Sunday in the Park with Jorge By Steve Sailer

One of the most overused clichés of contemporary journalism is that massive Mexican immigration will make American life more "vibrant". This is especially true of Eastern Seaboard pundits, who have typically spent less time in a Mexican-American neighborhood in the U.S. than they have vacationing in Mexico.

After all, the plaza at the heart of an old colonial Mexican town like Veracruz can be a delightful place to while away an evening on holiday—sitting in a café under the arcade, listening to the brass band play in the park while watching pedestrians promenade.

Unfortunately, outside of perhaps San Antonio's Riverwalk tourist zone, this experience has seldom been replicated in Mexican neighborhoods in the U.S. They tend to be depressing, if not downright dismal—not as ominous and nightmarish as many black neighborhoods, but that's setting a rather low standard.

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