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Chilango Stories

In 2007 the UN announced that more than half of the world's population currently live in cities. Further more, more than a billion people worldwide now live in slums.

Mexico city was once considered the ultimate urban disaster; an overpopulated megalopolis with nothing to show for itself other than pollution, corruption, crime congestion and horrendous poverty. For many, this stereotype still holds true.

However political and economic reform during the 1990s has transformed the city and given rise to a new generation of chilangos who are embracing individualism, cultural diversity and consumerism.