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GRINGOLANDIA[We Are the Borg] | [Living In Mexico - Where Did That Bus Driver Go?] | [Other Gringos] | [The Gringolandizing of Mexico] | [A Bamboozling Side Effect] | [Perceptions] | [Guanajuato Basics] | [Guanajuato Seasons] | Guanajuato, Mexico: Historic Center | What you read on this page just might challenge you to the limits of your critical thinking skills. You may not agree with what you read here and may even hate the content. However, your perceptions are just that: YOUR PERCEPTIONS! Be mature and understand that I am not responsible for your interpretations or perceptions. My motive for putting together this page is so that you can get somewhat of a glimpse of what awaits you if you intend to move to Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, or any of the other already formed or newly forming (as in the city of Guanajuato) Gringolandias. They are a rough bunch whom I often refer to as having formed a "Lord of the Flies" compound. When my wife and I moved to Mexico we had no intention of getting involved in the "Gringo Expat Community". In fact, we thought the very existence of such am entity was a vast oxymoron--and we still believe that. What was so shocking was the fact the so many Gringos live in Mexico and never, ever learn Spanish. Some have lived here for 30 years or more and cannot communicate in the language. That both shocked us while at the same time showing us why a Gringo Expat Community, commonly known as "GRINOLANDIA" exists. I am convinced members of Gringolandias are Cultural Imperialists and haven't even a small clue about the country in which they live. Now...having said that, let me share that writing as much in the books and articles I've penned has earned me death threats and with at least one attempt on my life and that of my wife. This is the kind of people the vast majority of these Gringolandian people are. If you dare cross them with voiced objection to find out why they insist on not learning the language so as to be assimilated into the culture, then they threaten you. The most recent threat I received was in the winter of 2008 with someone telling me in a nameless email to keep a watch over my shoulder because they were going to accost me in the streets. Lovely? In all of our writing, I've made the point that the city of Guanajuato is not like the rest of Mexico. It's regional difference from the rest of the country is sufficient enough to warrant not only writing about it, but telling how other Mexicans from other regions around the country regard the city. Guanajuato seems to be terminally entrenched in Provincially Conservative Catholicism and is not very open to change or outsiders--including Mexicans and Latinos from other Hispanic regions of the world. There are other states in the republic which show far more sophistication than Guanajuato. Other Mexicans have referred to Guanajuatenses as "closed". This comes close in Spanish to what Americans would understand as CLANNISHNESS. This does not make it bad. It makes it different. My wife and I have scouted out other cities in the country that show a more international sophistication. That's what I've written about. And, for that, I get death threats. I hope you enjoy this page. GUANAJUATO, MEXICO - Your Expat, Study Abroad, and Vacation Survival Manual in The Land of Frogs eBook Version THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT LIVING IN MEXICO eBook Version
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