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As my friend Zach put it, "Mexico City is the world's garbage dump for used cars." Zach/The Beginning And somehow, the number of ancient cars on the road makes crossing the street a lot scarier. My señora attributes this to Mexico City's eight-figure population, but I think the not-so-thought-out roadways and freeway system have something to do with it. As my advisor Véronique Meis said, " Los mexicanos conducen como locos." It's true-the Mexicans are nearly maniacal when it comes to driving. Anyone's biggest concern ought to be the traffic. And the water in many places is unpalatable (although I've drank a fair amount from the faucet at home, and I've lived to write about it). It's also a lot colder than I had planned-and brought clothes-for. But the Mexico that I've seen has been exceptionally amiable, if a little unglamorous. Well, at least some of it must be, given that Mexico City is known for its outrageous violent crime rates-murders, robberies, kidnappings, you name it-especially against Americans. Beyond that is the yellow gate that marks the end of this Mexican Suburbia.īut it isn't so bad out there. A little farther down from that, there are swing sets, where teenagers can be seen making out in the evening. Down the street a little farther, there's a playground where these same children can be seen playing in the afternoon. Adjacent to Dogshit Park, at the corner of my street, there's a dirt park for bicycles, where children can be seen in the daytime. This is one of those neighborhoods where, were it in the United States, you'd expect to hear, any day now, of a huge marijuana grow-house bust by the DEA.
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It's generally quiet, except for the melodious chirping of its 10,000 bird inhabitants, the barking of dogs, and the crying of small children. This misfortune is made all the more comical by the large, bold signs at every corner, clearly stating, in pictography, "Do not leave your dog poop on the ground." In fact, the neighborhood has let it get to the point where it is now unsafe to walk anywhere but on the sidewalks, for the certain chance of stepping on a doggy-gift land-mine. And it's where the entire neighborhood brings their dogs to pass bowel movements. It's where a visitor can see all sorts of abandoned attempts at animal-shaped shrubbery. It's where I make a shortcut while walking to class in the morning. It's where old ladies walk, apparently racing snails, with their adult daughters at their side, talking about the state of affairs.
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This little patch of greenery, situated between Talud and Calle de la Cueva, is where middle-aged men stretch in their skin-tight jogging suits at 6:42 a.m. And the smell in the air, the unmistakable stench of Mexico City combined with the local fumes of Dogshit Park, is repugnant-but unavoidable. There are tiny birds hopping on the ground and flying in the air there are trees growing slowly all around me. Dogshit ParkĪt present I'm sitting on a green, metal park bench crawling with orange-and-black insects, connected to some Mexicans' unsecured wireless network. Also look forward to the culminating post being bilingual-maybe. I won't likely write again until it's done, nor will I show you any more photos.
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So, delight in reading my account of the first quarter of my stay in Mexico City. I would go inside and take a nap or read right now, but the cleaning ladies haven't finished cleaning the house yet, and I don't want to bug them. Write about it, that is-the Master Challenge levels of Peggle are getting too extreme, even for me. As of this afternoon, I've been in Mexico for exactly 10 days, and since I've nothing better to do but write about it (and play Peggle), I figured I might as well.