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[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 100 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] night_petal@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This made me think about it. Seriously. If I could get about $2k for gas I could get to TJ.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would cease to exist were I that far from Trader Joe's.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

TJ is short for Toe Job, a kinky sexual practice done by foot fetishist.

[–] desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't, we are already gentrified enough

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Mexico is hardly gentrified. There are some areas where there are a lot of immigrants, but the population is about 130 million, and less than 1% are foreign born. That's significantly lower than both USA and Canada.

[–] mmmac@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

You obviously haven't been to mexico city or any of the other tourist destinations in mexico. Its really bad, there are far too many "nomads" pricing out the locals.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

I've been to Mexico City. It's absolutely huge. There are probably neighbourhoods where "nomads" are pricing out the locals, but the vast majority of the city isn't affected. What's driving up rents in Mexico City is that it's Mexico City. Most of the people moving there are Mexican.

As for other tourist destinations, yes in tourist destinations there are tourists! Wow. But, there's a lot of places in Mexico that aren't tourist destinations, or are destinations only for Mexican tourists. There are entire cities with millions of inhabitants where you're very unlikely to ever see an American / nomad.