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[Techtalk]

Last time a large chunk of Americans moved into Mexico they separated texas from mexico

[DrewMercantile]

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.

[julioguzman]

American immigrants! Stop calling them “digital nomads”, “remote workers” or any other name.

[haomingzhang]

$100 a night doesn't sound cheap to me

[GBA]

It's a double edge sword, Americans are leaving the U.S. due a high cost of living, while settling in CDMX the shop owners and landlords rise costs since they can pay for more conviniences than a average Mexican. Gentrification is inevitable in any place of the world if a region is developing, the chalenge is to mitigate it.

[cesarchivas]

Gringas are not a dish made for Americans they have existed forever. You see locals eating them because they are part of our diets

[SmallvilleSP]

So what I'm getting here is that some locals have legitimate reasons to be angry at the changes affecting prices in Mexico City, but instead of taking it out on the government that literally "promoted CDMX as a remote-working hub", they take it out on people coming here BECAUSE of all of the advertisement promoting remote work put out by the city. All of these problems have been created by the government and it's a matter of them either doing the right thing or letting gentrification slowly settle in. But it is definitely not on Americans coming to the city to live out the digital nomad dream they've been promised.

As a side note, yes, when you come live in another country, you have to do your best to respect the culture and try not to have everybody be accommodating to your specific ways, but that being said, everybody from any culture can be found at fault in specific contexts, not just Americans. On the topic of language and food for example, some Mexicans and other Spanish-speaking nationals have also been guilty of doing what uptin points out is happening in CDMX, in the United States. I've seen arguments saying that it doesn't matter as much because the US doesn't actually have an official language, but turns out Mexico doesn't either. Nothing wrong with English being in some pockets of Mexico, just like there's nothing wrong with Spanish being in pockets of the US. It's when it's too much that it's weird. And adapting foods to different tastes or letting foreign food take over is also something that's been known to happen across the border. Nothing wrong there either, but there should be limits of course, and that's where the government should, in theory, come in.

Y por el final, la parte que más me gustó fue la gente que dijo en el video que no todo está mal con este flujo migratorio de gente que está viniendo a México haciendo inversiones en la economía. Lo más injusto en este problema es que los locales y los turistas que vinieron a trabajar sufren de problemas diferentes, y resulta que al final todos quedan impactados por las acciones del gobierno. Es un tema bien complejo, y espero que ambos partidos puedan convivir, y luchar por una implemetación más justa y equitable que no requiere compromisos extremos.

[InsaneNuYawka]

I’m sick of this topic.
It’s not the remote workers.
ITS THE MEXICAN LANDLORDS AND BUSINESS OWNERS BEING CAPITALIST FFS

[elsee]

You can't blame Mexicans for feeling some resentment in this regard. Many Canadians feel the same frustration with mass immigration in Canada creating issues and stresses on Healthcare services, Social Services, property/rent increases or lack of availability. Final point, respect the country you go to and embrace their culture or stay where you are from, and that goes for every nationality.

[saidiken]

Americans and Mexicans have been entering each other's borders for centuries. This is the problem with social media. A superficial video like this may make things appear disastrous. Let the creative chaos work silently and do not frighten people and things will slowly balance out.

[n]

So its wrong to criticize Mexicans for not speaking English in USA, but Mexicans are cool with criticizing Americans for not speaking Spanish in Mexico?

[calvanoni]

And how many Mexicans come across the American border per year illegally?

[donshibuya]

Same thing happening here in Cape Town, South Africa. The influx of American and British visitors using Airbnb exacerbated the current housing crisis. Forcing locals to move to the outskirts of the city.

[takusungjung]

now mexicans know how it feels for americans in the usa..

[jcen]

There are at least 40 million Mexicans in the USA. They can accept the less than 100k gringos that go the other way.

[jameschambers]

Mexicans move to US: this is fine

Americans move to Mexico: how dare they

[alexbr]

I am a Mexican living in the US, the hypocrisy is incredible. So Mexicans want the US to allow millions of Mexicans in the US but Americans in Mexico need to get out? The US also accomates Mexicans and other Spanish-speaking countries by having Spanish-speaking customer service, English language development in schools, etc. The double moral.
When Americans go to Mexico they bring investment, generally they follow the rules, they are clean, etc. This has nothing to do with nationality, there are rich Mexicans that displace poorer Mexicans, we never see anyone complain about that. It is called survival of the fittest, if you cannot afford it, move. This stupid narrative that poor people are the victims is getting old. There are many places to live in Mexico, Mexico is not just Condesa for those that cannot afford it. Apparently these people have not learned a basic life lesson, life is not fair.

[x]

I'll say this as a Mexican. Half of the neighborhoods the Americans are living in were already expensive; average Mexicans could not afford to live in those neighborhoods. Half of the people complaining about Gentrification don't even live near those areas. I have an apartment in a very upscale part of Guadalajara and believe me when I say this. Not everyone can rent it, but an American can. Gringos are not moving into the poor areas of the country nor are they living in working-class neighborhoods. This is really a win for Mexicans who own property in good areas and a win for the Americas.

Plus as the waiter said, they leave good tips for the lower class. Everyone wins. The lack of affordable housing around the globe is a Government problem and not a foreign problem. The Mexican Government wants more revenue, half of Mexicans do not pay taxes as many work in the informal economy. I laugh when people say, the Gringo are pricing us out as many could even afford those neighborhoods in the first place. There are places that even Gringos can't afford in Mexico. Where the "Ultra-wealthy" live. We are not getting rich Gringos we are getting middle-class gringos who will live in upper-middle-class neighborhoods.

This topic is insane. It's only natural that when people come from other countries they build a tight-knit community and speak their own languages. It happens all over the world. I have been in Los Angeles where people only speak Spanish. The Same happens in Mexico we have communities where only an indigenous language is spoken. We have communities where only German is spoken. There have always been areas where English was spoken for many years. People are ignorant. They are fighting for a neighborhood that never belonged to them. I'm sure the owners of the housing and restaurants in those neighborhoods are happy with their income.

[YoLo-sqkq]

The land lord and cafe owners are laughing all the way to the bank

[craiggallup]

Since you mentioned Thailand the way Thailand deals with mass tourism and masses of expats too is to have restaurants that specifically cater to them that Thai people wouldn't be caught dead at. Of course they're more expensive. It's not a problem for Thai people. They just avoid. Their local food and prices are available nearby as well. There is also a thing in tourism centers where a foreign food restaurant like a British pub food place will have a separate (overpriced) Thai food menu where real Thai food is available to Thai partners of the non-Thais (with the understanding that the foreigner will pay).