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Context: My wife and I will be traveling to Oaxaca in the near future and are looking forward to engaging with local folks. We’re beginner-intermediate Spanish speakers and hope to build our skills while we’re there.

We’ve been fortunate enough to travel a little bit and have noticed different cultures have different rules about what’s okay to discuss when it comes to small talk. E.g. some European countries think it’s weird to discuss what occupation you hold (“what you do for a living”) but it’s very normal in most parts of the US. In Ethiopia, people like to ask if you have kids, property, how much money you make, but asking how much a person makes in US is considered too personal.

My question: In Mexico (specifically Oaxaca) what are good/acceptable topics to discuss when you’re engaging in small talk or getting to know someone? What is considered “taboo” that would be considered normal in other places?

Thanks for any advice!

Video is from CCTV’s coverage at the main stage.

Always one of my favorite events in Salem. They announced lower admission this year, too.

I live in US and will have enough AB to tier jump in a couple of days. I will also be heading out of the country in a couple months.

Should I hang onto my ABs as it appears I can get the mayor title where I’ll be going in a couple months? Or should I tier jump in US and not get mayor title?

Do mayor rates pay out differently in different countries?

This is the “contestant” that owns a salon in Salem. (No, not Lindsay Graham)