The Wealthy Immigrants

It's been a while since I wrote a blog. Sometimes I would feel like I needed to write, just for the sake of continuity and consistency. But laziness has been winning far too many times, and I must put a stop to it. The laziness, I mean.

So I haven't exercised consistently either. Wow! I sound like a real slacker, don't I? Guilty, as charged. In reality, I do some worthwhile things; such as some volunteering and visiting my mother and making sure that she is OK. Being OK when you're 80 is different than being OK when you're say, 40. But I will have to write another blog on that subject.

How easily I get distracted! My reason for writing this blog is that I wanted to let whoever reads this log, that San Antonio is experiencing a wave of immigration from Mexico. No, not the illegal kind, which tend to be poor and uneducated. They come to make money, and, let's face it, Texas used to belong to Spain and Mexico, so it is not completely foreign to them. Spanish is spoken by about half the population. I feel compassion for these illegals, "there but for the grace of God go I." I urge others to have a soft heart for them also, they have such hard lives.

The wealthy Mexican Nationals, however, do not look any different than the "Anglos" here in the U.S. They have nannies for their children, and send their children to mostly private schools. They have bought homes in gated communities, drive nice cars. In short, they have boosted the economy here in Texas, mostly in bilingual San Antonio, where they feel at home. They are the new wealthy. They are opening up businesses, mostly restaurants and bars.

I say "Bienvenidos" to these Mexicanos, and "gracias" for infusing some vitality to our economy. And also by thereby adding some new blood to out city.