What are the Culture Shocks of Foreigners Living in Mexico? (CDMX)
What are biggest culture shocks that foreigners experience living in Mexico and specifically in Mexico City? I ask people on the streets of Mexico City about the things they love and don't like about Mexico, what has shocked them most and also get Mexican perspective on some of these questions as well.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Biggest culture shocks of living in Mexico
1:00 What is "ahorita"?
1:30 How is Mexican communication different?
3:50 Living in Europe vs Mexico?
4:30 How is Mexican food?
6:00 What do you love about living in Mexico?
8:24 What is something you don't like about living in Mexico?
10:20 Racism and classism in Mexico
12:00 How has living in Mexico change you?
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Mexico City, Oaxaca, Playa Del Carmen
Oh boy , how much i missed these videos , so good see again , i love Mexico 🎉😊
Yay!
I’m genuinely grateful for the opportunity to engage in such stimulating discourse. It’s a rare and precious gift.✨
“If you have money you can live well in Mexico , if you don’t will be frustrating” this isn’t just in Mexico…😂
right finally someone with a brain. People think oh it’s nice to live there. But of course you can live well off when you have US, Euros and other first world country money that is more when you convert it to pesos. They never go in the dirt poor area and see how hellish the locals live. Anyone with good money from a first world country can live well in south america and Caribbean and smaller 3rd world countries
Definitely was misled cheap before I went. I used hostels which actually not so cheap anymore as no ventilation literally. As an asthmatic it was hard and a great experience. Wish gad been there say 25 years ago. I took intercity buses and were costly tbh. I loved the experience and needed to use my Spanish a lot …I was shocked as to how ordinary workers survive as welfare state where is it inc water not drinkable so how can people buy water for whole family or medications??
@@samuelromeo6937 true; with an average mexican salary you will most likely be struggling. On the other hand if you can bring an american salary you can afford to live like a king
Very true
YAY OMG A LONG VIDEO!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Great video!
i missed these kind of videos, welcome back marina! Mexico city seems really beautiful. It made me sad to see Mexicans discriminate themselves by skin color. i would love to see Mexico one day.
Thank you! Yes it was interesting to hear the honesty from Mexicans – learned a lot that day
It’s more classism than racism. A good example are the Argentinian waiters in Mexico City, they can be white, even blonde, but Mexicans will discriminate against them for being poor, while brown nosing a Black or Brown person at the same time
@@IshavedChewbacca i think it is more about colorism(which exist many cultures/countries around the world). Sad about Argentinians, it must be hard to be immigrant no matter where you came from, no matter where you came to.
Such a nice Video!😍
Happy you liked it!
Nice 🎉🎉
I’m Mexican American and I’ve been to mx city a couple of times but I love it every time I miss it ❤❤❤❤
That inferiority complex is also called malinchismo.
i mean, it’s not the same but you can say that malinchismo is a way of inferiority complex
Awesome video
Good to see ur back Marina! Missed these videos!
Thanks Kyle!
Great video! Love the beautiful shots of the city! DF is definitely on my list of places to visit
Love these culture-region focused interviews. Great job!
Yay – happy to hear 😌
As an Indian who currently lives in Milwaukee, I went to Mexico City 2 months ago with my girlfriend. Ngl but I felt so much closeness to the mexicans who are slightly skin-biased nuts but they were intrigued to talk to me about my culture, clearing their stereotypes about India. One night I was challenged for fighting the spice-level tolerance. At the end, it was just an easy win for me though 😊😂. Anyhow, it made me feel like home away from home in CDMX. My girlfriend and I were seen as a power couple and I can’t forget those glances from many chicas on us while strolling at the streets. Whenever a Mexicana looked at us, my girlfriend kissed on my cheek 😊😁 which was quite lovely.
Okay, now the similarities between Indians and Mexicans: Always late, The food, party culture, festivals, recognition of regional languages by our respective governments, obsession with fair skin 😅(sorry😢), Telenovelas (ours are outrageous😅😂) and Hopeless romantics😅😊.
Mucho amo por los todos mexicanos ❤😊. Buena suerte.
Colorism and self hate is a problem not just in Mexico, but the hole global south.
@@johnnyflores5954that’s not true, in Honduras there’s no colorism, so you’re basically generalizing.
@@johnnyflores5954that’s a huge generalization.
Indians are very classist as well. Show off their wealth. Snobs.
Dices que te sentiste deseado por las chicas de Mexico 😂😂amigooo por favor 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I looove these videos 😍
Happy to hear!
I visited Mexico in 2022 and was struck by the excessive warmth and affection, the tardiness and the inability to say “no.”
Good to see you in mexico
well done, thank you for the insights
Wow…
Great video