![]() ![]() The agenda proposes 17 goals, including no poverty, zero hunger, good health and more.įor each of these 17 goals, I want to believe there are foreigners moving to Mexico with global views compatible with addressing these tragic shortfalls in the human condition. In 2015 the United Nations passed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a program signed onto by 176 nations (including the U.S., Canada and Mexico). This is all true.īut there are also expats and institutions that are active agents for change. We skirt certain Mexican laws, when it’s convenient. We stick out with our Anglo appearance and white legs, wearing short pants and hats. We can also flaunt our relative and real wealth in ways that are culturally insensitive. Many of us live in “bubbles” of like-minded, monolingual, better weather seekers. We often don’t integrate into our host communities. Yes, we create competition for rentals and real estate price inflation. The results of a recent Mexico News Daily poll. American and Canadian migrants can sometimes be painted as “invaders,” especially when we set our sights on smaller villages and towns. and Canada - something I experienced, having moved to Mexico in 2015 and worked in Mexico tourism for over 40 years. Of course, there are negative impacts caused by those fleeing the U.S. ![]() How else could you validate the poll’s findings? ![]() So starting from this assumption, the naysayers are a bunch of younger Americans for whom Mexico is a big all-inclusive resort party. Combining these two bits of info, I assume the “against” expat migration group has a bunch of younger people who don’t live here. Learning more about the website’s audience (where they are living currently and basic demographics) gave me some simplified insight: 58% of readers are responding from the US and 52% fall in the 18-44 age group. Can it be that 70% of people answering a recent Mexico News Daily poll think migration to Mexico is not beneficial? This simple poll got me thinking about how lifestyle migration from the U.S. ![]()
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