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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-13-07 01:27 PM
Response to Reply #22
23. I grew up in Mexico
I worked as a paramedic for ten years, (volunteer mind you)

trust me, it does not go as far as they think
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  -A couple I know is moving to Mexico Roon  Jan-13-07 07:25 AM   #0 
  - Curious as to where.  pecwae   Jan-13-07 07:29 AM   #1 
  - US Dollars have major buying power down there.  Selatius   Jan-13-07 07:30 AM   #2 
  - Because they make jack shit for wages and don't drink the water  HypnoToad   Jan-13-07 07:30 AM   #3 
  - If it is they can send it here for a dose of e coli  TexasProgresive   Jan-13-07 08:18 AM   #7 
  - Jobs and wages. They cannot feed their families. But,  illinoisprogressive   Jan-13-07 07:33 AM   #4 
  - I lived in MX for about eighteen months...  LanternWaste   Jan-13-07 07:35 AM   #5 
  - Plumbing, electricity, running water  proud2Blib   Jan-13-07 07:37 AM   #6 
  - Try actually going to Mexico some time.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 10:55 AM   #12 
  - I have been there many times  proud2Blib   Jan-13-07 11:29 AM   #13 
     - I didn't say the standard of living is the same.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 01:11 PM   #16 
     - That's a broad sweeping generalization  mtnsnake   Jan-13-07 03:33 PM   #38 
  - Depends where, in the  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 01:19 PM   #21 
     - I teach kids who were born in Mexico  proud2Blib   Jan-13-07 02:28 PM   #28 
        - last time I was in mexico, the light switches were slightly different, the toilets and sinks  fishwax   Jan-13-07 02:44 PM   #29 
        - No drinking fountains are a rarity  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 02:55 PM   #32 
           - seems a good thing, given the water quality  fishwax   Jan-13-07 02:57 PM   #33 
              - True story  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 03:08 PM   #35 
                 - hehe  fishwax   Jan-13-07 03:17 PM   #37 
        - In the sticks there are no public services  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 02:54 PM   #31 
  - I lived there  Jim Warren   Jan-13-07 08:42 AM   #8 
  - Why? (what the o.p. asked). Because the have-nots aspire to have, while  UTUSN   Jan-13-07 08:54 AM   #9 
  - I lived in Mexico for 5 years.  mexicoxpat   Jan-13-07 09:11 AM   #10 
  - i have been to akumal mexico twice. i found the prices to be very americanized  seabeyond   Jan-13-07 10:26 AM   #11 
  - Thanks for the responses everyone!  Roon   Jan-13-07 12:09 PM   #14 
  - They have jobs lined up  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 01:03 PM   #15 
  - I don't know what's so shocking about Mexico.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 01:15 PM   #18 
     - Fifty bucks does not go as far as they think it does  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 01:16 PM   #19 
        - Well, yeah, especially if you're trying to live like an American.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 01:24 PM   #22 
           - I grew up in Mexico  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 01:27 PM   #23 
              - ...and it's not getting any cheaper, either.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 01:36 PM   #24 
                 - Nope  nadinbrzezinski   Jan-13-07 01:40 PM   #25 
  - tell them to take cases of duct tape  medeak   Jan-13-07 01:13 PM   #17 
  - I've spent a lot of time in Mexico over the years.  High Plains   Jan-13-07 01:17 PM   #20 
  - They better be careful about working there..  SoCalDem   Jan-13-07 01:40 PM   #26 
  - just got back  oldlady   Jan-13-07 01:46 PM   #27 
     - Where were you in Michoacan?  fishwax   Jan-13-07 02:46 PM   #30 
        - Jiquilpan de Juarez  oldlady   Jan-13-07 03:06 PM   #34 
           - haha! sounds wonderful :)  fishwax   Jan-13-07 03:13 PM   #36 
 

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