cost and availability of young men to move stuff, question about gas tank

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Greed is a big problem here in GTO, sadly. It has created problems for those of us who have no pension, SS, and have little income that's usually very irregular, both for MEXICANS and foreigners like myself.

The sneaky "saying one thing and doing another" is a cultural habit here, as is selling lots of junk, like cheap sunglasses that die in less than 2 or 3 weeks, but they'll never return your money or let you replace them because the product was bad in the 1st place. That's happened to me almost twice a week continuously since I've been here. Just a few days ago, a fruteria up the central callejon in Plaza Baratillo sold me a small watermelon, and told me it was "delicious" and ready to eat, but tasted like nothing when we opened it up, no sweet flavor at all. BUT, when I told him he needed to take responsibility for any of his products he sold that were bad, he threw a limon and hit me hard on the back of the head as I walked out the door. And this is the norm for virtually all the vendors in GTO.

COPS never investigate crimes, and often actually protect the thieves. They almost always tell me that I MIGHT GO TO JAIL when a verbal dispute occurs, because TRANQUILITY is more important to the police than actually stopping thefts and thieves. I don't know why.

The propane oand butane tanks are a very antiquated way to bring an absolute necessity to the people who must have gas to cook, wash themselves, etc. I too, bought a NEW tank but ALWAYS insist that the gas dealers bring mine back....I usually have to wait a day or two to get my bottle back full. That's no problem since I have 2 tanks.

Water delivery is also very backwards, with a massive amount of plastic being used to contain and transport the water. A water filtration unit ( someone needs to check to see if there are HEAVY METALS in the presas and pozos, to see which system would be best) would be much more practical and eliminate the need for the plastic 5-gallon containers used everywhere. Much cheaper too. The government should provide a partial subsidy to have every house, hotel and restaurant have one or more installed system.


BUT, dang the weather sure is nice. AND, hardly ever any violence that I've seen.