Quake exodus threatens Mexico City's trendy districts

Mexico City

WHEN Fernando Bustos moved to Mexico City years ago, he had no doubt about where to live. The Roma and Condesa neighbourhoods - sidewalk cafes, hip restaurants, thriving art and music, historic architecture - had captured his imagination.

He was not thinking about their vulnerability to earthquakes, such as the one in 1985 that devastated both neighbourhoods and plunged them into a long funk.