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A comment on Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border pollution. Parent comment

Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by marisnom on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:05PM (#37105966)
When you see the well developed parts of Mexico you could say that it isn't a third world country... But once you see the poorer parts that quickly changes. The poorest parts of Mexico are very poor, unfortunately a very unequal country. Not to mention the Mexican government is consistently ranked among the most corrupt in the world.
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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by prmoustache on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:29PM (#37106101)
> The poorest parts of Mexico are very poor, unfortunately a very unequal country

By this definition, the USA are a third world country then.

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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by foogazi on Sunday August 13, 2023 @01:11AM (#37106888)
> By this definition, the USA are a third world country then.

Not even close

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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by Dah00n on Sunday August 13, 2023 @01:48AM (#37107061)
Looking at the poorest places, yes, absolutely.
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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by orangepurple on Sunday August 13, 2023 @05:31AM (#37108209)
Chicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbGnPyFi8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQGiquHPgs

Greenville Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2SPHSCa-6Q

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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by hombre_fatal on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:51AM (#37109506)
Now look at Oaxaca and Chiapas where people build their houses from stacked cinderblocks and take home plant clippings for fuel to cook dinner from their job as a gardener.

And more importantly compare the pay and purchasing power and the school systems. I don't think Americans realize how little Mexicans make and how expensive everything is to them except for labor.

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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by foogazi on Monday August 14, 2023 @09:27PM (#37129047)
None of those are examples of the third world

You just have not seen structural poverty at the state level

all the roads still work, there’s services, access to schools, technology (mines), property rights

So many riches that people of the first world take for granted

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Re:Tijuana's illegal sewer hookups linked to cross-border po... by srdone on Sunday August 13, 2023 @08:32AM (#37109351)
There is certainly a lot of inequality in the USA, but Mexico and other Central and South American nations take it to yet another extreme.
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