I am not saying there is no immigration for crying out loud. I'm just saying there is more to the place than Tijuana. Quite a bit more, and some of it is quite affluent.
Certain regions though have no work whatsoever, which is where the immigrants come from. I found an interesting correlation while I was there -- in the larger cities (Guanajato for instance is a state capital and a university town, with a lot of history that makes it a tourist destination...) nobody speaks english. When you get out into the tiny little towns quite a few people do, or want to practice, because there is no work there, and they either have been north or plan to go. As to keeping them afloat. Yeah right. On 8/20/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the two biggest sources of revenue in Mexico are oil and remittances > from the US. that isn't an opinion, I is a fact. 2O% of mexico's > population now lives in the US. we are keeping them afloat. > > On 8/18/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I question that. The poverty is actually quite localized, and if it weren't > > for some punitive World Bank decisions the place might actually do quite > > well... I certainly found it quite an interesting and surprisingly affluent > > place once you get away from the border, which the mexicans call el poso del > > mundo. > > > > I just know somoene is supposed to ask, so : I was there about two years ago > > and spent almost two months there, in Guanajato, Veracruz, Oaxaca and a > > little village on the Pacific Coast. > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, more than enough to know that Mexico is a dirt-poor country that > > > would > > > be totally bankrupt if not for remittances from Mexicans working in the > > > "shattered" US economy. > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Dana wrote: > > > > > > > > yes, actually. Have you been outside Tijuana? > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > wow. so insightful. have you been across the border to Mexico lately? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --------------- > > > Robert Munn > > > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
