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: It's kind of hard for me to think of 25,000 people as "a village", but I suppose these things are relative. I did something similar 28 years ago with a village of about 500 people. It's grown to about 1,200 since then, and I'm thinking of moving to once again out to the country. It has worked out well for me and my family. We've almost always spent part of our time there and part of our time in the US of A, and even when we were living in a really tiny apartment and not making a lot of money, we always felt rich having our place in Mexico to escape to (which we have managed to do almost every year). If you'd like more of our story and to see pictures of our area, you could check out the link I'll include. (Ignore the advertising come-on on the home page and go to the Info and Pictures sections.) I don't feel like I need to keep our place secret. We used to greet visitors at the front door by saying, "if you made it this far, you're probably ok." And it is still pretty much that way. Actually, it would be nice to have a few neighbors who embrace the pot-luck concept. <p>Hi Keith,
Your photo is enchanting! Thanks for adding it to the mix. And yes, I'd like very much to hear more of your experiences. As to what constitutes a village: In my mind, size alone is not the only criteria: Tho the village I refer to has an official population of 25K, almost no one owns a vehicle. It's an agricultural village, thus just a few blocks outside the boundaries of the cobbled lanes, the roads turn to dirt & lead directly into fields planted with a wide variety of furits, vegetables, & flowers. On any given day, there are bound to be more donkeys, horses, & horse-drawn carts than vehicles in the village. <p>Three years ago, I rented for two years in a "town" of only 5K people; this place, on the other hand, had a major highway running thru town a block off the main plaza. The town was filled with cars & trucks. In spite of it's being a small colonial town, it was not far from a big city & the town was very much a "town" rather than a village. But perhaps village in your scheme of things refers to what I think of as little "settlements" of a few houses or farms...<p>But, yes: to me a population, isolated by distance & geography, who pursue a "primitive" type of agriculture--meaning hand plowing, no tractors, hand-harvested corn, etc--& an indigenous population who still wear traditional dress & follow anchient customs: to me this constitutes a "village."<p>I had no idea we'd weave a thread on the "village" them, but I'm glad it's happened! Just the word "village" evokes pleasant emotions in my heart. As does the word "rebozo" for Mexicans.<p>
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