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1 hour ago, ztejas said:

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What do we think Lauren is pulling? 200k? 300k? So economically disadvantaged! I'm sure all the poor as dirt Mexicans can relate.

I mean this whole thing is like a South Park episode. Just hysterical. 

EA notoriously pays shit. So imagine being black a woman and working for EA. She may be in the high 100s if she's been there a while. 

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58 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Low 6 figs doesn't stretch very far in San Francisco.

I guarantee you she makes more than that. Go look at her job history. 

Regardless - that's not really the point. She is doing very well for herself. Maybe she'd make more money if she was white - it's hard to say. It's immaterial when it comes to how well off someone like that is compared to most of Mexico. 

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11 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

 

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It really doesn't matter other than Desperado Salma is the GOAT.

Yes. That’s true. That’s the real Salma. The Salma Hayek who you see in movies today is really a chupacabra with a boob job. Just kidding. She’s gorgeous. No matter the age. 

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

EA notoriously pays shit. So imagine being black a woman and working for EA. She may be in the high 100s if she's been there a while. 

She needs to focus more on getting that new College football video game they’re making done. Like now. I sold my 14 a couple years ago, regret it everyday.

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32 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

I gotta say, as a white person, white people do often suck. 

Going need to be more specific. White is everyone except Black, Native Americans, and Asians.

That Latino immigrant trying to cross the southern border: "Don't taze me bro, I'm one of yall, ese!"

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If Americans are moving to Mexico City and not bothering to learn Spanish and expecting the local taquerias and kioskos to turn into coffee shops, then I agree... F them.  The charm of Mexico City is because it is Mexico City, not some Americanized Mexico.  If you want that, Via Aerobus has a bunch of flights from CDMX to Cancun. 

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31 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Going need to be more specific. White is everyone except Black, Native Americans, and Asians.

That Latino immigrant trying to cross the southern border: "Don't taze me bro, I'm one of yall, ese!"

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That’s right. I think even middle easterners are considered white?

 

I agree with the “don’t change our shit you came here you have to assimilate to us” approach of Mexico City.  But fair to expect our immigrants to do the same?

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21 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I agree with the “don’t change our shit you came here you have to assimilate to us” approach of Mexico City.  But fair to expect our immigrants to do the same?

The situation isn't the same. The article is about ex-pat gentrification causing the dispossession of poor communities due to the large inflow of wealthy Americans. A better comparison would be the massive changes that occurred in Austin where entire communities were displaced by the new Austinites with money.

 

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3 minutes ago, F250 said:

A better comparison would be the massive changes that occurred in Austin where entire communities were displaced by the new Austinites with money.

Yeah but they wrote BLACK LIVES MATTER on the street so it's fine now. 

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4 hours ago, immamac said:

EA notoriously pays shit. So imagine being black a woman and working for EA. She may be in the high 100s if she's been there a while. 

Just wanted to jump in and say Fuck EA. They bought Air Warrior then promptly killed it. That is all, carry on.

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17 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I think the root of the problem is the damn white Spaniards from 400 years ago. 

Yeah, and the way the OGs say “grathias” is off putting and definitely American sounding. 

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Family lore has it that Villa, himself, cautioned wife’s grandparents to move North, out of Torreon, where they had met and married. (Both worked for the railroad). Perhaps Mexico celebrates the various cultures that make up its populous. I know Texas has treasured the wealth of cultures who live here. That seems to be changing. At least, the Texas Folklife Festival, the longest lived such festival in the US, has been shuttered.

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8 hours ago, ztejas said:

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What do we think Lauren is pulling? 200k? 300k? So economically disadvantaged! I'm sure all the poor as dirt Mexicans can relate.

I mean this whole thing is like a South Park episode. Just hysterical. 

Dont be bigoted. She identifies as a victim. 

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I’m all about diversity.  Btw when’s the last time we’ve seen a flag from an Asian company flying high?  I see Mexican and Italian flags often but really not much else

Interesting point. I'm around Chinatown and Little Tokyo daily and don't recall ever seeing a flag. Maybe some S. Korean flags every now and then?

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20 hours ago, F250 said:

Gabachos is probably the better choice. I've been called gringo many times and it's not really offensive.

Now if I heard gabacho while some dudes in Mexico were pointing at me in a bar...

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I rolled slowly through the cobbled streets of Pihuamo, Jalisco, in an open car with a throng of children trotting behind, chanting "Gabaaaacho, Gabaaaacho."

Closest I ever got to being the Pope.

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7 hours ago, texasdago said:

If Americans are moving to Mexico City and not bothering to learn Spanish and expecting the local taquerias and kioskos to turn into coffee shops, then I agree... F them.  The charm of Mexico City is because it is Mexico City, not some Americanized Mexico.  If you want that, Via Aerobus has a bunch of flights from CDMX to Cancun. 

This. I can't stand how 50+ % of expat Americans act-- fuckers can't won't learn basic terms of courtesy in the local language, but can charge up on somebody at Hangover O'Clock in the morning shouting "DoYouSpeakEnglish?" in a nasal voice that sounds like "nyeeneenyeenyeee?" to the recipient. When I'd meet these fuckers in person I'd just sink down behind the newspaper (You always buy newspapers in Mexico, the vendor is likely a cartel lookout, and if you are nice he'll have them kidnap you last.)

Though I am old. I suppose these new expats just murmur English into their phones, then play the translation for the waiter, never looking up.

As for brown (Mexican ancestry?) people who speak English in Mexico? That goes over about like a Texan who decides to cheer for OUsux. Google "pocho," or listen to Selena's dad. So I heard because I'm personally not brown this go-round.

Sad to hear if Mexico City is getting decaffed, but I imagine a Megalopolis of 25 million (half of whom are non-divorced husbands from the provinces, and their mistresses,) like China absorbing barbarian invaders, will survive. Even if those pocho-spirited Tec de Monterrey types* help the gringos.

English-monoglot Americans, just please stick to ruining San Miguel de Allende. It's like a theme park in Dallas. You'll like it.

 

 

*sweaterGod I saw a Tec de Monterrey website that used the term "latinx." Can't cite the address, I tore the back button key out of my laptop so I couldn't go there again.

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1 hour ago, SimonBolivar said:

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The Texas Folklife Festival grew out of ideas formed in 1968, when the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures took part in the Smithsonian Institution's National Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. Inspired by the success of the national event, the Institute of Texan Cultures began planning a Texas festival.

Under the leadership of the exhibits director, O. T. Baker, the country's first statewide folklife festival was held September 7-10, 1972, as an extension of the educational programs of the Institute of Texan Cultures. A major thrust was to preserve and display the ethnic traditions and pioneer skills that had helped to form the Lone Star State. Essential initial funding was provided by the Moody Foundation of Galveston, the Houston Endowment, and the Ewing Halsell Foundation of San Antonio. Hundreds of individuals, as well as various fraternal, ethnic, social, religious, professional, commercial, and industrial organizations, provided goods, services, and equipment. The San Antonio Hotel Association and the H. B. Zachry Company, general contractors, provided other essential services.
 

Sorry you missed it. 

 

 

Edited to add: on the flight to DC, Hondo Crouch boarded with a burlap sack full of sausages, and with the tail of a rattler sticking out the too. Midway through the flight, he was crawling around looking for an “escaped” snake. Mirth was shared.

Texans stole the Smithsonian Folk Life. Hands down. On the return flight, the idea that Texas was the epitome of the melting pot, and that a Texas Folklife was needed made the rounds; OT Baker was entrusted with selling the idea to UT’s brass. Subsequent history speaks for itself.

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1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

I’m all about diversity.  Btw when’s the last time we’ve seen a flag from an Asian company flying high?  I see Mexican and Italian flags often but really not much else

Puerto Ricans love their flag too.

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1 hour ago, Foosters said:

Interesting point. I'm around Chinatown and Little Tokyo daily and don't recall ever seeing a flag. Maybe some S. Korean flags every now and then?

Common flags in the U.S. are Mexican, Irish, Polish, Puerto Rican and Italian.

Maybe it's a Catholic thing.

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There was this story from a few days ago about San Diegans getting priced out of the house market and buying up homes in Tijuana.

How the Path to Homeownership Runs Through Mexico
San Diego residents are moving to Tijuana to get more for their money. Some hope to save for down payments on houses that are way out of reach north of the border.

TIJUANA — Gustavo Galvez has dreams of owning a home in San Diego, Calif. His path toward homeownership, however, includes a detour: While he saves for a down payment, he plans to spend the next several years renting in Tijuana, Mexico.

Mr. Galvez, 37, was born in Mexico, but moved to San Diego when he was 6. Now married with a wife and 7-year-old son, he chose to move to Tijuana with his family last July. It’s a return, he said, that is both temporary and strategic.

“We want to pay down our debt and increase our savings, so we can come back to the United States and become homeowners,” he said.

Stories of migrants crossing from Mexico to the United States in search of a better life are well-known. But for the past decade, a reverse migration has quietly been gaining steam: Americans, priced out of the housing market and frustrated with sky-high costs of health care, electricity and basic goods, are increasingly opting to rent or buy homes in Mexico.

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The pandemic, which unmoored millions from the commute to a physical office, as well as the Sentri pass, which allows approved, low-risk travelers a fast lane into the United States at the Mexican border, has accelerated this trend. Consumer prices, including rent, are 62 percent lower in Tijuana than in San Diego, according to cost of living database Numbeo, and in Tijuana, it takes about $2,500 a month for a standard of living that in San Diego would cost $6,600.

For Americans living in Tijuana but earning U.S. salaries, their dollars can go far: Monthly rents in Tijuana vary widely depending on neighborhood, but most apartments fall between $400 and $1,000 per month.

In San Diego, the median sales price of a single-family home hit $1 million in April, although by June, it had cooled slightly to $987,225. A February report from the AI real estate firm OJO labs declared the city the least affordable metro area in the United States, bypassing San Francisco, in large part because of a 14 percent increase in median home sale prices from the year prior.

But the rise in home prices pales in comparison to the jump in rents. In June, the rent for a one-bedroom home — $2,901, according to rent.com — was 19 percent higher than a year ago. Two-bedroom apartments were averaging $3,772. Nationally, the average for a two-bedroom is $2,047.

Mr. Galvez knows these numbers well. In San Diego, he and his wife rented a two-bedroom cottage in the North Park neighborhood for $2,300 a month. They now pay $1,450 a month for a 1,500-square-foot house in a gated community that sits within a 10-minute drive of the San Ysidro border crossing. The proximity is important because Mr. Galvez, a commercial insurance broker at U.S. company, crosses five days a week for work to his office in San Diego.

Life in Tijuana, Mr. Galvez said, is more stressful for him and his family. The noise levels are higher; the air is not as clean. Despite Tijuana’s well-publicized struggles with drug cartels, he doesn’t worry about crime, he said, because violence is significantly higher among those involved with drug trafficking and isolated in specific neighborhoods. The sentiment that crime statistics don’t tell the whole picture is echoed by many new residents, and supported by research that has shown that despite Tijuana’s extremely high murder rates, the majority of crimes are isolated in three of the city’s rougher clusters.

Mr. Galvez said he misses San Diego’s green spaces, and is frustrated by Tijuana’s pothole-ridden roads. But he has his eyes on a long-term goal.

“Living here gives me a cushion to build my legacy,” he said.

For Jodi Cilley, living in Tijuana has been a balm for her nerves.

Ms. Cilley, 44, teaches at San Diego City College and is the president of the Film Consortium San Diego. When she moved to Tijuana from San Diego in 2018, she was returning to a city she knew well — she had lived there once before, from 2004 until 2010. The cost savings, she said, not just on rent but also on monthly household bills, doctor visits and even fine dining, allow her to work in a field she loves rather than chase a career with a higher paycheck.

“It’s so much less stressful to be able to know I can pay my rent every month and still have money left over,” she said. “I can eat anywhere, I can go to the nicest restaurants and bars in town. And I can do the job I want to do rather than get one that pays me more just so I can survive.”

She rents a two-bedroom, two-story house for $700 a month. Her job, which was partly remote before the pandemic, is now fully remote, but she crosses the border about once a week for Film Consortium events, to eat at In-N-Out Burger or to go shopping at Costco.

She speaks Spanish but often socializes with other American friends, all of them expats like herself who have found, in Tijuana, an escape from the crushing debt and lack of savings to which much of her generation is resigned. Since her return to Tijuana, she said, there’s been a noticeable uptick in the number of Americans living in the city. Even when she was keeping to herself during the pandemic, she noticed the results of gentrification around the city.

“You see the results of so many Americans,” she said. “You see new nice restaurants, you see 800 new coffee shops that would never have existed here before and would never have survived.”

And as the number of Americans in the city has increased, so have prices.

Rents in Tijuana have doubled over the past decade, and the price of land has tripled, said Maricarmen Castellanos, founder and director of Probien, a Tijuana-based luxury real estate firm. She estimates that Americans make up fewer than one in 10 of her clients. But while she gets many inquiries from Americans about buying vacation homes in the beachfront communities of Ensenada and Rosarito, south of Tijuana, the vast majority of her American clients are looking to rent, not buy.

“Americans are very used to living paycheck to paycheck. Many Americans don’t have the down payment for a purchase,” she said.

Over the past decade, a boom in luxury condos has filled Tijuana’s skyline with new residential towers, with units priced as high as $1.5 million each. Many buyers of these new high-end homes, she said, are Mexicans who work in San Diego. Others are investors from across Mexico, as well as local doctors who have benefited from the city’s booming medical tourism industry.

“I saw this city when there was nothing and now you see these incredible prices and I’m like, how? But someone is always willing to pay the price,” Ms. Castellanos said.

With the influx of new residents, however, Tijuana’s longtime citizens aren’t just contending with rising prices. Many of them, especially the tens of thousands of Mexicans who cross the border at San Ysidro each day for work or school, have seen their quality of life diminish.

“Traffic-wise, it’s terrible. Many people who have lived here forever and cross the border now have to wait two to four hours in line to cross to San Diego to work,” said Gonzalo Manrique, who directs the public policy and law programs at Tijuana’s Pacífico University.

Mr. Manrique believes that when the housing market dips, the number of San Diegans coming to Tijuana will as well. “It’s temporary, but right now it’s affecting us all,” he said. “There’s a big, important sector of the Tijuana economy that has always depended on working in San Diego, and spending five or six hours of your life a day waiting at a border is not the American dream.”

U.S. citizens who stay in Mexico for longer than 180 days must apply for a residency visa; either temporary (good for four years) or permanent. Neither affords citizenship or the right to vote, and both require a minimum income (for permanent residency, it’s an average of $4225 a month, equal to 500 times the Mexican minimum wage) and the establishment of a trust in order to purchase certain types of property. U.S. citizens who earn income in Mexico are required to declare those wages on their U.S. tax returns.

And while some American renters in Tijuana are biding their time saving for a down payment on an American home, others are hoping to first become homeowners south of the border.

Michael Ellis, 41, is a freelance publicist who moved to Tijuana in 2018, trading a one-bedroom in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood for a three-bedroom house in Tijuana where he pays $1,200 a month and collects rent of $500 on one of the rooms. Living in Tijuana, he said, has given him a financial cushion that allows him to travel, as well as build up his savings. He hopes to eventually buy a home in Mexico and earn extra income utilizing it as an Airbnb.

“San Diego is out of my reach right now,” he said, referring to the city’s real estate prices. “But I think in the future I can buy here. And if I were still paying a gazillion in dollars in rent, I wouldn’t be in the financial position I’m in now.”

New residents say the savings are immense. Ms. Cilley estimates she has tucked away $40,000 since moving south. And for Mr. Galvez, life in Tijuana is creating long-term means to an end.

“I don’t enjoy living in Mexico as much as I did in the United States. For me, paved roads, order, clean streets and recreational opportunities are worth paying more for,” Mr. Galvez said. “But I’m a first-generation United States citizen, and I don’t have an inheritance. I have to create wealth so I can pass it on to my son.”

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