http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/07/27/plot-twist-mexicans-complain-of-american-immigrants-taking-over-neighborhoods-in-mexico-city/
Apparently, immigrants “transforming classic neighborhoods, the housing market and even racial dynamics” is bad now. WHO KNEW? From the Los Angeles Times:
Kate Linthicum (@katelinthicum) ~ Mexico City is being flooded by Americans -- including legions of remote workers drawn by cheaper rents.
They're transforming classic neighborhoods, the housing market and even racial dynamics.
More and more, locals are asking them to please go home.
http://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-27/americans-are-flooding-mexico-city-some-mexicans-want-them-to-go-home
Where have we heard this before?
Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) ~ Complaints about immigrants not integrating or learning the language, changing the character/affordability of the neighborhood. Familiar story.
So, immigrants should learn the language of their new home country? It’s all so confusing:
Melissa Gomez (@MelissaGomez004) ~ The fact that Americans are showing up in Mexico and get upset when people don't understand English and they don't even bother to learn basic Spanish?? Maddening.
You see, the Americans moving to Mexico have “left a scent of new-wave imperialism”:
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ Recently, a growing number of tourists and remote workers have flooded the nation’s capital and left a scent of new-wave imperialism.
Ah, I see ... "imperialism."
You know, maybe the wall made sense after all?
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ Hundreds of responses poured in after a young American posted this seemingly innocuous tweet: “Do yourself a favor and remote work in Mexico City — it is truly magical.”
Wow. This is racist:
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ “Please don’t,” read one of the kinder replies. “This city is becoming more and more expensive every day in part because of people like you, and you don’t even realize or care about it.”
Inflation is so bad in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California that Angelenos are fleeing to Mexico:
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ Clear financial incentives are drawing Americans to Mexico City — where the average local salary is $450 a month. For the cost of a $2,000 one-bedroom in Koreatown, an Angeleno can rent a penthouse here.
BWHA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Newsome and his Kalifornia Democrats are such pathetic losers that they're even making Mexico look much better in comparison!
On the other hand, this is a HUGE boost to Mexico City’s economy:
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ This isn’t Europe, The vast majority of people in this crowded, colorful metropolis are unwaveringly kind and patient with international visitors, who in the first four months of this year spent $851 million on hotels alone, according to tourism records.
Ah, gotcha! So, American "imperialism" is enriching Mexico, while the Mexican invasion is costing Americans an arm and a leg. How about a do-over? Everyone who crossed the US/Mexico border during the past 50 years immediately returns to their point of origin. Anyone who tries to cross said border, afterwards, gets shot. Deal?
Friction in American neighborhoods? GOOD! Friction in Mexico City neighborhoods? BAD:
Los Angeles Times (@latimes) ~ But there is friction beneath the surface, as more locals consider what gentrification means for the city’s economics, culture, and even race relations.
Friction, eh? Poor babies. I hope they feel better, soon!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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