Epilogue: List of Irritations

No place is perfect, and there are a few things here that I could see getting more and more irritating over time.

• People are bad about littering. There's more trash here than anywhere in the USA.
• The sewer system in our neighborhood needs work. Often there was the faint stench of sewage as we walked into town.
• It was incredibly difficult to find decent clothes to buy. And besides Sue's San Miguel shoes, the shoe situation was just as bad.
• Internet was slower than in San Francisco. It was reliable except for a couple of times when we were without for a day or so each time. Uploading a large video file was nearly impossible, as the connection would reset before the upload had completed.
• Having drinkable tap water in the USA is something we take for granted. In Mexico, you need to use bottled water for everything that touches your mouth, including brushing your teeth.
• Our landlords strongly recommended we wash every fruit and vegetable we bought with a special solution, which we did.