CLownfish, I'll share an email I got this AM from a friend who's in LaPaz right now. He's answering my question about whether the town has changed much the last few years?:
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LAP has changed for better and worse (kind of like Bend in many respects)....they're constantly making improvements to waterfront
Malecon (really nice bronze statutes), sprucing up
some areas, getting a handle on trash (in some cases), and they just protected Balandra Beach by ordinance (a first).
There are now more people (pop 200k), but it is easy to get around, and we're noticing more North Americans (lots of Canadians), also Europeans I'm told (it's a top retirement destination and they're starting to build condos....generally starting at $200k....to accommodate the expected influx). The worst is this God-awful development out on El Megote (the sand spit) call
Pariso del Mar.....it is so ugly from town with all its lights...how they got it approved is a mystery, but word has it it was sold to some of Dick Chaney's friends to avoid any Mexican legal battles bc people were trying to fight it.
Still seems a Mexican town in spite of the Applebees and Burger King on the Malecon! (and they are busy, too!!). There are some nice people here, it's close to some amazing landscapes and has great sunsets (80 degrees and sunny doesn't hurt, either). : )
Clueless in La Paz
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