How much should you earn in CDMX to live well? Responses reveal social differences

2024-04-23 00:13:15

¿How much should you earn in CDMX to live well? In another chapter of the gentrificationcitizens were questioned and their answers revealed the great social differences that exists; Here we share them with you.

A video has circulated on social networks where the same question to various people in order to know, at their discretion, how much you should earn in Mexico City (CDMX) to live comfortably.

And some neighborhoods in CDMX have been one of the areas mostly beaten by the phenomenon of gentrification, which has negatively impacted the residents.

However, this problem is viewed with a different magnifying glass depending on the socioeconomic class to which you belong and the simple question of how much you should earn in CDMX to live well, revealed these differences; we reveal to you unusual answers.

Gentrification in CDMX (@maria_gala_)

How much should you earn in CDMX to live well?

When asked about how much you should earn in CDMX to live wellthe respondents gave different and varied answers that ranged from 4 thousand to 200 thousand pesos per month.

This sample was carried out in the areas of CDMX such as Polanco, Chapultepec, Zócalo and Roma Nortewhere some of them have already been affected by the gentrification.

It is important to mention that the people who answered the higher salarieswere foreign people who apparently belonged to a class with greater purchasing power.

In this sense, this was the estimate of salaries provided by the people who were asked How much should you earn in CDMX to live well:

• Polanco: from 10 thousand to 200 thousand pesos
• Chapultepec: from 4 thousand to 35 thousand pesos
• Zócalo: from 8 thousand to 70 thousand pesos
• North Rome: 20 thousand pesos

It should be noted that this small survey was published on the Instagram account GDFSWdescribed as the “account of the extinct Group where we pretend to be whitexicans”, although it was made by the content creator Julio Pazos.

This last term (whitexicans) es used to refer to people of tez blanca with both social and economic benefits and who commonly live in their own social bubble.

How much do people who work in CDMX earn?

The salaries received by people who work in CDMX, distant of the amount that must be earned to live well in the capital.

According to data from the Ministry of Economythe average salary recorded by people who work in CDMX was around 4 thousand 600 pesos in the year 2023.

These numbers differ from the cost of housing in CDMX neighborhoods like Polanco, where experts estimate that you should earn around 50,000 pesos monthly to live well, according to information from Milenio.

Has gentrification impacted the cost of housing in CDMX?

According to a study by Propiedades.com, at least 9 colonies of the CDMX, located in Benito Juárez and Cuauhtémoc, have been impacted by gentrification.

These rose 118% more during the year 2023 compared to the average rental price in the CDMX districts.

These were the 9 colonies from CDMX that registered high prices due to gentrification in Mexico:

• Rome North
• Roma Sur
• Countess
• Condesa Racecourse
• Racecourse
• Juarez
• Cuauhtemoc
• San Pedro de los Pinos
• Scandon

Even one of the people who was asked how much one should earn to live well in the capital, expressed that one should earn at least 35 thousand pesosdue to the phenomenon of gentrification that prevails in CDMX.

Gentrification in CDMX (Michelle Rojas / SDPnoticias.com)

2024-04-23 00:13:15