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Californians are moving to Mexico City and not everyone is thrilled about it
Hotair ^ | 07/27/2022 | John Sexton

Posted on 07/27/2022 10:15:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

You’ve probably heard something by now about the horde of Californians who’ve been leaving the state and moving to states like Idaho, Oregon and especially Texas. Because of the high property values in California, these people often move into the nicest neighborhoods in their new city or town of choice. And because there are so many of these transplants they often drive up the local property values. That’s not always appreciated by the locals.

Today the LA Times reports there’s a similar problem in Mexico City where Americans, many of them from California, are fleeing not just their state but their country in order to take advantage of the much lower property values in Mexico City.

The influx, which has accelerated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and is likely to continue as inflation rises, is transforming some of the city’s most treasured neighborhoods into
expat enclaves.

In leafy, walkable quarters such as Roma, Condesa, Centro and Juarez, rents are soaring as Americans and other foreigners snap up houses and landlords trade long-term renters for travelers willing to pay more on Airbnb. Taquerias, corner stores and fondas — small, family-run lunch spots — are being replaced by Pilates studios, co-working spaces and sleek cafes advertising oat-milk
lattes and avocado toast.

And English — well, it’s everywhere: ringing out at supermarkets, natural wine bars and fitness classes in the park.

The reasons for the influx are mostly financial. The article notes that while $2,000 a rent won’t get you much in Los Angeles or San Francisco, that’s enough to rent a penthouse apartment in Mexico City. But at least some of the locals are sick of the Americans who are gentrifying the city.

Recently, expletive-laced posters appeared around town.

“New to the city? Working remotely?” they read in English. “You’re a f—ing plague and the locals f—ing hate you. Leave.”

That sentiment echoed the hundreds of responses that 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.”

“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.”

A 38-year-old university professor labeled the trend “modern colonialism.”

“Mexico is classist and racist,” Bustos said. “People with white skin are given preference. Now, if a local wants to go to a restaurant or a club, they don’t just have to compete with rich, white Mexicans but with foreigners too.”

Anyway, the story says that most locals are extremely polite to the Americans who are moving in to their luxury apartments. But I guess it’s not just people in Boise, ID and Austin, TX who get fed up with Californians showing up with a lot of cash and no respect for the local customs. Unfortunately for Mexico City, the exodus from California isn’t likely to stop anytime soon.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; exodus; gavinnewsom; mexico; whitesupremacists
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1 posted on 07/27/2022 10:15:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Most Mexicans don’t want gringo’s in their country.

But no need to worry, the cartels that run most of the country will take care of things once it is deemed so. /s


2 posted on 07/27/2022 10:18:38 PM PDT by cranked
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To: SeekAndFind
“You’re a f—ing plague and the locals f—ing hate you. Leave.”

Uh, yeah. That's the feeling about stinking kalifornians pretty much ......... everywhere. Everybody hates them.

3 posted on 07/27/2022 10:19:07 PM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Que lastima putos. You f’ing Mexicans have been invading my country for decades destroying every neighborhood you move into and now YOU don’t like it when it happens to you?

Tough s**t.


4 posted on 07/27/2022 10:19:43 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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Hypocrites, the lot of them.


5 posted on 07/27/2022 10:21:02 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Uh, I believe it is their politics they bring to states like Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Texas that makes them persona non grata. They are a metastatic cancer.


6 posted on 07/27/2022 10:21:32 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“English... is everywhere”

Welcome to how much of the USA feels about Spanish in public areas.


7 posted on 07/27/2022 10:21:33 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“New to the city? Working remotely?” they read in English. “You’re a f—ing plague and the locals f—ing hate you. Leave.”

feeling’s mutual...


8 posted on 07/27/2022 10:23:06 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ummm… they don’t like being overrun by foreigners looking to change the existing culture and act like the own the place. I guess irony is lost on Mexicans


9 posted on 07/27/2022 10:23:26 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If I recall correctly, Americans are legally prohibited from owning property in Mexico.


10 posted on 07/27/2022 10:30:10 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: SeekAndFind

Will Mexico step up and finish The Wall themselves?


11 posted on 07/27/2022 10:32:02 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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Let’s make a deal... Mexico takes its messycans back, and we take our gringos back.


12 posted on 07/27/2022 10:33:44 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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Yup.


13 posted on 07/27/2022 10:40:11 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: LouAvul

And that’s how we feel about the influx of illegals who are mostly gang and cartel members.

Unfortunately, they are getting the desirables who don’t cause trouble while we get the refuse.


14 posted on 07/27/2022 10:40:35 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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#6: " They are a metastatic cancer."

Yep that's it, in a nutshell.

15 posted on 07/27/2022 10:41:30 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
Any foreigner is prohibited from owning, buying or selling property in Mexico.

Foreigners are not allowed to vote either. And every six months foreigners living in Mexico have to register every six months as a foreign national.

16 posted on 07/27/2022 10:43:21 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: cranked

The drug dealers will probably be happy to sell cocaine for full American MSRP.

“Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are making too much money.”

— Robin Williams


17 posted on 07/27/2022 10:45:47 PM PDT by 31R1O
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To: 31R1O

They tolerate us. They’re warm and friendly in Cabo as I recall. Perfect English. Wouldn’t want to live amongst them.

Gringo means take your money(it’s green) and go/get lost. Corruption. Everyone’s on the take. It’s ‘s like blacks killing each other. They won’t let you tell them what they’re doing wrong.


18 posted on 07/27/2022 10:51:41 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: jmacusa

Their lower class invades us, while our middles class brings wealth to them. And they complain.


19 posted on 07/27/2022 10:52:16 PM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Americans can’t buy beachfront property. But you can buy houses in Mexico. Sometimes a house that you buy is on land that you lease, 99 years.


20 posted on 07/27/2022 10:53:16 PM PDT by Pelham (World War III is entering on cat's feet. )
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