Mexican state gets its first electric escalator, followed by judgmental snark
Mexican state gets its first electric escalator, followed by judgmental snark
Tiny, agrarian Tlaxcala, only 70 miles east of Mexico City, becomes butt of jokes on social media but locals see condescension and classism in criticism
David Agren in Mexico City
@el_reportero
Thursday 6 April 2017 16.45 EDT Last modified on Thursday 6 April 2017 17.26 EDT
Mexico’s smallest state has marked a milestone of modern development with the inauguration of its first electric escalator – a device first patented in 1859.
The news prompted a crush of reaction on social media, welcoming the mostly agrarian state of Tlaxcala to the 21st century.
“Incredible but true: the first electric escalator arrived in Tlaxcala,” read a story in the local newspaper El Sol de Tlaxcala, which described the event as “historic”.
State governor Marco Mena and his wife were the first to ride the escalator at its inauguration on Wednesday at a department store in the state capital, 70 miles east of Mexico City.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/06/tlaxcala-mexico-first-electric-escalator
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