 All of its streets, including the entrance road are dirt.Many of the houses are now of brick or block, with satellite TV, paid for by remittance money, but there is no piped water.Dollars sent back by migrants in the United States is not only received directly by families, it is also used to fund public works projects through organizations such as the Federacion de Clubes de Migrantes de la Sierra Gorda, which includes six groups from Landa de Matamoros.