Comments on: You Stink and I Don’t Love You! http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/07/18/you-stink-and-i-dont-love-you/ A Gringa Writes About Life In Cancun, Mexico Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:51:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: RiverGirl http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/07/18/you-stink-and-i-dont-love-you/#comment-1306 RiverGirl Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:06:13 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/?p=323#comment-1306 Jonna - Well we've opened a can of worms. Imho Mexicans as often as small minded as Americans. And imho high gas prices are exactly what's needed to force Americans to wake up to the reality that they can't dominate the world's resources they way they have and that they need to get innovative about using alternative energy. Mexico's gas prices are artificially low, which I enjoy, but think is fundamentally a bad thing. Mexico is 20 years away from embracing alternative energy and cheap gas is part of the reason. Along the front range in Colorado people play tennis year round. It snows and then evaporates within hours or a couple of days. I can deal with that. It's not at all like the months of snow on the ground that you get in New England. I don't like the cold but the snow in Colorado doesn't bother me. The way people litter in Mexico, and they way no one picks up the litter, indicates a lack of respect for the earth which makes me sick to my stomach. To me the garbage everywhere is evidence of a greed and a selfishness in the culture that I can't ignore. There is no such thing as "for the common good" here, instead Mexico is full of people who can't afford to care about anything or anyone outside their own family. I can't pretend that I think Mexico is a healthy place to live, it's not. It's got nice weather though. I'm not saying the U.S. is a great place to live, or that it's somehow "better" than Mexico. But I feel more empowered to make a positive impact on the world when I am there than I do when I am in Mexico. And that's important to me. Also, my daughter is there and I need to be there with her. Jonna - Well we’ve opened a can of worms. Imho Mexicans as often as small minded as Americans. And imho high gas prices are exactly what’s needed to force Americans to wake up to the reality that they can’t dominate the world’s resources they way they have and that they need to get innovative about using alternative energy. Mexico’s gas prices are artificially low, which I enjoy, but think is fundamentally a bad thing. Mexico is 20 years away from embracing alternative energy and cheap gas is part of the reason.

Along the front range in Colorado people play tennis year round. It snows and then evaporates within hours or a couple of days. I can deal with that. It’s not at all like the months of snow on the ground that you get in New England. I don’t like the cold but the snow in Colorado doesn’t bother me.

The way people litter in Mexico, and they way no one picks up the litter, indicates a lack of respect for the earth which makes me sick to my stomach. To me the garbage everywhere is evidence of a greed and a selfishness in the culture that I can’t ignore. There is no such thing as “for the common good” here, instead Mexico is full of people who can’t afford to care about anything or anyone outside their own family.

I can’t pretend that I think Mexico is a healthy place to live, it’s not. It’s got nice weather though.

I’m not saying the U.S. is a great place to live, or that it’s somehow “better” than Mexico. But I feel more empowered to make a positive impact on the world when I am there than I do when I am in Mexico. And that’s important to me. Also, my daughter is there and I need to be there with her.

]]> By: Dee Seals http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/07/18/you-stink-and-i-dont-love-you/#comment-1303 Dee Seals Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:15:27 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/?p=323#comment-1303 Totally agree. I can't believe the trash I see in Houston compared to 20 years ago. People just do not care anymore. Totally agree. I can’t believe the trash I see in Houston compared to 20 years ago. People just do not care anymore.

]]> By: Jonna http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/2008/07/18/you-stink-and-i-dont-love-you/#comment-1298 Jonna Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:46:00 +0000 http://www.hiddencancun.com/rivergirl/?p=323#comment-1298 I have a hard time computing that garbage in the street is worse than shitty, freezing weather, gas in the $4 to $5 range, and small minded and self-centered people. That last one I probably wouldn't completely agree with, I think that kind of person is too common everywhere but they are outweighed by those wonderful and kind people that also exist. The first one though, I would never, ever consider having to deal with. This does remind me of an old belief of mine that you pick your friends for their faults because anyone can like their good points but if their faults just drive you nuts then you can never be friends. I think it is also true for locations. Some stuff just drives us nuts and no matter the balance or the good points, it just isn't a good fit. I would never live where it snowed, it is a fault that I could not get over no matter how wonderful anything else was. It's a deal breaker. So, maybe the trash is a deal breaker for you and I understand that it is just not negotiable. It matters not how I or others might think it is getting better just like it matters not to me that people say they just bundle up or that it is pretty. Not to me, snow is best viewed on a postcard or calendar it is never pretty in person just dangerous and cold. For you, garbage is best never viewed on the road while I have learned to just look away and see the beauty around it. It's a tough one RG, a very hard decision and I hope you have the time and the patience to figure out what is right for you. Best wishes to you. I have a hard time computing that garbage in the street is worse than shitty, freezing weather, gas in the $4 to $5 range, and small minded and self-centered people. That last one I probably wouldn’t completely agree with, I think that kind of person is too common everywhere but they are outweighed by those wonderful and kind people that also exist. The first one though, I would never, ever consider having to deal with.

This does remind me of an old belief of mine that you pick your friends for their faults because anyone can like their good points but if their faults just drive you nuts then you can never be friends. I think it is also true for locations. Some stuff just drives us nuts and no matter the balance or the good points, it just isn’t a good fit.

I would never live where it snowed, it is a fault that I could not get over no matter how wonderful anything else was. It’s a deal breaker. So, maybe the trash is a deal breaker for you and I understand that it is just not negotiable.

It matters not how I or others might think it is getting better just like it matters not to me that people say they just bundle up or that it is pretty. Not to me, snow is best viewed on a postcard or calendar it is never pretty in person just dangerous and cold. For you, garbage is best never viewed on the road while I have learned to just look away and see the beauty around it.

It’s a tough one RG, a very hard decision and I hope you have the time and the patience to figure out what is right for you. Best wishes to you.

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