Interview and ethnographic data in the Mission neighborhood in San Francisco, California and Edison neighborhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan suggest that neighborhood characteristics influence Yucatec-Mayan im/migrant satisfaction. Living in Edison 1) increases im/migration satisfaction; 2) promotes im/migrant openness to permanent U.S. residence;3) increases stay durations in spite of Edison's paltry cultural and political resources. Yucatec-Mayans living in both Mission and Edison neighborhoods were most satisfied, suggesting that horizontal mobility is seen as a personal accomplishment, increasing the overall positive perception of im/migration.

Yucatán Migration citizenship Satisfaction Michigan San Francisco Stay duration Transnationalism Indigenous Mexico

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