San Luis Potosí

Thesis

October 11, 2026 · 9 min

Twenty million: the North American regions the size of the Bajío-Occidente

The Bajío-Occidente is home to 22.1 million people. North America has only a handful of regions that size: greater Mexico City, the Texas Triangle, Southern California, New York, Florida and the Québec City–Windsor Corridor, plus Guatemala and Hispaniola. With the same number of people, the Texas Triangle produces six times more per person.

History

September 27, 2026 · 12 min

Who settled the Bajío: 2,600 years told from its cities

The Bajío has filled up and emptied out more than once. Preclassic farmers settled it first; around the year 1000 they abandoned it; silver and wheat repopulated it in the 16th century; by 1803 it was the densest region of New Spain. Today León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes are home to more than five million people, and the order among them is shifting.

Infrastructure

July 14, 2026 · 4 min

Highway 57: Mexico's industrial backbone

Across nearly 1,300 km between Mexico City and Piedras Negras, Highway 57 runs through the country's manufacturing heartland. It was built to connect cities; today it carries the promise of nearshoring.

Thesis

March 17, 2026 · 5 min

San Luis Potosí in Texas: Houston or Dallas, depending on the municipality

Two out of three migrants from San Luis Potosí live in Texas. Inside Texas they split almost evenly between the Houston and Dallas consular districts, and the municipality of origin decides which: the capital and its neighbours go to Dallas, the Zona Media to Houston.