I've got two weeks to spend in early September and want to go back to Mexico. Thinking about going through Monterrey down to San Luis Potosi, possibly sampling pic related near Real de Catorce. How is that part of the country? US State Department makes it seem relatively safe. I could go back to CDMX and the immediate area. How's the weather compare around early September. Not really looking at the coasts because of hurricane season.

I've mostly been to southern Mexico. Furthest north I've been is CDMX/Guadalajara.

I've been around the Queretaro/San Miguel de Allende area for a couple of months, probably staying until September.

It's pretty nice, not bad at all, relatively safe and comfy for Mexico. The weather will be in the 80s mostly until September and not humid, which is great to me, coming from the Southern USA. I get to skip that hot, humid crap this year. Nobody even bothers having A/C here.

>>2791336
Queretaro is actually very nice. Ive been a few times to San Miguel, and Bernal is another great little town.

I'm an American with a house in Puerto Vallarta.
I could probably answer some questions about the area.

You only need a day in San Luis Potosi but you should spend a few nights in Real de Catorce so you can enjoy some walks in the countryside.

Been to monterrey for work a few times and once for leisure. Leisure was back in 2017 so it was more dangerous. Its pretty calm now and lots of americans there. I went to the fundidora park and a few clubs. Old downtown is pretty run down I wouldn't stay there. Some rich mexicans had all the girls at the nice clubs so I didn’t score.

I prefer guadalajara, lots of beautiful women there. Theres a nice upscale mall, a few clubs, and the beach is a few hours away if are up for the drive. Women are more receptive, but women have been plagued by social media there. They all think they’re influencers.

Queretaro is also a nice place but not much of a young vibrant crowd. Mostly families and businesses. CDMX and queretaro I feel people are more racists if you’re not s dark skinned mexican.

>>2791941
>cdmx racist against whites
bruh what? they basically pedestalize white people. the whole country is basically structured around how white you are

>>2791949
>pedestalize
LOL
Mexicans do not identify as "White", regardless of their skin tone. If you are an Anglo-Germanic white person who speaks limited Spanish, yes there are parts of Mexico where people will be snobbish toward you. Other places the lower classes are rude to you, but if you observe, they're rude to each other as well.

>>2791210 (OP)
Eastern San Luis Potosi is amazingly beautiful and tropical. The Sierra Madre Oriental is one of the world's spectacular mountain ranges. Unfortunately, it is infested with cartel activity. I had a run-in with the municipal police in Rayones. They pulled me over and suspected me of being a peyote smuggler. Then the cop showed me all kinds of photos of peyote on his phone. He was a psycho. Most Mexican men who use drugs become psychopathic BTW. I strongly recommend taking the peyote in private.

>>2791941
I've been in Queretaro a couple of months, and I agree with you. You are going to run into racists/xenophobes here, but not openly hostile really. I'm a white man and I get the stares wherever I go.

The thing is, this place has no diversity. I am shocked about that. I haven't seen one Black, one Asian, one Muslim, nothing, just a couple of other white gringos. I've never been to a place this homogenous, and I have been to many countries. So that homogeneity naturally breeds some xenophobia.

>>2791992
Yea I didn’t mean racism as awful nigger crime shit. I just mean you get scrutinized for minor inconveniences and you get the tourist tax right away. No blending in or assimilating to the locals.

I went to a barber in cdmx and they charged me 50$. I had mexico customs stop me in queretaro and search all my luggage. The airline ticket counter lady yelled at me during covid because I needed the covid paper signed that testifies I didn't have covid. What a bitch.

Anyway mexico is cool, just stay out of the spotlight and nod your head

>>2791965
>>2792008
literally never happened to me and I'm paper white, must just be an uggo thing or they thought you were rude

>>2792018
You haven't traveled Mexico if you've never been greeted with a curt "Digame" at a taco stand when the operator is ready to take your order. Customers respond by saying "Give me five tacos de birria" in Spanish. Again, no courtesies. Oh, and you should hear how the bros talk to each other. It's all pendejo and cabron and guey. Mexicans in the culturally unrefined parts of the country are extremely coarse people.

>>2792008
Yeah, exactly. You have to toe the line as an identifiable foreigner here. I think I couldn't live here long-term for that reason. You get scrutinized.

You're out walking your dog, you better have that poop bag or the Mexican babushkas will get you. Dog poop on the sidewalk.. gringo probably did it. That sort of thing.

That would get on my nerves long-term.

>>2792033
lived for 3 years in cdmx (not just the foreigner centric areas), the dígame thing happened sometimes but I never took it as rude at all, they're just busy. usually they'd say something friendly like "que tal güero"

>>2792094
yeah this literally never happened to me, you must be doing things that make you seem like an annoying nomad bubble centric foreigner. 99% of the time people were always SUPER friendly.
just be respectful and speak spanish, don't forget the old adage "you get out what you put in"

So I would like to visit Mexico for the first time, but I'm not sure where to go desu. I would be going for a month for dating, sightseeing, and adventure.I only speak English, I'm 40 and a gringo. I've got a good head on my shoulders at least. I typed basically this into chat gpt and it said I should go to Playa del Carmen. I'm curious if you guys had any other suggestions and why, Thanks.

What is a good fast track way to learn some basic conversational Spainish? How long would that take if I applied myself?

>>2792104
CDMX and gringo favorites like Puerto Vallarta, Queretaro and Merida are safe for friendly little maricones like yourself who fly into the country and Uber to your boutique hotel, smiling and simping for everyone you meet. The other half of Mexico - the adventurous half - is a hardcore gangster's paradise. The rules of human interaction are completely different.
>you get out what you put in
Something a maricon would say.

>>2793773
Speaking Spanish to Spanish speakers