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I'm talking about the difficulty of distribution _within_ the country. Where shipping from city A to city B might mean crossing multiple mountain ranges. These

I'm talking about the difficulty of distribution _within_ the country. Where shipping from city A to city B might mean crossing multiple mountain ranges. These obstacles are also obstacles to maintaining a stable government. Historically Mexico's economy has been fairly isolated and government has been fairly unstable. This has an enormously negative economic impact. You're looking at things with privileged glasses and ignoring all of the difficulties overcome for Mexico to get where it is today.

moralestapia 3y ago
>Where shipping from city A to city B might mean crossing multiple mountain ranges. Like in ... many other places in the world? Also, you're factually incorrect, major highways cross the country through fairly straight and smooth paths. >Historically Mexico's economy has been fairly isolated From whom? Like from ... the world? #8 most visited country in the world and #14 global economy might suggest otherwise. >and government has been fairly unstable That's not geographical in nature, you're moving the goalpost.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > Like in ... many other places in the world Most places in the world aren’t prime investment destinations. > That's not geographical in nature, you're moving the goalpost Limited agricultural potential, no navigable rivers, expensive-to-traverse mountains and isolated coastal communities. This is a very difficult tract to govern. Mexico has a singular, massive advantage: proximity to America. With her navigable rivers, littoral waters and massive plains-based agricultural sectors. That, and its oil and mineral production, keep the central government powerful enough to project influence sufficiently to maintain stability.
  - moralestapia 3y ago
    >proximity to America Mexico is in America, grab a map.
    - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > Mexico is in America, grab a map Which makes the intended meaning obvious. ("America" refers to either or both continents of the Americas, as well as to the United States; grab a dictionary.)

moralestapia 3y ago

>Where shipping from city A to city B might mean crossing multiple mountain ranges. Like in ... many other places in the world? Also, you're factually incorrect, major highways cross the country through fairly straight and smooth paths. >Historically Mexico's economy has been fairly isolated From whom? Like from ... the world? #8 most visited country in the world and #14 global economy might suggest otherwise. >and government has been fairly unstable That's not geographical in nature, you're moving the goalpost.

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Like in ... many other places in the world Most places in the world aren’t prime investment destinations. > That's not geographical in nature, you're moving the goalpost Limited agricultural potential, no navigable rivers, expensive-to-traverse mountains and isolated coastal communities. This is a very difficult tract to govern. Mexico has a singular, massive advantage: proximity to America. With her navigable rivers, littoral waters and massive plains-based agricultural sectors. That, and its oil and mineral production, keep the central government powerful enough to project influence sufficiently to maintain stability.
- moralestapia 3y ago
  >proximity to America Mexico is in America, grab a map.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > Mexico is in America, grab a map Which makes the intended meaning obvious. ("America" refers to either or both continents of the Americas, as well as to the United States; grab a dictionary.)