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[the peanut gallery]

I liked that line as well Guy. And sorry, I misinterpreted your question.

[juanwilly]

[Enchilada Potosina]

[Prof.Gringo]

In many respects, one can see a place from any one of many angles. For example: What NorteAmericanos see as a warm, family based culture in Mexico is in many ways done because of the harsh economic realities.

If pensions and govt. run and/or backed retirement plans are few, then the main retirement plan of the common Mexican must be family.

A family house is often passed down for many generations in Mexico while in the US parents might change houses several times while the kids are growing up.

Also, the American idea of family and the Mexican ones are very different indeed. In the US I see our concept as being much smaller than it is in Mexico. In Latin America, the "extended" family is seen as important as the "nuclear" family is in the US.

I also sense that our discussion goes on in a bit of a vacuum. I mean, any foreigner from a "1st" world country must have a very different POV from those with whom we mingle and live around.

And as a Mexican student of mine once said (she was assigned to the Mex Embassy in DC for almost 2 years): It's much easier for somebody from Mexico to adapt to a 1st world country than it is for somebody like yourself to adapt to a 3rd world country.

[Professor]

[TeresaLopez]

[SaratheSlytherin]

[SaratheSlytherin]