Comments on: Survey finds over 80% of expats ‘very satisfied’ with life in Mexico

By: genesisekbalam@gmail.com

genesisekbalam@gmail.com — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 23:59:29 +0000

Those who choose to live in a village or town in Yucatan, for example, will find the rents much lower with easy access to excellent hospitals in Merida.

By: Paul Yeatman

Paul Yeatman — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 12:59:45 +0000

We live in a small city in the southwestern part of Mexico & our rent for a “nice” (very subjective) 3 bedroom house is $15000 pesos per month. It’s our number one expense.
We love living here. Everything is good, including healthcare.
I have an advantage, because back in the 1970s I graduated from a Mexican University.
I have always liked Latin America & Mexico, since I was a teenager. When I was a teenager, I never considered healthcare or cost of living, but naturally now, 50 years later, it’s important. When I was a kid I just thought living in another country would be the coolest thing, and I still feel that way today.
Here I am today, just living my dream.
Vive Mexico!

By: Gregory Halsey-Brandt

Gregory Halsey-Brandt — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 04:09:48 +0000

My wife and come to Mexico for 6 months of the year for the climate. Fortunately we bought 13 years ago so we could afford the condo and the taxes. Prices now are through the roof. We are in Los Cabos and the infrastructure is deplorable. New airlines and more flights every month. New condos sprouting up monthly. The road network is pathetic and no police to enforce the rules of the road. No driver tests to get a licence and the accidents are very nasty. We love the culture and the people but the government is destroying it’s own attractive environment with growth and profits at any cost. The local population cannot even access their own beaches as the hotels taken over. All levels of government please wake up!

By: Isabel Lenahan

Isabel Lenahan — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:46:39 +0000

Have you ever heard of supply and demand? Of course it’s super expensive to live in the Mexico city areas of Polanco, Condesa, Roma, etc. because everybody wants to live there. All over Mexico there is housing for every kind of budget but you have to be willing to live outside the fancy neighborhoods and super close to the downtown areas.

By: Michael Maldonado

Michael Maldonado — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:03:21 +0000

I too wonder where expats are paying such low rent. In Guadalajara I searched for a 2 bed, 2 bath apartment for 6 week. I couldn’t find anything acceptable for under 30,000 pesos. Doe to the low supply and high rent costs in Guadalajara I moved to Mazatlan where I’m currently paying 22,000 pesos for a basic 2 bed, 2 bath apartment that used to be an Airbnb.

By: Guy Cardarelli

Guy Cardarelli — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:29:30 +0000

My wife and I have spent much of each Chicago winter in Zihua/Ixtapa for some 35 years. Aside from safety, medical services was at the top of our concerns. Doctors were available and the Red Cross was the emergency service. Our experience and US and Canadian friends had spotty care. It weas usual for us and the Canadians to be taken to private hospitals where the care was to be better. However serious matters, such as heart problems, were not available. A herart doctor had to come from Acapulco and that may be two weeks away. We, along with othetrs, had provate insurers for emergencies which would transport us back to theStates for treaztment. Over the years, as we and others got older with more serious conditions, chose to no longer come and were going to Florida or other warm climate states.

So, for less seriuous medical issues, one was ok, but for more serious issues, most flew back to their respective countries.

By: Aytunc Menevse

Aytunc Menevse — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:24:52 +0000

I wonder which neighbourhoods are the ones cited in the article, where two thirds of the respondents said they pay monthly rent of 20,000 pesos (about US $1,175) or less. The reality in CDMX (in particular Polanco, Condesa, Roma) is quite different; rent costs are much more higher. In Polanco, its hard to find a decent flat with 2 bedrooms (needed for families with children) below 3000 USD in these days. In Miyana and B Grand, for a tiny two bedroom flat, we have been asked 35 thousand pesos and we have been declined when we offered 30 thousand. The supermarket, grocery, restaurant and health costs are also much more higher than the ones referred in the article. I believe that Mexico seems cheaper only for North American expats to live. For the expats coming from other countries, the reality seems different.

By: Sondra Hogan

Sondra Hogan — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:56:43 +0000

I have no plans to ever leave Mexico. I love this country and all it has to offer.

By: keith.farndale@utoronto.ca

keith.farndale@utoronto.ca — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 13:48:08 +0000

In reply to Edward Boldt.

I agree.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 12:33:39 +0000

We enjoy living here in a home that’s beautiful. I do miss California, but we can and do visit LA a couple of times a year.