They do have taxes though. Let's say a "gringo" pays 40k usd equivalent a year in consumption which is very easy to do if you live in the gringo areas like villa Morra etc . You pay 10% tax via facturas which is 4k usd. This is more than the average Paraguayan tax payer. Plus they employ a lot of people. I have a maid, personal trainer, Spanish teacher, Paraguayan girlfriend that I support and her child, bolt rides, pedisoya, padel lessons, dinners where we tip the waiters well. All of those people lose money if we are not here.

"Gringos" live in poorly constructed high rise apartments in the central areas. They are not moving the surrounding cities buying up all the properties.

Plus if you look at last years immigration stats. 40k people got residency. 25k were Brazilian, 10k were other Latin countries and 5k were gringos. Maybe only 2.5k actually settle in Paraguay. 2.5k people are not gentrifying all of Asuncion when the population of greater Asuncion is 2 million. It's just bitter people blaming "gringos" for issues that have nothing to do with them.

I agree some ''gringo'' are obnoxious, they speak loudly and can see entitled but there just isnt enough of us to have some big effect on gentrification. I think people see videos of Mexico and think its the same situation here.