Posted June 2, 20232 yr Parque Mexico Roma/La Condesa San Angel/Coyoacan Juarez Centro Castillo de Chapultepec
June 2, 20232 yr I love love love CDMX. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 2, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, mrnyc said: yup, this thread sure makes me want to go back again. I’d go back right now if I could
June 2, 20232 yr In a past job I was there almost every month. Used to stay in Polanco and the office was on Monterrey leading up towards El Angel. Loved the place. My hovercraft is full of eels
June 2, 20232 yr I think everyone loves like half a dozen specific neighborhoods that all the tourists visit. Roma, Condesa, Polanco, Centro and Coyoacan are at the top, with a scattered mix of Juarez, San Angel, Napoles, Del Valle, Escandon and Navarte. What's interesting right now is that, at least with the first 3, there is conflict brewing between tourists/"digital nomads" and local residents. The tourists and "expats" are renting out places on AirBnB for months at a time for relatively high rents for Mexico City, and it's creating tension with locals that are getting priced out. There are no rent controls in the city, and virtually no regulation of AirBnB, so landlords are charging thousands of dollars a month for rentals. Roma and Condesa, especially, are just full of American, Canadian, Australian, British and other European temporary residents. Correspondingly, there's been an explosion of "OMG, Mexico is so cheap!" and "OMG, this is Mexico?!" vlogs from foreigners on YouTube, and they're almost all filmed pretty much exclusively in the trifecta of Roma/Condesa/Polanco. The 2017 earthquake and the pandemic made things worse, since Roma and Condesa were some of the hardest hit by the earthquake, causing some locals to move out, emptying out more places that would later be turned into AirBnBs. And during the pandemic, Mexico was one of the only countries that had virtually no travel restrictions in place, and tourists flooded into the country and city to take advantage. Can't say I blame them, though. Perfect weather, amazing food, culture and history, nice people, cheaper prices than where they're coming from, I get it. Though I do recommend that anyone visiting NOT use AirBnB, or instead, rent places in other neighborhoods than the top ones mentioned. There are plenty of great areas that are not necessarily high on tourism lists, and you will likely save a lot of money staying elsewhere. The really cheap public transit makes traveling around pretty easy, anyway. Edited June 2, 20232 yr by jonoh81
June 2, 20232 yr All that said, here are some of my pics taken around the city over the years. 1. An alebrije. 2. The Popocatepetl volcano, though when it wasn't erupting. 3. Cuemanco canals. 4. Rooftop view. 5. Centro rooftop view. 6. Mercado Jamaica, one of my favorite markets. 7. Insurgentes Sur. 8. Avenida Reforma on a Sunday, when they close like 50KM of streets for bikes, running, etc. 9. Ajusco. Edited June 2, 20232 yr by jonoh81
June 2, 20232 yr Nice set! I love it there. Mexico gets a bad rap. More Americans should visit places outside of Cancun and Cabo.
June 5, 20232 yr Great pics! I still need to visit. What is the structure in the 5th to last picture of the main post, with the nice landscaping?
June 5, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, MCC said: Great pics! I still need to visit. What is the structure in the 5th to last picture of the main post, with the nice landscaping? Castillo de Chapultepec "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 6, 20232 yr On 6/2/2023 at 3:41 PM, jonoh81 said: I think everyone loves like half a dozen specific neighborhoods that all the tourists visit. Roma, Condesa, Polanco, Centro and Coyoacan are at the top, with a scattered mix of Juarez, San Angel, Napoles, Del Valle, Escandon and Navarte. What's interesting right now is that, at least with the first 3, there is conflict brewing between tourists/"digital nomads" and local residents. The tourists and "expats" are renting out places on AirBnB for months at a time for relatively high rents for Mexico City, and it's creating tension with locals that are getting priced out. There are no rent controls in the city, and virtually no regulation of AirBnB, so landlords are charging thousands of dollars a month for rentals. Roma and Condesa, especially, are just full of American, Canadian, Australian, British and other European temporary residents. Correspondingly, there's been an explosion of "OMG, Mexico is so cheap!" and "OMG, this is Mexico?!" vlogs from foreigners on YouTube, and they're almost all filmed pretty much exclusively in the trifecta of Roma/Condesa/Polanco. The 2017 earthquake and the pandemic made things worse, since Roma and Condesa were some of the hardest hit by the earthquake, causing some locals to move out, emptying out more places that would later be turned into AirBnBs. And during the pandemic, Mexico was one of the only countries that had virtually no travel restrictions in place, and tourists flooded into the country and city to take advantage. Can't say I blame them, though. Perfect weather, amazing food, culture and history, nice people, cheaper prices than where they're coming from, I get it. Though I do recommend that anyone visiting NOT use AirBnB, or instead, rent places in other neighborhoods than the top ones mentioned. There are plenty of great areas that are not necessarily high on tourism lists, and you will likely save a lot of money staying elsewhere. The really cheap public transit makes traveling around pretty easy, anyway. Honestly I can't blame the people moving to CDMX - If I had a work from home job and the logistics made sense, I'd love to move to Mexico City. Sure, the low cost of living is a factor, but honestly, it's one of the best urban areas you can find in the western hemisphere. Plus, you can't beat the food, culture, etc and the city avoids a lot of the problems and violence you see in other regions of Mexico. It's just a beautiful place and your money can stretch really far while getting more urban amenities than you can get in basically any US city.
June 6, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, Dblcut3 said: Honestly I can't blame the people moving to CDMX - If I had a work from home job and the logistics made sense, I'd love to move to Mexico City. Sure, the low cost of living is a factor, but honestly, it's one of the best urban areas you can find in the western hemisphere. Plus, you can't beat the food, culture, etc and the city avoids a lot of the problems and violence you see in other regions of Mexico. It's just a beautiful place and your money can stretch really far while getting more urban amenities than you can get in basically any US city. I have friends living there working remote--be forewarned Mexico has been cracking down and requiring visas as Americans moving into Mex city specifically as it was driving up rents for everyone, causing a political outrage amongst the locals. https://www.expatinsurance.com/articles/yes-mexico-is-cracking-down-on-visas
June 6, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Cleburger said: I have friends living there working remote--be forewarned Mexico has been cracking down and requiring visas as Americans moving into Mex city specifically as it was driving up rents for everyone, causing a political outrage amongst the locals. https://www.expatinsurance.com/articles/yes-mexico-is-cracking-down-on-visas I think this is overblown. Mexico wants tourists and foreigners because they want their dollars. The last time I went through immigration in Mexico City, they had actually installed a new automated process where Americans and Canadians could basically just scan their passports and automatically get the 180-day tourist visa. They didn't even have to actually talk to an immigration agent. The local neighborhood conflicts are entirely separate from the visa requirements, anyway. Mexican landlords in those neighborhoods are making a killing on rents, and the city is getting direct financial benefit from the influx. They're not going to go after that cash cow very hard, either locally or nationally. I know people who have been doing the 6-month visa thing for years. It's not illegal to stay for 6 months, leave and then come back for another 6 months. In fact, there's no limit on how many times someone can do that, so no one's breaking any immigration rules. It's "frowned upon", but only very lightly. That said, immigration officials do have discretion and could tell a person doing this that they can't return for at least a few months, but I haven't heard that this happens very often, especially to foreigners from richer nations. Edited June 6, 20232 yr by jonoh81
May 27May 27 Some more random pics from my time in CDMX. From Chapultepec over the last few years, many from the 2nd Section which most tourists never really visit. All the pic sets were taken between 2022-2025. Edited May 27May 27 by jonoh81
May 27May 27 God, I miss Mexico City. Thanks for the memories! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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