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(07-24-2013 01:15 PM)speakeasy Wrote:  

What's funny is that until recently, to me Mexico was just Mexico. I never thought of it being a place with very different regions where people have distinct looks. I had no idea you could find hot girls in places like Monterrey or Hermosillo. It's crazy how little many of us Americans know about Mexico even though it's right next door.

Mexico is a very regionalist country. Southern Mexico might as well be part of Guatemala because it's vastly different to the other parts of Mexico in so many ways.

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(07-24-2013 09:46 AM)MidWest Wrote:  

I think Zacatecas and Jalisco are very alike. Must be because both states border each other. Its funny because both my parents are from Zacatecas but I have roots from GDL, Jalisco from both sides of my parents. But yeah Spanish is a must here, even conversational I think will be fine.

Indeed Jalisco and Zacatecas are very alike (hell, according to 23andme, I'm more genetically aligned with people from Zacatecas than with people from Jalisco). for me, the only brother states of Jalisco are Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, since they're so similar to Jalisco. The other states get very different to Jalisco.

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Heading down to Zacatecas in 3 weeks. Should be fun.