Irregular Settlements in Jalisco
The Secretary of Urban Development reported in the Informador that 40 to 60 percent of homes in the state of Jalisco are found in irregular settlement areas. This just confirms the research that I made back in 1988 and emphasizes the need to "regularize" many of these areas and begin to provide better coordinated municipal services, including gas, water, and power. In other matters, they were unable to conclude an agreement to extend the Anillo Perifereco completely around the city, with the main portion lacking in and around Tonala.
Getting Around
If you look at this map, we lived in Tabachines which is real close to "Las Canadas" country club north of the Anillo Periferico, west of la Carretera a Saltillo. Guadalajara is only about thirty miles from Lake Chapala, where a large colony of US expatriates hangs out. Our neighborhood was located in Zapopan which is the largest of the three major Guadalajara suburbs. During the eighties, Zapopan grew at a tremendous rate and became a tremendous population center on its own. The city focal point is the Basilica, which is a common destination for Roman Catholic pilgrims.
Hola Tapatio
Welcome to my weblog on Guadalajara and environs. Although I am not a real Tapatio, I have a child born in Guadalajara and claimed it for my home for a year. In my heart, I have never really left. I went to Guadalajara in '88 on a special project for the University of Washington (Seattle) and the Universidad de Guadalajara (U de G, en los Belenes). After spending a week or so in the Hotel Frances and later in a smaller hotel out near la Plaza de Minerva, we finally settled into Colonia Tabachines, way up near los Belenes on the northern edge of town.
