Mexican Survival - Transportation

When my wife and I first visited the city in Mexico, where we laid down for later, we had a conversation along these lines:

Me: "Do you know what I think, my dear sweet darling?"

Woman: "No, my hard lumps of a man. What do you think?"

Me: "I think we could live in Guanajuato and never go to!"

Woman: "You mean, do you really mean that we have the car we are forced to by Mr. Urban Sprawl drive and stop the destruction of the environment could dump?"Me: "Oh yes. Oh yes. Oh yes indeed. And not only that but we would stop getting fat-induced illnesses that are the result of never walking anywhere in America." Wife: "You forgot to say that we would lose weight and keep it off as a result."

Me: "And what about getting rid of stress which also kills Americans who have to drive everywhere?"

Wife: "That stress as well as the fact that we would never have to make another car payment, buy insurance, get the car inspected, etc. .. "

Me: "Did you just say," etc. ..'?"

Woman: "Never mind."

We had honest conversation. Maybe not in exactly those words, but we do not talk about it. This was one of the draws of life in Mexico.

We would never ride again.

And has that been the case. We sold our car and it flew. We not only do not have a car, but we never have one. Why on earth would you want one, if you do not have to have completely escapes me!

But the Americans andCanadian Expatriates in the millions they have. Americans would probably have cars to Europe, if they could. I know a woman who took an RV to Russia! Can you begin to fathom that?

Americans are so in their cars, it seems as if it is accompanied by written into their DNA. You would never think to have their cars behind. The car is the source of identity. Cars to define what are the Americans.

Most of our friends, after we learn not to drive with our car in Mexico, almosthad strokes. Americans are so blind to the fact that they can live with a car that none of my friends, not one of them, rejoiced that we would be able to:

· Stop the destruction of the already weak and probably irreparably damaged environment.

· Walk everywhere, thus becoming healthier and the expansion of our longevity.

• increase the quality of our lives.

· Stop paying car insurance.

· Stop risking our lives every time we crawled behind the wheela car.

And the list goes on ...

Have you ever thought how many people have died in America, either directly or indirectly as a result of the cars? The anti-gun lobbyists will cry day and night, with the same argument. You will galvanize their forces to get rid of evil people to kill, because it saddles the arms of her giant, gas-guzzling SUV that fit people to kill.

Car wrecks, car jackings, car emissions, accidents or suicides, and fat permanentlyGo against the temptation to give in than walk.

I know people in the United States would take, would be to a letter than 20 minutes on foot to take it back and forth to get the mail. Americans drive everywhere and nowhere on foot!

The too-often-cited excuse is: "It is a convenience to drive to the store."

A comfort for what? You see, you're sitting on growing and swelling foundation

Mom: "Daddy, let into the store and buy mesomething sweet. "Dad:" Ok. Which gas guzzler I take? The Ford SUV or Chevy SUV? "

Mom: "Whatever. I do not care."

To get from the living room. She put the TV remote and the beer you've been drinking. And instead of eating to walking to the ice (which will make you fat yet), you drive the SUV back to the comfort of the directions to the house so that you can speed up more quickly in your living room chair, so you can eat the ice, drinking moreBeer, and click with the TV remote control!

Is this the convenience of Americans mean?

The American expats who do move to all the trouble to Mexico with their cars the same!

I know a woman who claims that she likes the comfort in the SUV, and yes, an SUV, so they spared how long does it take for the pubic area can use transport.

In most cases, they sit, and condemned many other expats at her butt in front of their satellitetelevisions watching American television. The only time they get out of the house is when they want "the convenience" of driving somewhere.

It is the same convenience, apparently, that they had in America. They want the convenience of getting to the store and buying their stuff so they can return more quickly to their expat hideouts in order to plop down in front of the television!

Only here is the joke! Where we live, in Guanajuato, it is quicker to walk somewhere than drive a car. In fact, at certain times of the day because of heavy traffic, you can go off the buses and taxis and achieve your goals faster on foot.

But surely it's no joke, that are buying too many Mexicans in this typical American idea of "convenience". The result is that there are too many cars on the streets of Guanajuato. Mexicans and the few expats there are all attempting to take their place not built on the streets such nonsense.

The congestion in thislittle Colonial City, where car owners is not absolutely necessary, defies logic! Or perhaps I should say that the massive car owners in this city is that which defies logic.

Ruined the American expats in San Miguel de Allende have this city, is actually smaller than Guanajuato, with their cars. You should see for yourself this horrendous phenomenon.

Another result, you will see too many cars here is that many locals walking around with masks on their faces. You know, theType bear surgeon during an operation. Every single Mexican I asked, "¿Por qué la lleva mascara?" He told me that because the exhaust gases of vehicles is making them sick!

Do you need to say that I, a word on this subject?