La Huerita said:
Stuart said:
From your posted link:
Personally, I think Omega makes themselves look foolish and amateurish with a statement like that.
You and I are in total agreement, fine sir. If Omega is trying to sell something in Mexico, at least try to get the basic facts correct! Otherwise, they look just like another peso-grubbing pendejo developer!
Truth is, Sonora is absolutely beautiful in its own way -- a place where the desert meets the sea and has the best of both worlds. Omega needs to market that. There are plenty of us that are happy in that environment and would willingly buy a vacation home there.
I take that back, there WERE plenty of us until our primary US home values just hit a 10 year low and haven't bottomed out yet. Nobody feels particularly rich these days. Starting (or resuming) a project like that at this point in the US economy is pretty much a death sentence for it. People aren't standing in line to buy condos right now. Beachfront or otherwise. I do think things will come back around, but it's going to be awhile and not at the pace seen in previous years.
I noted something interesting this weekend in Penasco. Big billboard for a condo project (I didn't even pay attention to which one, they so clutter the landscape). It's right across from the police station. I remarked to the wife that times must be getting tight. Instead of a happy, smiling gringo family at the beach, or surrounded in a luxurious spa, or seductively toasting drinks, this billboard had an obviously MEXICAN couple on it. Just a head shot of their smiling faces. So, I figured this project was either A) too poor to pay for American models, or B) really might be trying to entice the Mexican market.
Personally, I bet most locals in Penasco hate that sign because it portrays something they could never afford, even having lived there all their lives.
All us fisherfolk are still waiting for the new marina to be built. Maybe, just maybe, I'll see it in my lifetime.
