Guanajuato: The Death Of Heritage

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Gentrification is the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents (Websters).

Gentrification is occurring in Guanajuato.

When we decided to move to Guanajuato instead of to one of the many cities in Mexico, it was because it was, at that time, still Mexico. Gringos live everywhere in this marvelous country. The largest populations are in Mexico City as well as in the resort areas of the West Coast. It is estimated that around 25,000 gringos live in Puerto Vallarta.

San Miguel de Allende, in the state of Guanajuato in Mexicos heartland, has about 12,000 Gringosmost of whom come from the USA.

We didnt want to live in any of the areas where Americanization has taken over to extent that they are barely recognizable as Mexico. San Miguel de Allende is a perfect example of how the influence of such a large, and might I add, excessively demanding American enclave has changed the town from colonial Mexico to Gentrified Mexico. Americanization is its defining theme. San Miguel de Allende looks Mexican. It is, however, Mexican in...

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