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When i was a kid working as a checker at HEB, there were Mexicans that came through my line on a couple of occasions that tried to negotiate prices on items like perfume and kitchen utensils.
Being a kid, I thought they were joking.
Used to do valet at Bigas on the Banks. Mexicans (I mean ones actually from Mexico) are terrible tippers!
When i was a kid working as a checker at HEB, there were Mexicans that came through my line on a couple of occasions that tried to negotiate prices on items like perfume and kitchen utensils.
Being a kid, I thought they were joking.
I remember when I sprinted a quarter mile and missed every light and had their brand new benz pulled up quick. The mexican dude patted me on the back and threw me two quarters with a look of "you deserve every cent of it"
Snarky, Assured, Hillbilly, Momma?
Might as well be north san antonio, since from 1604 to NB on 35 doesn't really have any break anymore.
Close. But in my mind the H stand for "hawt"Snarky, Assured, Hillbilly, Momma?
What a ty list to be in that low but at least we're higher on it than Miami.
Hillbilly it is, then!Close. But in my mind the H stand for "hawt"
Is that because she can't spell "hot" correctly?Hillbilly it is, then!
No. It's because I harbor a (not so latent) death-wish.
pretty much. it's universal city, schertz and then cibolo right before NB. even the gap between NB and san marcos is closing and San Marcos between austin is pretty much kyle and then buda. san antonio and austin are seemingly destined to become the next dallas/fort worth (even if the census never maps it out that way).
Selma cops along 35 serve as a reminder that Selma still exists
not just selma-schertz, universal city and cibolo PDs are all insanely overzealous
Oh puhleeze, everyone here knows I don't have a murderous bone in my body!
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I think I have noticed it. They sure do drive slow.
Rich people are snobby as tbh. I was eating at Maggianos not too long ago and saw a 1%er and his family there, they were disgustingly pretentious.
Back to the OP.
It is absolutely noticeable to me. I moved to the general San Antonio area about 18 years ago and then moved to the Northwest side about 6 years ago, and that is when I really started noticing the influx.
The article references families where the husband goes to work in Mexico during the week and returns here on the weekends. There are three people on our block who do that.
Some of the true mansions in the Dominion are owned by Mexican Nationals (that is what wealthy Mexican immigrants are called until they get their citizenship - as opposed to the poor immigrants who are called something considerably less flattering), and I am thrilled that they are living and spending here.
I don't know of anyone here who is not pleased about it except some of the 'old San Antonio' Anglo families who believe they should still be running the earth and are threatened by the overwhelming wealth that these folks are bringing up here with them. I always want to ask them "does the name Custer mean anything to you?"
Unless you work in the area too. I have a five-minute commute to work and I don't even get on 281.
But if I change jobs, I'm screwed.
Stone Oak is an ocean of rooftops, tbh
Too many people clusterfarked in that area
You either work at a school, retail, doctors office, or Chase. There's nothing else.Unless you work in the area too. I have a five-minute commute to work and I don't even get on 281.
But if I change jobs, I'm screwed.
edit: ....or a Mormon church, or sonterra security...
Last edited by Blake; 03-28-2013 at 09:04 PM.
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This is so absolutely true. The old money families in this town (particularly 09ers) really fail to accept or even understand the kind of wealth some of these Mexicans bring to the city, which is ultimately a fumbled business opportunity as much as a commentary on their own lack of imagination and self-confidence.I don't know of anyone here who is not pleased about it except some of the 'old San Antonio' Anglo families who believe they should still be running the earth and are threatened by the overwhelming wealth that these folks are bringing up here with them. I always want to ask them "does the name Custer mean anything to you?"
Maybe a few, but people who hold this point of view tend to not be aware that Mexico maintains one of the top 15 GDP rates in the world. That money has to end up somewhere, and as RJV pointed out waaaay upstream, it is usually concentrated across a microscopic percentile of the Mexican population, resulting in obscenely wealthy oligarchs.
good to hear from you again, admiral !
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