Quake Threatens to Cause Flight From Mexico City’s Hip Neighborhoods
- 7 years ago
Quake Threatens to Cause Flight From Mexico City’s Hip Neighborhoods
While Mexico City’s older central districts are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because they sit on the soft ground of a residual lake bed, Roma
and Condesa are no more at risk than other central neighborhoods, said Gerardo Suárez, a senior researcher in the Seismology Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Some of the biggest fans of Roma and Condesa worry
that the Tuesday earthquake, which killed at least 286 people in Mexico, could slow if not reverse the ascendant popularity of the neighborhoods.
I no longer want to live here anymore." Even Mr. Aizenman, who still lives in Condesa
and has his offices there, is weighing the relative merits of different neighborhoods in light of the earthquake.
Mr. Bustos said that Many residents feel a big distrust because it’s evident that it’s not a safe place to live,
"Despite how much we love this area, it’s not secure." Roma
and Condesa, neighboring bastions of Mexican stylishness, are once again in an existential crisis, and residents are pondering whether living in them is worth the risk.
The Roma and Condesa neighborhoods – sidewalk cafes, hip restaurants, thriving art and music, storied architecture – had captured his imagination.
While Mexico City’s older central districts are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because they sit on the soft ground of a residual lake bed, Roma
and Condesa are no more at risk than other central neighborhoods, said Gerardo Suárez, a senior researcher in the Seismology Department at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Some of the biggest fans of Roma and Condesa worry
that the Tuesday earthquake, which killed at least 286 people in Mexico, could slow if not reverse the ascendant popularity of the neighborhoods.
I no longer want to live here anymore." Even Mr. Aizenman, who still lives in Condesa
and has his offices there, is weighing the relative merits of different neighborhoods in light of the earthquake.
Mr. Bustos said that Many residents feel a big distrust because it’s evident that it’s not a safe place to live,
"Despite how much we love this area, it’s not secure." Roma
and Condesa, neighboring bastions of Mexican stylishness, are once again in an existential crisis, and residents are pondering whether living in them is worth the risk.
The Roma and Condesa neighborhoods – sidewalk cafes, hip restaurants, thriving art and music, storied architecture – had captured his imagination.