{"id":1266,"date":"2010-09-28T15:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2010-09-25T20:07:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-26T01:07:46","slug":"a-mini-mexico-city-documentary-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2010\/a-mini-mexico-city-documentary-video.html","title":{"rendered":"A Mini Mexico City Documentary (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, another video!  Dennis Poulette pointed this one out in his post This is Mexico City<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

It really is a pretty good video, because it shows both some of the big obvious sites and some of the little familiar things too.  It is focused more on the downtown<\/i> and area (so not on the housing developments<\/a> like where we live), but of course we go there.  \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

Also, there’s a bit of a disproportionate focus on things Oriental.<\/b>  Although there certainly are many orientals in Mexico City, there’s not nearly as many as you might expect in a city this size.  There’s history behind that – not only has there been intermarriage, there was an expulsion of Chinese in the 1930s.  "Chinatown" in Mexico City consists of a gigantic 2 city blocks.  So let’s face it, Mexico City is simply not<\/i> known for its Chinese food.<\/p>\n

Perhaps there are more Japanese, though the majority speak Spanish.  I imagine this video was made especially to bring tourists from the east…<\/p>\n

But that’s an aside – this video will give you some great glimpses of the city – here it is!<\/p>\n