The Life-Sized City - Mexico City - S02 E02 - Full Episode

[@scotverdin9401]

I was in CDMX a couple of months ago and it's the most ALIVE city I've ever been to. Love it so much.

[@carlosrobles7470]

This guy use old camera or sepia color like hollywood used to film mexican movies. CDMX is now not polluted as in the past two decades. It's a beautiful clean city.

[@mjlpbn]

​@@abelardojeda Stop going everywhere trying to prove what is an isn't a sepia filter, you're clearly not understanding the point: the way they edited the video IS NOT how Mexico City looks on a daily basis. Those of us who take videos everyday in CDMX know perfectly well that that's not how it looks, whether it is contaminated or not.

[@lillyrocks2011]

It's polluted, we can't hide it! We need more parks and trees, flowers, fountains. It's a kinda gray city. When I'm in the periférico, etc it's visible all the pollution. I'm from Mexico City, living in Mexico. The transportation is terrible, corruption etc. Still I like Mexico City but it's not my favorite.

[@ricardodecampo2577]

😂😂😂 miope

[@antoniouresti8753]

Since I saw the sepia filter I lost total interest in watching this documentary, pure ignorance! The trees are green in Mexico City, not that brown green color they show.

[@Capibaracapibara1992]

I guess it was filmed during dry season around spring , when the city is very polluted

[@Square-ow7oq]

​@@Capibaracapibara1992girl, there's a million videos of mexico coty, here on KZbin. It's clearly a filter

[@zacharyferreira2469]

There is a sepia filter. Ridiculous.

[@Capibaracapibara1992]

@@zacharyferreira2469 now that i'm watching this video on my laptop, yep, they added the Hollywood filter lol

[@Gallo2023]

The Hollywood Syndrome, "Make Mexico Look Like The Wild West".... pure ignorance, the city is Super Green, they think we're stupid, show the ugly areas only and the poorest people you can find in the streets.

[@marcoantoniomendoza6928]

If it's true, he put sepia filters and chose the most polluted day he could.

[@DanR-d5w]

This is an old episode. It aired in 2018, so it was probably recorded on 2017, and A LOT has changed since then. VIDEO NEEDS TO MENTION DATE AIRED to avoid false reporting.

[@ceciramirez1634]

Not really.

[@DanR-d5w]

@@ceciramirez1634 Yes really

[@raymundorodriguez7065]

No wonder

[@tomascastillo4676]

Ranked one of the world 6 Best cities by travelers around the world this 2024 México city is a GREAT city.

[@eshoandy]

Did when anyone else facepalm when he explained how the Spanish drained the lake? That was so unnecessary for the Spanish to do, eliminating the Mexico city water source from the Lakes.

[@kQcsdN8JBUw]

They drained it because many floods happened (how surprising) and because it caused so many illnesses to the population. The Mexico City government in the 50s decided to pipe all of the remaining rivers because of the same thing. Now, there is something you might not know but the lake was actually not fresh water, it was a salt water lake, a decade ago there was a salt mine in the remainings of the lake. The water source is actually underground water and rivers from other states that are pumped to the city.

[@luxsomething]

​​@@kQcsdN8JBUwyou are right but also wrong, the lake did have a salty side, but it also had a fresh water side, it was divided by a dike constructed by the Aztecs that went from Guadalupe Hill to Stars Hill in the South. If surface fresh water wasn't there chinampa agriculture couldn't have occurred at such scale

[@kQcsdN8JBUw]

@@luxsomething yeah and spaniards dried the salt water part, Xochimilco still exists…

[@ale.h.s_13]

@@kQcsdN8JBUwIt caused illness because of how they ruined it in the conquest, the destroyed dams, water passages, etc. The Aztec water system was perfection and balance, equilibrium in every form imaginable.

[@MartinLizamaMioni]

We dont have a drug or homeless problem like cities in US and EU

[@dandotamizado6641]

Ese video es bien viejo!!!! Te das cuenta porque esas ecobicis son las antiguas ahora son negras. Además siento que tienen un filtro sepia🙄 o cálido

[@avemaria3673]

I was born and raised in Mexico City, and I have lived in this city since ever. I can tell, that the efforts from some of the people here who were presenting their communitarian work to upgrade the standards of living in their community, were all laudable, but in some cases, if not all, I could not help throwing a BIG LAUGH, because in front of the cameras wanted to appear as urban heroes making a big singular effort detached from the system when many of them forgot to tell how much the Government from Mexico City, and Federal Government has been doing to improve those communities.

[@TheMlimp]

this is a beautiful episode.

[@ElectricityTaster]

Finally full episodes! Been waiting YEARS, man.

[@Agapoforos]

Filtro sepia

[@FERNANDOMENDEZ-ku4ow]

People working for a better city is awesome, we need more of this 👏😎👍

[@photographyalamexicana]

Living in a typical Mexico City neighborhood involves a blend of vibrant community life, daily hustle and bustle, and a mix of modern and traditional practices. While there are challenges such as traffic, pollution, and security concerns, the sense of community, rich cultural traditions, and resilience of the residents make these neighborhoods unique and full of life. Great video, The Life-Sized City!

[@lambdagarcia8977]

Love the video… really, amazing.

[@tjjones33]

its a big city but lots of areas are extremely walkable I wouldn't call it car dependent

[@sebastianestrada4690]

Thats a total no, the walkable spaces in the city are very little and also very expensive places to live

[@standardannonymousguy]

Nice video looks like an amazing experience. I am wondering if youd think that Mexico City would benefit bu adding bioswales for the rainwater and becoming more of a "sponge city" to recharge the aquifer? I did not realize that CDMX gets so much rainfall. Saludos!

[@DavidGarcia-oh3dz]

Por qué el filtro que hace que todo se vea feo? Porqueria de documental.

[@DanR-d5w]

It's good to be critical and have outside (or even priviledged) technical opinions, but this material is lacking perspective about the issues it's mentioning when it doesn't offer official replica of the topics. The "no circula" program, cablebus and always-growing public tranportation network, emergency programs for water distribution, the utterly importance to green and public spaces government gives, and so many other things worth mentioning. It if it would be this bad, not so many people (mexican and foreign) would be choosing it. Weird how the main source (or at least an enabling one), which is GENTRIFICATION, is not mentioned 🤷‍♂️.

[@l.a.crenshaw5952]

That was very interesting to see how people work together to create a livable City, Wonderful!

[@lewizzrocks]

Both times I went to Mexico i never once saw any car accidents.

[@pumasgoya]

Why would you? I live in Los Angeles. We have way more cars, and I rarely see accidents. They happen, I just don't often see them.

[@Engnrr]

@@pumasgoyawell in Houston accidents are part of the commute without fail. Wish I was joking but it is what it is when traffic going 75+ mph suddenly comes to a stop.

[@rocknpirates456]

hard to imagine. I was born here 30 years ago and I've seen car accidents almost every day.

[@chrismendoza4144]

Why the GREY filters? 🤔

[@enriquediaz844]

Increíble video! 👍

[@ivanovskilozada3282]

One of the most important and beautiful cities around the world, sometimes with a lot of conflicts like a trafic but full of variety culture

[@demerixmagitt3449]

#1 let's go Mexico City #2024 #Zoolanta

[@futnoisech.4395]

4:55 first time I watch this channel; no no brother, not because she speaks English, she is telling the story well; wow, any activist with a little English tells her story, she contradicted herself a couple of times, nothing personal, I don't know who she is. you have to go interview the man who shines shoes, with translator if necessary. otherwise it's just another youtube video. - a real chilango

[@dharmaitri8506]

Why add a filter? This city is green everywhere. It does not show here.

[@mino3d1]

The most CHINGON of all documentaries about Mexico city 🤘🏻❗

[@picarepica7639]

Sepia filter again? Come on guys, grow up! Show the real colors, the sky is also blue here... WTF

[@carloscervantes7898]

Good video, just some comments for the creator to improve : I heard some facts wrong , first people in Tenochtitlan weren’t the Aztec, the earthquake of 2017 happened 32 years after the one in 1985 . , nevertheless these are not as important as the message of the video, I liked it

[@yikinkahnkawil7658]

Didn’t the Spanish built aqueducts all through out the city?

[@xavi4694]

Yes, even universities,hospitals, castles, churches, sewer, libraries, etc.

[@Gallo2023]

@@xavi4694 Also the Criollos, the mestizos, the natives and mulatos, everybody.

[@DanR-d5w]

Not before (nor better) than the natives.

[@AzulRomero-r1i]

You said Mexico City is like several mini cities bought together, and that is right! You showed places I have never and will never go to, and did not show any of the areas in which my friends, family and known people live, visit, entertain ourselves The beautiful parts of CDMX

[@JuanPerez-qd1ir]

Why does he speak like Anthony Bourdain?

[@razo6403]

First thing I noticed

[@abelardojeda]

La audacia de la gente de no saber cómo describir un video grabado con un perfil de color desaturado y llamarlo “sepia”. La verdad es que el video está interesante y muestra varios proyectos de gente que se está poniendo las pilas en la ciudad. Como dicen por ahí, no es nuevo, pero no deja de ser interesante saber de los proyectos y de cómo se organiza la gente por su cuenta.

[@Alekslust]

Btw this video is OLD!!😂 it’s not “DF”…now is #CDMX

[@pumasgoya]

Lame name change

[@sophia.lb95]

@@pumasgoya its not just a name but everything that came with that change. it use to be congress that use to decide what happened with the city. so people from other places were deciding what happened with the city. now we get to elect our own representatives such as deputies and congress people. were a state not a district we choose how our budget is spent and our own rights being a liberal city we have had rights a decade before other states did with an independent constitution

[@ramonI7353]

Filtro sepia, ya desde ahí el vídeo lo quite

[@rafi9374]

FWI This video appears to be pretty old, like pre-pandemic old, judging only by the "Ecobicis" that are shown, as thay are an old model that aren't in use anymore. And also, CDMX has had a sort of "cycling revolution" from the pandemic onwards, as delivery apps of all things got more people on bikes, and in the past administration 206.3 km of new bike lanes were built.

[@franklinmount4068]

This documentary is about important subjects. Alas, it has some of the misconceptions of the Global South held by persons from the Global North. I love Mexico City.

[@alatorre33]

Aaa estos amigos del norte, siempre viendo la paja en el ojo ajeno

[@mjlpbn]

Exacto!! Según ellos son los únicos perfectos en el mundo

[@GcQfashion]

Surreal-Sized City

[@AlfredodelArenal]

Great documentary and fantastic fellow Mexicans' doing awesome endeavours in this city.

[@ericnights6406]

That filter made it look difrent in a bad way 👎

[@MannyTapia-r1y]

CIUDAD DE MEXICO tiene 8,000,000 (eight million) Inhabitants! The "21 million" Could be, Ciudad de Mexico PLUS ALL de Municipalities surrounding the Big City!

[@javiercastro8466]

The water issue is where I think President OMLO should have invested in, rather than the Maya train. Water is vital for life, but they keeping kicking it down the road.

[@SAULSM17]

Fuera sepia

[@BalaenicepsRex3]

Thank you so much for making this video. This NEEDS to be watched. As someone who has been frustrated for years about the state this beautiful city is in, watching all these passionate people working to make it a better place for everyone is simply breathtaking. Looks like there is hope for the future :) ¡Gracias, muchas gracias! ❤🇲🇽

[@pinkworld9384]

No le des nada! Que barbaridad!Puso Sepia filter como las peliculas de Hollywood!

[@mjlpbn]

​@@pinkworld9384exacto!!! Que terribleee !

[@rodrigohernandez2957]

Why the sepia filter? MEXICO CITY IS AMAZING!

[@pakovqz4083]

Porque no hablas de la compañias extranjeras que se estan robando los recursos naturales??

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

Spaniards stole your gold and your water

[@xavi4694]

80% of the gold stayed here, cant you see palaces, churches, universities, roads,sewer, aqueducts, libraries, monuments, chapultepec castle built by spaniards?

[@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239]

Nice video of the worst things u could find. Mexico City is an incredible metropolis. Nice negative propaganda.

[@javiercastro8466]

Negative propaganda? The problems are real. If the documentary shows anything, it is the power of activism to take on the problems and the progress made thus far.

[@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239]

@@javiercastro8466 are you in the prianmc? Or a malinchista?

[@javiercastro8466]

@@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239 Your point being? You cannot negate that the problems in the country do not exist, nor can you argue that the power of the people is very strong.

[@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239]

@@javiercastro8466 the point is ir a malinchista. U hate ur country and ur self. But love anything foreign.

[@javiercastro8466]

@@elenmascaradodeplataelsant8239 I happen to love the people of the world. I also happen to be a duel citizen of two countries (US and Mexico) and if possible I would be a world citizen.

[@ceciramirez1634]

Areli ❤

[@JuaniPodrido]

I didn't even go to film school but i know better to not keep using stereotype film grading techniques. A shame on people involved in making of this content

[@xb5801]

Why do you use that ugly film tone? Makes the city look dull, when it’s so bright! I know you are trying to crate a theme of a mess .. but it’s just like typical Hollywood movies adding a sad tone to Mexican theme films ..

[@AlmaDanaeCordovaHidalgo]

I WANT TO MOVE THERE SO BAD BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THEY NEED ANYMORE PEOPLE ;-; I'LL JUST ADMIRE FROM DISTANCE

[@davidaragon3330]

Where did you get 8th richest city in the world?

[@alejandrosm9974]

..the classic sepia filter so everything looks "dustier" and "dirtier" 😂😂

[@charlisports]

Great documentary, horrible filter 😂 they just can’t stop the stereotype

[@funkmachine9094]

you would think they would wear helmets considering how dangerous to roads and streets are in mexico city but 95% ride without a helmet

[@DanR-d5w]

@@funkmachine9094 Doesn't it tell you it's not really that dangerous?

[@MAFV2049]

Horrible human experiment in territorial centralization. Megalopolis of MxCity has done a lot of damage to the country.

[@Kevin_geekgineering]

it's sad to see bike infra is so bad almost every where except few European country. time to finally move there I think

[@duanejoseph6234]

The Sepia colorization really makes it look washed out and polluted, why did the choose to portray Mexico City this way?

[@petegtorcan]

*metres

[@raybrown4050]

OLD !!

[@mauigonz]

Only 30'/, in poverty? I thought It was like 40, or 50 (I live in the outer area called mexican state, known for having more poverty and crime lmao) Also why breaking bad filter?

[@marcoantoniomendoza6928]

It's not worth it, those people that you interview are the truth, the lady with the bicycles mentions common places, clichés, what corruption, what poverty, that citizens are the ones who move forward and not governments, the reality now throughout Mexico and in Mexico City, the governments are very different from those of before, in fact the man I interviewed from some civil society is greeting with a foreign hat, since this program of rain collection systems was implemented by the government of the Mexico City, by the wat there are already more than one hundred thousand houses with this infrastructure, thanks to the local government, on the other hand the city only exceeds the pollutant limits one or two weeks a year!... before it was more than 200 days a year , most of the pollution comes from the metropolitan area, the truth is, friend, I feel like you chose by chance or I don't know why!?... a very dense day in smog...mmm, anyway the point is that things have changed for better since the current federal government came in, and I stand by the facts.. greetings

[@maap0007]

👍

[@Renanaguilar]

You saying that Spaniards ruined Mexico city just tells me that you are not a serious documentary. Read a little, Tenochtitlan was not a heaven for equality because they had a cast system nor they were very peaceful.

[@osvaldo5956]

Y finalmente la ciudad se hizo para los mexicanos no para los extranjeros si no les gusta no vengan y ya 👎🏿

[@gerryfuentes2574]

También que se larguen las transnacionales que dan un chingo de trabajo a los mexicanos? Armadoras de autos etc etc ?

[@benjamindominguezmercado3848]

Además ví el vídeo completo y en NINGUN momento dice que no le guste la ciudad, más bien habla muy bien de su gente, de hecho le gustó tanto que acaba haciéndose un tatuaje de la ciudad y dice literalmente "este es el tipo de lugar que te quieres llevar a donde sea" y cierra el documental con la frase "está ciudad es pura poesía en movimiento" Así que antes de proyectar tus resentimientos y mostrar tu ignorancia prejuzgando lo que no conoces, date una oportunidad decescuchar y sobre todo entender lo que otros dicen

[@pruebapaginas8885]

Pure ignorance bad video.

[@MrIdioto]

I’m sorry but this is not accurate and kind of biased. It left out a lot of stuff and either it was on purpose or just ignorance. 😊

[@clauchinaski]

por ejemplo?

[@nbkr49b]

@@clauchinaskiMéxico has had and will have several minimum wage increases. It’s near the top now.

[@BalaenicepsRex3]

Could you elaborate, please? You literally give no examples.

[@Miami_MarkAbe]

I’m sorry but that woman doesn’t explain correct