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Mexico is culturally completely different than the US and definitely counts as another country lol. Canada mostly doesn’t except for a few regional chains and s

Mexico is culturally completely different than the US and definitely counts as another country lol. Canada mostly doesn’t except for a few regional chains and such but Mexico is very much not diet California in any way

bombcar 3y ago
You have to get pretty far into Mexico; Tijuana and LA are more similar than different. (This may be because LA is something like 50% Hispanic)
- Shawnj2 3y ago
  Some parts of Tijuana are similar to some parts of San Diego but for the most part no A huge portion of socal is Hispanic but the culture overall is more American than Mexican IMO
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  bollocks. 10km from the border its going to look and sound pretty gringo -- since thats who its catering too -- but leave the tourist areas and its not the same at all. plus only ~30% of LA is hispanic, which is roughly akin to all of the US, regardless of what Latin country or area they're from. peruvians ain't mexican, amigo.
  - kjkjadksj 3y ago
    No the comment is right, LA is almost 50% hispanic today. A lot of the development for certain neighborhoods honestly looks similar as parts of Mexico. (The more single story, working class, chicken wire and plaster parts of LA at least)
- LexGray 3y ago
  I wandered just a bit south on a whim with no destination and as you go even a bit past the first major city the roads are empty, people just leave the highway whenever, the city streets are dirt with massive pits, and the small towns can resemble permanent homeless camps with fences cobbled together from box springs. The experience feels quite lawless (or at least significantly different enforcement) than a drive at random in the United States. I know the whole country is not like that, but it is not a vacation spot I would go without a plan unlike the US where you can do a cross country drive and rely there will be services almost everywhere.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    I've been to places like that in the USA, and yes, Mexico is different, but it takes a decent distance to get that different. But I'll grant that Mexico is another country, unlike Canada :D

bombcar 3y ago

You have to get pretty far into Mexico; Tijuana and LA are more similar than different. (This may be because LA is something like 50% Hispanic)

Shawnj2 3y ago
Some parts of Tijuana are similar to some parts of San Diego but for the most part no A huge portion of socal is Hispanic but the culture overall is more American than Mexican IMO
red-iron-pine 3y ago
bollocks. 10km from the border its going to look and sound pretty gringo -- since thats who its catering too -- but leave the tourist areas and its not the same at all. plus only ~30% of LA is hispanic, which is roughly akin to all of the US, regardless of what Latin country or area they're from. peruvians ain't mexican, amigo.
- kjkjadksj 3y ago
  No the comment is right, LA is almost 50% hispanic today. A lot of the development for certain neighborhoods honestly looks similar as parts of Mexico. (The more single story, working class, chicken wire and plaster parts of LA at least)
LexGray 3y ago
I wandered just a bit south on a whim with no destination and as you go even a bit past the first major city the roads are empty, people just leave the highway whenever, the city streets are dirt with massive pits, and the small towns can resemble permanent homeless camps with fences cobbled together from box springs. The experience feels quite lawless (or at least significantly different enforcement) than a drive at random in the United States. I know the whole country is not like that, but it is not a vacation spot I would go without a plan unlike the US where you can do a cross country drive and rely there will be services almost everywhere.
- bombcar 3y ago
  I've been to places like that in the USA, and yes, Mexico is different, but it takes a decent distance to get that different. But I'll grant that Mexico is another country, unlike Canada :D