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Wandering_Mobiler OP t1_iruvq5b wrote

Reply to comment by Chucolate915 in Mexico's second largest city plans to build 18 "green corridors" of trees to combat climate change. [Translation in Comments]. by Wandering_Mobiler

Yeah we’re VERY conservative for US standards, or at least people in my immediate circle

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Chucolate915 t1_iruzdwb wrote

I have always said. If republicans could build their own city it would look like Monterey.

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121PB4Y2 t1_irwbzfs wrote

Right down to the closed down steel foundry!

My sweet Jenny I’m sinking down, here darling in New Lioooooonnnnnnn

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Chucolate915 t1_irwojmj wrote

Funny. Because Monterrey is the most affluent and well run city in Mexico and I will argue in the top 5 in Latin America.

Or course the conservatism in the area also has its downsides. Classism and racism is rampant in MY

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121PB4Y2 t1_irwxrqk wrote

Yup. But I will say that the possibilities to “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” are enough to make any republican salivate like a labrador retriever looking at a Pop Tart. There are few cities in the country where being poor is a choice. If you want a job in MTY, you can get it, as long as you can show up on time and sober to a factory 5-6x a week.

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