Mexico As A Concept And Not A Reality Part 4
Americans are told through slick and appealing magazine ads and maybe a seminar or two that they can move to Mexico and miss nothingall the comforts of home right here in Mexico. They can have everything in that nasty old Third-World country that they had in America. You don’t have to miss your favorite TV shows because you can install satellite TV and have Desperate Housewives beamed into your Mexican living room. (Who wouldn’t come running?) You learn that you can have absolutely everything you had in the States right here in Mexico at your disposal. You can transport all that you were in America to Mexico. It’s like moving to another state in America where everything will be cheaper and the locals will just adore you and will be so thankful you came into their lives, “We are at your service, All Mighty American Expat. (“We are Americans, hear us roar!”)
Who would not be attracted to that as the Concept of Mexico?
In other words, Americans think that because they have a familiarity with American-Hispanic culture in cities like Houston, Brownsville, Laredo, McAllen, Dallas,...