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Sudetenland Tales

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Mexico

James Taylor

Way down here, you need a reason to move. Feel a fool running

your stateside games

Lose your load, leave your mind behind, Baby James Woh, Mexico, it sounds so simple, I just got to go

The sun's so hot I forgot to go home, guess I'll have to go now

"Americano" got the sleepy eye but his body's still shaking like

a live wire

Sleepy senorita with the eyes on fire

Woh, Mexico. It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low

Moon's so bright, like to light up the night, make everything

all right

Baby's hungry and the money's all gone

The folks back home don't want to talk on the phone

She gets a long letter, sends back a postcard, times are hard

Woh, down in Mexico, I never really been so I don't really know

Woh, Mexico, I guess I'll have to go

Woh, Mexico, I never really been but I'd sure like to go

And oh, Mexico, I guess I'll have to go now

Talking bout Mexico. Big ol' honkey-tonk down in Mexico

Written by Jeremy Zucker and James Taylor.

Those who can pay without problem are usually foreigners with remote work who are paid in US dollars and spend in Mexican pesos. These are the so called digital nomads, who arrived en masse during the pandemic, in the midst of a privileged migration, and took advantage of the housing rush to settle in these areas, paying months in advance.

Their presence has generated controversy and they are seen as responsible for gentrification, but, according to specialists consulted, they are only part of the problem since in the