Similar thing is happening in many latin american countries. American and European expats move in. Partially because of gringo tax and partially because they have way more money than the locals, they drive prices up phenomenally. Locals can't afford to live in the areas they infest. Then when they realize it doesn't cost as little to live there anymore, the expats leave.
We're considering relocating to south of the border, and seeing what those who came before us have done to the areas, it's embarrassing to be an American expat. There are so many who go down, isolate themselves in expensive gated expat enclaves, don't learn the language, don't become part of the community, and generally make a nuisance of themselves.
I really don't understand the mentality. They're like locusts. And the saddest thing is they could do so much good in those areas if they just got their heads out of their collective asses.
We have the exact same thing happening inside the US. I call it the California/New York Effect(depending which coast you're on).
Rich assholes move to affordable states and drive up the real estate prices till they become unaffordable for locals. And to make matters worse they don't assimilate aka keep voting blue. Many such cases in Phoenix, AZ, Austin, TX, Las Vegas, NV, Charleston, SC, etc
Some more places to add to your list: Casper and Jackson Hole Wyoming, Santa Fe New Mexico, Any town close to a ski area in Colorado. Rich leftards move in - bring their old voting habits with them - pay exorbitant amounts for land - vote in high property taxes that they can afford but that force out the locals who cannot. They preach about "Diversity" and "Inclusion" but in real life they set up policies that build financial walls that keep their "lessers" out.
Taos N.M., Albq N.M., namely Corrales and Rio Rancho, and now with the Hollyweird influence, Las Vegas N.M., and that's the short list, there are many other Towns that really Do Not ""need"", CaliPornians moving in and wrecking our State Economics, Costs of Labor, and such....
by this I mean, I asked a Friend to mow one Lawn for me, and I would pay him $100.00 Dollars upon my arrival the next Month, in return he asked for $300.00 Dollars, this influence comes directly from the BS that HollyPedowood has pushed in New Mexico, the whole of 1 lot, something like 75 x 125 feet....
But then, on the other side, we have Wetbacks everywhere in the state, almost can't throw a rock in a City without hitting one, or hitting someone that knows one....
Taos definitely falls in that category, Corrales kind of sorta too, Rio Rancho = overpaid guberment employees driving the prices there, IMO (Los Alamos, Sandia labs, and State employees that commute to Santa Fe). I wish the northern part of state weren't so full of libs because it's a really cool place - best part of the state, IMO. I left off several places only because they would not be known to most here (Taos, Anglefire, Jemez Springs, etc).
Similar thing is happening in many latin american countries. American and European expats move in. Partially because of gringo tax and partially because they have way more money than the locals, they drive prices up phenomenally. Locals can't afford to live in the areas they infest. Then when they realize it doesn't cost as little to live there anymore, the expats leave.
We're considering relocating to south of the border, and seeing what those who came before us have done to the areas, it's embarrassing to be an American expat. There are so many who go down, isolate themselves in expensive gated expat enclaves, don't learn the language, don't become part of the community, and generally make a nuisance of themselves.
I really don't understand the mentality. They're like locusts. And the saddest thing is they could do so much good in those areas if they just got their heads out of their collective asses.
We have the exact same thing happening inside the US. I call it the California/New York Effect(depending which coast you're on).
Rich assholes move to affordable states and drive up the real estate prices till they become unaffordable for locals. And to make matters worse they don't assimilate aka keep voting blue. Many such cases in Phoenix, AZ, Austin, TX, Las Vegas, NV, Charleston, SC, etc
Some more places to add to your list: Casper and Jackson Hole Wyoming, Santa Fe New Mexico, Any town close to a ski area in Colorado. Rich leftards move in - bring their old voting habits with them - pay exorbitant amounts for land - vote in high property taxes that they can afford but that force out the locals who cannot. They preach about "Diversity" and "Inclusion" but in real life they set up policies that build financial walls that keep their "lessers" out.
Taos N.M., Albq N.M., namely Corrales and Rio Rancho, and now with the Hollyweird influence, Las Vegas N.M., and that's the short list, there are many other Towns that really Do Not ""need"", CaliPornians moving in and wrecking our State Economics, Costs of Labor, and such....
by this I mean, I asked a Friend to mow one Lawn for me, and I would pay him $100.00 Dollars upon my arrival the next Month, in return he asked for $300.00 Dollars, this influence comes directly from the BS that HollyPedowood has pushed in New Mexico, the whole of 1 lot, something like 75 x 125 feet....
But then, on the other side, we have Wetbacks everywhere in the state, almost can't throw a rock in a City without hitting one, or hitting someone that knows one....
Taos definitely falls in that category, Corrales kind of sorta too, Rio Rancho = overpaid guberment employees driving the prices there, IMO (Los Alamos, Sandia labs, and State employees that commute to Santa Fe). I wish the northern part of state weren't so full of libs because it's a really cool place - best part of the state, IMO. I left off several places only because they would not be known to most here (Taos, Anglefire, Jemez Springs, etc).
I watched it happen in WA St mostly in the 80s. Now watching the same in Utah.