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Mexico City says "gringos out!"

Buster Keaton

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Hundreds of protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Friday denouncing gentrification caused by foreigners, with some vandalizing businesses and shouting "gringos out!"

The demonstration in the capital's central area turned violent when hooded individuals smashed windows, damaged restaurant furniture and looted a clothing store.

Mexico City's government secretary Cesar Cravioto said 15 businesses and public facilities were damaged in what he called "xenophobic expressions" similar to what Mexican migrants have suffered in other countries.

"We are a city of open arms… there are always ways to negotiate, to sit at the table," Cravioto told Milenio television.

Neighborhoods like Roma-Condesa have since 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, seen an influx of foreigners, mostly young Americans working remotely and attracted by lower living costs.

Their arrival has driven up rent prices considerably, forcing Mexican residents to move to more affordable areas.

"Housing is a right, not a commodity," read placards carried by the mostly young protesters.

As they passed street-side restaurants, some demonstrators heckled American diners, who either ignored them or left, AFP witnessed.

"Mexico for Mexicans," "Pay taxes, learn Spanish, respect my culture," and "gringo go home" were among other protest slogans.

Roma-Condesa, a bohemian sector of the Mexican capital, has been particularly affected by gentrification. While previous demonstrations against the phenomenon have occurred in Mexico City, this was the largest protest so far.

Mexico is home to one-fifth of the five million expatriates counted by the Association of Americans Resident Overseas in 2023.

The march also comes as US President Donald Trump intensifies his crackdown against illegal immigrants in the United States.

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This is just too funny.
I am petty sure that the American immigrants have crossed their border legally.
I am sure that the American immigrants are not practicing gang warfare or spraying graffiti on everything.
I bet that the American immigrants are not using the Mexican welfare benefits.
I bet that they are not voting in their election.
 
So that means you'll be canceling your trip?
 
Hey Buster why don't you post a few more duplicate threads.

 
Kind of ridiculous to argue to keep out rich people, but hey mexico you do you.
 
MAGA, er, MMGA arrives in Mexico.

Your ignorance of the migrant situation in the US touched all the bigoted bases.
 

None of my neighbors would know how many pesos you could trade for a dollar but everyone in Mexico knows the exchange rate is about 19. Minimum wage is equal to $12/day. The perspective is different in Mexico.

‘¡Fuera Gringos!’: Mexicans Take To The Streets To Protest Gentrification And The Treatment Of Migrants In The U.S. - Parriva

This was the march against gentrification in Mexico City; firecrackers were thrown at Starbucks. With slogans such as “Out with the gringos!”, “Spanish is spoken here,” and “No to real […]
www.parriva.com

"In recent weeks, the immigration policy spearheaded by Donald Trump has affected Mexican migrants. The operations have been violent, arresting anyone seen with brown skin.
These images have caused a stir in Mexico, where many have family, friends, or acquaintances in the US."

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This video shows an interview with people who've been displaced by American neo-yuppies. Towards the end a woman explains the protest. Her rent went so high she lost her restaurant business. It's largely an economic protest against suddenly skyrocketing real estate in a medium size colonia in D.F., aka Mexico City.



Gentrification has happened to some degree in every big city I've ever known. I wish they weren't violent but they're still not the bully in the story. They're protesting the economic changes but they're protesting the US too.
 
Ok, I will not go back. Let's cut all aid to Mexico is that's how the feel. Let's also stop all trade.
 
aociswundumho said:
Kind of ridiculous to argue to keep out rich people, but hey mexico you do you.
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Not if those people are driving up your cost of living and housing prospects. Those are the kitchen table issues that drown out the "but the wealthy bring wealth!" argument, especially when the wealth ends up concentrated in the hands of a few,
 
Integrityrespec said:
Ok, I will not go back. Let's cut all aid to Mexico is that's how the feel. Let's also stop all trade.
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Quite the flair for the dramatic.

Imagine if Mexico decided to stop cooperating on border enforcement and policing against the cartels. That's what would happen when you'd cut aid to Mexico.
 
That's sad. I like CDMX. It's a shame it's as dangerous as it is, or it would be one of my favorite cities in the world. CDMX is a better place because it's a cosmopolitan global city. I hope they don't let misguided xenophobia and nonsense "problems" like gentrification make their city worse.
 

There was a new "anti-Trump" thread created about how American tourism was going to fall and part of that measurement was how Canadian snow birds are doing to skip the US and spend their winters down on Mexico.

Articles like this should let them remember exactly how well that is going to go for them.
 
I believe the wintering Canadians either go to the Yucatan or the Baja Peninsula.
 
ElChupacabra said:
Not if those people are driving up your cost of living and housing prospects.
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Who exactly are "those people"? Anyone who enters the housing market increases demand, which naturally affects prices. Are you saying people should be stopped from buying homes simply because their participation might make things more expensive for others?

Are you going to base the restrictions on race, skin color, or ethnicity?
 
The ignorance displayed by MAGAs on this topic is amazing.

Many American areas limit the % of properties that can be short term or vacation rentals to prevent that market from driving up local housing costs to unsustainable levels.

I imagine areas in Mexico will also enact similar ordinances, as the impacts avoided in the US by such restriction and regulation around rentals has not yet been addressed there.
 
AirBnB and VRBO are too tempting for Mexican landlords in tourist destinations.
I'm guilty of supporting that myself, I've spent months in Mexico in short-term rentals.
 

We used to like to think we were better than that.
 
Grand Mal said:
AirBnB and VRBO are too tempting for Mexican landlords in tourist destinations.
I'm guilty of supporting that myself, I've spent months in Mexico in short-term rentals.
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I have friends that have done the same thing - it is quite easy to do.

And I suspect parts of Mexico will begin to limit the % of properties that can be short term rentals, etc to stop the gentrification.

They almost have to.
 
Hard to blame them, given Americans' general attitude toward Mexicans (while at the same time happy to cross the border and take advantage of cheap pharmaceuticals and medical procedures they can't afford at home).
 
aociswundumho said:
Who exactly are "those people"?
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The "rich" you referenced in your post I responded to.

aociswundumho said:
Anyone who enters the housing market increases demand, which naturally affects prices. Are you saying people should be stopped from buying homes simply because their participation might make things more expensive for others?
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No, that's not what I'm saying. However, the displacement of locals in favor of rich foreigners tends to go over like a lead balloon. Some of the tools available is rent control to help keep locals in their homes.

aociswundumho said:
Are you going to base the restrictions on race, skin color, or ethnicity?
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Nope. Not sure where you got that idea from either.
 
Buster Keaton said:
The demonstration in the capital's central area turned violent when hooded individuals smashed windows, damaged restaurant furniture and looted a clothing store.
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Brilliant!

You think you have a problem with "Gringos", so smash up Mexican owned businesses.

How do I know they are Mexican owned? Because Mexican law is such that only Mexicans can own property in "restricted zones" and these restaurants and stores are in such places where almost all non-Mexicans visit or reside [mostly near the shore and resort areas].

Don't get me wrong. I am NOT taking a stance one way or the other on their right to feel as they might feel on the subject. I am commenting on the idiocy of destroying their own property to state their case on how they feel about it.
 
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