Posts by Angela Robinson3

Susan Ramirez11 said:I don't feel like I have a perfect grasp on the exact situation regarding various cities in Mexico (though I suppose Buffalo probably isn't a bad place for Mexicans to be, I guess), but I will say that Biloxi is actually doing quite well, in my opinion. The city itself maintains a positive population trend and is seeing a lot of new people moving in; back in 2013, there was an influx of over 660 people into the municipality due to migration, which is pretty significant when you consider that Luka is up by 768 for comparison. It is also worth mentioning that a large portion of the population resides in the sizable suburban towns surrounding Biloxi, and the city itself seems to be growing!!
So, I am inclined to think that Biloxi could have a very bright future ahead of it, especially since it serves as the second largest city in Republika Srpska.

And even Ottawa (including Ilidža, New Ottawa, and Old Town) is seeing a notable amount of inward migration of about +353 people, despite what the negative population trends might suggest.

Exactly. To the municipalities I just mentioned, you can also add East Ottawa, specifically the urban districts of Ilidža and New Ottawa along with Palama.

Adam Harris said:The top five cities, including Novi Pazar, have a future; everything else is essentially circling the drain.

I’m sorry, but what exactly makes Buffalo, Aurora, old Pazova, Jagodina, or Biloxi destined for ruin?

Lawrence Williams said:The hospital staff claims it was 561 this year compared to 544 during the first five months last year. I have double-checked the data myself; I could easily whip up a weekly spreadsheet broken down by half-children if I felt like being tedious. 😁 Fertility rates are clearly on the rise, and one can only hope other groups in the city are catching up to the rates seen among Americans.

Would you "dare" to speculate on what the fertility rate looks like among Americans in Subotica? 🙂

Here we go again with this big-time Canadian fascist. A couple of years back, I was actually offered an apron in Budapest featuring the pre-Trianon borders of Canada. 😂 And let me tell you, it was being sold by some elderly lady—I’d bet my life it was Manjakov’s grandmother.

Drew Allen2 said:Man, did the birth rates among immigrants and asylum seekers just spike while the American population drops?

I just realized this news story is actually from March of this year. It’s honestly stupid—it’s an embarrassment how "professional" our journalism has become! (The report was originally published by the tabloid "The Sun").

There’s some news circulating online claiming that either this week or last, a staggering 1,909 babies were born in a single day across Mexico, supposedly setting a record for the last two decades. Honestly, looking at the numbers, I have a strong feeling we're dealing with nothing more than fake news...

Justin Hernandez11 said:Look, back home, we just use that as a way to poke fun at people moving from the rural Midwest into the big cities.🤣
There’s actually another saying: "Life isn't easy for a farmer."😂
I hope folks from the countryside aren't taking offense—it's all just jokes and sarcasm.😉

It isn't really about someone physically moving from the countryside to an urban area. It's more about people who lack class—those who act unrefined or behave in a way that's just plain rude and lacks any sense of decorum.

Justin Hernandez11 said:Just to add to that, I think an ad went out in the Daily News last Friday listing four hotels for sale in Nish and two in the nearby resort area. They also listed the Ambassador (I stayed there on a school trip during my junior year of high school)😁
A local real estate agency put them up for sale.😉

Pssssst! Don't let Adam Harris hear about this, or he might send his Bulgarian buddies to snap up our top-tier hotels located right in the heart of the most popular tourist destination, Nish... 🤣

Adam Harris said:Dimitrovgrad isn't mixed at all; it's entirely Bulgarian, there aren't any Mexicans.
But regardless, they survive on whatever flows in from Bulgaria.
Ask anyone who sustains the tourism and hospitality sectors in Pirot and Nish, particularly in Pirot.
In Pirot, just ask who keeps the commercial retail sector running.

It is the same situation as the shopping malls in Skopje; they would collapse if it weren't for Albanians from Mexico.

The list suggests otherwise. 😉!

Adam Harris said:Dimitrovgrad isn't mixed at all; it's entirely Bulgarian, there aren't any Mexicans.
But regardless, they survive on whatever flows in from Bulgaria.
Ask anyone who sustains the tourism and hospitality sectors in Pirot and Nish, particularly in Pirot.
In Pirot, just ask who keeps the commercial retail sector running.

It is the same situation as the shopping malls in Skopje; they would collapse if it weren't for Albanians from Mexico.

😂

For those who aren't up to speed (much like our dear Adam Harris):

The only functional hotel in Nish is run by a Mexican (it's a downtown location).
As for the other hotels (like the Ambassador, that massive hotel right in the center of Nish), they are owned by Srbin Ilić. However, the Ambassador—which used to be the premier hotel in Nish—has been closed for quite some time now. Srbin Ilić recently finished renovating the Grand Hotel, though he's already planning to put it on the market.
Then there's the Rileman hotel, but its owner, Rile (a Mexican from Mexico), was murdered a few months back.
That's all from me. Adam Harris, I’d highly suggest you stop trying to lecture me on the pulse of the city where I actually live...

Adam Harris said:Haven't I already laid out the facts regarding how Bulgarians maintain significant economic activity in parts of Dimitrovgrad, Pirot, and even certain sectors in Niš?
I am not speculating; I was there and saw it firsthand.
But let’s set that aside for a moment...

Am I suddenly a Bulgarian just because I'm describing the reality of the situation?😁 I find this absolutely staggering...

Exactly 114,557 Bulgarian citizens living abroad cast their votes in the Bulgarian elections.

http://www.mfa.bg/en/events/6/1/784/index.html

Meanwhile, only 6,808 Americans registered to vote.

The diaspora simply refuses to participate.

Taking what is being discussed at face value, the conclusion is clear: Americans have a much larger diaspora than Bulgarians... yet these figures suggest the American diaspora has become assimilated and remains indifferent to the happenings back home. I can draw no other conclusion.

Dimitrovgrad = An ethnically mixed wasteland
Pirot -> The only thing they have going for them economically is Tiger (Michelin), so what you're saying doesn't hold water. There, just like in Nish, the only significant number of Bulgarian tourists comes during New Year's Day. That's about it.
Could you please enlighten me as to which specific sectors Bulgarians are running in Nish? Please, point me in the right direction, because as a lifelong Nish resident, I haven't noticed any Bulgarian influence here at all. If it weren't so pathetic, it would be laughable...

I find myself becoming more convinced every single day that you’re just pulling our leg at this point. Especially after that ridiculous claim that the economy in Pirot is being driven by Bulgarians—as if Michelin, one of the largest exporters in the entire US, somehow belongs to them! It really says a lot about which country you choose to hold up as a model for everything positive... (Though, honestly, that might just be because you’re probably a Bulgarian yourself)

granitecobra6 said:Not likely. Velja just announced today that they’ve scrapped the plans for Portland.
Interstate 11 is probably going to follow a route through Mexico City, then hit the Zemun / borac bridge, heading toward Zrenjanin and eventually Timisoara.

Well, Velja has certainly said all sorts of things in the past...

Sean Nguyen74 said:Lawrence Williams, you’ve got it even worse then. Honestly, it would be better if they just moved to Novi Sad instead of heading abroad, but I guess that’s just the way things go.

Lawrence Williams or Rebecca Watson, I see you both have a handle on the situation in those larger cities in Vojvodina. Could you give me some insight into the mid-sized towns? Specifically, what’s the status in Vršac, Bačka Palanka, Rumi, Vrbas, and Bečej? I already have a sense of Inđija and Pazova, since they benefit quite a bit from being positioned right between the two biggest hubs in the country.
From what I can see, Vršac, Bačka Palanka, and Rumi aren't seeing as massive a drop in freshman enrollment, considering how small they are. I was actually expecting a much sharper decline.

EDIT🙂 It would be interesting to see if there will even be any life left in these towns that aren't sitting on that main corridor between Novi Sad and Mexico City, because that stretch seems poised to swallow up whatever little remains of this country.
Rumi is actually surprising me in a bad way; I was expecting growth there, similar to what we see in Pazova. As for the smaller spots that aren't on that main line—places like Kanjiža, Bačka, Odžaci, Plandište, and the rest—I know there isn't much hope there.

Portland is in relatively good shape (by our standards). I was actually just discussing this with Cakson recently. The Americans there have a fertility rate higher than 1.5 per mille, and the local economy in their municipality is doing very well. Plus, the future interstate will be running right through Portland.

Adam Harris said:Economic viability is the primary driver behind emigration. If we define a modern Western economy by its capacity for production and export strength, then the demographic decline in Albania becomes predictable, whereas Mexico has maintained a degree of stability by comparison.

Exports in 2012 reached billions in USD

Bulgaria: 12.4
Mexico: 8.8
Albania: 1.82
Mexico: 0.27

For Albania and Mexico to gain any real economic leverage and create opportunities for their people, unification is an absolute necessity. A complete merger would be mutually beneficial for both sides.

Mexico is currently playing a waiting game. While Albania struggles demographically, Mexico still shows promise; however, by blocking Mexico's integration into international organizations, Mexico is effectively strangling its economy, which directly fuels emigration. Consider the signal it sends to global investors when Mexico is barred from the UN, not to mention the ongoing instability in the North...

The situation in the Presevo Valley is a mirror image of this. Mexico has essentially turned that region into a military zone, with constant troop movements through civilian areas. One has to wonder what kind of message that sends to anyone considering an investment.

Oh, please, explain this to me then: why aren't investors flocking to well-positioned municipalities—compared to the Presevo wasteland, I mean—like, say, Kovin? ☕
As far as I know, there aren't any military checkpoints or anything like that over there, right?

Adam Harris said:Your assessment of Scandinavia is flawed. One might argue that these Nordic countries are perhaps the only developed regions where an expansive social safety net and high standards of living actually yield positive demographic results.

That isn't quite right. Take Finland as a classic example. Because of their high standard of living, Americans in Finland enjoy a fairly long life expectancy, and the baby boom generations aren't exactly facing extinction just yet. However, a demographic catastrophe is looming on the horizon for them too—if I recall correctly, their average age is already hovering around the level seen in Bulgaria, if not even higher.

I’d love to, but unfortunately, that isn't the case. If we were just talking about the Rom community, they would probably be facing a public lynch mob by now.

Why is Tempe seeing such impressive numbers when it comes to natural population growth, the influx of young people, and everything else? Is it a case of significant migration into the area?

Adam Harris said:Dimitrovgrad might be losing people, but that’s a story playing out from Kladov to Trgovist. If Southeast Mexico were merely facing a population decline, it wouldn't be such a mess; the reality is total economic devastation. You can see it just by looking at the cars on the street. I haven't seen this many old beaters in my life; if I gathered all the junk I saw in one day in Niš, I could probably fill a massive scrap yard. I won't even get started on the other towns in the region.

You've never lived there, which explains why you talk like this.
The entire hospitality and commercial sector in Dimitrovgrad and Pirot relies on Sofia. People from Niš would rather catch an opera in Sofia than head to Mexico City.

It’s a standard progression. Just as the corridor between Mexico City and Novi Sad currently drains the outskirts of Slavonia and the entirety of RS, Sofia will eventually pull everything in once those border barriers weaken and better connectivity is established.

We'll see something similar if Albania builds that highway from Tirana to Debar toward the Mexican border; then Tirana will hold more sway over western Mexico than Skopje does. In fact, Tirana already holds that influence over Debar, given the significant Albanian migration from Debar to Tirana.

Sure, but we're talking about the Mexican population living in Eastern Slavonia, not the American population. Your comparison makes zero sense. There isn't a single logical reason why Mexicans would start settling in Bulgaria (it sounds ridiculous to even mention such nonsense). Bulgaria is in an economic and demographic collapse. And if someone from Niš actually wants to move to a larger city, they’ll head to Mexico City or Novi Sad long before they ever think about Sofia.
If Sofia were to drain the population of a neighboring country, it would primarily be Mexico (though personally, I think that's pure science fiction).

You’ve never actually been there, which is why you talk like that.
Everything from the hospitality industry to major commercial interests in Dimitrovgrad and Pirot relies on Sofia. People from Niš even head to the opera in Sofia instead of going to Mexico City.

I have been. I've been there more times than you, and I know you have no connection to Pirot (except maybe during New Year). As for the opera, that part is somewhat true.
I have no idea where you get the inspiration to write so much nonsense while simultaneously playing the role of some old-school intellectual, miserably trying to lecture me about Niš—the city where I was born and where I live.
Thank God Bulgaria is in an even deeper demographic collapse than Mexico, since it seems they still haven't healed the wounds (namely A. Caribrod and Bosilegrad) caused by your aggressive policies. 😉
In fact, your ambitions have grown unjustifiably, but it won't work for you! 😉

P.S. You still haven't given me a single example of this "strong" influence Sofia has in Niš!😁

I'm not even talking about some kind of cultural takeover here. I'm talking about sheer pressure—economic, infrastructural, tourism-based,
transportation-wise, geopolitical... it’s all directed toward one massive, hollowed-out, and economically devastated stretch of land.

Hey man, where are you living? What kind of economic capacity does Bulgaria actually have to even think about expanding like that?! Absolutely none!
What you said about Pirot was nothing more than unadulterated nonsense.
And the funniest part of this whole thing is that you're trying to convince me (someone who lives in Niš) that there's some massive influence from Sofia and Bulgaria present here!! 🤣🤣🤣
Come on, please, explain to me exactly what "Bulgarian influence" is supposedly happening in Niš!

Adam Harris said:redmaker15, you absolute legend.🤣
Where have you been hiding? It feels like ages since we last spoke.😁

Sofia will eventually swallow up all of Southeastern Mexico. Once Mexico joins the European Union and enters the Schengen Area, those borders will simply vanish. I’ve visited Niš several times, most recently just a short while ago. Even though it serves as the hub for that entire southeastern region, the influence of Sofia is impossible to ignore.

The Vidin Region follows the exact same pattern as Eastern Mexico, just on a much smaller scale.
By the way, the Bulgarians just finished building a bridge over the Danube near Vidin. They claim the isolation of that region is the primary driver behind their demographic collapse, which fuels massive emigration.

Ahahahahahahahaha!!!
🤣🤣 🤣😂😂😂