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[–] [email protected] 20 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (14 children)

There's a difference though, Mexico has had a huge influx of US remote workers who basically hang out as tourists and literally are gentrifying Mexico City and raising the cost of living because locals can't compete with the wages the US citizens get in US dollars, which are (currently) more valuable than the Mexican Peso. This absolutely raises the cost of living as the city begins to cater more and more to US remote workers and less and less to the actual citizens of Mexico City.

Here's an article on it from as far back as 2023: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/mexico-city-gentification-americans-rent-prices/3231544/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago (8 children)

They’re in Mexico because they can’t afford to live in the states. My rental equivalent in Mexico is like 50-70% lower. I’m being paid the same as I was in 2013. My rent has almost tripled.

They can cry all they want—I need to live too. And as we all know the people who own those places don’t care but the citizens have to think. They will smash some windows and gentrification will roll in anyway. This is because no one is willing to scream upwards

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

You realise Mexicans screaming upwards will result in you getting deported back to the US, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Who is “you” in that sentence? Them? I don’t think Mexicans get deported to the US.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

No, but USAmericans living in Mexico can be deported back to the US, especially if the local voting population "cry all they want" about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 minutes ago (1 children)

So, do you think that the rich people who own everything in Mexico are going to allow the non-Mexican people who are paying more than they should but less than they were before to be deported? I would be very surprised if the rich Mexicans are willing to give up that cash. Break as many windows as you want

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

I would guess it's not windows but gringos those people will start breaking. And even the Mexican rich don't want an unstable society, so they might just let them.

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