Veracruz Mexico

up.

High-rise buildings are going in everywhere. There’s one under construction a block north of the school and one a block south.

In addition, old buildings are being restored and renovated, and more new houses are being built than one can believe.

What’s changed? The people on the street will tell you that nothing has changed. But yes, they’ll tell you, things are better today than they were eight or ten years ago. Life’s easier.

Will housing overbuilt? Probably. One of the things that makes Mexico so much fun is that everything is done to the max. Will the restored and renovated old building have 100% occupancy? Probably not, and for the same reason.

What about the high-rise condominiums, will they sell? Mine’s an anecdotal answer, an answer found looking up from the street. They’re selling. So far there’s no glut on the market, and we see a new start every few weeks.

Little by little, life is getting better for the regular folks down here. There’s more money moving around, and a little of it ends up in lots of pockets.

We know how important new construction is to the US economy. Down here we’re actually getting to see the importance in action.

We don’t want Veracruz to change. We love it just the way it is. But we also love its people.

We want life to be easier for them. So, we hope we’ll have to keep looking up, and as a result, for the regular folk, things will keep looking better and better.