
Todo Ajijic les pertence a ellos.
@Jay Kemme Debes de ser de los que dicen que no te afecta el precio del dólar porque te pagan en pesos zzzz
@Jay Kemme Well it seems that know there is more people from the US moving to MX than Mexicans moving to the US. I lived 15 years in Los Angeles, in a little apartment I finally move to Ensenada Baja California, finally got my dream house and living way better than what I used to.
@@hectorcampos9244 You're part of the problem. Yet you are excluding yourself. You ARE the influx from 'el otro lado.' And your cheap housing has made somebody displaced. Don't pat yourself in the back and pretend that you are NOT part of the problem. That's just hypocritical.
Uncle Paul, I dont like these tensions, but the problem is neither the foreigners nor the locals, we must not fall into blaming either of the two groups. Gentrification is a global process led by the real estate and financial markets, they would be ultimately responsible. People should come together (foreign and local) to try to control these markets and regulate prices.
well thousands of illegals from Mexico come into the USA everyday driving the price of services down. So who cares. Everyone has to take a loss
Exactemente. My husband is Mexican, but we met in Canada. We can not afford to raise our children in Canada, and thus now live here in Mexico. I am trying to assimilate into Mexican culture. However, it is human nature to group together. In Canada we have many Chinese, Indian, and Jamaican communities which group together after immigrating to Canada.
As an American, it is most definitely the remote working foreigner's fault. Most don't care about Mexico or Mexicans or at least not as much as they care about Mexico's capacity to serve them. If they did (and I'm sure some do) they would try to live within Mexican prices and not cause gentrification. If they don't want to live like a middle class Mexican, there are many upper class areas available (Polanco, Santa Fe, etc.). Real estate businesses react to the prices their potential clients are willing to pay, not the other way around.
@@lydiav2 why didn’t you just move to Alberta or Saskatchewan
EXACTLY. Of course it's easy to blame 'foreigners' or 'immigrants' they're the low hanging fruit. It's what governments and banks would like us to believe. They want us fighting and blaming each other, instead of putting the blame where it really belongs, because then they'll be held accountable. Wake up people.
Oh I really hate this whole "it's cheap to live here narrative!" We have the same issues in the country of Georgia 🇬🇪. I am an expat myself, but I know how hard it is to make good money here and I see how the cost of living is driving us all mad. The lari (their currency) is always suffering, yet salaries stay the same and prices rise. For the locals it's a catastrophe.
100% agree.
Same thing happens to rural areas here in the States. People from areas making more money come in and toss the cash around and drive up cost for locals who are still trying to live on our local lower wages. This happens not only with what they spend but ordinances they push/vote for drives up taxes and change our way of living.
Fuckers are doing it in Texas left and right.
...right, it's called progress...you and your family did exactly the same thing to the people who lived in your neighborhood before you...your neighbors are willingly taking the cash being tossed around...
@@puzer1 How are you calling this progress? "you and your family did the same thing"?? Actually our families have been here for generations. That is the issue. Pay attention.
@@SirenaSpades and your families bought from someone generations ago...pay attention..
@@SirenaSpades and who was there before your family? Just an empty plot of land that fell from the heavens when your grandpa found it?
Doubt.
Gentrification is an old issue. As with many big cities in the world, the Real State market has being moving to luxury apartments as an investment alternative and even before covid, Airbnb was already helping to accelerate this change. As locals we should avoid xenophobia and please if you come from another country, just have in mind that this is a difficult situation for many local families.
Well said! As I said at the end of the video. Mexicans are so warm to foreigners in Mexico. But visitors should be sensitive to these issues.
Thanks to central bankers investor are looking for refuge from money printing induced inflation
@@TrueMexico I hope you are up to date with the info about the Cartel Inmobiliario. It's a very annoying but interesting topic.
Yeah, locals are probably mostly going to Mexico because they can't afford to buy a home, have kids, and retire if they stayed in their home city. They are probably very lucky to be able to afford one of the three without moving somewhere cheaper.
@@swaggery and yet they insist the term immigrant is offensive for them because they are not trying to improve their life quality in MX. I do not believe that someone ever moves with the intention of making their life worse lol.
It is funny to see people from CDMX feeling that way, we Yucatecans have been feeling that towards other mexicans coming to Yucatán, they do have a slight similar effect as gentrification, but the worst part is that they bring crime and rudeness to our once peaceful society, 20 years ago Yucatán was really peaceful, you really could leave your bicycle outside and no one would even dare to touch it, people slept with their main doors open and no one dared to steal or come in, not only that, housing was more affordable and with way more space, now houses and living spaces are small and expensive, but wages are still the lowest in all the country. From all the other states of México Yucatán is known for its dumb people (we trusted everyone) and their low wages, so we essentially became slaves for richer people and without morals.
This in combination with the rampant informality on the job market (they register workers with minimum wages and pay under the table the remaining salary) is making Yucatán a misserable place to live, and I haven't even mentioned traffic jams, the loss of local customs and the water supply being depleted.
Tienes razón amigo, Yucatán y toda la península han estado sufriendo todo esto. Yo los conocí hace tiempo y gente de ahí, todos antes al parecer tenían vidas muy normales, muy suyas, y ahora viven apenas con poco en la industria del servicio, y entre más lejos de los hoteles mejor porque así pueden vivir más o menos bien, y a la vez no porque siguen teniendo que ir a los mismos a trabajar, recorridos muy largos y difíciles. Mucha ilegalidad en todas partes para los locales (en materia de seguridad y en transas). Es muy triste. Me imagino que en el fondo otras partes del país donde apenas está comenzando algo similar lo presienten y por eso se ponen a querer denunciarlo, por el miedo de que suceda igual. Yucatán y su gente y sus costumbres son hermosos, ojalá se encuentre una solución para tanta cosa y brillen como nunca, no por el turismo, si no por la equidad social.
@@jguerrero6953 Tu respuesta no tiene sentido lógico, mi comentario nunca trató del libre tránsito, sino de que los yucatecos llevamos décadas sintiendo lo que ahora sienten los chilangos por los gringos. Te hace falta mejorar esa capacidad lectora, amigo.
@@jguerrero6953 No tienes remedio, compa, intenta leer de nuevo el comentario inicial a ver si se te prende el foco.
Can you tell me your thoughts on the Maya Train? I feel like it’s being built WAAAAY too fast and the money given to the locals in “good faith” is ridiculous. It’s not much and they take advantage of communities there that don’t really speak Spanish all that well. I feel for the states of Yucatán
Some of my friends living in Cuernavaca have shared similar sentiments.
All I can say is the USA has complained about the influx of Mexicans into the US is causing so many problems, in housing, schools, hospitals, crime, social services, etc. Mexico did not concern itself with our problem. I am so less than concerned about their problem of having Americans with money traveling to live/work there. No sympathy and watch out Mexico you may be labeled as racist!
Mexicans go illegaly to work in the worst an low pay jobs in the us but the americans work remotley with good pay
@@Serty2428 Don't care...
@@Serty2428 Either it's wrong period for all or it's not. It can't be both. Pick one.
Don’t care either way+ have fun with millions more hoping the border whiteboy 🤣🤣🤣
Interesting. So American workers are taking advantage of an economy of another country in order to make or save extra money, and the locals don't like it because it messes with their way of life? I wonder how many blue-collar workers in America feel when the jobs they've been doing for years suddenly stop pay increases because they're onboarding low wage workers. Yet, there are some of us that would speak up when Americans (mostly Americans of a particular race and political party) would flip on Latinos for taking advantage of our economy and immigration laws. Telling them they should "go back to their own country." Nice learning this.
@A B I don't think I mentioned anything about no jobs were available or anything about jobs being taken. And no, blue collar workers weren't deceived by politicians about the jobs market or pay, I'm a blue collar worker and I watched it happen in real time over the past 20 years.
Yet, you have no problem with millions of Mexicans living and working illegally in the US. Utilising public services, lowing wages, and at times committing crimes.
@@sergelondon916 you must have that new form of dyslexia. Where did you read that in my comment? Otherwise, your reading comprehension has failed you.
Immigrants are the only people in America who can hold a steady job nowadays. It's the American government who wants these workers because the country would crumble otherwise. They just don't want to give them citizenship because it's cheaper to have them as subjugated workers. Not even a close comparison.
@@latuya5887 You have no factual statistics to back-up the nonsense you're talking about. And you're broadly generalising immigrants as a whole. And misrepresenting U.S immigration as a one size fits all approach as well.
As you've mentioned, The Pandemic intensified and made possible for so many people to work remotely. Most of these workers are obviously young, single and not interested in Mexico culturally. They're just mostly focused on maintaining a lifestyle they can ill afford in their own countries. As long as their employers let them work this way, it's gonna keep being a problem for the locals. Unlike a lot of other countries though, Mexico doesn't seem to be encouraging it.
Damn if you didn't hit the nail on the head with the lifestyle comment. That's what these fools are looking for, that Instagram/TikTok lifestyle we Americans like to show off.
@@latuya5887 That's the bizarre part about this new wave of gentrification. Telling your followers you spent $15 dollars for a taco meal. In Mexico! Meanwhile in Colombia, you have horny single guys casually admitting they were drugged and robbed.
Yeah this isn't like moves for opportunity so much. They're moving because it's cheap rather than to contribute to and learn about the local area. Once it stops being cheap, a lot of these remote workers will pick up and go to the next place to suck it dry
I gotta ask, doesn't the local economy benefit from foreign exchange notes pushing demand for local goods? GDP has to have increased as a result.
@@thathandsomedevil0828 No, because they're working for American companies not Mexican ones, they're not contributing to the local economy, spending their money is a temporary benefit just like tourism is, if they leave that income will go with them, but damage remain, such as high rental and services prices.
Tio Paul welcome back!!! I'm happy to see you again and thank you for touching the subject. One of the problems is that the majority of foreigners don't want to be subjected to our country's regulations. Is not only that they don't pay the taxes that they sould but even following the simple health regulations (for example since the start of the pandemic you could indentify who was a foreigner becase they would never use a facemask and would make a huge scandal eveytime they we asked they have to use one even on the street :/ )
Mexico, Philippines, Ghana etc, it's becoming a real problem. Wish tjr governments could put in place measures where locals can coexist with foreigners without tension and rhe locals losing out.
It would be nice if they'd do that in the USA too because the locals get completely edged out of jobs that go to illegal alien workers from Mexico and other countries.
@@MexAm120902 lol i don't see any US citizens fighting for the hard labor jobs Mexicans do. What i see is political leaders and Racist groups making it a big deal on TV saying they taking their jobs when in reality they ain't. Maybe lazy construction workers complain because Mexican are harder workers.
@@Ivan-tm9pd Do you work in construction or is this what you imagine happens in the construction industry? My husband is Mexican and he works in construction and even he says, "los gringos no buscan trabajo en la construcción porque nosotros los hemos corrido". (Translation: Anglo-Americans don't look for jobs in construction because we've chased them all out.) And the Mexicanos have chased them all out. They form nepotistic groups with their friends and relatives who are all from the same place in Mexico and will only hire people from their home towns or people who are known by their friends and family. And the belief that Mexicans are the hardest workers is an urban myth. Some are good workers and work hard, but there are plenty that aren't. I know. I've hired many Mexicans and worked with many others. They're like any group: some are hard workers and some aren't. However they get this reputation for being these "great" workers because what they are is cheap workers. They are willing to undersell themselves to make any dollar and they have no problem undercutting other Mexicans in the construction industry by offering construction quotes (for a job) that are so low they make the industry difficult for everyone. They're difficult to train and they have difficulty following instructions. Part of what makes them difficult workers is that they are such know-it-alls. And they hate to have to learn anything new. Go out to any construction site where there are Mexicanos and you'll find people there that have been here 10, 15, 20 years here in the US and they still can't speak English.
@@MexAm120902 Im speaking for 25 years experience. We give equal employment opportunity to everyone and we have better luck of keeping immigrant workers. We pay everyone the same at 18 a hour. If you hired Latinos born in US is a different story, no immigrants come here to be lazy. Let your husband know he could get a lawsuit for discrimination if he only hires one group of people. We have employees from all groups. Immigrants workers work harder and last longer. My boss is a Gringo and speaks Spanish. Yes bidding on jobs is part of the business is up to the costumers to hire the best company for the job.
@@Ivan-tm9pd "No immigrants come here to be lazy." Not true. I know some that do that. Absolute statements are almost never true by virtue of they're being absolutes hence your statement above is not true. My husband doesn't hire anyone so you should stop making assumptions and give your advice to others who ask for it. Maybe you have employees of all groups, but that doesn't mean it happens everywhere. And what I told you about Mexicanos hiring only their friends and people who come from their home towns is true where I live. It's probably true where you live to, but maybe you just don't see it. I disagree about immigrants working harder and longer. I've known plenty that don't fit that description. Again, absolute statements are almost never true so your statement by definition is likely inaccurate. My statement about Mexicanos underbidding each other is not about the customer and their decision process. It's about the Mexicanos not having enough sense or numeracy to properly calculate the cost of materials and labor so they can make a bid that is both competitive and realistic.
It's less the nomads, and more the savvy owners who know they can jack up prices on foreigners, make more money, and also the government gets its cut. But yeah, blame the hapless foreigners who would probably prefer to pay less for everything, but are walking targets for price-gauging.
That's not true, the problem with these so called digital nomads is that they have U.S. jobs with paychecks from which the U.S. government withholds taxes even though they aren't living in the U.S. So then many nomads are living in Mexico without paying any payroll taxes, and yet these nomads get to use our public roads, garbage collection, transportation system, and other public goods without contributing to their upkeep because they don't pay taxes. Even though they do pay sales taxes, just like all other Mexicans, they are not fulfilling other financial obligations that all others are expected to meet (payroll taxes). Don't get me wrong many foreigners do come to Mexico because they genuinely want to integrate themselves to our society, however there are others that try to isolate themselves from Mexicans and that look down upon us in our own country. Some begin buying up rental properties and only rent to other foreigners while jacking up rental prices to the point where Mexicans are being pushed out of our own neighborhoods.
@@angelhernandez5842 what does your tax argument have to do with greedy property owners jacking up prices? Also, if they are paying inflated prices, they are paying a kind of tax. Also, I doubt the relative handful of nomads are a strain on the system. The primary strain is always the kleptocracy. Finally, consider the flood of illegal Mexican labor into the USA and the effect it had on the domestic labor market, not to mention the drain on the taxpayer, all so Big Business can break the back of labor, yet you are complaining about a relative handful of digital nomads who already have money and jobs in another country, but they spend their money in Mexico, stimulating the local economy, and they are there legally.
@@matthewdietzen6708 The problem is that these nomads are being a bunch of freeloaders and not paying taxes. They are not taxed on their checks but still use public infrastructure which is paid for with Mexican people's taxes. Also, it's not just a handful of foreign nomads, you obviously don't live in Mexico City if you think its just a handful. Entire neighborhoods are being displaced. My hope is that the Mexican government follows suit and tightens immigration laws. I don't mind people coming to Mexico at all, they are welcome, but there are some people that are abusing Mexico's visa system and not paying a single cent in payroll taxes and that's not right either. My understanding is that many of the people migrating to the U.S. are usually the ones doing the low paying jobs that most Americans are unwilling to do for such low pay. The US agricultural, food service, and construction industries would be hard-pressed if it wasn't for immigrant labor. Also, are undocumented immigrants in the U.S. causing gentrification? My guess is that there are some that get paid under the table, which is also a major problem (bad), but others also have payroll taxes deducted from their checks. Unlike here in Mexico City, where many digital nomads use publicly funded infrastructure without paying any payroll taxes.
@@angelhernandez5842 the jobs are low-paying because there is an endless oversupply of desperate illegal non-union labor flooding the country that will work for peanuts because the currency arbitrage has purchasing power back in Mexico. They are subsidized by the taxpayer in a number of ways. Also, being priced out of a neighborhood happens in every country, not just Mexico. A quote: (The real problem is not) the fact that ‘people arrive from outside’” tweeted activist Carla Escoffié.
“The problem is the lack of tenancy legislation, tenant impunity, the lack of contracts and the fact that groups with purchasing power are privileged.”
If the prices were not raised by the greedy locals, who backstab their own countrymen for money, the nomads would not be able to displace the native population. But thanks to neoliberalism, this happens everywhere. People fled price increases in California to other states displacing people in Idaho and Oregon.
@@angelhernandez5842 the money they bring is taxed. Clearly people are benefitting economically, or it would not be allowed. And if they are digital nomads, they are not competing with locals for jobs.
There is also a problem where foreigners come to Mexico opening a business to cater specifically to to foreigners and leave the local businesses In the dust.
Often many USAnos don't want to shop at a Latin owned shop because they want to talk English with the clerks.
There is also a problem people from Mexico coming into the USA illegally
@@eddycarpenter8989 Correct, and that should be handled by the proper authorities. I think people in Mexico don’t mind foreigners, but it does become a problem when they start to gentrify the local neighborhoods, force the people out, set up shop, don’t learn the language, don’t even interact with the locals, and sometimes even steal their art.
@@mayanaztec6440 I think a long-term solution would be for the Mexican government to fix its systemic corruption and address economic disparity within Mexico in a meaningful way. Rather than scapegoat a handful of Americans lol...
@@eddycarpenter8989 I totally agree with you on the part of the government fixing it’s systemic corruption. It’s not a handful of Americans and in reality I never said just Americans I mean foreigners, and it’s millions of them at this point. They are moving to Tijuana, Playa del Carmen, Querétaro, Puerto Vallarta, Oaxaca, Mexico City, Merida, Tulum etc etc.
This is happening all over the world. Some places more than others.
That's so true
True. I am Colombian and it has been going on here for decades many times with violent results.
Oh no that sucks. What would happen if Mexicans just flooded into America changing the demographics and.....
I’m sure the restaurant owners and the property owners aren’t complaining. I think the negative effects can be felt both ways. Mexicans jumped the boarder for higher wages which suppresses local wages in America but Americans jump the boarder and wages go up in Mexico. Economics says that the foreigners are bringing in wealth and spending it which will bring these areas out of poverty.
What ends up happening is that the incomers buy up properties to develop and sell/rent to other foreigners, the incomers live in their own ghetto and spend money in other foreign-owned places so that very little 'trickles down' to the locals. This happens in seaside UK as well as all over the world.
@@ninamartin1084 well for one thing these areas should ban short term rentals this is a world wide problem
But they're not going to spend their money there, they're going to take the profits and spend them on American investments, since they're not paying taxes in Mexico. Economics is fine on paper, but in reality, the rich will always look for the loopholes to keep all their money. And if they put them in a trust in America, they won't have to pay any taxes there either.
Also, local wages have been suppressed across the board for 20-30 years--it's a myth that illegal immigration causes that. It only happens in small markets, but on the whole level--they don't affect it to the degree that we're seen it today. Wages in America should be around twenty something dollars if wages had kept up with inflation the way it's done in other countries--but it didn't. You can't say undocumented workers are the reason college grads can't have livable wages, even when you do away with student debt--the world has changed, and to keep looking at the same old tired stories of "immigrants ruined America's money" is just ignorant, and wrong.
Not enough Mexicans "jumping the border" to make it okay for Americans to "jump the border", not a fair trade off, if you ask me.
"...which will bring these areas out of poverty" which areas? oh, you mean the areas that are being gentrified? well, that's nice.
@@bunnybunnyyx small minds think alike lol
Not me, you gringos are welcome in my City!, the only thing I really want you Americans and foreigners to know is that most Mexican laborers work with tips you must TIP, and don't be cheap, tip a good amount not just a dollar, tip more you can do it, Mexicans we tip good amount (20, 30, 50 pesos or more) because we know they live for the tips, I have seen a lot of cheap foreigners, really trying to pay less asking them to charge less to local poorer people, and that issue is the only complain I really have on foreigners, don't be cheap.
They need to pay taxes too, don't forget that
@@mainao3443 where in Mexico? Because they pay in the USA, I think is way more important to let them know not to be cheap in the visiting country and tip good
@@travelexplorer No Americans in Mexico
@@familyandfriends3519 - All foreigners in Mexico should pay taxes! Not just Americans.
@@Becky_Cal but they do pay taxes when they eat and rent things, I don’t get this as a tourist you don’t have to pay taxes in two countries if you buy something Eeuu has better laws on this than Mexico, as mexican when i travel aboard I can skip taxes in the USA way easier than here, I don’t get this
¡¡Tío Paul ya se te extrañaba amigoo!! Me llegó la notificación "True Mexico" y dije; "¿quién será? me suena que lo conozco" jajaja Un gusto volverte a ver por estos rumbos, Saludos desde el mero norte en Monterrey!!🤠🤠 PD: Acá en mi ciudad también ocurre el mismo problema :/
It always amazes me that when Mexicans immigrate to the United States and some protest that their neighborhoods are being taken over, it is referred to as racism, but when Americans move to Mexico, it is referred to as gentrification. Is it just me who notices the dubble standard here? If we all want globalization, with free trade and all, we must accept that the community in which we grew up will not remain the same - for better or worse.
Mexicans go illegaly to work in the worst an low pay jobs in the us but the americans work remotley
Dirt poor Mexicans vs rich gringo's... big difference.
Come back when rich Mexicans start taking over portions of the US.
Apples and oranges not the same lol
@@FadedGroup1 Please elaborate
@@FadedGroup1 What the hell do you mean it’s not the same it’s exactly the same people just need to stop migrating and stick to their own damn culture
So let me get this straight, it's okay for Mexicans to pour into the United States and bum rush the border, get free medical care, subsidized housing and food, free education which is often subsidized all the way through college, get unmerited favor in jobs just because they speak Spanish not because they're able to do the job any better than anyone else, hold positions and political offices even though they're in the country illegally, negatively affect the economy throughout the entire United States and they are now upset because some law-abiding Americans have moved to Mexico and can afford to live in better conditions??? In addition, there is a movement in the United States of Mexican Nationals and very confused American-born Mexicans who are actively working to repatriate areas of the United States and put them back in the control of Mexico. There are large numbers of Mexicans who have lived in the United States for decades and never bothered to learn to speak English. In fact they feel insulted should anyone demand that they speak English! We're supposed to put up with all of that crap because these are so-called hard-working contributors our nation cannot do without, but they get to b**** and moan about people who move to Mexico because it is far less expensive. What a bunch of hypocrites!! So the moral of the story is Mexicans get to do whatever they want and Americans are just supposed to take it.
You're a rambling ball of confusion. Where's your data?
Everything was fine here since y'all came in 1492. Y'all created this mess here in the Americas.
@@traumatizedwick1760 - Ohhh, so the Spanish who came earlier weren't a problem?!?! You're traumatized alright - and, ignorant.
@@traumatizedwick1760 in 1492 we made it ours. Now millions of foreigners abandon their homeland to live in the workd dreamed of, built by, and fought for, by white Christian men.
Several commentators have complained that foreigners pay no taxes in México. Actually, one of the main sources of income for the government is the IVA, or Value Added Tax which is presently 16%. So even tourists pay these taxes. As for the foreigners who have made México their permanent home, there are lots of taxes they pay. I do strongly agree that anyone who comes here to live should learn the language, understand the culture and customs and respect the people. Al país que fueras, haz lo que vieras, or when in Rome…. I first moved to México when I was 26 to work for a Mexican Institution and studied the language evenings, three hours a night, five nights a week. I also took university courses in Mexican history and Latin American Affairs. Now I am 70 years old and happily retired in Morelia. As always, one size never fits all.
How do you like Morelia? I have always heard how dangerous Michoacán is. I checked prices there once, but found them to be pretty high.
Thank you Paul for bringing up such an important subject. I’m a big fan of your channel, and it’s nice to see you be so respectful of the Mexican people and their plight. I believe it is possible for Americans to go to other countries and not ruined them. But it is rare.
Thanks for the kind words about my work!
@@TrueMexico Ignore the peanut gallery. The US and UK allies have help Japan, South Korea and Ukraine achieve the very best version of themselves. Maybe once Mexico rids itself from Russian influence it may find true democracy and "good version" of capitalism maybe a NBA team or NFL team in Mexico. I see Mexico as a very beautiful Joshua Tree vibe but when you look at Mexico I have to ask where is all the green tech? where are all the solar panels, the hydroponics? The agave farms as far as the eye can see? No, renters don't care about your property site or value.
@@bluedog101c lol, "true democracy" like Siria? by "good version of capitalism" you mean like Haiti? Nooo taks, i dont agree to the actual goberment in Mexico, but, i prefer the the russian and chines influence you talk about, funny enoug, wen you see civil rights in France or european contries, people like you call that a develop country, if the same thing hapen in Latam or Asia, you call that comunism, you dont even now that means, read a little bit on the subjet, you maibe get rid of your sick ideolgy
@@lacalcetaderayas4505 Communism and Democracy come from the same Caldron. The Tennis Court Oath in France, the social contract gave us the right choose. Autocrats don't give you the right to choose.
@@bluedog101c qué comentario tan más p3nd3j0
Dear Americans in Mexico, demand the locals bend the knee to you and demand they speak English, just like the Latinos immigrants demand us in America to do for them.
@@User876-t8t They demand us here in New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, Arizona, Florida...
Anyone finds the irony in Mexicans wanting Americans to go home?
My first visit to Mexico was this April. I started in Mazatlan because of the ocean and pictures. I rented an Airbnb which was in an older neighborhood of working people. I can speak basic pleasantries and did to every person I interacted with. 75% of the time I was ignored, as if I didn’t speak. I definitely felt despised. The few times I went to the hotel zone, to sightsee or eat, I was treated much nicer. I will say that the few locals who were nice were so sweet and it almost made up for the rest. My visits to Heroica Veracruz and Cancun were much more hospitable. I stayed in local neighborhoods there, as well.
A lot of these resorts stole land that belonged to native people near the beach. They pay off cartels to terrorize them and remove them from their land. I would be pissed off seeing some foreigners enjoy what has been robbed from my community as well.
They were only nice because you were buying stuff. Trust me. They hate you.
@@slayerized27 Yeah, they do.
Go to puerto vallarta
maybe they couldn't understand you lol
There’s is freedom in Mexico, people love it.
I’m tired of hi taxes in IL. I’m planning to move out.
My first option was Florida, second Texas. But now is Mexico.
The whole world is changing. For some, it’s not good but they also benefit of the dollars we send.
Greetings from Chicago.
If you speak Spanish or are Hispanic background you should have no issues in Mexico
As in Texas say....
Don't California my Mexico. Leave your California behind,
CA people will teach your kids to be Trans!
@@JJ-vp3bd Even though people from all of the world migrate to Mexico without knowing Spanish.
I’ve heard the complaints about Mexican workers coming into the US for years. We are truly in a global economy.
Yes that's may be true but they mostly take low paying jobs that nobody else would do.
@@ggavin9934They wouldn't be low paying if there weren't millions of Mexicans willing to do them for cash under the table.
Limit tourist visas to 30 days. All these people will go away.
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America should do the same!!
@@ComptonsFinest700
Mexico is part of America.
you are referring to the _"U.S."?_
Mexicans come here to the US and live in separate communities where they don’t have to integrate as much. They’ll just have to get used to it like we have.
Speak for yourself don’t generalize. I’v been in the US since 1979 and never segregated.
The problem is not that, but that they are generating a problem of genteification.
@@robertosouza0123A very large number of Mexicans live and work in the US. For instance, my hometown in the eastern US is almost majority Mexican now. 30 years ago, there were none. This means that they are competing directly with local people for housing, causing prices to increase and people to leave. The same thing is happening in Mexico City. You have American communities, and you have Mexican communities competing. People didn't ask for it but that's how it is. People just have to get used to it, it's a multicultural world now. Quit with all the complaining.
Welcome to the new global economies. When I sold my last home in San Diego, about 90% of buyers were from China or Europe. Wound up selling to a German guy.
As a remote working American who was recently looking to emigrate (though not to Mexico), problems of gentrification is the number one reason I have decided to put my plans on pause. Yes, capitalism in ringing us dry here in the US and our politics are on the edge of fascism, but as opposed to staying in order to be a part of the solution, a lot of people with money and means are choosing to flee instead, which inadvertently causes them to be a part of the problem elsewhere.
The problem lies in the government handling the economy. Those areas shouldn't remain poor, run down or dilapidated; instead of attacking the remote workers, how about people focus on attacking the real culprits: the vile government, filthy rich religious leaders and corrupt corporations. They are the ones that keep people from earning more money, since all that cash goes into their own pockets, and the pockets of their select families and friends.
But it's easier to attack working people instead, right? I am convinced most of the ones directing the rage against the foreigners, are actually shills and agents, diverting the attention from the true culprits; their MO is "never let a good crisis go to waste", y esto se los dice un mexicano.
Let's be honest, if landlords wouldn't try to capitalize on every population increase this wouldn't be a problem anywhere. Some areas in LA were decreasing in population and there were finally rent caps put in place, but that wasn't enough to save the decreasing number in businesses or people.
There should be laws limiting the rent amount, as well as a number of properties an individual can own in urban environments, this will definitely happen, it's just a question of time.
Basically people who live in Manhattan are moving to Astoria Queens which is about 15 mins from the city because rent is cheaper. Now rent getting crazy high in Astoria and you getting this new fanzy buildings been built that we can't afford to rent an apartment on.
Now they know how us gringos in the US feel about them. I was paying $1200 a month for a two bedroom townhouse in nice area and making about $85K a year. The property owners in my neighborhood realized they could fit a dozen or more illegals into one apartment and charge them $300 a head. My rent went up to $2800 dollars a month. My employer started hiring them for peanuts and my benefits and bonuses went down the drain and I was barely allowed to keep my job because someone had to clean up and cover for all the screwups the new hires caused. Local stores and restaurants jacked up their prices to cover for all the theft and bogus slip and fall lawsuits. My auto insurance went through the roof to cover for all the uninsured and unlicensed motorists on the road. I moved into an RV off grid way out in the desert to get away from them, took a shitty dollar over minimum wage job and I am actually doing better financially now than I was in the city. I had to shoot a rattle snake just to get out my front door a few hours ago to take out the trash. Thanks Mexicans.
Fantastic video. It's not too different than what happened here in New Jersey when New Yorkers started buying property. Gentrification is a good thing when it improves a slum/rundown area, but when you supplant a city with it's own soul it can kind of turn on it's head. Mexico city was a bit like Tokyo, in that it had a robust tourist industry but it didn't devolve into a tourist trap like if you go to Barcelona, Mumbai or Paris where taking advantage of naive tourists is all locals can do. I think with this influx of not just remote workers, but rich remote workers, you will see a situation like in Brazil. A city separating the have-nots from the have-it-alls.
Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed it.
How is gentrification good when improving so called rundown areas..when people usually live in those areas and can't afford to go anywhere else
Mexico is well know for having swaths of people who fuck over tourists to make a quick peso. If you drive a car with a US plate, I can guarantee you were paying more for things than locals were.
@@habituallinestepper3927 Because it raises their home values, giving them wealth where before their wealth was depreciating or squandered.
I'm from NJ and I'm miserable about the fact I will NEVER be able to afford any kind of property in the town I grew up in even if I made 100k a year when I graduate. I absolutely love and adore NJ but when I graduate I think I might need to get a remote job and move to a state with a declining population like WV near the eastern panhandle. My family is fairly poor but our rent is slightly cheaper than our neighbors since we have lived in the same apartment for 24 years so we can get by, but definitely not for much longer. I hate the fact that NY has so many empty buildings but they are too expensive for New Yorkers so they made NJ uninhabitable cost wise for the native residents. I'm studying to get two stem degrees so I might hopefully have a small chance of staying in the state I grew up, but it seems almost impossible especially with the absolutely stupid amount of single family zoning we have in NJ. When you have the highest population density of any state, you'd think single family zoning would be outlawed but it isn't.
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The feeling is mutual in the USA we want all South Americans to go back home as well....unfortunately it's not gunna happen
It will....
Yo creo que la culpa de todo esto lo tienen los gobiernos que se han aprovechado de esto para hacerse asquerosamente ricos, así como los dueños de los inmuebles que son movidos simplemente por la ambición de cobrar rentas más y más caras. Yo soy profesionista y no puedo comprar un departamento en una zona regular de la ciudad, simplemente me toca comprar propiedad en otro estado, pero al hacerlo estoy causando que la gente de esos estados tampoco puedan competir con mi capacidad de pago, gano poco para la ciudad pero mucho para provincia.
Would be super ironic if Mexico tried to close the border to u.s. citizens
Also, blame the corporations that are paying certain people so much and so many others so little. Amazon designer, project leader, site builders, all make a shit load. Amazon warehouse or delivery workers get nothing. Remote workers are making huge bank, while the Amazon employees here in Mexico are earning peanuts.
Politeness is so valued in Mexico that sometimes people will give you directions even if they don’t know where you wanna go just so that they don’t have to “let you down”. Sounds funny but it’s true. People would rather TRY and figure something out for you than simply say “I can’t help you sorry”.
The Roma and Condesa neighborhoods were originally colonies of wealthy people, with the pass of time some of the original settlers left and with the 1985 earthquake many buildings were damaged, leaving a hybrid area of shops and degraded housing areas, from my point of view it is enriching that new inhabitants are arriving in Roma and Condesa, because they have caused the buildings to be renovated and the housing to be reactivated with new buildings, allowing these neighborhoods to extend their lives, surely at some point part of these American people will return to their cities of origin and others may stay forever, enriching the local culture and the city in general, it is a phenomenon that has happened in many cities around the world and in all cases it causes positive and negative changes alike.
It's not the fault of the remote workers it's the fault of the merchants who see remote workers and feel compelled to raise the prices they should not do that
For the 1000 americans legally moving and paying rent in mexico driving up prices in 2 areas, there are tens of thousands of mexican people illegally immigrating to the US. This is kinda ironic and comical
I just got back from an 8 day visit to CDMX. I'm from Los Angeles, which is also a major world capital that draws foreign workers from around the world. 50% of Los Angeles is Latino. 15% is Asian. We get domestic immigrants from all over the United States. The director of our philharmonic is Venezuelan. Our movie industry thrives because there is so much talent that arrives from behind--and in front--of the screen. There is huge Chinese influxes of capital. And before that, Japanese. All of which created worry, panic, and Xenophobia. With so many people flocking to LA, rental and purchase prices have skyrocketed. And this has caused resentment, too. But the city itself would not be able to operate as a major world capital without the talent and money this transnational migration represents. That said, I made it a point not to stay in Roma or Condesa zones. And since I know CDMX pretty well, I stayed in a lesser known area. I come to CDMX so I can polish my Spanish. And in Roma you are too likely to get conversations in English...even if you are speaking to a Mexican.
Great reply. Visiting soon and I too don't want to stay in Roma / Condesa. Where do you recommend?
You sir get it. People just complain without thinking what causes it.
This is the same complaint in every popular place. It’s the same reason I was pushed out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Bunch of rich people and tech workers took over the area where my family has lived since the 1800’s! I was the last one to leave. The rest of my family got pushed out before me from the tech boom.
How did you get pushed out? Were you forced to sell your home?
@@answerman9933 as generations come of home buying age they’re not able to afford to buy in the area they grew up in. They have to move further and further away. That’s been happening to my family since the 90’s with the Silicon Valley tech boom bringing swarms of tech workers to the area not only from other states, but from all over Asia. Now our parents generation have all passed on and we are spread out all over the place. It use to be that generation after generation was able to buy and stay in the same area. Sadly that’s not the case anymore.
@@soul2soul399 I still do not see the problem? Most people young people move away from their home base. And you want them to stay.
Does it matter where a person lives as long it is a good environment? But, I guess this is how the natives felt when they were displaced by the European settlers.
@@answerman9933 most young people move away now… not back when I was growing up. This is why people are lonely now and families aren’t close anymore. When I was growing up my family spent many of our weekends, most of our vacations, and all of our holidays with my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, grand aunts, grand uncles, great-grands… this still happens in places like Mexico and Italy. So when gentrification comes in and displaces the upcoming generations…. Families are pulled further apart.
I am a gringo from Canada, and I totally understand their frustration. Some places in Canada and Japan to name a few places have the same issue with tourist pollution. Mass immigration is also an issue here in Canada and should be stopped.
I know in a few places in East Asia, they even have signs in bars, clubs, etc. that say only locals are allowed because the tourist pollution is so bad.
I believe that if you move to another country; Mexico or otherwise, REGARDLESS of where you come from. I don’t care if you’re white, black, Latino, Asian, etc. you should ALWAYS do the following when moving to or visiting a foreign country:
• respect and adapt to the culture (!!!!!!!!!)
• learn the native language
• [this only applies to those moving to a foreign country, not visiting] get a job IN the country you are moving to, not work from home jobs based at your origin country. What most of these “expats” (or should I say immigrants), should not be allowed to happen.
• [immigrators] Contribute to the society which you are in, and pay the taxes for that country like everyone else.
• Don’t be an ass, and respect the locals.
• Last but not least: ***you aren’t special; don’t expect to be treated as such.**
As a gringo, I can totally understand their frustration, and have every right to be frustrated. Foreigners with foreign jobs = higher cost of living for everyone.
If you can’t adapt to the culture, and/or get a job in the country you are moving to, or pay taxes and contribute like everyone else, GTFO!
Viva Mexico
But immigration is a good thing. Ask any Mexican immigrant to the USA.
It's false to blame the gentrification the Roma neighborhood on the relatively few foreigners living and renting in the Colonia Roma. The gentrification of the Condesa and Roma began in the late 90s, and it's currently happening in the Narvarte and Alamos neighborhoods, where there are far fewer foreigners. I'm quite sure that the people that are pushing up prices and driving the renovation of these neighborhoods are mostly locals.
do you know how much rent for a one or two bedroom apartment was in 2019 compared to now?thx
Relatively few?? you clearly don't live here XD
@@Zenboy23Ha ha ha, if by "here" you mean La Roma or Condesa, then yes, I don't live there, but I have lived in Coyoacan for 26 years, so there you have my credentials =) What I mean is that since foreigners stand out in those neighborhoods, we may tend to overestimate how many there really are. I am reasonably sure that the overwhelming majority of residents of these neighborhoods are still locals. When we see two trends happening at the same time, we tend to overstate the cause and effect relationship of the two events. Many property owners in the neighborhoods are renovating and then pricing legacy tenants out the real estate. However, at least some of this renewal would have happened anyway. Those of us who have lived on CDMX awhile have seen the Roma and Condesa neighborhoods getting more and more trendier and hipper every year, starting from way before remote work was even a thing. Rents are rising all over the city, including in newer trendy areas like the Narvarte and Alamos neighborhoods, where there are far fewer foreigners. I also think that while they may have generally higher purchasing power than locals, many of the foreigners that come to the city are here because the rents are low. For the most part, these foreigners are not millionaires coming here to throw money around...they are remote workers and retirees who to varying degrees, need to watch their budgets. I could be dead wrong about all of this, of course. What we really need is an economist to study this and determine to what degree the presence of foreigners is raising rents.
@@bigpoppa4094 Ask anyone anywhere in the World that same question. What does your research say?
What most people might miss is that mortgages are are pretty much non existent in Mexico-I believe this is the reason why Mexico doesn’t have a strong middle class. My family is from Mexico City and they’ve immigrated to the U.S., but we still have family in CDMX, so this is where I’m getting my info from. Also, I’ve visited these areas in this video and they’re great areas, but if the nomads are pushing out the locals it has severe ramifications due to the topography of Mexico City itself i.e. pushes locals into older structures that most likely can’t handle earthquakes. When I was visiting back in September 2017 or 2018 there was a major earthquake off the Oaxacan coast and it shook CDMX. Two weeks later a smaller earthquake occurred although closer to the city at the time it ended up toppling buildings. Come February of the following year another earthquake occurred literally scary the life out of my aunt-this was the last time I’m I was in CDMX for her funeral. The gentrification of CDMX has severe consequences for the local population not only with earthquakes, but the lack of clean drinking water that constantly has to be sucked from underground and god knows where else. To the gringos who look down on the locals you better pray that you never have to experience the earthquakes and have to depend on those beneath you to save your life.
At least a lot of Mexicans are prospering in the United States with huge businesses. While, white people live in the streets.
Weird that some people would rather continue to live in squalor than embrace the clean up and renovations of these neighborhoods. The place looked like a shit hole before with falling down buildings and trashy properties. Now its beautiful.
It’s crazy because they can all migrate to America but anybody wants to move to Mexico it’s a problem explain to me how that makes sense
I am from the state of Guanajuato and oh boy it's very very very expensive to go to San Miguel de Allende I can't go there and pay the prices 😔 a house cost 10 times now than before and because of foreigners the prices went up a lot food transportation and places to stay
This is also happening in Las Vegas with all those Californians moving into the city and making rent so expensive that locals can't afford anymore!!!
Don’t worry. When y’all run out of water soon the property values will plummet.
It happened in California too. A lot of the people in my neighborhood were not born in California and there's a large percentage that weren't even born in the US. It's happening all over
The way I see it, the problem is not just the influx of money 5 times higher than the local average, is the fact they don't want to integrate. These remote workers don't want to become Mexican, they don't want to apply for a residence or citizenship. They will just get in and out whenever they want and live in Mexico with permanent tourist status. They even proud themselves on that calling themselves "expats". They put a lot of effort to build an "oasis" of foreigners inside Mexico, you know, to don't have to deal with any of Mexico's realities. "Oasis" like this Roma and Condesa in Mexico City, but as well as Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca, or Tulum in Quintana Roo.
simplest way of dealing with it is clamping down on the overstaying tourists or simply not giving out 6 months no questions asked. That is an insane amount of time!
They are scum of the earth!
3 month limit tourist visa for a whole year for people coming from US, canada, or other western europe country, That should help
Sounds like Hispanics in California
So you're saying that Mexico should crack down on those Americans immigrating into their country, en masse.
I feel no sadness for Mexico with what happens here in America. I live near people who don’t speak English. People come here illegally and take up our government assistance, housing and jobs. No way my rent should be rising every year. It’s extremely frustrating to know we’re in so much need yet our tax money which can go to educating our children is going to illegal people.
Our schools use to have driving in it when my mother was a teen yet we don’t have that why? My old high school removed sewing and cooking classes 2 years after I graduated. I still use my sewing tell this day. We have all this money to give to everyone else but nothing to promote the growth of Americas? This government do not care about us nor do they care about you. Stop sending people here. The reason we’re going to Mexico is because people keep coming here. We can’t afford to live here and all opportunities are fading here.
It’s clear this government don’t care about us and destroying America. All jobs and money is being sent over seas.
If your in South America tell people coming to the border America has no better life for you. America is dying.
People kill me. It's Gentrification if we move anywhere, and White Flight when we leave.
Preach it brother
And when "minorities" move to America it's an example of diversity and tolerance.
The root of the problem with gentrification is not people wanting to move to another city, it is the city not having good housing market regulations and not having a significant portion of the living space in public housing. This is the solution, not forcing people out of the city.
Another great example is Ajijic, one of the top retirement hot spots for foreigners. It has gotten so far out of hand that ex-pats have taken over the real estate market. They sell in dollars, cater to other foreigners, and need to find balance with the locals as well. Foreign affluence is good, but it needs some conscience and regulation...like someone else said "taxes".
Same with Sayulita. Land is extremely expensive, as well as Tapalpa and Mazamitla. I now live in Guadalajara from Los Angeles.
And it's becoming no different in San Miguel De Allende.
@@cycojerry13 Sayulita got invaded long ago and is overcrowded I would say. The mountain towns are great but don't offer much to do. GDL is headed that way. Colonia Americana, Moderna, and even Santa Tere is expensive now and traffic there sucks. Have you found the resemblance between LA and GDL yet? Peace.
Felicidades por el modo tan equilibrado y veraz de exponer este problema o fenómeno social en crecimiento y complejo.
"equilibrado" ja, ja, ja....obviamente no has comparado la situación paralela de todos los inmigrantes mexicanos, legales tanto illegales, que van a Los Estados Unidos y toman trabajos que no les corresponden y cambian total y absolutamente las ciudades sin preguntar a los residentes ciudadanos de allí si eso era lo que ellos quierían.
This situation reminds me of the 90's and AOL. In high school allot of my friends tried to get me to come to AOL and work. I got a tour and seen what they did . I asked why can't someone in Mexico do this for a tenth the money.... And after AOL had everything down pay they did, though the jobs went somewhere else. There is nothing special about those remote workers . There are people in Mexico , India , many other places that can easily do their jobs for a fraction of the pay, why not yet ? Broad band access. This remote worker thing is a temporary issue . In five years they will either be physically back to work or laid off with their job outsourced with Elon's broad band satellite network in full swing you can have high speed internet anywhere, why pay One American ten times the money if you can hire three people to do that job that make a tenth as much each. According to my friend in the Philippines what I make in a week is what people make there in two months in a similar job. My job requires a physical on site presence so I'm not worried about being replaced. This problem is going to be corrected very soon . Americans will move back home housing prices will fall inflation will stall and life for people that have trades that actually do "work" will be better for it .
In the end we'll all be making as much as people in Philippines and India and Mexico and we won't be able to afford our own rents and houses in Canada/USA
But what happens when they stay and they start there own business. In 1830's and 1840's they brought slaves which was a big no no and against Mexican law. What happens next they stold half the land.
@@hufficag don't worry, you will be able to afford the rent,because all those empty buildings will cost the landlords more to keep empty, the economy will re balance, and another thing, it will also shrink as demographics change and industrial countries populations decline.
So exploitation. You want exploitation.
@@user-cb3vs3oh5h noone likes to say they support exploitation. But they don't want their standard of living to drop or for it to cost more. You cannot have both in this economic system. however there is hope in a generation or two because this economic model we're living in has to end. sometime in the next 25 to 100 years human labor will become almost completely obsolete. with technology like fusion around the corner it may one day be possible for everyone to live on the same level, however that is not today. Today for a few to have much many have to have little. On a global scale even the Americans that cannot afford a home are rich .
British here. Same thing is happening in my home town. A pub I used to have Lunch at with my Grandfather is now a snobby Craft Ale establishment employing out of town students. If you sound or look local, you aren't welcome. Not the only bar affected by this.