The trouble is still there though and as two attempts have been made within the week on Calles' life, the place is teeming with an undercurrent of excitement.
The undercurrent goes way beyond the superficial, and the strange or original receive the support and opportunities – courtesy of some strong government initiatives – to flourish.
There is a humming undercurrent to the critique of modern batting, that increasingly idiosyncratic and macho pursuit.
But the Leninist undercurrent, though repressed, persisted in the Communist underground opposition to Stalin.
I've just moved to a small town not known for its broiling undercurrent of political tension.
Nor is it "insane" to detect a racial undercurrent to the incredible disrespect that's been shown to this president over the years.
The uglier undercurrent to this charge is that, in making Gaza the pretext, she has chosen "Muslim grievance" over party loyalty.
And Beardsley fired home from close range in the dying minutes of a game marred by a niggling undercurrent on both the pitch and touchline.
The training was hard, but Singleton never sensed any undercurrent of racism.
This was a flat, dull preparation, with a lingering undercurrent of paper mulch.
Plus a strong spiritual undercurrent that adds unexpected resonances.
