Mexico City: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 52Mixed: locals resent gentrification and foreign remote workers driving up rents, while expats and some residents still praise the city's culture, museums, and quality of life.
- culture and museums
- food and city life
- welcoming locals
- lifestyle for expats
- gentrification
- rising rents
- foreigners priced locals out
- tax avoidance by foreigners
- low local wages
- landlords and Airbnb
- Remote workers on US salaries inflate rents for locals
- Locals feel like foreigners in their own neighborhoods
- Blaming foreigners misses landlord and government responsibility
- Mexico City is a great place for expats who engage respectfully
- Many commenters view digital nomads as a symptom of American affordability problems
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Mexico City Gentrification
Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan · 4.3M views · 2024
What viewers said
“Imagine getting interviewed about how you like Mexico city and you find yourself in a documentary about gentrification”
♥ 9K likes
“"introduce oatmilk to the hood" probably is the best definition of gentrification LMAO”
♥ 31K likes
“The irony is striking: Americans often claim that Mexicans come to the U.S. to take jobs and seek a better life, while many Americans are now moving to Mexico in search of a better life, driving up local prices. In both cases, it’s the pres”
♥ 20K likes
“Your emphasis on gentrification being the fault of landlords, government - the ruling class - and not the workers living there is really important. I enjoyed this one.”
♥ 3K likes
“"i end up feeling like a foreigner in my own neighborhood" brother that is so true”
♥ 8K likes
“I’m also really glad this was all done with a either “local” or native Spanish speaking interviewer. And done in Spanish.”
♥ 8K likes
“Landlords, Airbnb and developers coming around once again to prove they're always the villain”
♥ 5K likes
“Difference is latinoamerican migrants who live in USA pay those country's taxes, but USA citizens in Mexico actively avoid paying taxes and every couple of months they renew their TOURIST licence (don't remember its name in english) instead”
♥ 1K likes
“I can't help but be impressed by the people you interviewed. Them recognizing that demonizing foreigners does nothing and analyzing the actual problem felt very mature.”
♥ 7K likes
“i just made coffee. i feel like my dad watching the morning news”
♥ 11K likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.