30/05/2017
Perla Soto and "los woodlandeses," as they are called in Spanish, have boosted the area's economy, spending billions on homes and several hundred million more on new businesses, taxes, cars and other goods in the last 10 years, according to Viva The Woodlands Magazine. More than 10,000 Mexicans now live there, representing about 10 percent of the population.
But these days, the immigration pattern is reversing. Fewer Mexicans are coming to live in The Woodlands, and more are moving back to Mexico.
There was the allure of large, beautiful homes caressed by the shadows of slash pines and bald cypresses. Soto and "los woodlandeses," as they are called in Spanish, have boosted the area's economy, spending billions on homes and several hundred million more on new businesses, taxes, cars and other…