On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:06:50 -0600, Mike McKinley
wrote:
>MMcC wrote:
>> 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,
>> 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.
>>>>I'm looking into teaching at a school in Monterrey, Mexico. Any info
>>>about
>>>>this city would be appreciated.
>
> Top posting aside,
Pedantry aside, my reply followed directly below what I was replying
to.
>I taught there for a semester. It is a city of
>minor charms, but majorly wonderful restaurants. Saltillo is a
>delightful city. The regios (locals) are very nice by and large.
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