Living in Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón stretches from the office towers of Santa Fe in the west down to the colonial streets around San Ángel in the south, so renters land in very different settings depending on which edge of the borough they pick. Toward the poniente, apartments for rent in Santa Fe and neighboring Santa Fe La Loma put tenants inside the corporate corridor near Universidad Iberoamericana. Closer to the middle of the borough, apartments for rent in Los Alpes sit a few blocks from San Ángel and Metro Barranca del Muerto, calmer than the west side. Renters chasing tree-lined, hillside streets can look south to Tetelpan, a pueblo tucked into the lomas above San Ángel.

What to consider before renting

Rent runs highest around the Santa Fe corridor and its towers, while the corridor near Los Alpes and the pueblos above San Ángel sit more moderate. Álvaro Obregón is hillier than most of the city, so a car or ready access to Metrobús matters more here than in flatter boroughs. Renters who want a shorter commute on a Metro-heavy grid instead of hills can look east to Benito Juárez, where Del Valle and Nápoles trade the greenery for a flatter, more central location.