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Literal translation: vecindarios.
Mexico is subdivided into federal states, which in turn are subdivided into municipalities. Mexico City, being a federal entity, akin to Washington D.C, is subdivided into boroughs. Within either municipalities or boroughs, you will find several neighborhoods or colonias, which are inherited from Spanish city layout.
Considering Mexico is a land or great contrasts, neighborhoods can be as wealthy as those found in industrialized nations -- especially those found in Western Europe, where urban sprawl is not so common; on the other hand, you can find slums with education, health and quality of life akin to those found in Subsaharan Africa.
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Mexico America neighborhoods became know as what?
Barrios
Why is Mexico City a City of contrasts?
It has beautiful, wealthy neighborhoods as well as ugly, decaying slums.
What is dangerous in Mexico City right now?
To stay late in certain neighborhoods which are "economically challenged".
Where is the meter in Mexico City?
You are literally translating the word "metro" which is short of "metropolitano", the Mexico City subway. It connects most of the city's central neighborhoods.
Is Lomas Hipodromo Mexico City near Interlomas Mexico?
Yes. Both are neighborhoods a bit less than 6.3 Km (3.9 miles) apart from each other.
What is the capital of Mexico like?
The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is a huge city, half the size of New York, with twice its population density (e.g. there is no urban sprawl). Many areas of Mexico City look and feel like Western Europe, while other areas look like the poorest neighborhoods in the underdeveloped world. Even more impressive is the fact that many of these neighborhoods are located side by side. As a picture is worth a thousand words, some photos of Mexico City can be found on the related links section.
Are there bats in neighborhoods?
Of course!! And the bats were in those neighborhoods before they were neighborhoods.
What is Mexico like today?
It largely depends on the region, city and even individual neighborhoods, as Mexico is a land of great contrasts. There are beautiful places with education, income and quality of life equivalent to that of Western Europe as well as poor, ugly and crime-ridden neighborhoods that look like the slums of South-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia. See the related links section for an idea of how is Mexico today.
Why does Mexico have such huge gap between the rich and poor?
Mexico is a country of huge contrasts, where you can find neighborhoods with quality of life rivaling those of Western Europe, located side-by-side to decaying slums that look like Haiti or India. While Mexico's standard of living is comparable to that of Lebanon or Iran (US$19,500 per capita), the richest neighborhoods, such as the Benito Juarez borough in Mexico City, have the same health, income and education of Germany (US$40,000 per capita, or US$160,000 per household). On the other hand, the poorest areas in southern Mexico have the same quality of life as Yemen or Afghanistan (US$2,000 or less).
When was Humble Neighborhoods created?
Humble Neighborhoods was created on 2003-11-28.
What are the conditions of lower class neighborhoods like in Mexico city?
The really poor usually live on small cardboard shacks, on irregular settlements known as ciudades perdidas (lost cities). Very close to them, low-income families live in colonias populares (popular colonies) full of filler-block houses along infrastructure-deprived neighborhoods. Such communities often lack basic utilities, such as running water, electricity and drainage; most lack paved roads and access is often difficult.These communities however, are located on greater Mexico City, on the eastern part which belongs to the State of Mexico (capital: Toluca). The city proper itself doesn't have such neighborhoods; at most, it has middle to lower class neighborhoods akin to East L.A. in the United States.For a visual representation of such places, look at the movie Elysium (2013) by Neill Blomkamp. The houses, streets and unhygienic conditions found throughout the "Future L.A." are the "Bordo Poniente", "Bordo de Xochiaca" and "Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl" areas of Greater Mexico City.
What was a product of the progressives' zoning campaign?
Providing safer neighborhoods.
