This gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood has a Soho House — and a migrant encampment
LA TimesIn the rapidly gentrifying Mexico City neighborhood of Juarez, tourists roll suitcases to luxury Airbnbs, and music bumps from pool parties at Soho House, a new members-only club. “Even if it’s a tent.” Karenis Álvarez, 36, and her 17-year-old son from Venezuela make arepas outside their tent in Mexico City’s Juarez neighborhood. The sprawling encampment has triggered protests from angry neighbors, who chanted, “The street is not a shelter!” during a recent demonstration, as organizers complained to local journalists that the migrants were making the area unsafe. Like other parts of Mexico City, Juarez has become a hub for tourists and “digital nomads” — remote workers, many from the United States, who move abroad in part to take advantage of the lower cost of living.
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