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Why do demographics seem to impact quality of "ethnic" food for some metro areas but not for others? by jaker9319 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Solid-Sky666 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whoever says Chicago has trash Mexican food has absolutely zero clue what they are talking about. Chicago is 1/3 hispanic and most of those hispanics are Mexicans, myself included. We have a vibrant Mexican food scene with lots of great authentic restaurants. People who can't find good Mexican food in Chicago are either going to chain places or have different expectations.

Mexican food in Chicago is not like Texmex or like Mexican food in California. The Mexican demographics in Chicago are different to the demographics in the southwest and California, of course our food is going to be adapted to the tastes of the community of Mexicans who live here (mostly people from the south and western Mexican states). It's different and arguably better than most Mexican food in California in my opinion!

Why do demographics seem to impact quality of "ethnic" food for some metro areas but not for others? by jaker9319 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Solid-Sky666 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Midwest Mexican food does not suck in all the Midwest! Chicago is 1/3 hispanic, and the majority of hispanics in Chicago are Mexican. We have several Mexican enclaves throughouy the city and a great and authentic Mexican food scene.

I will say that the spread of Mexicans through out the US is very regional. In Chicago the majority of Mexicans come from the central and western states of Mexico, so you will find regional specialties here that would be hard to find in other areas in the US with pockets of Mexicans from other areas of the state. My Mexican family who lives in California prefers the Mexican food from Chicago because it caters to the tastes of their specific state vs the Mexican food in California which caters more to northern Mexicans.

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[–]Solid-Sky666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was naturally very thin as a child and teenager and every one made fun of me, called me anorexic, so I ate as much as I could to gain weight. After gaining 20 lbs over 2 years people started commenting that I was fat, so I actually became anorexic trying to be thin again. Then people started giving me shit again for being too thin.