I too, would like to know more about this 'compound' in Mexico.
"Back when I was in, they were teaching that we'd inhabit the vacant homes."
Yeah... JWs tend to idealize things a lot. They often forget small details like...
1) Who would operate the systems that handle the waste material that gets flushed?
1a) Who handles pumping the water to the homes that is used to flush the waste material?
2) Who handles the electricity being generated?
3) Who picks up the garbage that gets generated by each household, and hauls it away? Not to mention... where do they put it?
Currently, these things are handled by 'worldlies' who spent a lot of time getting an education - and going to college - and have degrees.
Oh. And before you say that no electricity is needed - and that they can use kerosene lamps -
a) Where does the kerosene come from? - even if it is just 'vegetable oil' -
b) Who mans the fire department that puts out the house fires that result from people knocking over the lamps?
I could do this all day...
Regards,
Jim TX