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https://www.nbcnews.com/world/mexico/protests-mass-tourism-gentrification-mexico-city-rcna217013

> MEXICO CITY — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners.

> Masked protesters smashed through the windows and looted high-end businesses in the touristic areas of Condesa and Roma, and screamed at tourists in the area. Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.” Protesters held signs reading “gringos, stop stealing our home” and demanding local legislation to better regulate tourism levels and stricter housing laws.

> Marchers then continued on to protest outside the U.S. Embassy and chanted inside the city’s metro system. Police reinforcements gathered outside the Embassy building as police sirens rung out in the city center Friday evening.

>It marked a violent end to a more peaceful march throughout the day calling out against masses of mostly American tourists who have flooded into Mexico’s capital in recent years.

>>1418460 (OP)
>Tension had been mounting in the city since U.S. “digital nomads” flocked to Mexico City in 2020, many to escape coronavirus lockdowns in the U.S. or to take advantage of cheaper rent prices in the Latin American city.

> Since then, rents have soared and locals have increasingly gotten pushed out of their neighborhoods, particularly areas like Condesa and Roma, lush areas packed with coffee shops and restaurants.

> Michelle Castro, a 19-year-old college student, was among the flocks of people protesting. She said that she’s from the city’s working class city center, and that she’s watched slowly as apartment buildings have been turned into housing for tourists.

>“Mexico City is going through a transformation,” she said. “There are a lot of foreigners, namely Americans, coming to live here. Many say it’s xenophobia, but it’s not. It’s just that so many foreigners come here, rents are skyrocketing because of Airbnb. Rents are so high that some people can’t even pay anymore.”

>The Mexico City protest follows others in European cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Rome against mass tourism.

>>1418461
>>The Mexico City protest follows others in European cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Rome against mass tourism.
What's going on with this? Do they not like the money tourists spend?

>>1418465
They don't like people coming to the country and causing prices to skyrocket for the average person.

>>1418460 (OP)
Would have been fun if they did so when Scuzzy Cruzzy tried to fuck off to sunnier climes in Cancun when people in Texas were freezing in that terrible winter

>>1418460 (OP)
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUG8O72P0FI

"They'll do anything they can to get into the land of opportunity. As long as this country offers everyone a better life, there's going to be people clamoring to get in. It's the curse of success Charlie. A great and wealthy nation will always be plagued by the needy trying to- what the hell?!"

>>1418478
This is why there are tourist traps

>>1418505
That's the problem, they aren't moving to the tourist traps, they're moving to the cities where normal people live.

Funny how they protest to remove Americans from their country, but then protest to remain in ours. I can empathize though since we’re dealing with a similar problems. So if they can take back all their illegal immigrants, then I suppose we’ll do the same and take back all our tourists and ex-pats.

>>1418624
>Funny how they protest to remove Americans from their country, but then protest to remain in ours.


No, they don't, they're in their country. The ones over here aren't the same ones. They don't have a magic portal they enter to sleep in Mexico every night and also, as a reminder, the most recent wave of migrants weren't Mexican, They were pretty much everything else.

So no anon, you're wrong. you're wrong and stupid.

>>1418640
>when you’re upset that American expat are making your country more expensive and you want them out, but a third of your economy is dependent on remittances from America so you have to make up some shit as to why Americans aren’t allowed to do the same to you. *Image of smiling Mexico ball with sunglasses on*

>>1418649
They don't really have to make anything up, by law foreigners can't own land in Mexico and the Mexican constitution is protectionist in nature. Passing a ban on X country renting/immigrating there would actually be incredibly easy. I also like you you didn't contest any one of my points dingus.

>inb4 different anon

ur not, now stop being nettled you were wrong. There's no hypocrisy here, there's nothing shady or duplicitous going on. This is a non-story.

>>1418657
And what was your point again? You seemed to ignore my humble proposal that Mexico take back all its illegal immigrants in exchange for us taking back all our expats to bring up some nonsense excuses about how not all illegals came from Mexico. Yes, I know that, but they can still take back their’s. The more illegals that get deported the better. Don’t care who they are.

>>1418659
it should be illegal for you to post, shill. oh, and you're not american

>>1418659
>they take back theirs
>we'll take back ours

You're retarded anon.


We didn't "send" anyone over there for us to take back and they didn't "send" anyone over here for them to take back. Last I checked neither of us denied entry to our citizenry....Well we might if they have a bad picture of Vance on their phone. But yeah anon, you're a retard. Literally nothing is going on and you're still pissy.

>>1418660
You see here we have a classic example of a libtard experiencing cognitive dissonance. They idealize a world without borders where no human is illegal, but like that Mexico is sticking up for its interests and national sovereignty against foreigners in its land. But when someone brings up that America has all the right to do the same, they suddenly become all pissy and upset. And so with no way to reconcile the idea of one nation permitted to remove foreigners while the other is not, they instead fall back to insults like “shill” or “not american” instead of explaining their rationale.

>>1418668
Literally nothing you bring up is an argument for or against my humble proposal. You’re an idiot.

>>1418670
didn't read

>>1418672
But you still reply. Curious.

>>1418673
i'm not into you like that

>>1418674
Oh but I am. And I won’t take no for an answer. Now spread them cheeks boi.

>>1418676
this is why your posts are unreadable

>>1418678
Don’t play coy baby. You know you want this. I know you just want to get owned so hard, that’s why you keep making such stupid arguments. You don’t have to say such stupid libtarded things to get my attention. We can slam hams anytime.

esl shill wants to fuck babies apparently

>>1418682
esl shill doesn’t understand that baby is a term of endearment for a lover in english. You’ve just outed yourself.

esl shill took the bait and got defensive, lol. i wonder why

>>1418685
esl shill trying to play dumb now and save face by walking it off like I just triggered his trap card.

esl shill still wants to fuck babies

>>1418689
You already said that. Is that all you have? I’m currently running circles around you dimwit.

>>1418690
sorry you don't understand humor in english, or what the word "still" means

>>1418465
>>>The Mexico City protest follows others in European cities like Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and Rome against mass tourism.
>What's going on with this? Do they not like the money tourists spend?

You need locals to be bartenders, waitresses, maids, janitors, etc. but those locals can no longer afford to live in the city, not just because of skyhigh rents but the price of everything like groceries, gas, etc. all goes up also.

Airbnb don't care nor do the people who own the rentals.

>>1418691
If fucking babies is your idea of humor then the world would have be better off if you were a stillbirth.

>>1418697
i'm making fun of the fact that you're ontologically evil. i see why that upsets you though

>>1418690
>>1418688
>>1418684
Good posts

>>1418701
god your life is embarrassing

>>1418703
Bad post

The hypocrisy of Mexicans truly knows no bounds

>>1418465
Think the Black Friday crowd crush. Hundreds if not thousands in one location looking for a "deal"

Now imagine that crowd but it's every day. They are crowding around a single painting, standing in front of you shooting crappy insta photos as you try to get to your office. Then to add insult to injury AirBNB happens and some local rich guy buys up dozens of apartments to undersell the hotels.

>>1418465
the European ones are especially ironic because they're fine with waves of refugees

>>1418735
>The hypocrisy of Mexicans truly knows no bounds
Not really hypocritical. The ones wanting to keep Americans out are in Mexico.

Anyway, what's your problem? I thought closed borders are good.

>>1418757
Closed borders are good, no one’s arguing with you there, but sounds like you’re conflating tourists with the appropriate visas and passports that Mexico willingly allowed into their country to all the criminally inclined parasites that snuck into America without permission.

>>1418931
>Closed borders are good, no one’s arguing with you there, but sounds like you’re conflating tourists
Stopped reading there. You are arguing and you're doing it badly. Closed border means closed border. You chuckle fucks have always said that and you don't get to back out now.

>>1418940
Sophistry at its finest ladies and gentlemen.