Living in Mexico

[StubbornMule]

Hi Coca Cvs.

As a Mexican who has lived and visited the whole country, I could tell try to give you some helpful info.

Guadalajara / Zapopan is a big city but not as chaotic as Mexico City, people are nicer and chicks are hotter. Lots ot college chicks for sugar dating. The only problem is when the Local cartel gets angry because some boss gets arrested and they block avenues and set trucks on fire. Like once a year it happens.

San miguel Allende as someone mentioned is a small town but very beautiful, lots of ofreing people live there and visit there, along with hot chicks from the upper mexican class visit there.

Mazatlan is cool, by the ocean, great food, hot chicks and tourism from mexico and a few from the US and Canada. Not expensive.

LOS cabos is expensive but a nice place to live, lots of foreign tourism. Just an occassional hurricane once a year. That guy from Van Halen sammy haggar lives there since like 30-40 years ago, has his own tequila and cabo wabo joint, throws a great party once a year (he invites other rocks stars like slash).

Merida (in yucatan) lately has been in fashion, not much crime, lots of sun and just a couple of hours drive from cancun and the whole mayan riviera.

Not sure what you're looking for, small town or big? Lots or few of mongering options? Valley, beach or mountain? Lets us know and well gladly tell you some of the best options according to us.

This is a lovely, very informative comment! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, which is clearly copious. I have a few questions: A) other than CMDX + TJ, which city in MX do you think is best overall for mongering? B) other than CMDX + TJ, which city in MX do you think is best overall for mongering, also accounting for safety, food, living costs, etc. (this might be the same as in part A). TIA.

[Jdweeb]

Hi Coca Cvs.

As a Mexican who has lived and visited the whole country, I could tell try to give you some helpful info.

Guadalajara / Zapopan is a big city but not as chaotic as Mexico City, people are nicer and chicks are hotter. Lots ot college chicks for sugar dating. The only problem is when the Local cartel gets angry because some boss gets arrested and they block avenues and set trucks on fire. Like once a year it happens.

San miguel Allende as someone mentioned is a small town but very beautiful, lots of ofreing people live there and visit there, along with hot chicks from the upper mexican class visit there.

Mazatlan is cool, by the ocean, great food, hot chicks and tourism from mexico and a few from the US and Canada. Not expensive.

LOS cabos is expensive but a nice place to live, lots of foreign tourism. Just an occassional hurricane once a year. That guy from Van Halen sammy haggar lives there since like 30-40 years ago, has his own tequila and cabo wabo joint, throws a great party once a year (he invites other rocks stars like slash).

Merida (in yucatan) lately has been in fashion, not much crime, lots of sun and just a couple of hours drive from cancun and the whole mayan riviera.

Not sure what you're looking for, small town or big? Lots or few of mongering options? Valley, beach or mountain? Lets us know and well gladly tell you some of the best options according to us.

Good info, thanks.

[MexicanCuban]

Seriously considering it. Been looking at a wide range of places from Tijuana, to Mexico city, Guadalajara. Looking for a change of pace. Cost of living isn't a problem for me and isn't a motivating factor on why I want to leave the US. I can comfortably afford to live in the US, but I simply want to try something new. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Coca Cvs.

As a Mexican who has lived and visited the whole country, I could tell try to give you some helpful info.

Guadalajara / Zapopan is a big city but not as chaotic as Mexico City, people are nicer and chicks are hotter. Lots ot college chicks for sugar dating. The only problem is when the Local cartel gets angry because some boss gets arrested and they block avenues and set trucks on fire. Like once a year it happens.

San miguel Allende as someone mentioned is a small town but very beautiful, lots of ofreing people live there and visit there, along with hot chicks from the upper mexican class visit there.

Mazatlan is cool, by the ocean, great food, hot chicks and tourism from mexico and a few from the US and Canada. Not expensive.

LOS cabos is expensive but a nice place to live, lots of foreign tourism. Just an occassional hurricane once a year. That guy from Van Halen sammy haggar lives there since like 30-40 years ago, has his own tequila and cabo wabo joint, throws a great party once a year (he invites other rocks stars like slash).

Merida (in yucatan) lately has been in fashion, not much crime, lots of sun and just a couple of hours drive from cancun and the whole mayan riviera.

Not sure what you're looking for, small town or big? Lots or few of mongering options? Valley, beach or mountain? Lets us know and well gladly tell you some of the best options according to us.

[Explorer8939]

For a first timer, living in Tijuana is a good option. You can run back to the US quickly if you have problems. Crime is an ongoing problem, though, particularly break-ins.

[John Clayton]

Seriously considering it. Been looking at a wide range of places from Tijuana, to Mexico city, Guadalajara. Looking for a change of pace. Cost of living isn't a problem for me and isn't a motivating factor on why I want to leave the US. I can comfortably afford to live in the US, but I simply want to try something new. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Many people do it. Mexican retirement residency is very easy to get. I know people who have lived in tourist towns of Mexico for more than twenty years and still, amazingly, don't speak any Spanish. The local joke about San Miguel de Allende is that it is the most beautiful city in the US.

[Questner]

Seriously considering it. Been looking at a wide range of places from Tijuana, to Mexico city, Guadalajara. Looking for a change of pace. Cost of living isn't a problem for me and isn't a motivating factor on why I want to leave the US. I can comfortably afford to live in the US, but I simply want to try something new. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This may help: https://nomadlist.com/ CDMX is #13 on the list.

[Coca Cvs]

Seriously considering it. Been looking at a wide range of places from Tijuana, to Mexico city, Guadalajara. Looking for a change of pace. Cost of living isn't a problem for me and isn't a motivating factor on why I want to leave the US. I can comfortably afford to live in the US, but I simply want to try something new. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[MikkyRobert]

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[JohnReter335]

Does not surprise me in the least. Mexico is a corrupt, drug lord run, scamming Cun_try.

I just transferred most of my money out of my Philippines account back to the USA because the Philippines is equally corrupt and untrustworthy. Especially now with that lunatic Dut_turdtay running his scam virus against his own people and shutting everything down, including most banks. Last time banks failed here in the P. I. It took some account holders months and months to get their supposedly gov. Insured money back. Some still have not got it. Banks cannot be trusted, bottom line.

I have seen corruption but this is a new level for me. I mean is everyone sleeping nobody catches these people.

[Black Sheep]

I was just in Oaxaca last summer. I agree with the others to stay put. Oaxaca is a reasonably stable region minus the protests and there is a thriving expat community in case you need to support each other.

Otherwise you must be bored out of your mind. Even at full swing Oaxaca City is good for only a few days.

I can almost bet you with 99% assurance you won't be better off anyplace else right now.

I have lived in Oax for the last 19 years. Stay cool for now. At this time there is no better place to be. Give it a year, and if you have a bit of $, you should be able to get a very nice place cheaply.

[TurdyCurdyOne]

In late December, Kathy Machir called Marcela Zavala Taylor, her banker of nine years at Mexico's Monex Casa de Bolsa, to get cash for contractors building her retirement home in San Miguel de Allende. Typically, Zavala would wire money or dispatch her assistant, Juan, on his motorcycle with an envelope full of pesos. Monex, with $5. 2 billion in assets and operations in the USA, was woven into the lives of Machir and the 10,000 other Americans who've moved to San Miguel de Allende.

The transfer didn't happen. Juan didn't show, Zavala didn't return calls, and Kathy and Jim Machir discovered that their nest egg was gone. When the Machirs and other San Miguel expatriates met with Monex officials in early January, the bankers told some of them that about $40 million was missing from as many as 158 accounts, many belonging to English-speaking Americans. A dozen people interviewed by Bloomberg News say that bank statements Zavala sent them purporting to show full accounts were apparently falsified. Most say the bank has told them little since they filed complaints, and some say Monex tried to settle for far less than the balances owed. When they told us we had 6 pesos or 32 in our accounts, I just felt sick to my stomach, Kathy Machir says. Since then, they have not dealt with us in good faith.

Does not surprise me in the least. Mexico is a corrupt, drug lord run, scamming Cun_try.

I just transferred most of my money out of my Philippines account back to the USA because the Philippines is equally corrupt and untrustworthy. Especially now with that lunatic Dut_turdtay running his scam virus against his own people and shutting everything down, including most banks. Last time banks failed here in the P. I. It took some account holders months and months to get their supposedly gov. Insured money back. Some still have not got it. Banks cannot be trusted, bottom line.

[Artisttyp]

Hi all,

3 weeks ago I said 'hasta la vista' to the US, left SF and am now in Oaxaca.

I mostly work from home. I have a neat small apartment here, and mostly go out for walks and to restaurants, however, daily I notice that more and more restaurants are closing.

I've romanticized about getting a green, off-grid kind of home, somewhere safe, where I am independent, self-sustaining and control my own power, water, and food, through solar, water on the land, and a growing food.

I know, not the best time to be looking for a place, with all the restaurants closing, kinda feel I got to make a move.

Been debating where to go, as a single, 49 year old guy.

I contacted someone in Puerto Vallarta. She said the beaches were closed and seemed other places were too, like here. Looking elsewhere.

I'm open to other areas, even countries, just want to be away from 5 G towers. I'm seeing that many borders in LatAm and other counties are closed to foreigners.

Anyone have any ideas where to go, either here in Mexico, or elsewhere that has open borders?

I was just in Oaxaca last summer. I agree with the others to stay put. Oaxaca is a reasonably stable region minus the protests and there is a thriving expat community in case you need to support each other.

Otherwise you must be bored out of your mind. Even at full swing Oaxaca City is good for only a few days.

I can almost bet you with 99% assurance you won't be better off anyplace else right now.

[BodyAnybody]

However, it is my personal opinion that things will not "get back to the old normal" until AFTER there's a vaccine.

If that turns out to be the case, we have a generation of depression to look forward to.

[PVMonger]

Hi all,

3 weeks ago I said 'hasta la vista' to the US, left SF and am now in Oaxaca.

I mostly work from home. I have a neat small apartment here, and mostly go out for walks and to restaurants, however, daily I notice that more and more restaurants are closing.

I've romanticized about getting a green, off-grid kind of home, somewhere safe, where I am independent, self-sustaining and control my own power, water, and food, through solar, water on the land, and a growing food.

I know, not the best time to be looking for a place, with all the restaurants closing, kinda feel I got to make a move.

Been debating where to go, as a single, 49 year old guy.

I contacted someone in Puerto Vallarta. She said the beaches were closed and seemed other places were too, like here. Looking elsewhere.

I'm open to other areas, even countries, just want to be away from 5 G towers. I'm seeing that many borders in LatAm and other counties are closed to foreigners.

Anyone have any ideas where to go, either here in Mexico, or elsewhere that has open borders?

My two cents is simply to stay put for the next 30-60 days. I live in Puerto Vallarta and, yes, the beaches are closed and most everybody is in lockdown until the end of May.

Even though you screwed the pooch as far as timing goes, just relax and chill until things get back to more normal.

However, it is my personal opinion that things will not "get back to the old normal" until AFTER there's a vaccine.

[Zman429]

Hi all,

3 weeks ago I said 'hasta la vista' to the US, left SF and am now in Oaxaca.

I mostly work from home. I have a neat small apartment here, and mostly go out for walks and to restaurants, however, daily I notice that more and more restaurants are closing.

I've romanticized about getting a green, off-grid kind of home, somewhere safe, where I am independent, self-sustaining and control my own power, water, and food, through solar, water on the land, and a growing food.

I know, not the best time to be looking for a place, with all the restaurants closing, kinda feel I got to make a move.

Been debating where to go, as a single, 49 year old guy.

I contacted someone in Puerto Vallarta. She said the beaches were closed and seemed other places were too, like here. Looking elsewhere.

I'm open to other areas, even countries, just want to be away from 5 G towers. I'm seeing that many borders in LatAm and other counties are closed to foreigners.

Anyone have any ideas where to go, either here in Mexico, or elsewhere that has open borders?

I strongly suggest staying put until things start opening up. Many people have gotten stuck or stranding doing this.