class="content__text" I was fortunate enough to visit Mexico City for work. I found the food, the people, and the sites to be absolutely fabulous! I mean, any place that serves tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner HAS to be fantastic, right?! Seriously, though, I love tacos. The Greater Mexico City population is estimated to be over 21 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world! The city’s gross domestic product makes it one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world, and certainly, one of the richest in Latin America. But, what sticks out in my mind from my visit, is the huge disparity between the socioeconomic classes. According to a report from Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico’s elite includes 1.7 percent of all the country’s inhabitants, with another 8 percent added to that to round out the country’s upper class. By contrast, the country’s lower class represent 59 percent of the country’s total population, leaving roughly 30 percent of the population in the middle class. To put this in perspective, for every upper-class person in Mexico there are 49 in the lower class. Driving around in Mexico City, this gap is glaringly apparent. There is a stark difference between the very rich and the very poor, neighborhood to neighborhood. It’s been several years since I’ve visited Mexico, so I’d love to visit again to see what has changed. I’d also love to visit the beach towns and maybe do some whale watching (bucket list item)! Have you ever visited Mexico? If so, what is your favorite city/town? Would love your recommendations!


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 I was fortunate enough to visit Mexico City for work. I found the food, the people, and the sites to be absolutely fabulous! I mean, any place that serves tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner HAS to be fantastic, right?! Seriously, though, I love tacos. The Greater Mexico City population is estimated to be over 21 million people, making it the largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world! The city’s gross domestic product makes it one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world, and certainly, one of the richest in Latin America. But, what sticks out in my mind from my visit, is the huge disparity between the socioeconomic classes. According to a report from Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Mexico’s elite includes 1.7 percent of all the country’s inhabitants, with another 8 percent added to that to round out the country’s upper class. By contrast, the country’s lower class represent 59 percent of the country’s total population, leaving roughly 30 percent of the population in the middle class. To put this in perspective, for every upper-class person in Mexico there are 49 in the lower class. Driving around in Mexico City, this gap is glaringly apparent. There is a stark difference between the very rich and the very poor, neighborhood to neighborhood. It’s been several years since I’ve visited Mexico, so I’d love to visit again to see what has changed. I’d also love to visit the beach towns and maybe do some whale watching (bucket list item)! Have you ever visited Mexico? If so, what is your favorite city/town? Would love your recommendations!

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