Ever notice how you run across a news item now and then that just hammers you with some cosmic-level irony?
This is one of those; it seems residents of Mexico City are protesting against mass tourism and “gentrification.” Note that this last term is often used to describe the process of turning a given urban area from a marginally habitable craphole and making it into a decent place. But, yes, the irony! Oh, the irony!
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A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners.
Masked protesters smashed through the windows and looted high-end businesses in the touristic areas of Condesa and Roma, and screamed at tourists in the area. Graffiti on glass shattered glass being smashed through with rocks read: “get out of Mexico.”