How is Mission, TX these days?
I have previously made the comment that I do not want to return to the RGV, but now I am having second thoughts. We were there in 2008 and 2009 and the area was just plain dirty in my opinion. Hwy 83 ...
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qtla9111 wrote:
Please drop the term "third world country". Don't base opinions on border cities when there are 112 million Mexicans living in Mexico and many are middle and upper class.
The term is insulting to Mexicans. Mexico is part of North America. In other words, Canada, United States, and Mexico. You know, part of NAFTA. Mexico is the second largest consumer of U.S. made products (only after the U.S. itself), and also the largest producer of products exported to the U.S.
Mexico produces crude oil, automotive accessories, passenger cars, trucks and buses and electrical apparatus and telecommunications. Mexico's close proximity and its cheap production costs make its products affordable in the United States. Mexico exported $52.6 billion in goods to the United States in 2011.
McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley apprciate the fact that Mexican nationals spent more than $600 million dollars in Hidalgo County and close to $230 million dollars in Cameron County last year alone.
Thank you.
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I bought my last vehicle in McAllen and that dealership told me that if it wasn't for the Mexicans and Winter Texans they would be closed in less than six months.
