Mexican shoppers stock up in Tucson - Booming Mexican economy good news for Southern AZ

Tucson Citizen ^

[jmcclain19]

Ulises Lizarraga (left), a 31-year-old native of Caborca, Sonora, says the lower prices of goods make shopping in the United States a bargain.

NOGALES, Ariz. - As Ulises Lizarraga loads his new stereo, computer printer and other Christmas gifts into the back of his car, he knows he got some great deals.

[mylife]

Thats the way it should be, come over spend your money, go home. Thats what I did in Nogales for years.

[steplock]

Something is WRONG here.

Didn't WE used to go to Mexico to get bargains, etc?

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[gubamyster]

ping

[wjcsux]

The only real bargain there nowadays is ceramic products.

[Ben Ficklin]

I fondly recall my youthful days when we made frequent trips to acuna shopping for panoche, liquor, benzedrina, and spanish fly.

[FITZ]

Shopping can be okay --- but what happens if the Mexicans ever get smart and just put up their own stores that sell imported items from China for the same prices?

[skeeter]

More common, he said, are people seeking low-cost pharmaceuticals and medical attention.

I'll bet. Its tough to beat the price of US taxpayer subsidized health care.

[JustPiper]

And many of us have heartache for a dismal Christmas, but hey so long as the illegals are robbing us and having a good one!

[MissAmericanPie]

Yeah make your money under the table in the USofA, go home, shop in Arizona. Life ezzz good.

[lainde]

bttt

[raybbr]

If they were smart Mexico wouldn't be the rat-infested, disease riddden hole that it is.