http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/money/afford-to-live/ Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:28:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/money/afford-to-live/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Rosana Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:28:03 +0000 http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/?p=1329#comment-425 Thanks for your point of view, Ferch. I don't think we are all wrong but you definitely add to the conversation! Thanks for your point of view, Ferch. I don't think we are all wrong but you definitely add to the conversation!

]]> http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/money/afford-to-live/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Ferch Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:08:52 +0000 http://www.mexico-with-heart.com/?p=1329#comment-424 I am Mexican and you are all wrong. The people you see at VIPS are rich people. Yes, there are rich people. And the rich in Mexico have way more than the rich in the US. That's why Mexico is one of the countries with the biggest inequality gap. The poor are poorer and the rich are richer. So, VIPS, nice restaurants, etc... yes, most are upper class citizens. Now, we also have the "poor" that have relatives in the US and don't know or don't care how much it costs their relatives to earn that money, so they spend like crazy, they stand out. In a nice place, they'll stand out as less assimilated into the upper class culture. And third, we have the people that rip other people off. Yes, there are lots of those in Mexico... government officials, those in positions where money flows usually keep the money to themselves. Others rip people off from provinces selling them job positions and then disappearing with the money. It is very common. So there you have it. Coming from a Mexican. If it seems to good to be true, it is. I am Mexican and you are all wrong. The people you see at VIPS are rich people. Yes, there are rich people. And the rich in Mexico have way more than the rich in the US. That's why Mexico is one of the countries with the biggest inequality gap. The poor are poorer and the rich are richer. So, VIPS, nice restaurants, etc… yes, most are upper class citizens. Now, we also have the “poor” that have relatives in the US and don't know or don't care how much it costs their relatives to earn that money, so they spend like crazy, they stand out. In a nice place, they'll stand out as less assimilated into the upper class culture. And third, we have the people that rip other people off. Yes, there are lots of those in Mexico… government officials, those in positions where money flows usually keep the money to themselves. Others rip people off from provinces selling them job positions and then disappearing with the money. It is very common. So there you have it. Coming from a Mexican. If it seems to good to be true, it is.

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