10 things that surprised me about living in Mexico City

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00:00 intro
01:22 air pollution
02:50 pristine grocery stores
04:13 no decaf beans
05:07 amazon works well
07:21 all the smells
09:35 no unscented products
11:51 songs in stores are covers
12:49 so many dog owners
14:46 water...
17:53 red lights are suggestions
20:08 ok but we actually love it here
20:39 comment something surprising about your town!
#mexicocity #mexico #méxico #cdmx #cdmxlife

[@sarahsuh5611]

Love the video!! And love humor thru the power of editing 😂 my family came to visit the Hudson Valley, and of course they were shocked at how beautiful NY nature is 😁

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Haha thank you friend! And yes the Hudson Valley is indeed beautiful 🥰

[@NomadicIslanders]

I travel full-time and you quickly realize the scented TP and feminine products is the norm. I’m in Japan right now and I had to settle for the “slight floral scent” toilet paper 😫. I realized in Cambodia, all of the songs were covers as well.

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

I had no idea this was a thing in other countries too! You get me 😩

[@yasminr123]

Loved the video and insights! Your cousins and I watched it together as if we were watching a movie and it was entertaining ! 😂
P.S. They said 🧻 is pronounced ‘Sharmin’ 🤣

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Haha awww yay! 🥰 Then why is it spelled with a “ch”?! Smh 😂

[@yasminr123]

@@awkwardturtlethingz That’s what I said! 😂 But they said that’s how they pronounce it on the commercials “Sharmin” 🤔 I need to find a commercial on YT now. 😁

[@joeladrianvalenzuela]

Cornwall NY : Minimum driving time for anything is 30 minutes 😂

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Haha that was surprising 🤣

[@BettyOuyang]

I was living in a neighborhood in CDMX that was right near the Corona/Model beer factory as well as a chocolate factory so I can totally relate to what you were sayying, jajaja.

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Haha yesss you get it! 🍫

[@eloisaramirez6700]

Unscented Toilet Paper: Regio one, or the ones you can get at Costco or Sam’s.
Unscented soap? It’s hard but I’ll go to Costco too!

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

That’s good to know! Thank you friend 🫶🏽

[@user-dt2iq7mq5t]

Nice job and I like the editing, too.

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Thank you!!

[@senorasarahCDMX]

Unscented TP, great value brand is unscented. Feminine products, Saba and Always. I don't know about unscented soap.

[@senorasarahCDMX]

you have a very nice voice for video/radio

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Thank you! What a compliment!

[@sarahsuh5611]

Agreed!! They do have a podcast 😏 👉InnerU (10/10, highly recommend)

[@joserabn7156]

I had no idea you guys moved. Congrats! 🎊🎉.

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Sorry I can’t tell who this is by your username, but thank you! 😀

[@fourthdeconstruction]

Look, the water in Mexico is safe even to drink. Sorry to say but if you got sick when kid, it wasn't because you brushed your teeth with it. It most likely was for something that you ate. The reason why is not recommended to drink the water is because it's very hard in other words it has a high minerals content. This minerals can cause a reaction with your teeth and they would turn yellow. However, for them to become yellow you have to drink thousands of gallons over many years.
Also, as an engineer I can tell that the water in the US, it is not that safe to drink just compare and think how the water is treated in the US and compare the number of people with long time illnesses vs the same ratio of people with the same illnesses in Mexico. You would be surprised.

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

Ohhh interesting! Honestly that’s kind of a relief if it wasn’t from the water. Maybe I don’t have to be so paranoid anymore. And yea I know the US tap water is not the best either. I tried to avoid drinking it as much as I could.

[@yasminr123]

From my understanding the reason people from other countries sometimes get sick from ingesting water when they travel is because our digestive system is not used to the different microbes found in the water, it could happen in any country. Potentially someone from Mexico can also get sick from drinking tap water in the U.S. for that reason alone or it could be the different chemicals used to clean and treat the water. 🤔 Either way, it’s better safe than sorry when we travel so we can all enjoy our trips. 😊

[@irenemassey6292]

We just buy water , we don’t drink it, I live in the states , I don’t drink it

[@irenemassey6292]

Spends what state you living in

[@senorasarahCDMX]

I feel like there's so much we could do on a YT live if you'd like to join me one day. I'd love to bring a new person's perspective to my audience! (as in a person who recently moved here)

[@awkwardturtlethingz]

That sounds fun I’d love to!