What is mexico like?

Question

What is mexico like?

Answer 1

depends where you go,some parts and be nice or some parts and be bad and poor,or in between.

as they say,location,location,location.

Answer 2

I could say about Mexico City because it's the place I know. Well, buildings here are squeezed together so you don't see blocks and blocks of endless lands of mowed lawns. Actually most of the grass in paved areas you'll ever see in the city are things called camellones which are pieces of land with trees that are in between lanes of major avenues.

Houses here don't have the huge heap of lawn in front, you'll mostly see a small garden or patio in front and a driveway. You'll also seldomly see houses that are fully open in every direction like in the US, most houses have a cement gate with doors for the driveway that could be a large metal fence. the rooftops of houses hee are completely flat. You could easily build a greenhouse on top of most houses here if you could find a way to vring a hose up there.

It could seem claustophobic to an American at first, but I'm personally very used to it. I personally like mexican houses more than American ones. Cement and brick are more resistant and you can keep the noise up without neighbors yapping at your door. Speaking of neighbors, when you move in they could care less who you are and you'll never ever have a committee of people welcomming you with a basket full of cookies or something. I've lived in the same place for over 14 years and I never learned the names of my neighbors (well, except a few people that go to my university). Oh, it's that old guy that lives nextdoor, oh it's that family with the weird kids from across the street...

Neighbors aren't really gossipy, so they seldom give a c**p if you're a bad neighbor yourself. It would be odd if someone called the police if you had a noisy party (though it's polite to tell your neighbors you'll have a party beforehand though it's not a written law to do so). I usually find out a neighbor will have a party that night when they put a plastic tent on the patio the day before.

In the villages, it's a law that the village has a noisy party with hideous music EVERY weekend where children get drunk.

You'll also see that there isn't a gazillion corporate franchises in every corner like in the US. You'll probably see a McDonalds here and there and there's a Sanborns cafeteria everywhere in Mexico City, but most businesses are mom & pop stores. Most mexicans don't eat at fast food joints, they usually eat at home in the mid afternoon or eat at a comida corrida restaurant (a sort of family run cheap but wholesome food joint with a limited option of dishes that change everyday with a typical: soup-rice or pasta mid dish-main dish-dessert formula).

The thing of saying hello to everyone isn't something you'd see in Mexico City. I usually say hi to the neighbors and locals I know but don't sallute to strangers on the street. I am usually couteous to bus drivers or to people asking for directions if I could help them and most people here do the same. Drivers here are very rude though.

Tv is better here than the US in my opinion. We get far better cable tv channels and cable tv is cheaper here. Popular American shows are usually brought here so if you ever want to see Lost, you'll get to see it here though it will be either dubbed or subbed. Mexican tv is less violent than US. Soaps can be pretty fun to watch and we don't have locally produced shows like Oprah or the Letterman show (there was a show called Otro Rollo that was a nighttime interview show but it ended). You can watch Oprah on a cable tv station called American Network in raw english.

Might be too short to resume the vastness of what life is like in a country as diverse as Mexico, but at east it could give you a few impressiosn I had about how both places are different at a first living glimpse.

Answer 3

Wonderful.

Although someone will say "if México is that wonderful, why mexicans want to move bla, bla, bla...?" Not all mexicans want to leave the country (we are more than 110 million, and only 10 million are in USA, and most of them came back every year, if have legal status).

There is more poverty than in USA, as someone said; but we are used to (as the same guy said). You won't notice that at major cities, where the comfortability could be the same as in USA. At rural areas, we live a nice life.

I'm mexican, answering from México.

I'm in a rural area, but here we have water, electricity, phone, cellular, even broad band internet! (I'm here, at the farm). There are big (well, HUGE) differences among regions, some areas are just like a developed country, not much difference to USA or Canadá places; but in some others it is like Haití or África.

Answer 4

I would like to know as well, but it just depends what parts of Mexico you go, some nice and lovely, some poor and ugly.

Answer 5

Mexico is a truly beautiful and wonderful place. But like any other country, whether it's first or thirld world, you can find the extremes: very rich and very poor, beautiful places, and not so nice places. But in general, it is really a good place to live, with culture everywhere, and the people are very friendly, courteous. Besides, many foreigners who just come to visit end up living here because they fall in love with this country. Does that say anything to you?

Answer 6

It is true that it depends on where you go in Mexico to tell what exactly it is like, just like in any country. I live in San Luis Potosi, but I travel a lot threw out Mexico. It is completely different from the US. The cities can be dangerous, just like here in the US, the more people, the more violence. However the rural areas are truly amazing. There is much poverty in Mexico, but that is just the way life is for them, they do not complain but just live life to the fullest. Most of the homes are made out of block, or simple wood trees, uncut or sawed. In parts of Mexico, like where I live, there is not yet electricity or water yet flowing to the homes. We have to work a lot and hard all day, but it is well worth it. People in Mexico have a lot more respect. When you meet a person, weather it is an old friend, or a stranger passing by, you tell them good day. When you see a person you always shake their hand. It is automatic. Whenever you have a visitor to your home/ or if you are the visitor to another person's home you always accept a cup of coffee. Coffee is a major drink and is served everyday, all day long kind of like Tea here in the US. Communities band together and help each other out. Mexico also is proud of its heritage and keeps its traditions vibrant. The land is beautiful, roses grow wild, and food is plentiful because fruit is everywhere. Bananas, peaches, avocados, mangos, papaya, Nome, guava, oranges, mandarins, and many more fruit are always within reach. Where I live in Mexico in the La Huasteca region there are waterfalls that are breathtaking, and mountain tops that are unbelievable. If you ever get a chance to go to Mexico, please stay away from tourist places, always be safe and knowledgeable and see what Mexico is truly like. Viva Mexico!!!

Answer 7

I live in a town where u can live has your economical status is.there're some risk as in every city of the world but you don't have to worry about.

Mexico has a lot of first world places but there is a lot of folklore in traditional places and there're safe.

Its just what you're looking for in Mexico, only one city can have Polanco,Santa Fe... or Tepito and Iztapalapa 4 example(Mexico City).

Answer 8

Be more specific, Mexico is HUGE!!