Talk:Mérida, Yucatán

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• Race: "Slow paced, witty, romantic and happy."
• Weather: "... May and June are simply awful. The locals hide at the beaches of Progreso during the summer ..."

As a yucatecan I find these descriptions racist, innacurate and stereotypical and I'm pretty sure most people would agree with me, so I deleted them.

Also, I don't think "Mérida is well known for its excellent hammocks, which do not stretch when you use them" is encyclopedic material, it's more like a tourist impression on souvenir stores so that's gone too.

I would like to correct this instead of deleting it but my english right now is not good enough to write for an encyclopedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Japintov (talk • contribs) 19:51, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

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I'm not qualified to comment on the "race" line, but I have heard elsewhere that the young people of Merida _do_ flee to Progreso during the summer (this was in August, though) -- can you comment? thanks, jdb ❋ (talk) 08:14, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

The beaches are used at specific times of the year, both by Meridanos and by tourists from elsewhere in Mexico at these prime times:

1) Easter - Semana Santa - holy week for a week before Easter and some staying a week after.

2) Summer vacations - July, but primarily August, when the most vacations occur.

It is a misconception from north of the border that July and August are the hottest months, therefore everyone flees to the beach. They are the typical vacation months. As far as weather, they are "steamy" having fairly high temps and plenty of humidity, being in the rainy season.

The hottest months of the year are typically April and May. So, Semana Santa usually occurs roughly during that time. However, kids are still in school (outside Easter week) and people still working, so the hottest months of the year are not the busiest at the beaches.

It is not only "the young people" who "flee to the beaches", but entire families. Young people slip over at night and on weekends all year round. Big parties, raves, and covert "Discos" (dance bars) pop up any time, typically during Semana Santa, July, and August.

I'm sorry if I'm doing this wrong -- I'm new to this. I just found a lot of the article to be misleading and found a way to comment about it. I hope this is helpful.

There's a big error on the facts column: People who live in Merida are not called "Meridians." No one would have a clue what you are saying. People who live in Merida are called "Meridanos."

Source: Years of home owning, living in Merida. YucatanData (talk) 05:52, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

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Could someone explain how the name of this town is pronounced?

http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=195487&page=2&pp=15 suggests he proper pronunciation would be meeh-ri-da as in the Spanish language the stress would be on the "e". The Spanish spelling of Merida has an accent over the e meaning the e is stressed.

but http://www.answers.com/topic/m-rida-yucat-n and the American Heritage Dictionary, Mé·ri·da (mĕr'ĭ-də, mĕ'rē-dä) pronunciation

On the Same answers.com page

Mérida (mā'rēthä) from the Columbia University Press

What's going on?

Accent is indeed on the first sylable, with vowels pronounced as usual for Spanish. I think the "th" may refer to pronunciation the one in Spain, not this one. -- Infrogmation 03:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct on the pronunciation.

Merida is said with a hard "D", not a "th" which is more Castilian or at least Spain Spanish, rather than Mexican Spanish.

Source: I've lived in Merida for years. No one ever says "th". Accent is on the first syllable. YucatanData (talk) 05:39, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Monumento a la Patria

The image I just added to the article is far better than the one it included. Someone changed it back apparently, why would anyone do this. I don't see anything wrong with the image I just added. Cheers (189.148.127.74 (talk) 03:07, 10 May 2009 (UTC))

Having read your comment here, I just reverted-- oops, now I'm wondering if I might have changed it to the one you didn't want? I can't tell. The image at writing has been at the top of the article for more than a month at least until the anon change. I have no particular opinion between the two photos of the monument; they both seem fine to me. Other opinions between File:Pdm-statue-merida.jpg and File:Monumento a la patria.JPG? -- Infrogmation (talk) 04:17, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

The first one seems to show better detail, while the 2nd is perhaps better framed. Not much in it, I spose I'd choose the first one if pressed. Just MHO. --cjllw ʘ TALK 08:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Timeline of Mérida, Mexico

What is missing from the city timeline? Please add relevant content. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 11:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Relevant Information

One of the sections that did not really seem relevant to the article and was distracting even though it was presented at the end of the article was the section of “International Relations” which included information about the sister cities of Merida. This does not seem to be of importance, rather than fun facts about it. The section on culture seems to be over represented but it is a good thing it is. It provides vital information on the cultural practices of the area. Some of the sections that are under represented are those of health and education. These two sections do not provide much information and only provide lists of the available schools or medical centers. Samnegrete (talk) 01:51, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

No merge. The municipality contains more places than just the city itself and can/should be expanded. This is consistent with the way how municipalities and place articles are organized for Mexico. -- P 1 9 9  ✉ 19:46, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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The content of Mérida Municipality is almost entirely a subset of this article. The city and the municipality are practically co-extant. 93% of the population of the municipality lives in Mérida. Both subjects (city and municipality) are covered in for e.g. Guadalajara, León, and Zapopan. --Cornellier (talk) 05:37, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Oppose I agree that the Municipality article has little new to offer, but it has some info about Politics and Governance about which the article should be. The article should (at least it could) be expanded with history on Mayors, political and administrative decisions etc.Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:50, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

You're saying the article has little to offer but should be kept around in case you or someone eventually adds information about "decisions etc." In that case why not merge it and then demerge if and when that information ever appears. --Cornellier (talk) 04:50, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.