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jeanete

Oct 1, 2002, 2:25 PM

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So glad to find this site! We are looking at exploring the idea of livilng in Mexico in 3-5 years. We've never visited, so we'll be doing lot's of exploring on future trips. I'm interested any sites that can give us insite into this process. Especially interested in contacting individuals or groups who have recently moved as permanent residents. Any help or info greatly appreciated.

Bret in Portland

Oct 1, 2002, 2:33 PM

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Just in case you missed it, MexConnect has a great resource section called "Living, Working, & Retiring in Mexico".I would start by reading everything in that section and on the bulletinboard of the same name.Here is the link, but you could find it in the MexConnect index also:

tony ferrell

Oct 1, 2002, 8:08 PM

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Hello,
I would suggest spending as much time in Mexico
over the next 3-5 years exploring how regular
people live. While this may sound boring, it will
give you a good insight on what to expect. Reading
the forums will give you alot of info, much of
it will be very contradictory. Keep in mind that
this is because most people are bias one way or
another. Compare the info you read with what
you experience in mexico. Good Luck, tony: So glad to find this site! We are looking at exploring the idea of livilng in Mexico in 3-5 years. We've never visited, so we'll be doing lot's of exploring on future trips. I'm interested any sites that can give us insite into this process. Especially interested in contacting individuals or groups who have recently moved as permanent residents. Any help or info greatly appreciated.

jennifer rose

Oct 1, 2002, 9:14 PM

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Tony and Brent gave you some excellent advice. Living in Mexico comes in more flavors than Baskin Robbins ever dreamed – from palatial lifestyles to subsistence living. Foreigners who live in Mexico don’t lead their lives in lockstep. There are those who maintain lives in a cross between the British East India Company and a military outpost, those who strictly endeavor to “go native,” those who fancy themselves culture vultures, and those who consider their lives just plain normal. Some of us are remittance people, and some of us work here. There are the missionaries, both religious and cultural. Some of us do live better than we did in the Old Country, and some of us have downscaled. There are the genuine article, and there are poseurs. There are the generous, the fools, and the jerks. Saints and sinners. There are those who are out there and visible, cheering their country’s flag and team at every opportunity, there are those who’ve become invisible save for their foreign-sounding names, and there are those whom you’d be hard put to tag as foreigners. Some are educated, and some are not. There are mensches, and there are bastards. There are those who’ll take every opportunity that they can to deride Mexico, and there are those who embrace everything that this country has to offer. And, of course, some who’re in-between.You’ll find those who declare themselves “experts” on living in Mexico before they’ve worn out their first tourist card, and you’ll find those who realize that a single lifetime here isn’t enough to fully understand and know this country. You’ll find those who insist that a taco should resemble something served at Taco Bell, and those who declare that mariachis were pre-Hispanic. Yes, really. Mexico is a big country, and even its natives aren’t exactly a homogeneous lot. The foreigners living here are a diverse bunch. Some expatriates require a critical mass of landsmen, and some seek out venues where a paisano can’t be found for kilometers.There are some who painstakingly explore and weigh every option available to them, diligently comparing the annual rainfall and the price of Campbell’s soup to what might be charged in Muleshoe, Texas, and there are those who simply decided to up and move down during the course of single visit. What you may see on a single vacation trip may be in no way determinative of the landscape for permanent living. There are those who say “rent first,” and there are those who’ve bought a house within three days of landing in town. And there are success stories as well as sad tales of failure among both groups.Those who participate in this forum are a disparate lot, but they’re not necessarily representative of all foreigners living in Mexico.

Wade K.

Oct 1, 2002, 10:09 PM

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: So glad to find this site! We are looking at exploring the idea of livilng in Mexico in 3-5 years. We've never visited, so we'll be doing lot's of exploring on future trips. I'm interested any sites that can give us insite into this process. Especially interested in contacting individuals or groups who have recently moved as permanent residents. Any help or info greatly appreciated.You may also want to consider Antigua, Guatemala; San Jose, Costa Rica; Quito, Ecuador; Sucre, Bolivia; Mendoza, Argentina(actually most of Argentina), and various places in Chile. Most of these are less expensive than comparable cities in Mexico. Argentina is at rock bottom price wise but offers an extraordinary lifestyle. Mexico is next door and has great areas with excellent climates, but unless they devalue the Peso it's not cheap if that's a concern. Good luck!

texmexman

Oct 2, 2002, 7:31 AM

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living in mexico// Jen: Beautiful NFM

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:
: Tony and Brent gave you some excellent advice. Living in Mexico comes in more flavors than Baskin Robbins ever dreamed – from palatial lifestyles to subsistence living. Foreigners who live in Mexico don’t lead their lives in lockstep. There are those who maintain lives in a cross between the British East India Company and a military outpost, those who strictly endeavor to “go native,” those who fancy themselves culture vultures, and those who consider their lives just plain normal. Some of us are remittance people, and some of us work here. There are the missionaries, both religious and cultural. Some of us do live better than we did in the Old Country, and some of us have downscaled. There are the genuine article, and there are poseurs. There are the generous, the fools, and the jerks. Saints and sinners. There are those who are out there and visible, cheering their country’s flag and team at every opportunity, there are those who’ve become invisible save for their foreign-sounding names, and there are those whom you’d be hard put to tag as foreigners. Some are educated, and some are not. There are mensches, and there are bastards. There are those who’ll take every opportunity that they can to deride Mexico, and there are those who embrace everything that this country has to offer. And, of course, some who’re in-between.: You’ll find those who declare themselves “experts” on living in Mexico before they’ve worn out their first tourist card, and you’ll find those who realize that a single lifetime here isn’t enough to fully understand and know this country. You’ll find those who insist that a taco should resemble something served at Taco Bell, and those who declare that mariachis were pre-Hispanic. Yes, really. : Mexico is a big country, and even its natives aren’t exactly a homogeneous lot. The foreigners living here are a diverse bunch. Some expatriates require a critical mass of landsmen, and some seek out venues where a paisano can’t be found for kilometers.: There are some who painstakingly explore and weigh every option available to them, diligently comparing the annual rainfall and the price of Campbell’s soup to what might be charged in Muleshoe, Texas, and there are those who simply decided to up and move down during the course of single visit. What you may see on a single vacation trip may be in no way determinative of the landscape for permanent living. There are those who say “rent first,” and there are those who’ve bought a house within three days of landing in town. And there are success stories as well as sad tales of failure among both groups.: Those who participate in this forum are a disparate lot, but they’re not necessarily representative of all foreigners living in Mexico.

Pernel

Oct 3, 2002, 1:10 PM

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Here Here!! Well Said Jennifer!

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Here Here!! Well Said Jennifer!