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You missed a part in the Mexican Business Market, where since companies aren't as predominant in Mexico Americans rise into positions of power with better benefits than in the US This is why they consider it better and easier to work, also Americans can Immigrate quickly with the Passport since you can say your in for tourism live there years and go back home with only getting a slap in the hand of a fee for not having Mexican passport This is why business booms for Americans in Mexico, in comparison to immigrants that take blue collar jobs
Thank you for such a great video! You should definitely expand on this topic by covering the current mass gentrification going on in Costa Rica! This is happening disproportionately in certain coasts and certain parts of the city where it has gotten out of control!
Andrew you gotta do Medellin for gentrification And horny Americans. It’s blown up since Covid and the locals are upset, even cases where Americans have been caught with very underage girls and they ran back to the US
Thank you for all of the brilliant work this channel does, if you're ever in South Africa, I'd love to take you guys around. - Guardian Prepping. P.s Much love to Mexico City!
Gotta admire that one dude who took the time out to learn the lang a little tho. I was basicly married into a Mexican family when my cousin was born so I learned alot fo spanish as a kid that I use now to save money by not going to HEB and insted the Spanish marts around Austin. Anyone in Austin, Wanna save money? Learn basic spanish and don't shop at large grocer chains. I could also live there if I wanted to. which I don't right now. But prob when my mother passes I will move to Mexico to grow canna full time. I have family there. But I wont ever leave my mom and my GF wouldnt let me with our money RN.
"And eventually, introduce oat milk to the hood" Lmao this video is a masterpiece. So well put together with great writing. Equal parts informative and hilarious. This is how you get people interested.
The irony is striking: Americans often claim that Mexicans come to the U.S. to take jobs and seek a better life, while many Americans are now moving to Mexico in search of a better life, driving up local prices. In both cases, it’s the pressures of capitalism and wealth inequality at play...
You are uneducated it’s not Mexicans we complain about it’s central and South American countries we complain about Mexico don’t want them in there country either
There is no irony whatsoever. The people who are moving to Mexico are not the same people that are wanting to keep immigrants out of the states....its almost like different people can have different opinions :o
The one dude that was low key trying to distance himself from being a part of the gentrification problem by bragging about having lived there for 10 years and paying taxes…. Doesn’t speak any Spanish 🙄
@@Dholi1 native just means they were born there. Spanish is the native language of Mexico because the people born there use it. It doesn't mean go back in time to the earliest point in recorded history. You're conflating the word indigenous with the word native on purpose most likely because you're a smug a hole that no one likes and you'll grow old to die alone after living a miserable existence with a heart full of hatred. You don't have to though. You could start today choosing to not be a see you next tuesday.
This is such an interesting aspect of the US+Mexico relationship that I haven't seen before in US Media. US Media often has stories about how Mexico > US migration affects the US, but almost never talks about how we are affecting our southern neighbor. Thanks for the story!
I'm glad you're seeing it. Hopefully you can investigate even further as there are many, many more ways in which American immigrants are affecting our country. Cheers!
@TheRealBatCave not if Andrew continues to find like minded people to help him grow and continues telling truth. Journalism will always be needed. And most of us live our lives without ever seeing Mexico City.. so this was my first look at it 🤷🏼♂️
The quality of this content is insane Shows it actually happening Gets a more local reporter to hit it Gets both sides candidly Explains much of whats known about the phenomena at a high level academically and how it relates to the piece All in very clear plain language
@@Purplesquigglystripe Everything is wrong with being a minority. Everybody else is different from you, you're estranged, you basically have no homeland. Your group can't represent itself in elections. You are basically not democratically self governing even if you can vote. You're probably being descriminated. On the other hand you have to discriminate if you want to stick together with people like you or you will get assimilated and lose your heritage. You can see in the crime numbers that this sucks. First generation immigrants chose being a minority. Second generation immigrants have to live with it and they become way more criminal than their parents. Community is built on unity not diversity. The perks of being in an "exiting enviroment" are total gimmicks long term. Immigration is always pushed for because of some bs economic interests. They want cheap labor, they want rich renters, they don't want to do anything about the birth rates and so on. Healthy communities don't need immigration. Support your community instead of supporting immigration.
Gotta say that explanation of gentrification through stages is spot on. I'm originally from Austin, Texas and I say we are pretty squarely in phase 4 right now. The vibrant and cultural city that I grew up in is pretty much dead and sterile. I actually remember it vividly when one day as I was driving to work just outside my neighborhood, I noticed that a two of those 5 story single building apartments were sticking out like a sore thumb in my neighborhood in South Austin. I genuinely felt like that feeling, that vibe that walking or driving down that street since I was kid was now gone. It's like a breakup; it was heart breaking. Like the person (or city) that you grew up with was no longer the same person. I really feel for these people in Mexico City, it's like having your hometown and even the nostalgia that that town brings you get completely erased. I genuinely don't know what can be done to stop it, it seems like it's just a necessarily evil of "progress".
I interact with a lot of tourists through work, and I've had great conversations with Austinites and others about the lack of Austin Weird and how Austin has now become the Silicon Hills. It's a completely different vibe from what Austin was 20 years ago and not what people expect when they visit I liked his explanation, it definitely tracked
Same happened to my neighborhood in East Boston. Was rich in culture, full of Italian immigrants, then later Central American immigrants, now its all wealthy whites with designer dogs and 5 story apartment complexes.
I can't help but be impressed by the people you interviewed. Them recognizing that demonizing foreigners does nothing and analyzing the actual problem felt very mature.
It's why a resolution was made so quickly. Both parties at some point identified the problem which were landlords and government being in cahoots with each other. No Quid Pro Quo. Governments are for the people.
If people would only pay closer attention and stop reacting emotionally to logical discussions, they might realize that there’s a lot less “demonizing foreigners” going on than there is acknowledging the problems.
That's what I kept thinking about with that graffiti. So...f off Americans, but we wanna go to ur spot so don't tell us to f off...hahaha....humanity is a clownshow
His take is wrong. "Gentrification" is a supply and demand issue. More people moving to an area means one of two things: either the city allows redevelopment so everyone can live there, or it doesn't, and the richer outbid the poorer. You can cut immigration, but that doesn't stop people from your own country moving to the area and causing gentrification either, as we've seen in the US. The only real solution is to allow the development of buildings with more units. Either you make room for everyone, or the rich displace the poor.
As someone who lived in Mexico City, you'd have to be literally mentally insane to make the choice of CDMX to United States. It smells bad, there's an absurd level of traffic, its polluted, the food is unhealthy and can very easily make you sick, in the winter it's freezing and all the apartments are built for hot weather. It's like grey and dusty all the time. It's completely rubbish there.
Its a tidy narrative which explains how gentrification looks on the surface in some well known cases, but by far the primary reason people move is economic. A large influx of people necessarily displaces some people and changes local market conditions. The final stage where sterile budlings sit empty is pure fantasy unless you think developers are pointlessly going bankrupt on purpose, building infrastructure out of the goodness of their hearts.
I disagree. This is not a good parallel to gentrification as we know it in the US. This is not white young professional bros moving into a poor brown "up and coming" community of very recent immigrants and taking over. We're talking about Condesa, Roma Norte, Polanco, etc. -- these are some of the wealthiest and most desirable neighborhoods in the entire country. Think Greenwich Village, Chelsea, SoHo. These neighborhoods are occupied by extremely privileged, predominantly white mexicans of largely spanish descent -- the upper crust of Mexico. Ok so they're throwing a little fit because daddy's credit card doesn't go as far, sure - but the working class mexicans are not complaining. You know, those brown mesicans who the white upper class treat worse than the stray dogs around the city -- yeah, they're the ones reaping the huge benefits of this influx of tourist money to their markets and food stalls and cabs and etc. So yeah I'm not losing sleep.
Great journalism and very informative stuff. Started following you for the laughs, but will continue watching to learn new perspectives of reality. Keep it up!
They miss phase 5 of the cycle, where rent gets so high very few business's can afford it and the place becomes a ghost town relying of ubereats drivers to bring the rich people their sustenance because there's no more restaurants or stores(and culture) in the neighborhood.
yep see downtown of most major US cities. insanely expensive retail space sitting empty for years because rent is so expensive the only ones who can afford it are the corporate chains but they already have a location in the area. and the only ones who can afford to keep the place empty rather than lowering rent costs to allow actual local businesses in are the same corporations who own the building. so instead of lowering retail rent or converting to housing the buildings just sit there, empty as all the local businesses close one after another and the city loses its culture and soul. its depressing. but you can't leave the city because the same corporations force us to be at the office even though we could easily our jobs remotely and live somewhere cheaper and bring more economic development to areas that need it. and then a significant portion of our lawmakers claim if we just lower corporate taxes it will fix it. yeah im sure handing these corpos more easy money will suddenly make them less greedy
Yu should check out what vietnam is doing for this exact same issue, housing is very regulated for foreigners coming into the country and the cities have dedicated tourist areas which concentrate the gentrification while also encouraging it. I'm honestly surprised at how well vietnam is handling this compared to it's neighbourign countries
Portugal was doing this early on as well, during the initial exodus of remote workers. I need to take a closer look at what Vietnam has done, as far as the regulations, but I believe its very similar. Portugal made it very easy for foreigners to work remotely and live there full-time. There were incentives put in place for those remote workers to move there. Plus, its a gorgeous country, as is Vietnam. But what seems to inevitably happen is, you have this "honeymoon phase". People are generally happy, or at least tolerant of the influx of foreigners in the beginning; the local businesses that are stagnant half the year are now busy year-round, with the empty tourist sections now being occupied in the off-season, etc. It all sounds like a good idea, at first. But it doesn't take long for the locals to arrive at the same general consensus: _Our rent has increased. We can't afford x, y, z. They are creating traffic. They break our laws. They don't speak our language. They are crowding my favorite beach/cafe/restaurant, we don't want them here._ This is of course playing out as we speak in many other countries as well. You can even see it _within_ the U.S., in SE coastal towns, and ski resort towns like Jackson Hole. We're all quite welcoming, until we aren't lol. Its perhaps our tribal instincts coming to the surface
@@vastirvision I'm from Luxembourg and we have 49% of our population being non-naturalized immigrants and yet people still hate foreigners so yeah there's always gonna be irrational hate. Still Portugal has gained a lot from their digital nomad stuff and 0 crypto tax bringing wealthy foreigners, the one thing they didn't do too well was regulating housing
The same thing is happening in European countries like Spain and Portugal. I work on a Spanish wage and I have to spend 80% of it on rent if I can even find a place to rent because there's been an increase of over 200% in tourist apartments that are only available to tourists and expats. All these countries have one common evil and it's not foreigners, most of them just want to live in a nicer, warmer country with a better quality of life. It's greedy landlords and a government that won't regulate the market or offer priority to local residents. Same thing will happen in Europe, Germans and Dutch people will complain there are too many Spanish and Portuguese immigrants, while they all work remotely from our apartments that we can no longer afford.
In the Netherlands the housing market has already been in terrible shape for many years. The Portuguese in Lisbon for example, are now experiencing the same thing that already happened to Amsterdam. That is to say, I fully understand your pain. Many natives here are struggling to get by and find a rental apartment, let alone purchase one. Nonetheless I welcome any and all Spanish and Portuguese. Unfortunately if you can't afford Lisbon prices, you certainly won't be able to afford the prices here, although as a skilled migrant salaries are likely to be better here.
@@aruderuto that's the thing, if an apartment in Barcelona ends up being as high as an apartment in Amsterdam that's a big problem because our wages are much lower. I know many tourists and expats are already put off by the high costs of rent and accommodation in Spain, imagine what's it like for locals. It's inevitable that we'll end up looking elsewhere for better opportunities, which is a shame because we have history, families and friends that we have to separate from.
@@cristinap9298 agreed. Similar to here though. Many locals have been priced out of the city, I barely hear Dutch when I go outside lol. Seen the city transform completely. Especially young people that didn't have the chance to buy or get a cheap rental contract many years ago are screwed because they have no place to go. As in the video, there are many financial institutions that have been speculating on housing, making bank.
It is not only gringos that are moving to Mexico City, but also many Asians : Israelis, Palestenians,Syrians Turks,Chinese ,Koreans ,Japanese and Europeans and Russians .And they are all not only going to Mexico City,but also to San Miguel De Allende,Monterrey , San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Queretaro ,Guanajuato ,Cancun,Playa Del Carmen,Puerto Aventuras, Tulum, Puerto Vallarta and Iztapa
I mean i think you can say the same for many countrys in the world. We as humanity are all facing large immigration in developed countries and upcoming developing countrys. Humans have the drive to live a comfortable life and many look for it elsewhere. The grass is always greener somewhere else. 38 million mexcians live in the US alone. That's more than a 1/4 of mexicos population today.
My father who is Syrian became almost a fully Mexican and learned Spanish BECAUSE HE WAS IN MEXICO, and my mom when she went to USA she try harder to learn English BECAUSE SHE WAS IN USA. Is that harder to the people to try to adapt their self in Mexico so they don't destroy what they came to México!?
@@123FireSnake the housing was already there, they just bought it all out and upped the prices like crazy to fuck over everyone but the most wealthy. landlords don't "provide housing", they hoard it and ration it out to the highest bidders
@@123FireSnake As someone who owns rental property I promise you I am not providing housing at all lol. Im denying them housing and allowing them the privilege to pay me to live in my house and as I am also someone who has worked every construction job under the sun I can promise you any modern developers are cutting every corner, using the cheapest materials and underpaying every single employee they have (except their idiot son who dropped out of highschool and now is your idiot boss and makes twice your wage to sit on his own thumb) while charging the customer a premium. I cant wait till the homes built in the last 10-15 years start falling apart in the next 10-15 years.
@@123FireSnake If I buy the entire local inventory of baby formula, resell it for double while lobbying to slow down production : Am I providing formula?
Yea this happened in my hometown of Berlin. Now there's basically no locals left. The rents went up ridiculously, restaurants went up among all the other problems. It doesn't feel like home anymore. It's sad because I miss the culture and old architecture and the community.
Berlin is like every major city dude, your whining about something thats way worse in other cities, at least ur not living in fucking Amsterdam where every local in the centre got fucked over by tourists and shitty shops/cafe’s. Berlin is massive, no locals left is so ridiculously exaggerated, since ive actually lived there and i know thats not true. You’re just experiencing the issues of every big city.
JOSUESY??????? Brother, Andrew, my god, you just hit gold with this man. Please make him your Mexican Host, he’s a fashionista and comedian, but specially he is genuinely 100% mexican. This collab is fucking rad!!!
Gonna apologize in advance for this rant, no need to read if ya don’t want lol. Felt good getting off my chest regardless. It’s whoever owns the assets, yes. Housing (not landlords exclusively, private equity nowadays is much more concerning and should be a major red flag for everyone) but also media companies, ISPs, banks and mortgage companies, etc. They hold all the power and they have increasingly influenced politics to the point where everyone is in someone’s pockets regardless what side of the aisle they occupy. It’s a damned shame and only real way to fight back is to not engage whatsoever. A national rent strike where EVERY renter in America refuses to pay. Keep money in escrow or saved in your checking/savings, but do NOT give your landlord/property manager a dime. Ditto with service workers, regardless if they’re unionized or not. You want to drive change? Do what the port workers in the northeast did, shut the economy down lol. Unions have the ability to do it a bit easier in some cases but think about what would happen if restaurant, airport, public transportation, and even some emergency services halted one day- all at once. If every US worker in those industries refused to show up, refused to bend until the country “figured out” how to do things like offer free pre-k/kindergarten for anyone who wants or national bans on excessive rent hikes or caps on price gouging under the guise of “keeping up with inflation” (just a couple examples; could be any kind of change the general public supports but the government won’t do shit to support currently)… that immense pressure will bust pipes eventually. That’s all but a guarantee, and it’s why some in our government many decades ago became terrified at the prospect of American workers across racial lines banding together… so of course the set out to divide us even further, pitting whites against blacks and American-born workers against immigrant workers. It was all a smoke screen to suppress the working man and it pains me that people cannot see that (and instead continue to feed in to it, letting arbitrary nonsense like one’s skin color determine how they view their fellow humans; ridiculously stupid mindsets). I am not trying to sound preachy or get on my soapbox, but I mean what I wrote with 100% sincerity. We actually do have the power to change shit but it’s very difficult because it requires the vast majority of us banding together. At this point in time I’m not sure we’ve been more divided since the Civil War through Jim Crow era, but I do truly believe if we had a political leader who cared nothing for corporate interests and cared only about the will of the people we’d be able to fight back against corporations/property owners/entire industries which have preyed on us for literal decades.
If not for the influx of digital nomads, even if the landlords were greedy, they wouldnt be able to get away with such high prices. The digital nomads have crazy buying power
It's not the gentrification that we, Mexican folk don't like. We also evolve with time and prices and wages, it's the fact that some "people," come and act like they own the place. Also, if you work remotely, your getting paid into an account that's linked here in Mexico and is not taxed in Mexico. Pay taxes. You will eventually get caught and you are no longer in a government where it will be overlooked. Please be aware.
Dude. I’m the guy with the prosthetic leg playing the harmonica at 8:58 into the video. Showing me while saying “they are troubled, drink and use drugs heavily, and certainly never start businesses “ is pretty offensive. 1 I’m a business owner. 2. I work with disabled adults teaching and am active in my community. Jeez Andrew.
Welcome to white liberals. they'll pretend to care about you while also treating you like a sick puppy or something. You're a human fucking being. You should be treated fairly and judged by your actions. These people will only ever see you by your skin.
Duuude, Andrew and team... you guys are absolutely crushing it!! This was amazing. Your content just gets better and better. I'm 100% serious when I say: You guys are building what may become the best independent journalism and media company ever. Love it. Keep up the amazing work!
a correction: I believe the guy from Roma Nte who cited the earthquake for clearing out the neighborhood was referring to the 2017 earthquake, not from the 80’s.
@@thinktankdonahue I’m not doubting that gentrification has been present long before 2017, however, the guy is specifically referring to the recent earthquake. And that makes more sense since this video is more focused on Americans going to CDMX post-pandemic. He says “hace 2 o 3 años” that foreigners started coming in mass to the neighborhood.
@@oveloz3 If you look at the paper I refer to there's a section dedicated to changes that happened after 1985. Him referring to the last few years are separate observations, not related. Gringo is correct.
Hello from a phase oner turned phase twoer. I found your channel by a comment you left on the Bernie at the mall video. And this piece is amazingly relevant to me for some random YT clicking as I'm just finishing up 6 weeks in Mexico while working on an (unrelated) book. I believe I've maintained awareness of my effect on this ecosystem (those NOLA gutterpunks are hanging outside my old place, I've watched some gentrification go down). Not many people speak English where I am, which was part of the appeal to me. If I did end up expatting here, I'd certainly be looking to integrate myself more both linguistically and culturally. Thanks for the insightful piece, l learned a lot.
As a sociologist with a masters in international relations this video is incredibly well researched and breaks down complex ideas around economics and sociocultural forms in a very understandable way.
@@tpower1912 You mean compared to all the comments from people with absolutely no education at all? I wish more master's degree holders would join in to fight the ignorance on YT.
Not at all, the 1985 earthquake is the one that devastated much of CDMX, and killed the 5000 individuals. It completely changed the atmosphere of the city and of the neighborhood he referenced. The one in 2017 only killed around 400 and although buildings were damaged it wasn’t to the capacity of the 1985 quake!
@@themysterysithbut what he’s saying is true, many people left Roma Norte after the 17 earthquake because many buildings weren’t safe, some of them are still waiting to be demolished, and now is full of gringos 🙄
How is nobody in the comment section talking about the real issue here? Greedy landlords pushing EVERYBODY out of their homes. The world has become unliveable, unless ur rich.
As a California native who was already displaced by landlords and an influx of cash strapped individuals who wanted to pay exorbitant amounts for a duplex my family shared for 60+ years I have no sympathy for “white flight” or whatever you wanna call it. It’s disproportionately effecting the working class of all cities not just groups of minorities. It’s not a race issue it’s a class issue. long standing communities that have been forced into high density housing for years then learned to call it home only for it to be ripped from under them. It’s fucked but like what do we do about it? It’s been happening since the beginning of time and will continue to. I was displaced in LA in 2006 and I know millions have experienced the same since.
@@coldmexican288 It becomes a class issue whenever the race who previously experienced priviledges now don't experience the same priviledges. White people are still more priviledged than mexicans but pretend to be on the same level when they want to take advantage of them. Instead of America (mostly white people) dealing with the same issues they created, they start to dissassimilate and take over other land, easily done because they STILL have more priviledges than those whos land they're taking.
@@PacificNatureTV I've never respected Andrew for his intelligence or wisdom or whatever he's just great at making entertaining documentaries about a bunch of different interesting people. I do not in a million years expect the professional slacker bro to see anything through the lense of class struggle, it is not and had never been a factor in his life, nor a significant portion of his audience.
Seems like some you didn't see the entire video and got your feelings hurt. This video isn't blaming Americans or foreigners, that would be a way too simplistic view of this. The government and the property owners ultimately are the ones responsible for high housing costs, only they really have the power to prevent housing costs from skyrocketing. Things are not black and white, big problems are often complicated. Placing the blame on a group of people when they aren't doing anything wrong solves nothing and often makes things worse.
The same old story pretty much. Landlords in cahoots with local government to put the boot up everyone's knish. The rent control on the higher end helps the American residents and the subsidy helps Mexican nationals on the lower end.
@@jayforeman5299 I think comments like these remove people from their choices. While your comment is true, people are still choosing to move into these areas. I think it's more of a concerted effort on both parties (locals and transplants) to create a community in where everyone can live, and thrive and be healthy and have the same amount of access to things. Because at the end of the day the reason that most people moved there is for the local culture, but being from another economic class and transplanted into another country can have an impact on the local ecosystem because there are shifts in like, power. It's kind of like this: You come from another country and hire a local as a nanny, thats an immense shift in economic power. You've essentially created another job in the workforce, you've changed the ecosystem of that area. You can fire your nanny, hire several, or stop becoming an employer altogether. You've now changed the course of several people's lives. Now what does it look like when that happens on a mass scale? And what does it look like when foreigners start coming to other counties, and start offering services that are generally only accessible to other foreigners? They've essentially created their own little mini microcosm. Which can do real damage to whats already existing. Well, that's kind of what foreign investment looks like. at least in my head. it sounds like a good idea but too much of it can strip a country of its own economic power , and can disrupt the social balance It's more about being conscious of your footprint at this point, I think. Mexican people who live in mexico have been mad as hell at mexico for years. Indigenous people have too. That's why this video is a critical analysis. It may hurt some people's feelings because maybe it challenges some of your beliefs. It might encourage you to think a little deeper.
@@rawbatteryyour comment explained it so much better, in a way I feel like some of this commenters want to avoid the responsibility that migrants from the USA are having in “third world countries”
Watching Channel 5 grow like this has been amazing, and I can't wait to see where this channel will be going in the years to come! Never lose what makes it special, the world needs more journalist teams like this.
You don't sound like you know what you're talking about. Mexico City is a pretty laid back city. The culture is much less rushed and more leisurely than Eastern Europe. People are also very open and helpful to outsiders.
@@nickberkawitz6451 brother, I literally live here. The majority of people here wake up between 4 and 6 am just to be on time at their jobs or school. We live running because we dont have enough time to live. A LOT of people here make at least 2 hours commuting to a 10/12 hour job then go back another 2 hours to arrive and do home chores. People live in a hurry or else your time runs out. If you dont know shit about the reallity of the city do not correct me man.
@@diegoperafan2768 It's no use explaining the reality to him. A foreigner with wealth does not have to rush around, so they focus on the vibe in their little area and compare it to downtown New York or anywhere where they were rushing around in the states or Europe working in their home area. It is the same dynamic between states in the USA. Americans can be naïve, I know..I am one.
how do you have almost 3 million subs and over 1 million views on just this video.... yet this is the first time the algorithm has shown me your content?? wild lol. this video was fantastic, subscribed.
@@tastymuffinmm the concept of a landlord requires people to be allowed to own more than one property, otherwise where would THEY live if they rented out their one and only home?
Yeah, 23:14, it’s easy to blame the water problem on gentrification but that’s not it. Mexico has very few water treatment plants, they have third world water infrastructure and it’s one of the largest cities in the world. Their water, sewer water, tap water, rain water- it’s all just thrown away and not recycled. When the city grew, no water infrastructure was built or rehabbed. Roma Norte is not why Mexico has such an insane water problem
Plus the fact that it’s built over a lake and pump concrete into the ground to prevent sinking. Major infrastructure problems thats only gotten worse over many decades
@@micktompson101 Not even, it was slightly bigger in population back in 2005 and there were known water problems too. Our dumbass politicians keep saying "no one sees underground work" when the entire city and its millions have been requesting water infrastructure for decades. Some neighborhoods you pass by and read a dozen signs about water issues, and that's not new at all.
It's not. The correct solution to gentrification isn't to forbid change, it's to allow it. Mexico City is becoming expensive because they have the same strict zoning regimes as US cities. You cannot build more housing because of these planning and zoning laws, so when people move to the city, the rich outbid and displace the poor.
I love the fact that, as a mexican kid, I grew up watching cartoons in the OG Canal 5 and now as an adult I get excited whenever I get notified when a new Channel 5 video drops.
Thank you for this video. This kind of gentrification seems to happen everywhere under globalism. I wish you had a Hungarian (and English, obviously) speaking reporter or correspondent in Budapest, too, who could cover the gentrification of the historic city centre of the capital of Hungary for the channel, because Hungarian media don't do. Just recently, one of the districts belonging to the city centre voted on whether flat holders should be allowed to continue doing AirBnB or not, and the majority voted for a ban, but even then, nobody talked about those tourists and digital nomads who make AirBnB such a good business opportunity there and by doing so, leave not much for the locals, who could rent those flats for less money.
bro it's not globalism it's capitalism. People should be allowed to go wherever they want that's one of the cool bits of the modern world. The issue is we live in a system where you are incentivized to squeeze every penny out of every situation, so when someone coming from a "better" part of the world to a worse one the big capital owners realise they can squeeze them for more.
Your videos do a great job at informing me on issues I'm not even very aware of. I feel like it's rare to have such unbiased news. Keep up the good work.
I'm from South Florida and when the guy is using examples like "billboards, menu, and classes are in english regardless of the native language " I feel like I'm watching the Twilight Zone lol
We are currently in the twilight zone... "There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone." Season 1 intro
@@Barbato13 Houston is in a border state, it makes sense; you'll find the same in europe when you are in cities next to other countries or even in Mexico's northern states that have english everywhere and a lot of locals speak it cause the US is right above them. Mexico City is in the middle of the country, super far from the border. Also Texas was literally México and Florida was an spanish colony (not even going to mention the amount of citizens there with latin blood). Its expected. Now if your example was that theres spanish everywhere in Wyoming or Nebraska now were talking.
@@Ratt611he got arrested for crossing the board illegally. He had the right to cross but did unofficially. He was just documenting what journeys migrants go through just to reach America.
14:16 Never anything more amusing than a guy who looks like Adam Conover with a jean jacket and brass rim glasses going "Yeah it wasn't gentrified before I got here"
Nothing in your entire comment is proof anything he did or said contributed to the gentrification, did you also not hear him say he's been a permanent resident and tax payer for over 10 years? You had a nearly 30 minute video with thousands of better examples and you picked the one guy who really had no fault in any of this LMFAO
This is an awesome video! As someone that was considering a vacation in mexico I was absolutely surprised by the hotel/airbnb prices in cidade de mexico. You can actually pay lower prices in several areas of berlin, seattle and even japan.
@@alladreamwedreamed I mean these americans are clearly living normal lives in mexico. Like any country as long as you're in a good part of town and you're street smart life is pretty easy. For instance, I live in são paulo and if you look at the actual rates of roberies and just the standard conversation about criminality you would think it's a warzone. I live in a good neighborhood and crime is something I forget exists.
Not the Americans and Europeans comparing themselves to Mexico, a third world country where the minimum wage is 248 pesos (12 dollars) for an 8-hour day of work. And do you think that townspeople will be able to pay a rent of more than 10,000 pesos (500 dlls) per month? These are people who not only need to pay the rent for their homes, but also for their businesses. Furthermore, even the country recently had a problem due to ridiculous electricity costs.
@@boomshroomgoonmoon Here in Latin America we call ourselves like that because of the poverty and corruption of our countries. Acá hasta es un chiste/broma el llamarnos así👍
Strange that the coverage focuses a lot on the 1985 earthquake and not the 2017 earthquake which had the same "gentrification" effect. In fact the mexican guy is talking about the 2017 earthquake at 13:07 not the 1985 one.
Yeah, I thought the same. I guess as Americans they have zero clue and just skipped over it due to ignorance. Which is weird, isn't the "correspondent" guy from CDMX?
Airbnb doesn’t raise the price, they decrease the supply. A landlord purchases housing in a market with higher prices due to less supply resulting in higher rent. This happens even without mentioning when the govt intervenes to increase costs for everyone.
YEP exactly. in my small town in mexico business people saw gringos coming in during covid they would rent a home for the year and would put it on Abnb and raised the rents up to 3-4x once they saw people could afford it they kept the prices even if they only rent out the airbnb for one weekend they are making a months worth of rent these now after 3-4 years rich out of town home owners have been purchasing other homes and even building complexs to further solidify the market at that price point. with this surge in rent now people need to charge more for products cost of living is now up to 3-4x people are being displaced and it all comes down to people taking advantage of a situation. for a clear example of how screwed the system is a very nice house you would rent for a month would come out to about 20,000 pesos a month now that same exact place is 40,000 FOR THE WEEKEND. a normal house went from 5,000 pesos a month to 20,000. air bnb gives owners the option to price the market way beyond what it should be and gives the option for people to take advantage of less educated local homeowners
For the nice areas, in Mexico it's known for having one of the highest levels of Cartel leadership Since the tourism is nice they leave those areas to make money for them, hell even the tourism gives you a list of areas to avoid
@@50qpeep Prices in Paris are still in €, almost not a single price is displayed in pesos in Cancun. Everything is in English and in USD, that's what I'm referring to
@Effelum glad you got to see chiapas, the Guatemalan side of Mexico haha just kidding...kinda. it's different down there for sure tho, I lived there for a few years. Definitely more like Guatemala than it is central mexico. Mexico is just so diverse!!
This happens less in the Bahamas because of the strength of their currency. And its tie to the dollar. Government and economic policy is the biggest contributor to this problem
@@curlzncrushthis is why even if all mexican migrants where documented and with higher studies americans will still find problems, the significance difference is that MEX is still with much much lower economic power than US so it wont be as exaggerated as this, however mexicans are working in us and increasing the workforce while americans are working for the us in mex and making the country worse for locals
@@daniel1RM the US migration issue is voter fraud, not economics. You must have ID to vote in every other Western Nation. The US dems can't hide behind "voter ID is racist" forever.
except not really. Mexicans didn't go there with money and power. if you ever bothered to talk to a Mexican there maybe you would t say this kind of stuff. The stories of Mexicans trying to cross the border out of necessity are heartbreaking. Gringos come to Mexico with money and just to be able to do the only thing they can do. consume consume and consume. The govt is obviously to blame but doesn't even begin to compare. there's something called empathy, but that's just a value gringos don't have. PS. Mexico is America as well so, try to use the correct term. North American, or gringo
Bro I got ibs. I could care less what people think when I’m tearing up their toilet calling me “soy boy” for being lactose intolerant. Because we would all love for that not to happen .
Lol wow things took an interesting turn when you changed your focus to Tijuana. The batman guy seems like a great and insightful source! Also I appreciate the side clips. I like to learn but also laugh. Jah feel?
Bruh, Williamsburg never had a large black population. Besides Dominicans and the Hasids it was largely Puerto Rican, Italian, and Polish. A lot of the gentrification there was white on white.
Americans largely see Dominicans as black, but I see what you mean. People forget that the West half (Bayridge, Borough Park etc) is white Brooklyn and the East half (Flatbush, Brownsville etc) is black Brooklyn. It's almost perfectly divided along Flatbush Ave.
This video does a great job at explaining the issue. I find Sweden’s approach to immigration very well thought out despite what many Americans would say
@@incognitoiguana6174 Swedens approach to immigration is well thought out? You know Sweden used to be one of the safest countries in Europe, well now it's one of the most dangerous one to live in. Crime rates are through the roof, there's pretty much daily bombings too, yes, bombings. Not to even begin about all the killings and rapes. Swedens (and nearly all of western europe) immigration failed at the point when we started to take in islamists who have absolutely zero will to adopt into our culture. Only way you can call it well thought out is if you wish ill upon us. Greetings from Finland.
@@peppigue Most Americans think Mexico is all the Texas border with just open plains and dry desert... Mexico is huge, and has vast stretches of mountains and lush tropical jungles.
great episode…I am a naturalized Mexican Citizen born in the USA of German immigrants. I have lived in Mexico since 1984. Most of my adult life. I have seen the great changes here in La Colonia Juarez. Things I like and don‘t like such as price hikes. Fortunately I own my apt. I appreciate your balanced view. Gentrification takes place all over the world. But it is important to have safeguards. Viva Mexico… 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 now more than ever. (after the latest elections in the USA)
I just moved back to the States after living in Mexico City for a few years. The prices in the 'bubble' definitely got crazy high like each year. I saw rooms in shared apartments going for like $15,000 pesos a month in parts of Roma and clueless foreigners paying it.... which is fkn ridiculous. I'm glad to see people acknowledge that the government and landlords are also to blame for the crazy gentrification there.
Commenter above when blue collar bro in his 40s with probably a bachelors at the most from his local college has less spending power and less class mobility than a recent Harvard grad 🤯
@@sweatergod5386No he is not “probably” a college grad. Learn the meaning of the words you use, there are more blue collar workers that didn’t even graduate high school than ones with degrees 😂
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You missed a part in the Mexican Business Market, where since companies aren't as predominant in Mexico Americans rise into positions of power with better benefits than in the US
This is why they consider it better and easier to work, also Americans can Immigrate quickly with the Passport since you can say your in for tourism live there years and go back home with only getting a slap in the hand of a fee for not having Mexican passport
This is why business booms for Americans in Mexico, in comparison to immigrants that take blue collar jobs
I'm surprised they let you back in after trying to enter illegally! 😂
Thank you for such a great video! You should definitely expand on this topic by covering the current mass gentrification going on in Costa Rica! This is happening disproportionately in certain coasts and certain parts of the city where it has gotten out of control!
Andrew you gotta do Medellin for gentrification And horny Americans. It’s blown up since Covid and the locals are upset, even cases where Americans have been caught with very underage girls and they ran back to the US
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"introduce oatmilk to the hood" probably is the best definition of gentrification LMAO
Oatmilk is not the best for you
I lmao 😂
Gotta admire that one dude who took the time out to learn the lang a little tho. I was basicly married into a Mexican family when my cousin was born so I learned alot fo spanish as a kid that I use now to save money by not going to HEB and insted the Spanish marts around Austin.
Anyone in Austin, Wanna save money? Learn basic spanish and don't shop at large grocer chains. I could also live there if I wanted to. which I don't right now. But prob when my mother passes I will move to Mexico to grow canna full time. I have family there. But I wont ever leave my mom and my GF wouldnt let me with our money RN.
no thats actually a positive change, diverging away from mothers milk from other species
@@Mikesusendsadasdc lil contradiction there huh?...
"Barbershops with exposed brick inside", you guys nailed that one so hard.
Right on the money 💰
If the brick isn’t exposed on the inside, they probably can’t cut for shit tbh.
Whoever made that decision has never cleaned.. That brick gonna be hairy AF 😅
💯
"And eventually, introduce oat milk to the hood"
Lmao this video is a masterpiece. So well put together with great writing. Equal parts informative and hilarious. This is how you get people interested.
The irony is striking: Americans often claim that Mexicans come to the U.S. to take jobs and seek a better life, while many Americans are now moving to Mexico in search of a better life, driving up local prices. In both cases, it’s the pressures of capitalism and wealth inequality at play...
Finally a sensible comment under this video
and both of them blaming the other one for not paying taxes 😁
So it's ok when Mexicans do it? But bad when Americans do it?
You are uneducated it’s not Mexicans we complain about it’s central and South American countries we complain about Mexico don’t want them in there country either
There is no irony whatsoever. The people who are moving to Mexico are not the same people that are wanting to keep immigrants out of the states....its almost like different people can have different opinions :o
I love how Josue is so chill and happy. No face of judgement just asking the questions so we can all make our own opinions. Great interviewing dude!
I’m also really glad this was all done with a either “local” or native Spanish speaking interviewer. And done in Spanish.
The irony is that Andrew is fluent in Spanish.
The one dude that was low key trying to distance himself from being a part of the gentrification problem by bragging about having lived there for 10 years and paying taxes…. Doesn’t speak any Spanish 🙄
This comment confuses me. Spanish isn't a native language of Mexico. A native language is like Nahuatl.
@@HappyCGM do you have a problem with that?
@@Dholi1 native just means they were born there. Spanish is the native language of Mexico because the people born there use it. It doesn't mean go back in time to the earliest point in recorded history. You're conflating the word indigenous with the word native on purpose most likely because you're a smug a hole that no one likes and you'll grow old to die alone after living a miserable existence with a heart full of hatred. You don't have to though. You could start today choosing to not be a see you next tuesday.
This is such an interesting aspect of the US+Mexico relationship that I haven't seen before in US Media. US Media often has stories about how Mexico > US migration affects the US, but almost never talks about how we are affecting our southern neighbor. Thanks for the story!
I'm glad you're seeing it. Hopefully you can investigate even further as there are many, many more ways in which American immigrants are affecting our country. Cheers!
El problema de la gentrificación es que llegan las “Karen” a México. 😂
right!!!
but the problem is americans don’t want illegal immigrants the americans moving to mexico are legal and working so
Pretty sure us going over to Mexico doesn't affect them as much as illegal immigration pouring into the united states does though lol
i just made coffee. i feel like my dad watching the morning news
Same
legit same
We am
Same lol 😂
Same
I love the editing where an interviewee says something that is affecting them then it gets backed up from a news report to show its not a lone case
I love Andrew but I also love these new foreign correspondents.
Channel 5 is going to be a powerhouse for real journalism.
they got the same touch
Vice used to do this too
Yea was gona say, it will probably ride well for a bot then go the way of vice unfortunately
@TheRealBatCave not if Andrew continues to find like minded people to help him grow and continues telling truth. Journalism will always be needed. And most of us live our lives without ever seeing Mexico City.. so this was my first look at it 🤷🏼♂️
just subbed like 2 months ago to the clips and then Ch. 5. Did not know this was a thing but i a agree
The quality of this content is insane
Shows it actually happening
Gets a more local reporter to hit it
Gets both sides candidly
Explains much of whats known about the phenomena at a high level academically and how it relates to the piece
All in very clear plain language
Yeah it's insane how this journalism is equal to or better than the best the likes of PBS has to offer.
Yeah, it's almost like a UA-cam channel or something.
"i end up feeling like a foreigner in my own neighborhood"
brother that is so true
That’s how I feel now. Boston feels like one block is the Dominican Republic, then the next block is Venezuela. Zero assimilation.
Happened so fast.
@@TheSublimeLifestyle truly.
What’s wrong with being a minority?
@@Purplesquigglystripe Everything is wrong with being a minority.
Everybody else is different from you, you're estranged, you basically have no homeland. Your group can't represent itself in elections. You are basically not democratically self governing even if you can vote. You're probably being descriminated. On the other hand you have to discriminate if you want to stick together with people like you or you will get assimilated and lose your heritage.
You can see in the crime numbers that this sucks. First generation immigrants chose being a minority. Second generation immigrants have to live with it and they become way more criminal than their parents.
Community is built on unity not diversity. The perks of being in an "exiting enviroment" are total gimmicks long term. Immigration is always pushed for because of some bs economic interests. They want cheap labor, they want rich renters, they don't want to do anything about the birth rates and so on. Healthy communities don't need immigration. Support your community instead of supporting immigration.
@Purplesquigglystripe for these people non whites shouldn't be minorities, only whites can be minorities
Gotta say that explanation of gentrification through stages is spot on. I'm originally from Austin, Texas and I say we are pretty squarely in phase 4 right now. The vibrant and cultural city that I grew up in is pretty much dead and sterile. I actually remember it vividly when one day as I was driving to work just outside my neighborhood, I noticed that a two of those 5 story single building apartments were sticking out like a sore thumb in my neighborhood in South Austin. I genuinely felt like that feeling, that vibe that walking or driving down that street since I was kid was now gone. It's like a breakup; it was heart breaking. Like the person (or city) that you grew up with was no longer the same person. I really feel for these people in Mexico City, it's like having your hometown and even the nostalgia that that town brings you get completely erased. I genuinely don't know what can be done to stop it, it seems like it's just a necessarily evil of "progress".
What's the culture in Austin?
I interact with a lot of tourists through work, and I've had great conversations with Austinites and others about the lack of Austin Weird and how Austin has now become the Silicon Hills. It's a completely different vibe from what Austin was 20 years ago and not what people expect when they visit
I liked his explanation, it definitely tracked
Same happened to my neighborhood in East Boston. Was rich in culture, full of Italian immigrants, then later Central American immigrants, now its all wealthy whites with designer dogs and 5 story apartment complexes.
I can't help but be impressed by the people you interviewed. Them recognizing that demonizing foreigners does nothing and analyzing the actual problem felt very mature.
It's why a resolution was made so quickly. Both parties at some point identified the problem which were landlords and government being in cahoots with each other. No Quid Pro Quo. Governments are for the people.
because they don't have fox news propaganda lmao
If people would only pay closer attention and stop reacting emotionally to logical discussions, they might realize that there’s a lot less “demonizing foreigners” going on than there is acknowledging the problems.
@@joefer5360 Damn wish we could get that
Mexico benefits from this in every single way.
Mexico 🤝 USA
"Your migrants ruined my country"
Just laying the ground for the eventual melding of the two nations into one 😅
That's what I kept thinking about with that graffiti. So...f off Americans, but we wanna go to ur spot so don't tell us to f off...hahaha....humanity is a clownshow
its almost like the problem has nothing to do with the migrants themselves O:
They’re just doing the jobs the locals don’t wanna do.
😂@@pauly260
I have NEVER heard a better take on gentrification and the description of the stages of it than here.
His take is wrong. "Gentrification" is a supply and demand issue. More people moving to an area means one of two things: either the city allows redevelopment so everyone can live there, or it doesn't, and the richer outbid the poorer.
You can cut immigration, but that doesn't stop people from your own country moving to the area and causing gentrification either, as we've seen in the US.
The only real solution is to allow the development of buildings with more units. Either you make room for everyone, or the rich displace the poor.
just look at aurora, springfield, san antonio, la, san diego. a lot of gentrifying going on
As someone who lived in Mexico City, you'd have to be literally mentally insane to make the choice of CDMX to United States. It smells bad, there's an absurd level of traffic, its polluted, the food is unhealthy and can very easily make you sick, in the winter it's freezing and all the apartments are built for hot weather. It's like grey and dusty all the time. It's completely rubbish there.
Its a tidy narrative which explains how gentrification looks on the surface in some well known cases, but by far the primary reason people move is economic. A large influx of people necessarily displaces some people and changes local market conditions. The final stage where sterile budlings sit empty is pure fantasy unless you think developers are pointlessly going bankrupt on purpose, building infrastructure out of the goodness of their hearts.
I disagree. This is not a good parallel to gentrification as we know it in the US. This is not white young professional bros moving into a poor brown "up and coming" community of very recent immigrants and taking over. We're talking about Condesa, Roma Norte, Polanco, etc. -- these are some of the wealthiest and most desirable neighborhoods in the entire country. Think Greenwich Village, Chelsea, SoHo. These neighborhoods are occupied by extremely privileged, predominantly white mexicans of largely spanish descent -- the upper crust of Mexico. Ok so they're throwing a little fit because daddy's credit card doesn't go as far, sure - but the working class mexicans are not complaining. You know, those brown mesicans who the white upper class treat worse than the stray dogs around the city -- yeah, they're the ones reaping the huge benefits of this influx of tourist money to their markets and food stalls and cabs and etc. So yeah I'm not losing sleep.
Great journalism and very informative stuff. Started following you for the laughs, but will continue watching to learn new perspectives of reality. Keep it up!
They miss phase 5 of the cycle, where rent gets so high very few business's can afford it and the place becomes a ghost town relying of ubereats drivers to bring the rich people their sustenance because there's no more restaurants or stores(and culture) in the neighborhood.
Beverly Hills in a nutshell
it was implied, but you are right not specifically called out as the next phase
A lot of European cities manage to avoid that simply by being walkable
yep see downtown of most major US cities. insanely expensive retail space sitting empty for years because rent is so expensive the only ones who can afford it are the corporate chains but they already have a location in the area. and the only ones who can afford to keep the place empty rather than lowering rent costs to allow actual local businesses in are the same corporations who own the building. so instead of lowering retail rent or converting to housing the buildings just sit there, empty as all the local businesses close one after another and the city loses its culture and soul. its depressing. but you can't leave the city because the same corporations force us to be at the office even though we could easily our jobs remotely and live somewhere cheaper and bring more economic development to areas that need it.
and then a significant portion of our lawmakers claim if we just lower corporate taxes it will fix it. yeah im sure handing these corpos more easy money will suddenly make them less greedy
That's not going. To happen because businesses will also raise prices to meet the rent demand
Yu should check out what vietnam is doing for this exact same issue, housing is very regulated for foreigners coming into the country and the cities have dedicated tourist areas which concentrate the gentrification while also encouraging it. I'm honestly surprised at how well vietnam is handling this compared to it's neighbourign countries
Portugal was doing this early on as well, during the initial exodus of remote workers. I need to take a closer look at what Vietnam has done, as far as the regulations, but I believe its very similar. Portugal made it very easy for foreigners to work remotely and live there full-time. There were incentives put in place for those remote workers to move there. Plus, its a gorgeous country, as is Vietnam. But what seems to inevitably happen is, you have this "honeymoon phase". People are generally happy, or at least tolerant of the influx of foreigners in the beginning; the local businesses that are stagnant half the year are now busy year-round, with the empty tourist sections now being occupied in the off-season, etc.
It all sounds like a good idea, at first. But it doesn't take long for the locals to arrive at the same general consensus: _Our rent has increased. We can't afford x, y, z. They are creating traffic. They break our laws. They don't speak our language. They are crowding my favorite beach/cafe/restaurant, we don't want them here._ This is of course playing out as we speak in many other countries as well. You can even see it _within_ the U.S., in SE coastal towns, and ski resort towns like Jackson Hole. We're all quite welcoming, until we aren't lol. Its perhaps our tribal instincts coming to the surface
@@vastirvision I'm from Luxembourg and we have 49% of our population being non-naturalized immigrants and yet people still hate foreigners so yeah there's always gonna be irrational hate. Still Portugal has gained a lot from their digital nomad stuff and 0 crypto tax bringing wealthy foreigners, the one thing they didn't do too well was regulating housing
Housing is affordable in Vietnam because their government recognizes that housing affordability requires that you build a lot of it.
So they're keeping people in ghettos based on identity? Yeah that couldn't end badly.
Because it's a communist nation
The same thing is happening in European countries like Spain and Portugal. I work on a Spanish wage and I have to spend 80% of it on rent if I can even find a place to rent because there's been an increase of over 200% in tourist apartments that are only available to tourists and expats. All these countries have one common evil and it's not foreigners, most of them just want to live in a nicer, warmer country with a better quality of life. It's greedy landlords and a government that won't regulate the market or offer priority to local residents. Same thing will happen in Europe, Germans and Dutch people will complain there are too many Spanish and Portuguese immigrants, while they all work remotely from our apartments that we can no longer afford.
....and the arab invasion
In the Netherlands the housing market has already been in terrible shape for many years. The Portuguese in Lisbon for example, are now experiencing the same thing that already happened to Amsterdam. That is to say, I fully understand your pain. Many natives here are struggling to get by and find a rental apartment, let alone purchase one. Nonetheless I welcome any and all Spanish and Portuguese. Unfortunately if you can't afford Lisbon prices, you certainly won't be able to afford the prices here, although as a skilled migrant salaries are likely to be better here.
@@aruderuto that's the thing, if an apartment in Barcelona ends up being as high as an apartment in Amsterdam that's a big problem because our wages are much lower. I know many tourists and expats are already put off by the high costs of rent and accommodation in Spain, imagine what's it like for locals. It's inevitable that we'll end up looking elsewhere for better opportunities, which is a shame because we have history, families and friends that we have to separate from.
They are immigrants, expats is a made up word
@@cristinap9298 agreed. Similar to here though. Many locals have been priced out of the city, I barely hear Dutch when I go outside lol. Seen the city transform completely. Especially young people that didn't have the chance to buy or get a cheap rental contract many years ago are screwed because they have no place to go. As in the video, there are many financial institutions that have been speculating on housing, making bank.
It is not only gringos that are moving to Mexico City, but also many Asians : Israelis, Palestenians,Syrians Turks,Chinese ,Koreans ,Japanese and Europeans and Russians .And they are all not only going to Mexico City,but also to San Miguel De Allende,Monterrey , San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Queretaro ,Guanajuato ,Cancun,Playa Del Carmen,Puerto Aventuras, Tulum, Puerto Vallarta and Iztapa
porfavor sirios y palestinos no vengan a cozumel no queremos el terrorismo y los atentados
I mean i think you can say the same for many countrys in the world. We as humanity are all facing large immigration in developed countries and upcoming developing countrys. Humans have the drive to live a comfortable life and many look for it elsewhere. The grass is always greener somewhere else. 38 million mexcians live in the US alone. That's more than a 1/4 of mexicos population today.
@@kanemitsulutz comentario tan fuera de lugar y lleno de xenofobia
Careful with all those Muslims coming from Turkey, Middle East amd North Africa. You better be hostile to them
My father who is Syrian became almost a fully Mexican and learned Spanish BECAUSE HE WAS IN MEXICO, and my mom when she went to USA she try harder to learn English BECAUSE SHE WAS IN USA.
Is that harder to the people to try to adapt their self in Mexico so they don't destroy what they came to México!?
Landlords, Airbnb and developers coming around once again to prove they're always the villain
what terrible act to provide housing indeed
@@123FireSnake Landords "provide housing" like how generative A.I. provides "art"
@@123FireSnake the housing was already there, they just bought it all out and upped the prices like crazy to fuck over everyone but the most wealthy. landlords don't "provide housing", they hoard it and ration it out to the highest bidders
@@123FireSnake As someone who owns rental property I promise you I am not providing housing at all lol. Im denying them housing and allowing them the privilege to pay me to live in my house and as I am also someone who has worked every construction job under the sun I can promise you any modern developers are cutting every corner, using the cheapest materials and underpaying every single employee they have (except their idiot son who dropped out of highschool and now is your idiot boss and makes twice your wage to sit on his own thumb) while charging the customer a premium. I cant wait till the homes built in the last 10-15 years start falling apart in the next 10-15 years.
@@123FireSnake If I buy the entire local inventory of baby formula, resell it for double while lobbying to slow down production :
Am I providing formula?
Yea this happened in my hometown of Berlin. Now there's basically no locals left. The rents went up ridiculously, restaurants went up among all the other problems. It doesn't feel like home anymore. It's sad because I miss the culture and old architecture and the community.
Just don't turn into a nazi on us again, hans.
What exactly do you miss about Berlin‘s pre 89 architecture?
dresden 1920s
Berlin is like every major city dude, your whining about something thats way worse in other cities, at least ur not living in fucking Amsterdam where every local in the centre got fucked over by tourists and shitty shops/cafe’s. Berlin is massive, no locals left is so ridiculously exaggerated, since ive actually lived there and i know thats not true. You’re just experiencing the issues of every big city.
@@mrbanana6464not funny
JOSUESY??????? Brother, Andrew, my god, you just hit gold with this man. Please make him your Mexican Host, he’s a fashionista and comedian, but specially he is genuinely 100% mexican. This collab is fucking rad!!!
el ramer la faking cabra
Tú si sabes …him and IZTAPARRASTA LALO ELIZARRAGA
El mejor corresponsal que ah tenido este canal
He was pretty mediocre in his task actually.
@@lulloa47 La neta sí. Ni idea de quien sea y por qué le mama a unos...
This was amazingly informative. Thank you for making such quality content.
When you dig deep enough into an issue, it always seems to be the landlords 🤦♂️
they don't actually provide or create anything. They just leech off a system without providing any meaningful benefit.
Gonna apologize in advance for this rant, no need to read if ya don’t want lol. Felt good getting off my chest regardless.
It’s whoever owns the assets, yes. Housing (not landlords exclusively, private equity nowadays is much more concerning and should be a major red flag for everyone) but also media companies, ISPs, banks and mortgage companies, etc. They hold all the power and they have increasingly influenced politics to the point where everyone is in someone’s pockets regardless what side of the aisle they occupy. It’s a damned shame and only real way to fight back is to not engage whatsoever. A national rent strike where EVERY renter in America refuses to pay. Keep money in escrow or saved in your checking/savings, but do NOT give your landlord/property manager a dime.
Ditto with service workers, regardless if they’re unionized or not. You want to drive change? Do what the port workers in the northeast did, shut the economy down lol. Unions have the ability to do it a bit easier in some cases but think about what would happen if restaurant, airport, public transportation, and even some emergency services halted one day- all at once. If every US worker in those industries refused to show up, refused to bend until the country “figured out” how to do things like offer free pre-k/kindergarten for anyone who wants or national bans on excessive rent hikes or caps on price gouging under the guise of “keeping up with inflation” (just a couple examples; could be any kind of change the general public supports but the government won’t do shit to support currently)… that immense pressure will bust pipes eventually. That’s all but a guarantee, and it’s why some in our government many decades ago became terrified at the prospect of American workers across racial lines banding together… so of course the set out to divide us even further, pitting whites against blacks and American-born workers against immigrant workers. It was all a smoke screen to suppress the working man and it pains me that people cannot see that (and instead continue to feed in to it, letting arbitrary nonsense like one’s skin color determine how they view their fellow humans; ridiculously stupid mindsets).
I am not trying to sound preachy or get on my soapbox, but I mean what I wrote with 100% sincerity. We actually do have the power to change shit but it’s very difficult because it requires the vast majority of us banding together. At this point in time I’m not sure we’ve been more divided since the Civil War through Jim Crow era, but I do truly believe if we had a political leader who cared nothing for corporate interests and cared only about the will of the people we’d be able to fight back against corporations/property owners/entire industries which have preyed on us for literal decades.
@@JME1186well said
and thus local people are at fault. Not the immigrant with money.
If not for the influx of digital nomads, even if the landlords were greedy, they wouldnt be able to get away with such high prices. The digital nomads have crazy buying power
THANK YOU for Canal 5. It's always been difficult showing my parents modern news content because of the lack of Spanish subtitles. This is HUGE.
don't like a half billion people hablas espanol, though? i guess not enough independant investigitive journalism en LAM.
It's not the gentrification that we, Mexican folk don't like. We also evolve with time and prices and wages, it's the fact that some "people," come and act like they own the place. Also, if you work remotely, your getting paid into an account that's linked here in Mexico and is not taxed in Mexico. Pay taxes. You will eventually get caught and you are no longer in a government where it will be overlooked. Please be aware.
Pay taxes 😂😂. No thanks. They literally just print money. No need to
what the fuck do you think mexicans do here in the US lol
🤣 what did you guys expect was going to happen? Mexicans complaining about Americans is hilarious.
@@geeb3376keep it up pal
You guys have been doing the same shit here for 50 years. Don't cry now that the tables have turned
Dude. I’m the guy with the prosthetic leg playing the harmonica at 8:58 into the video. Showing me while saying “they are troubled, drink and use drugs heavily, and certainly never start businesses “ is pretty offensive. 1 I’m a business owner. 2. I work with disabled adults teaching and am active in my community. Jeez Andrew.
Welcome to white liberals. they'll pretend to care about you while also treating you like a sick puppy or something. You're a human fucking being. You should be treated fairly and judged by your actions. These people will only ever see you by your skin.
Lmao
😂😂
Duuude, Andrew and team... you guys are absolutely crushing it!! This was amazing. Your content just gets better and better. I'm 100% serious when I say: You guys are building what may become the best independent journalism and media company ever. Love it. Keep up the amazing work!
Genuinely excellent journalism. Channel 5 has become a ‘real’ source of news and I couldn’t be more excited. Well done, Andrew
Define journalalism. Asking random questions on camera isnt journalism
@@patrickbateman1660 well you need to watch the entire video besides the interviews you know
a correction: I believe the guy from Roma Nte who cited the earthquake for clearing out the neighborhood was referring to the 2017 earthquake, not from the 80’s.
It was both. The neighborhood changed after '85, and then started to change again after 2017 and the pandemic.
You would be incorrect sir.
No, there are academic papers about gentrification in Condesa before 2017. Luis Alberto Salinas Arreortua wrote a paper in 2013.
@@thinktankdonahue I’m not doubting that gentrification has been present long before 2017, however, the guy is specifically referring to the recent earthquake. And that makes more sense since this video is more focused on Americans going to CDMX post-pandemic. He says “hace 2 o 3 años” that foreigners started coming in mass to the neighborhood.
@@oveloz3 If you look at the paper I refer to there's a section dedicated to changes that happened after 1985. Him referring to the last few years are separate observations, not related. Gringo is correct.
Hello from a phase oner turned phase twoer. I found your channel by a comment you left on the Bernie at the mall video. And this piece is amazingly relevant to me for some random YT clicking as I'm just finishing up 6 weeks in Mexico while working on an (unrelated) book. I believe I've maintained awareness of my effect on this ecosystem (those NOLA gutterpunks are hanging outside my old place, I've watched some gentrification go down). Not many people speak English where I am, which was part of the appeal to me. If I did end up expatting here, I'd certainly be looking to integrate myself more both linguistically and culturally. Thanks for the insightful piece, l learned a lot.
As a sociologist with a masters in international relations this video is incredibly well researched and breaks down complex ideas around economics and sociocultural forms in a very understandable way.
where can i learn how to do that?
Good thing you got that masters so you can comment on UA-cam videos
@@tpower1912 not much more you can do with that degree other than become a therapist lol, gotta make use of it somehow
@@tpower1912 You mean compared to all the comments from people with absolutely no education at all? I wish more master's degree holders would join in to fight the ignorance on YT.
A brown sugar oatmilk shaken expresso with an extra shot, please.
I am actually learning Spanish right now and the Canal Cinco page is slactually super useful. Thanks guys!
13:11 the earthquake he's probably referring to is the one on 2017 not on 1985 (also was on September 19th)
Came here to say this.
Not at all, the 1985 earthquake is the one that devastated much of CDMX, and killed the 5000 individuals. It completely changed the atmosphere of the city and of the neighborhood he referenced. The one in 2017 only killed around 400 and although buildings were damaged it wasn’t to the capacity of the 1985 quake!
@@themysterysithbut what he’s saying is true, many people left Roma Norte after the 17 earthquake because many buildings weren’t safe, some of them are still waiting to be demolished, and now is full of gringos 🙄
Both apply tbh
Incredible reporting by Andrew, Josue & Co, so hyped for the Spanish-language channel!
Alv el Josuesy esa si no me la esperaba. Los reportajes que vi en su canal estaban con madre. Great local host, Andrew. We hope to see more colabs 👌🏽
How is nobody in the comment section talking about the real issue here? Greedy landlords pushing EVERYBODY out of their homes. The world has become unliveable, unless ur rich.
Yeah, it’s kind of frustrating
Prices will eventually go up regardless as long as richer people with more money move in. As long as people are buying it, the prices will stay up.
Capitalism babbyy 🎉🎉🎉 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Peggy Hill is the culprit
Don’t vote Trump
As a California native who was already displaced by landlords and an influx of cash strapped individuals who wanted to pay exorbitant amounts for a duplex my family shared for 60+ years I have no sympathy for “white flight” or whatever you wanna call it. It’s disproportionately effecting the working class of all cities not just groups of minorities. It’s not a race issue it’s a class issue. long standing communities that have been forced into high density housing for years then learned to call it home only for it to be ripped from under them. It’s fucked but like what do we do about it? It’s been happening since the beginning of time and will continue to. I was displaced in LA in 2006 and I know millions have experienced the same since.
You are correct, friend. I hate that there are people in the comment section who still fail to see this as, not a race or culture, but a class issue.
Thank you for framing this as a class issue. It's sad that all this work went into a video that missed the forest through the trees.
Unfortunately class and race usually go hand in hand.
@@coldmexican288 It becomes a class issue whenever the race who previously experienced priviledges now don't experience the same priviledges.
White people are still more priviledged than mexicans but pretend to be on the same level when they want to take advantage of them.
Instead of America (mostly white people) dealing with the same issues they created, they start to dissassimilate and take over other land, easily done because they STILL have more priviledges than those whos land they're taking.
@@PacificNatureTV I've never respected Andrew for his intelligence or wisdom or whatever he's just great at making entertaining documentaries about a bunch of different interesting people. I do not in a million years expect the professional slacker bro to see anything through the lense of class struggle, it is not and had never been a factor in his life, nor a significant portion of his audience.
i love how yall roast people and also report and inform
Can’t wait for the Tijuana episode man !!! Please drop it soon
On the patron not on YT
@@azca. so never coming to YT? fuck you andrew if thats true what the fuck
Puro TIJUAS , saludos bro.
Sounds pretty great. Gotta visit.
Shitjuana, el basurero de EUA
Seems like some you didn't see the entire video and got your feelings hurt. This video isn't blaming Americans or foreigners, that would be a way too simplistic view of this. The government and the property owners ultimately are the ones responsible for high housing costs, only they really have the power to prevent housing costs from skyrocketing. Things are not black and white, big problems are often complicated. Placing the blame on a group of people when they aren't doing anything wrong solves nothing and often makes things worse.
Yess please watch the full video, don't assume you know what is going to happen!!
Preach 👍🏻🇺🇸 this is the best take
The same old story pretty much. Landlords in cahoots with local government to put the boot up everyone's knish. The rent control on the higher end helps the American residents and the subsidy helps Mexican nationals on the lower end.
@@jayforeman5299 I think comments like these remove people from their choices. While your comment is true, people are still choosing to move into these areas. I think it's more of a concerted effort on both parties (locals and transplants) to create a community in where everyone can live, and thrive and be healthy and have the same amount of access to things. Because at the end of the day the reason that most people moved there is for the local culture, but being from another economic class and transplanted into another country can have an impact on the local ecosystem because there are shifts in like, power.
It's kind of like this: You come from another country and hire a local as a nanny, thats an immense shift in economic power. You've essentially created another job in the workforce, you've changed the ecosystem of that area. You can fire your nanny, hire several, or stop becoming an employer altogether. You've now changed the course of several people's lives.
Now what does it look like when that happens on a mass scale?
And what does it look like when foreigners start coming to other counties, and start offering services that are generally only accessible to other foreigners? They've essentially created their own little mini microcosm. Which can do real damage to whats already existing.
Well, that's kind of what foreign investment looks like. at least in my head. it sounds like a good idea but too much of it can strip a country of its own economic power , and can disrupt the social balance
It's more about being conscious of your footprint at this point, I think. Mexican people who live in mexico have been mad as hell at mexico for years. Indigenous people have too.
That's why this video is a critical analysis. It may hurt some people's feelings because maybe it challenges some of your beliefs. It might encourage you to think a little deeper.
@@rawbatteryyour comment explained it so much better, in a way I feel like some of this commenters want to avoid the responsibility that migrants from the USA are having in “third world countries”
It's crazy how you're out here doing some of the best journalism i've ever seen! Keep up the excellent work.
I’ve loved watching channel 5 develop, you guys are killing it. Great job Andrew 🎉
Andrew, this might be the best channel 5 video yet! Thank you!!
Watching Channel 5 grow like this has been amazing, and I can't wait to see where this channel will be going in the years to come! Never lose what makes it special, the world needs more journalist teams like this.
How the turn tables have turned 😮💨🙄
Mark Greg Sputnik would be proud. He takes credit for everything.
yep, but if we say these things, we're called racists
They flood us with criminals and we give them white collar yuppies and retirees in return and they still complain lmfao
No, these vermin are not working domestically and are only jacking up prices for locals. It's the exact opposite.
Please point to a single example of living costs going up because of immigrants...in the country that was founded *for immigrants*
I really enjoy your content.
Can’t wait to see when you finally zoom out and add relativity.
You’ll be unstoppable.
0:50 More chill in the City?? bro has never been out of La Roma/Condesa lmaoo
shes clearly does not know anything
What do you expect people to do, chill in the hood?
You don't sound like you know what you're talking about. Mexico City is a pretty laid back city. The culture is much less rushed and more leisurely than Eastern Europe. People are also very open and helpful to outsiders.
@@nickberkawitz6451 brother, I literally live here. The majority of people here wake up between 4 and 6 am just to be on time at their jobs or school. We live running because we dont have enough time to live. A LOT of people here make at least 2 hours commuting to a 10/12 hour job then go back another 2 hours to arrive and do home chores. People live in a hurry or else your time runs out. If you dont know shit about the reallity of the city do not correct me man.
@@diegoperafan2768 It's no use explaining the reality to him. A foreigner with wealth does not have to rush around, so they focus on the vibe in their little area and compare it to downtown New York or anywhere where they were rushing around in the states or Europe working in their home area. It is the same dynamic between states in the USA. Americans can be naïve, I know..I am one.
I love how Channel 5 is going global with all the new reporters! Great work Channel 5 love to see you grow!
Andrew’s not a footsoilder anymore my boys a General now
how do you have almost 3 million subs and over 1 million views on just this video.... yet this is the first time the algorithm has shown me your content?? wild lol. this video was fantastic, subscribed.
dont get too excited if you watch cnn then you get the drift
Buddy, you're late to Channel 5
You’re in for a treat. Enjoy.
thank you for dubbing your videos in spanish, i understand a lot of spanish but i need to improve my vocabulary so this really helps me
My extreme political opinion is that no one should be allowed to own more than one property in which they do not reside
So what happens with the people who need to rent? Who owns those apartments?
@@agme8045 the landlords?
@@tastymuffinmm the concept of a landlord requires people to be allowed to own more than one property, otherwise where would THEY live if they rented out their one and only home?
They wouldn't need to rent becauae they'll buy. @@agme8045
@@agme8045 read my comment again.
canal cinco is the absolute best idea ive ever heard of, the world owes you for this precious gift
Yeah, 23:14, it’s easy to blame the water problem on gentrification but that’s not it. Mexico has very few water treatment plants, they have third world water infrastructure and it’s one of the largest cities in the world. Their water, sewer water, tap water, rain water- it’s all just thrown away and not recycled. When the city grew, no water infrastructure was built or rehabbed. Roma Norte is not why Mexico has such an insane water problem
Yea that’s an old problem that never was addressed. Now the city is grown to big to fast.
yea its insane to even mention tourists, even if they use 2-3 times the water they are still a minuscule section of the total population
Plus the fact that it’s built over a lake and pump concrete into the ground to prevent sinking. Major infrastructure problems thats only gotten worse over many decades
@@micktompson101 Not even, it was slightly bigger in population back in 2005 and there were known water problems too. Our dumbass politicians keep saying "no one sees underground work" when the entire city and its millions have been requesting water infrastructure for decades. Some neighborhoods you pass by and read a dozen signs about water issues, and that's not new at all.
@@notmuch7010sounds like the US
Mannnn I love you Chanel 5 THANK YOU😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
One of the best breakdowns of gentrification ever put to tape. Channel 5 dropping knowledge forever.
It’s not “gentrification “ it’s called diversity. And diversity is good. Why are you being racist?
It's not. The correct solution to gentrification isn't to forbid change, it's to allow it. Mexico City is becoming expensive because they have the same strict zoning regimes as US cities. You cannot build more housing because of these planning and zoning laws, so when people move to the city, the rich outbid and displace the poor.
I love the fact that, as a mexican kid, I grew up watching cartoons in the OG Canal 5 and now as an adult I get excited whenever I get notified when a new Channel 5 video drops.
Josuesy working with Channel 5 was not on my 2024 bingo card!
El yeituway
greatest surprise ever my man Josuesy is a genius of comedy
El chava lean is going places bro, a great collaboration with Andrew
alch we, el ramero es un personajazo
This is genuinely fantastic reporting. Y'all have always been great, but have really come into your own.
The quality of this journalism is superb. Truly. Thank you for what you do
Love the videos man keep up this vital work. We need more like you
14:25 that sudden “Mexico movie” filter 😂
I thought I was tripping lol
OMG
It might sound crazy but despite what the news say I see a far brighter future for Mexico than I do for the US
Thank you for this video. This kind of gentrification seems to happen everywhere under globalism. I wish you had a Hungarian (and English, obviously) speaking reporter or correspondent in Budapest, too, who could cover the gentrification of the historic city centre of the capital of Hungary for the channel, because Hungarian media don't do. Just recently, one of the districts belonging to the city centre voted on whether flat holders should be allowed to continue doing AirBnB or not, and the majority voted for a ban, but even then, nobody talked about those tourists and digital nomads who make AirBnB such a good business opportunity there and by doing so, leave not much for the locals, who could rent those flats for less money.
what is globalism?
bro it's not globalism it's capitalism. People should be allowed to go wherever they want that's one of the cool bits of the modern world. The issue is we live in a system where you are incentivized to squeeze every penny out of every situation, so when someone coming from a "better" part of the world to a worse one the big capital owners realise they can squeeze them for more.
@@vladys5238 capitalism IS globalist beo, I don't know what you're talking about.
@@vladys5238Nah globalism is the problem
@@vladys5238both are the problem
Your videos do a great job at informing me on issues I'm not even very aware of. I feel like it's rare to have such unbiased news. Keep up the good work.
I'm from South Florida and when the guy is using examples like "billboards, menu, and classes are in english regardless of the native language " I feel like I'm watching the Twilight Zone lol
We are currently in the twilight zone...
"There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Twilight Zone." Season 1 intro
@dopamine7109 I'm in Houston Texas.. every other billboard is in spanish.. fast food restaurants people speak minimal english.. totally hear you.
It's pure hypocrisy. They would never make this video in reverse...
@@Barbato13 Houston is in a border state, it makes sense; you'll find the same in europe when you are in cities next to other countries or even in Mexico's northern states that have english everywhere and a lot of locals speak it cause the US is right above them. Mexico City is in the middle of the country, super far from the border. Also Texas was literally México and Florida was an spanish colony (not even going to mention the amount of citizens there with latin blood). Its expected.
Now if your example was that theres spanish everywhere in Wyoming or Nebraska now were talking.
Bro miami and south Florida has been hispanic for decades and most are political refugees that's not gentrification
Channel 5 covering topics all around the world. You love to see it.
Andrew is like I'm not going back after what happened last time 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
What happened?
@@Ratt611he got arrested for crossing the board illegally. He had the right to cross but did unofficially. He was just documenting what journeys migrants go through just to reach America.
Probably isn't allowed anymore 😂
@@Ratt611he got arrested crossing the border
14:16 Never anything more amusing than a guy who looks like Adam Conover with a jean jacket and brass rim glasses going "Yeah it wasn't gentrified before I got here"
Nothing in your entire comment is proof anything he did or said contributed to the gentrification, did you also not hear him say he's been a permanent resident and tax payer for over 10 years? You had a nearly 30 minute video with thousands of better examples and you picked the one guy who really had no fault in any of this LMFAO
don't use the word if you don't understand it.using stuff from other countries is not gentrification wtf hahaha
"My friends went to gentrifiy Brooklyn, but when my hipster clan became too mainstream I discovered Mexico City"
This is an awesome video!
As someone that was considering a vacation in mexico I was absolutely surprised by the hotel/airbnb prices in cidade de mexico.
You can actually pay lower prices in several areas of berlin, seattle and even japan.
I would never vacation to Mexico. Look up the rates of adult abductions. Look up stories of doctored alcohol and people being roofied in resorts.
Cuidad*
@@alladreamwedreamed I mean these americans are clearly living normal lives in mexico. Like any country as long as you're in a good part of town and you're street smart life is pretty easy.
For instance, I live in são paulo and if you look at the actual rates of roberies and just the standard conversation about criminality you would think it's a warzone.
I live in a good neighborhood and crime is something I forget exists.
@@alladreamwedreamed More than anything you need to look inward :)
@@alladreamwedreamedplease keep this narrative up, so nobody comes to stay 😢
This is really a really great video, man!
Que chingon, sigo al channel 5 desde hace tiempo, no habia visto estos de mexico
saludos desde tijuana!
9:30 "introduced oat milk to the hood" I fucking laughed at this especially since i myself am trying out Oat milk for the first time.
I was holding a carton of oat milk as I saw that clip, laughed out loud 😂
Oat milk is goated
i don't think it's any better for you than whole milk but what do I know
@@jooooeeebb it's better for the cows and the environment, that's for sure.
I had to pause and then come straight here to see if I was the only one we laughed this hard lololololol
Not the Americans and Europeans comparing themselves to Mexico, a third world country where the minimum wage is 248 pesos (12 dollars) for an 8-hour day of work. And do you think that townspeople will be able to pay a rent of more than 10,000 pesos (500 dlls) per month? These are people who not only need to pay the rent for their homes, but also for their businesses. Furthermore, even the country recently had a problem due to ridiculous electricity costs.
Mexico is not a third world country lmfao wtf.
@@boomshroomgoonmoon
Here in Latin America we call ourselves like that because of the poverty and corruption of our countries. Acá hasta es un chiste/broma el llamarnos así👍
@@boomshroomgoonmoonyes it is lol
@@boomshroomgoonmoon but it is, the corruption, the poverty, the lack of actual opportunities and growth makes it a 3rd world country
Le pides mucho a los gringos y a los europeos. No creerse el centro de atención e imposible
i love what this channel has become
Strange that the coverage focuses a lot on the 1985 earthquake and not the 2017 earthquake which had the same "gentrification" effect. In fact the mexican guy is talking about the 2017 earthquake at 13:07 not the 1985 one.
Yeah, I thought the same. I guess as Americans they have zero clue and just skipped over it due to ignorance. Which is weird, isn't the "correspondent" guy from CDMX?
@@CemeteryGates17the earthquake in 2017 was far less damaging than
People need to focus on the landlords, airbnbs etc that are raising prices not normal people.
Airbnb doesn’t raise the price, they decrease the supply. A landlord purchases housing in a market with higher prices due to less supply resulting in higher rent. This happens even without mentioning when the govt intervenes to increase costs for everyone.
@@eddiejohnson4434 Point stands
Prices get raised because there's more demand, which happens quickly when theres a high rise in people who are rich relative to the cost of living
@@ThatsPety price also goes up when new apartment buildings are built and raise the price floor up.
YEP exactly. in my small town in mexico business people saw gringos coming in during covid they would rent a home for the year and would put it on Abnb and raised the rents up to 3-4x once they saw people could afford it they kept the prices even if they only rent out the airbnb for one weekend they are making a months worth of rent these now after 3-4 years rich out of town home owners have been purchasing other homes and even building complexs to further solidify the market at that price point. with this surge in rent now people need to charge more for products cost of living is now up to 3-4x people are being displaced and it all comes down to people taking advantage of a situation. for a clear example of how screwed the system is a very nice house you would rent for a month would come out to about 20,000 pesos a month now that same exact place is 40,000 FOR THE WEEKEND. a normal house went from 5,000 pesos a month to 20,000. air bnb gives owners the option to price the market way beyond what it should be and gives the option for people to take advantage of less educated local homeowners
I mean it's now a problem in Mexico City, but spend a day in Cancun and you will quickly forget that you are actually in Mexico...
For the nice areas, in Mexico it's known for having one of the highest levels of Cartel leadership
Since the tourism is nice they leave those areas to make money for them, hell even the tourism gives you a list of areas to avoid
Spend a day in London/Paris and ur quickly forget that ur in Europe LOL
@@50qpeep Prices in Paris are still in €, almost not a single price is displayed in pesos in Cancun. Everything is in English and in USD, that's what I'm referring to
@@MidnightUnity my point still stands 💀 there's Arabic/whatever language indians speak on every ad and other stuff 💀
@Effelum glad you got to see chiapas, the Guatemalan side of Mexico haha just kidding...kinda. it's different down there for sure tho, I lived there for a few years. Definitely more like Guatemala than it is central mexico. Mexico is just so diverse!!
Very good video and reporting. Great host! The TJ host too. Hope to see them again!
This happens less in the Bahamas because of the strength of their currency. And its tie to the dollar. Government and economic policy is the biggest contributor to this problem
Americans are pulling the Uno Reverse Card. 😂
Mexicans: shocked pikachu face
@@curlzncrushthis is why even if all mexican migrants where documented and with higher studies americans will still find problems, the significance difference is that MEX is still with much much lower economic power than US so it wont be as exaggerated as this, however mexicans are working in us and increasing the workforce while americans are working for the us in mex and making the country worse for locals
@@daniel1RM the US migration issue is voter fraud, not economics. You must have ID to vote in every other Western Nation. The US dems can't hide behind "voter ID is racist" forever.
Americans gentrified america wym. This is what they always do. They stole Texas from Mexico also..
except not really. Mexicans didn't go there with money and power. if you ever bothered to talk to a Mexican there maybe you would t say this kind of stuff. The stories of Mexicans trying to cross the border out of necessity are heartbreaking. Gringos come to Mexico with money and just to be able to do the only thing they can do. consume consume and consume. The govt is obviously to blame but doesn't even begin to compare. there's something called empathy, but that's just a value gringos don't have. PS. Mexico is America as well so, try to use the correct term. North American, or gringo
oatmilk in the hood helped all our tummy’s out fr
If being a hipster means, no more bubbleguts, bro let me tell you about this new IPA I heard about.
What do yall be talking about fr
@@beastmode3799milk is terrible for a lot of ppl
Bro I got ibs. I could care less what people think when I’m tearing up their toilet calling me “soy boy” for being lactose intolerant. Because we would all love for that not to happen .
I was thinking the same thing .
The lactose intolerance rate is higher in that population.
The oat milk is probably better on your heart too.
Lol wow things took an interesting turn when you changed your focus to Tijuana. The batman guy seems like a great and insightful source! Also I appreciate the side clips. I like to learn but also laugh. Jah feel?
Bruh, Williamsburg never had a large black population. Besides Dominicans and the Hasids it was largely Puerto Rican, Italian, and Polish. A lot of the gentrification there was white on white.
Gentrification is always about class. Sometimes class is determined by race, sometimes not.
Obviously, he's going to lean into race and the evil Whytes.
Dominicans are black..
People act like Brooklyn wasn’t dominated by white immigrants since its inception lol
Americans largely see Dominicans as black, but I see what you mean. People forget that the West half (Bayridge, Borough Park etc) is white Brooklyn and the East half (Flatbush, Brownsville etc) is black Brooklyn. It's almost perfectly divided along Flatbush Ave.
Thank you always making me feel good you guys love from Sweden
This video does a great job at explaining the issue. I find Sweden’s approach to immigration very well thought out despite what many Americans would say
@@incognitoiguana6174They did a great job before (e.g. Bosnians), but it looks like they are having difficulties integrating the MENA immigrants.
@@incognitoiguana6174 Swedens approach to immigration is well thought out? You know Sweden used to be one of the safest countries in Europe, well now it's one of the most dangerous one to live in. Crime rates are through the roof, there's pretty much daily bombings too, yes, bombings. Not to even begin about all the killings and rapes.
Swedens (and nearly all of western europe) immigration failed at the point when we started to take in islamists who have absolutely zero will to adopt into our culture. Only way you can call it well thought out is if you wish ill upon us.
Greetings from Finland.
What makes Mexico so great is not the land, it's the people, culture and the food.
But not the crime
mexican land: 😭😭😭😭
pippa guy
@@peppigue Most Americans think Mexico is all the Texas border with just open plains and dry desert... Mexico is huge, and has vast stretches of mountains and lush tropical jungles.
Which is a reflection of the land, geography and climate 😂 almost there buddy
Wow this is legitimately excellent reporting. The writing, editing, everything!!! Amazing job, thanks for your hard work 💕
that little Crip Mac snippet already lets me know that whoever was in charge of translating what he said had no idea what they were doing
can you extrapolate?
great episode…I am a naturalized Mexican Citizen born in the USA of German immigrants. I have lived in Mexico since 1984. Most of my adult life. I have seen the great changes here in La Colonia Juarez. Things I like and don‘t like such as price hikes. Fortunately I own my apt. I appreciate your balanced view. Gentrification takes place all over the world. But it is important to have safeguards. Viva Mexico… 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 now more than ever. (after the latest elections in the USA)
Maybe one day we will see some other food in oxxo other than beans and canned jalapenos and chips. Maybe... pasta. Or more fruit. Or real cheese.
Wont miss you
6:57 No way *MDE Williamsburg street fashion* what a classic
library of congress type shit
Long clit clues!
bring back the cum hat
mde never dies
WHO IS JON CORZINE
one of the best vids online on the subject
Genial genial reportaje...soy de Mex y no hay mucho material como el tuyo Interesante
I just moved back to the States after living in Mexico City for a few years. The prices in the 'bubble' definitely got crazy high like each year. I saw rooms in shared apartments going for like $15,000 pesos a month in parts of Roma and clueless foreigners paying it.... which is fkn ridiculous. I'm glad to see people acknowledge that the government and landlords are also to blame for the crazy gentrification there.
This is why people have an ethical obligation to negotiate assertively for a better price.
I hope the new Mexican president does something about this. The US is not sending their best.
Quality story telling and talking about this issue when no one else does so. respect.
The IRONY HERE IS AMAZING! lol my god.
the creative class... nothing is as predictable as the creative class
And they take the high paying jobs too, all of a sudden a man in his 40s working blue collar is nothing compared to the Harvard graduate
Commenter above when blue collar bro in his 40s with probably a bachelors at the most from his local college has less spending power and less class mobility than a recent Harvard grad 🤯
I don't know if I would call cloutrapreneurs the "creative class"
@@sweatergod5386No he is not “probably” a college grad. Learn the meaning of the words you use, there are more blue collar workers that didn’t even graduate high school than ones with degrees 😂
¡Ciudad de Ansiedad! Running out of water and sinking about 8 inches into the ground every year
Also workable problems, if they didn't steal like 90% of the budget.
@@CemeteryGates17 entonces El Blanco es como El Negro