On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:34:30 GMT, "Raoul Duke"
wrote:
>IMHO, Monterrey is a large, industrial city that has experienced tremendous
>growth since NAFTA. Monterrey looks more like the U.S. than any other city
>in Mexico: convenience stores, lots of cars, malls, Wal Marts, etc. It's so
>close to Texas that many Americans visit there on weekends. I didn't really
>find much charm to it at all. The surrounding mountains were pretty nice,
>though.
>
>My $.02,
>
>RD
I would 2nd that opinion. It looks like a bad version of Dallas or
Houston to me. I've never found it a very charming place either. It is
prosperous and it's citizens seem to be proud of that, and they should
be, but from a tourist point of view it's not that attractive. There
is an old part of town that has some colonial stuff, but it's very
small and besides the Catherdral, not very interesting.
As Raoul says, the setting of the city is nice, surrounded by
mountains. Unfortunately the smog and pollution means you don't always
get to see them. It also gets quite hot there in the summer, the
weather would be similar to that in many Texas cities, hot and humid.
It does have great cabrito though!! Oh, and Saltillo is only 60 miles
away up the mountain, which is a big plus, esp in the summer as it's
cooler up there.
>"Floyd Smoot" wrote in message
>news:hccPb.186794$JQ1.155626@pd7tw1no...
>> I'm looking into teaching at a school in Monterrey, Mexico. Any info
>about
>> this city would be appreciated.
>>
>>
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