[marisnom]

When you see the well developed parts of Mexico you could say that it isn't a third world country... But once you see the poorer parts that quickly changes. The poorest parts of Mexico are very poor, unfortunately a very unequal country. Not to mention the Mexican government is consistently ranked among the most corrupt in the world.

[prmoustache]

> The poorest parts of Mexico are very poor, unfortunately a very unequal country

By this definition, the USA are a third world country then.

[srdone]

There is certainly a lot of inequality in the USA, but Mexico and other Central and South American nations take it to yet another extreme.

[foogazi]

> By this definition, the USA are a third world country then.

Not even close

[orangepurple]

Appalachia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3O6bKdPLbw

San Francisco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_2dDbFD4FE

Chicago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbGnPyFi8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQGiquHPgs

Dallas Texas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fEc1TZhT5Y

Greenville Mississippi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2SPHSCa-6Q

[hombre_fatal]

Now look at Oaxaca and Chiapas where people build their houses from stacked cinderblocks and take home plant clippings for fuel to cook dinner from their job as a gardener.

And more importantly compare the pay and purchasing power and the school systems. I don't think Americans realize how little Mexicans make and how expensive everything is to them except for labor.

[foogazi]

None of those are examples of the third world

You just have not seen structural poverty at the state level

all the roads still work, there’s services, access to schools, technology (mines), property rights

So many riches that people of the first world take for granted

[Dah00n]

Looking at the poorest places, yes, absolutely.