In 2 Nephi 5:24, Nephi makes a cultural comment concerning the Lamanites that "they did become an idle people . . ." The Lamanite land of first inheritance was "bordering along by the seashore" (Alma 22:28). Also, people always journeyed "up" to the land of Nephi (see Mosiah 7:1, 9:3; Alma 17:8; etc.). This information apparently correlates with the culture and topography of Mesoamerica. According to John Sorenson, in the late seventeenth century Catholic priest Fuentes y Guzman contrasted the "lassitude and laziness" of the lowlanders (of Guatemala) with the energy of the highland inhabitants. [John Sorenson, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon, F.A.R.M.S., p. 140] [See also the commentary on 2 Nephi 5:7, 5:8; Enos 1:20]