I've dated a Mexican woman for 2 years, what my biggest culture shock was, was that Mexicans work a lot, she works like, 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, here in the Netherlands it's like, 4 days, and 8 hours a day, for most people, anyway, it was the best time of my life, an experience that I will never forget, and also, I hope to one day, end up in Mexico, and just go party with her and a couple of her friends, because that's something the Dutch, and the Mexicans have in common, they LOVE to party, I also love Mexican food, spicy food in general is amazing, but Mexican food is my absolute favourite, music wise I also love Mexico, Mariachi has become one of my favourite music genres to listen to Karla, I am forever greatful that we crosses paths, you mean so so much to me, I will always love you and support you for who you are, and what you desire in life

"If you have money you can live well in Mexico , if you don't will be frustrating" this isn't just in Mexico...😂

Finally a Mexican who can truly explain (ahorita ) which he is right it means in a short while .

Love these culture-region focused interviews. Great job!

I visited Mexico in 2022 and was struck by the excessive warmth and affection, the tardiness and the inability to say "no."

I'm Mexican, I was talking to another Mexican girl and a Colombian girl on a flight from Peru to Argentina, they both lived in the Mexican girl in Switzerland and the Colombian in Sweden. We laughed the whole way as they would comment on their experiences and culture shocks. the funniest one is the Mexican girl, was invited after almost a year of dating her Swiss boyfriend to have dinner at his families home. It was very cordial and pleasant, however at one point her boyfriends Dad just showed up in pajamas and laid down to sleep in the couch and saying "It's very late, I am very tired, I need to work tomorrow early, there is so much noise etc" an obvious invitation for her to go. I am not sure if this is common I am almost certain it is not, we just laughed so much.

Oh boy , how much i missed these videos , so good see again , i love Mexico 🎉😊

As a Mexican I agree with my compatriots. I’m very proud of my country and being Mexican 🥲🇲🇽

I absolutely love Mexicans. They will hug you, smile at you and still do whatever the hell they want. 🤣😀And I never hold it against them. Just lovely, open people!

Good to see ur back Marina! Missed these videos!

0:42 That slowlyness is in Mexico City, people from Monterrey complains about the same when they go to Mexico City.

Such a great video!! Adoro 🌎💛

Great video!

Happy Thursday, Marina ❤ I have been to Cozumel, Mexico 🇲🇽 two times via cruise in 2012 and 2013. It was a great experience for me. I do want to visit other parts of Mexico 🇲🇽 in the future. Keep up the good work and stay beautiful

I like how some of these people live in Mexico City but are from other parts of the world yet they say here in Mexico “WE”. Including themselves and showing love to Mexico 🍻

My only complaint is planning things with friends in Mexico. If I say 7:00 pm, I show up at 8 pm, my Mexican friends still show up at 10 pm 😂😂😂

well done, thank you for the insights

3:17, when people say they'll have you over for dinner or invite you anywhere and then dont follow thru, its not that they don't, what they are trying to say is they're putting the idea out there, in other words the invitation is open and are willing to confirm a date and time.

Great video! Love the beautiful shots of the city! DF is definitely on my list of places to visit

Such a nice Video!😍

Really great video! And it was nice to see the dialogue about racism and elitism in Mexico which actually happens throughout Latin America like in Puerto Rico where I'm from.

i like that she considers herslf mexican. i think Mexico is one of those places you can go, live there for a bit and genuinely feel like you fit in and not like a outsider. the locals will remind you how welcome you are everyday you step foot outside. after some time you wont even realize you're not in your own country

I had Chicano friends who did a lot of these things too. One would always make plans then just not show up, and she wouldn't even text me, then when I would see her, she would just act like nothing happened. And my other Chicano friend would always offer to invite me to a soccer or football match or to his house for enchiladas, then never mention it again. And yeah, as someone who was raised to be a very punctual and reliable person, the whole "manana" concept is something I'd like to see done away with.

Awesome video

Wow... Great video

I looove these videos 😍

I LIVE IN MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE THERE IS EVERY NATIONALITY OF LATINOS HERE. I cant wait to travel to Sweden Finn etc 😊 to learn other culture.. We are spoiled in Mami living in California also and visiting Mexico Roserita..the food is very good

People from Jalisco do not think they are Spanish, we know we have a lot of Spanish ancestry there is a difference. I do agree that Mexican in the North are a light skinned that isn't a lie. We can't help the way we look but attitude with air of superiority I agree is not ok period. All kinds of people in Mexico city live in there so I don't like to share that kind of attitude that Northers think they are better from Mexico city. That is a point of view that is very skewed. I actually feel people from Mexico especially the richer families are really full of themselves because of the way they have an air of superiority.

Man, this makes me want to go explore Mexico. I lived in Rosarito, in Baja California for several years, but I would like to go and see more greener parts of Mexico.

agree there is more classism than racism in Mexico.. the guy who said people in the north of Mexico are racist, gosh completely clueless but regional rivalry? of course but I will never call that racism. great video!

Interesting video

Interesting documentary/video. Keep the good work.

That inferiority complex is also called malinchismo.

Nice Sharing🥰🥰

Great video

Ouch, ese "no esta tan picante como en China" dolió, dolió porque es verdad que algo ha pasaso en México en los ultimos 20 años que los picantes han bajado muchísimo su picor, no se si es la forma en la que se cultivan ahora pero el habanero... ahora necesito comerme dos con todo y semillas para que pique rico. =(

I’m Mexican American and I’ve been to mx city a couple of times but I love it every time I miss it ❤❤❤❤

Nice 🎉🎉

Good to see you in mexico

Esa cultura de estar tarde en todo debemos de cambiarla y entender que el mundo es globalizado y empezar a estar a tiempo cuando debemos de estar.

12:03 AMEN !

I’m Mexican (from the north), but if we arrange something and you cancel last minute because “I didn’t confirm”, you can forget about see me again.

Gracias a la reforma laboral del 2023, ahora, por un año de trabajo cumplido tenemos 12 dias de vacaciones (:

i missed these kind of videos, welcome back marina! Mexico city seems really beautiful. It made me sad to see Mexicans discriminate themselves by skin color. i would love to see Mexico one day.

All these foreigners complaining about Mexicans being super polite and nice is just shocking, rude and comes across as having bad manners. Those are qualities to appreciate, not complain about.

Gentrification goals ❤

Nice video, I’m from Mexico City living in California. It would be be nice talk with you. I’ll be in Mexico soon. After 10 years. Saludos

12:24 LOL

Hey! I want to clarify something. grasshoppers are not a normal food. Some indigenous ethnic groups from places like Oaxaca ate it, Oaxacan vendors took it to CDMX and sold it as something from our roots, but 99.9% of the country does not eat those things on a regular basis and they are part of our purchases in the market. It's a tourist trap.

YAY OMG A LONG VIDEO!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

7:25 LOL as I've been learning Spanish the past few years, I started making up my own sentences and I came to the same conclusion as this guy but I elongate it "Yo hablo y entiendo espanol como un nino"

The Mexican people in the video speak English really well. Wish my Spanish was better.

For foreigners who live or want to come to live in Mexico, I just want to tell you to respect the place you come to, respect the people, the customs and the way of life of those of us who were born here, otherwise do not come and look for another place that does like it, because you are doing us no favors by moving to our country, don't think that because we have a reputation as good hosts, we have to put up with stupid people, when they overwhelm us we are also bastards.

Wow. All these people have such good English.

En .México se habla español

11:13 🧐

10:51 Marina you did zoom on my hometwown, Hermosillo xD. By the way the guy speaks like he has never been outside of Mexico city. In northern Mexico you can find white working class people, even working as production operators in factories like Ford HSAP.

Iryna Fedchenko is very famous in Mexico.

No way, the guy on minute 10:50 is generalizing. I'm from Northwestern Mexico and have never considered myself Spanish descendant.

The Russian couple was so adorable

The guera is right, Mexicans say things like "hey, we should go grab a beer one day!" or stuff like that but we didn't mean it, we couldn't care less, it is a polite way to end a conversation

If a person don't show up on time, that means a bad character trait. It's over right then and there. No good or trust can come of it, that's phoniness and rude. I will not take from them. I RESPECT MYSELF. Enjoy your grasshopper food and stay away from me. If you don't see that tardiness in wrong, that's not good. My friends are special,honest and people of their word. NOT SCHMUCKS.

Russian woman with experience on working five years with latinos is what a good NPC is expected to be. Conversations not going outside work demarcation, fully following working social protocols with defined paths... yeah lets only work and be useful, nothing else

What is with all this moving in all countries 😂 people think if they leave their country they will find gold and happiness in other country 😂😂 let me tell you something : if you’re unhappy and unsuccessful in your country your be the same in other country , sure you will find love , but love will past

Pero Ya! Mean like right now. Just saying incase you need someone to hurry 😂

0:45 Wow, that's quite the broad statement ("Latin Americans working more slowly than US-Americans and Europeans"). As a scientist, I've worked in the UK, Belgium, Sweden (my current spot), and Chile, among others, and I've noticed something interesting. Chileans seem to be notably more productive than Italians, Spanish folks, and even some southerners from Belgium (Wallonia, to be precise). On the flip side, Northern Europeans really ace the efficiency game and are masters of long-term planning. Now, about Mexicans, they might not be the quickest with their time, which might explain their lower productivity. It seems like they put in more hours at work, but the output doesn't match up. From what I've seen, Chileans and Uruguayans definitely put their noses to the grindstone more than their southern European counterparts. They've got this serious, trustworthy vibe about them (although it's less consistent compared to Nordic countries when it comes to reliability). But hey, Colombia and Brazil? It's a whole different story - they are way more relaxed. Ultimately, saying all of Latin America operates like Mexico alone? Nah, that doesn't quite capture the full picture. There's a mix of work cultures and productivity levels across the region.

+datingbeyondborders *The dating and courting scenarios are different in México, DF* (viz., Districto Federál), *MEX* (viz., Estados Unidos Méxicanos), *from other areas and/or countries.*

Yes north is rascist, yes we have inferiority mindset, 2 big major problems that need to be addressed by the rest of the mexicans but we're actually waking up everytime we see people from outside come teach us about these things!❤🎉 Welcome to Mexico

European newcomers would fit better in northern Mexico in states like Sonora where the manners like directness are more similar to their cultures.

Europeans can be cold and I’m not use to that environment. I prefer being around hospitality 24/7 and live among them

La entrevistadora debio hacer su encuesta en español Foreigners open your eyes that image that you have about it was created in the best interest of guess who? Yes the U S we are not ignorant we don't shoot at each other in the middle of the streets and we are not drunk all the time don't you dare try to change anything about or in Mexico Do yourselves a favor and learn the language remember is not your home respect it

El chilango diciendo que es discrimando por los de Jalisco y los del norte, wey, no mames.

Apart from eating bugs, everything else applies to Brazil.

R.I.P Mexico

its funny how americans judge mexico from the US but see things like this and instantly wanna move there. its as safe, Mexico is as good as the US was before all the immigrants from other places of latin America

The reason why Mexico is very popular,is because all the things people are complaining about.

You want to know how someone came from a rough place? They can compare and contrast robberies as "nice". Oh, that was a nice robbery!

Gentrificación que afecta a los mexicanos

lots of generalizations about racism and classism, is truth that exist but is not in a particular region is all over Mexico. but great video

That Russian lady seems fun to be with....

hmmmm

This behavior is just in Mexico city the rest of Mexico is not rude but they aren't over welmingly friendly .the time thing is only when there is no consequences to being late.I make it clear that I will leave if they don't show up on time.Mexicans are actually punctual people .people with the safety concerned have obviously never been to Chicago or Los Angeles. The colorism thing is BS I'm brown living in jalisco and never felt any kind of colorism .

Beyond Bordeers 😃

That russian girl can just head on home then

uber is so much more dangerous than walking home at night

CUANDO EMPEZARON HABLAR DE CONTAMINACIÓN DE INMEDIATO SENTI QUE ESTO YA SE CONVIRTIO EN UN TEMA POLITICO Y AUN MAS CUANDO LA ENTREVISTADORA ES ANGLOPARLANTE... VA CON JIRIBILLA ESTE VIDEO...!!!

Racism is an English term. I have a feeling of some these people haven't been in mexico for a long enough time.

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I prefer living in Michoacán than Mexico City.

Lo más gracioso es que a esos mexicanos blancos los tratan como si no fueran la gran cosa apenas cruzan la frontera. 😅

El comentario del español evidencia el prejuicio de ellos sobre latinoamérica. Siguen pensando que somos colonia del siglo XIX 😒

Y LA SALSA YA NO PICA EN RESTAURANTES.... ALRATO LES VAN A PEDIR QUE SE VAYAN A SU PAIS EN SU PAIS MEXICO

So its illegal to be polite in Europe or smth? Lmao

I lived in Mexico for almost two years, and the biggest problem I had as an American was that Mexicans are never on time. As a native New Yorker, you learn really quickly that New Yorkers are not going to be pleased when you arrive late, especially without calling or texting. No one cares in Mexico about being late. I never got used to it and saw it as a huge disrespect of my time at times. Another thing was not being direct. Mexicans love to talk in circles (rodeos). When I was teaching English, many male students hated that I was very direct with them. They were used to getting their way at home and in the streets. But that was not going to happen in my classroom. Older males over 30 had less of a problem with my directness. I believe this was because many of them were trying adapt to the American way before beginning jobs in the US. Female students were used to being around men who took charge. Thus they accepted my directness, especially after I explained why directness was important in American culture. Over all, Mexican women are warm, sexy and friendly. Some wanted to really get to know me so that I could bring them to the US in the future, but most did not act that way. My Mexican girlfriends were great. The only problem I saw was that they did not know how to make decisions for themselves. If I asked someone out to dinner, they would need their dad's permission to go out at night. And these women were already in their 20s to almost 30 in two instances. Mexican guys liked having me around in social settings at the beginning when my Spanish just okay. The second I became completely fluent with a great Mexican accent (according to Mexican women), the men seemed to get jealous because I no longer needed them to help translate for me. I could now talk to everyone even girls the men liked. In conclusion, I loved it in Mexico. As with any other place on the planet, Mexico has its good aspects and bad ones. The people are very nice and their culture is welcoming. Once you know Spanish, everything gets much easier. Learning about the Mexican idea of time and getting things done in a timely manner are the biggest pitfalls of living there. If you can learn to deal with those negatives, Mexico will become a joy for you.

To cut the long story short, what Mexico needs is no racism, no chilli, no sugar, no pollution, be punctual, and be kind by paying your tithes direct to the poor (not the churches).

As a probably whitexican myself ( never saw me as a white color skin person , but I get passed as a Canadian or don’t know what) never ever experienced racism or classism in my life and I can get away with a lot of shit trust me. But specially CLASSISM DRIVES ME NUT! It’s a shame!

Even when they talked about the good things I felt awkward, because some of those things I don't find desirable, but when they started talking about the bad things I was thinking: the pros ain't compansate for the cons, specially if we consider that the bad things are rather problems than inconveniences.

That russian girl is a bit annoying

Karla is from the future 20022 !!!!!!

Thanks to all of you ahora tenemos gentrification and raising prices that los natives ca not afford.