>You will never be a part of a close knit Mexican-America

>be in Ecuador
>taking the bus from Guayaquil to the coast
>driving through a small village alongside the beach

>everyone is outside in the town's only square
>kids and young teenagers are all playing soccer and laughing and smiling and high-fiving each other
>lots of adults lounging around the edges, drinking and joking and smoking cigarettes
>some adolescents and older teens dancing and socializing

Probably would fucking suck to actually live there, but it looked nice from the outside.

I live in a suburban part of the Rust Belt and people are just cunts here. Nobody interacts with anybody they haven't known for at least several years, unless they're trying to get laid or are obligated to make small talk due to the circumstances.

>>37629627
My father went to Nicaragua, and he said it was a totally different way to live.

You could walk right up to homes and start speaking to random strangers.

>>37629648

Yeah, I went to Nicaragua in 2015, too. I agree with that.

For all of its many problems with poverty and violence, Latin America has always just felt more colorful and vibrant than where I live in the United States.

I've traveled a fair amount and never thought I'd like the region, but I can't fucking get enough of it now. Going to Mexico for a month in two weeks TBQH, looking forward to it.

>>37629573
Already have been. These people are extremely duplicitous. They will knife you in the back for no reason, spread lies about you, or just act like a general asshole. To outsiders it looks like they are all buddy buddy, but when you're on the inside you see something different.