My uncle once told me regarding life stories: “Most people just aren’t that interesting.” This is largely true, and it’s true with expats broadly, but less so than in the general population. The kind of person who voluntarily relocates to the Third World is bound to be, by definition, heterodox.
Spot-on all points. Americans living in Mexico are another breed, unfortunately. In my 10 years in México, I spent all of my time with Mexicans. Not saying that all American immigrants to México are assholes. Just the ones I had run into. Obama was the coming of Christ. Many hibernated in the English library, bad mouthing Mexicans. The graffiti that you pointed out on a wall in Oaxaca stating "gringos go home" might just be a result of a perceived superiority by some.
Spot-on all points. Americans living in Mexico are another breed, unfortunately. In my 10 years in México, I spent all of my time with Mexicans. Not saying that all American immigrants to México are assholes. Just the ones I had run into. Obama was the coming of Christ. Many hibernated in the English library, bad mouthing Mexicans. The graffiti that you pointed out on a wall in Oaxaca stating "gringos go home" might just be a result of a perceived superiority by some.