The Airbnb-ification of Tenochtitlán, Mexico City

Recently, Vice News reported that rents in Mexico City are skyrocketing due to remote workers in various industries moving there during the pandemic and real estate developers taking advantage of a controlled market. While the increase in rental rates due to Airbnb is a global phenomenon, as Emily Green reports, the assumptions about Mexico and Latin America still being 'our [United States] own backyard' continue to play out in disparate and unequal ways. — Read the rest