¡Viva Mexico!: Mexico rich and poor: In wealthy Mexico city area, hard workers at street level

One of those bittersweet stories so characteristically Mexican. Told well by the Los Angeles Times.

Mexico rich and poor: In wealthy Mexico city area, hard workers at street level - latimes.com: "Of Mexico's many contradictions, one stands out. The richest man on the planet lives in Mexico, as do millions of people existing below the poverty line. Yet rich and poor repeatedly intersect, entangled in a routine of mutual survival, of class-based enabling.

The rich sustain their comfortable lives thanks in part to an endless supply of cheap support staff. That in turn guarantees employment — albeit substandard — for legions of working-class Mexicans."