What Cancun's Tourists Don't See Is a Sprawling Concrete Jungle
Briefly

"You hear that Cancún is wonderful, but when you get here ... it's a disappointment." This quote captures the disillusionment faced by many who move to Cancún chasing better opportunities, only to confront the stark reality of urban inequality and scarcity of inviting public spaces for recreation and community engagement.
Celia Pérez Godínez's experiences as a domestic worker in Cancún reveal the chasm between the city's tourist glamour and the poor living conditions in overpopulated neighborhoods. She highlights how the lavish spaces of the rich starkly contrast with her own reality of garbage-strewn, dangerous areas where she struggles to find adequate spaces for her son to play.
Read at WIRED
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