Comments by "MtnGrl585" (@mtngrl5859) on "Six Misconceptions About Mexico" video.

  1.  @jaredwarner2451  Most "city" people live in certain areas and rarely venture out, so statistics are skewed. For example, if one lives in the affluent area of Westwood in LA, there is nearly zero crime. Also, if one lives in the affluent areas of Mexico City, one will find the same. In my area of California where I live, I don't lock the doors to my home or my car, this is not something one will likely find anywhere in Mexico or most foreign locals. The term "crimes of opportunity" is a refined way of saying, one needs to live in an ultra secured way. Most Mexicans will not travel in the night in their car, which to me is a loss of freedom. Typically when many people from the US- including Nomad Capitalist- compare crime stats its always from a major metro area like Chicago, LA, or NYC, which have millions of people. This is not an accurate comparison if one is considering living in a place like Tulum. Compare Tulum with a place like Boquete, Panama which has a similar expat and size of the area. Boquete has zero violent crime and Tulum by comparison is quite high. Yes, if one compares it to NYC it is quite low, but again compare the size of the city to the actual demographics.
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  2.  @jaredwarner2451  Never experienced any of this in Westwood, lived close to UCLA, I think the median house price there is 2 mil. Panama is far more law abiding place than anywhere in Mexico. While I wouldn't say the food sucks, it is not a Mexican spicy cuisine. But there is a great diversity of food options in Panama City and Boquete as well. So, I haven't found food options a problem. sometimes I do bring some spices with me to add to a meal. But there are so many restaurants here, depending on one's budget. I've followed Tangerine Travels and it looks like the host for him and his GF spend about $50 a meal for the two of them in Queretaro for their meals. None of these places look posh to me. He's spending about $1800 month for his place to rent there. Yes, its more of a luxury place but clearly not cheap living. Most of the rentals he showed were around the $1100-1200 range. For that price, one can get a 2 br ocean view condo in Gorgona or Coronado complete with a pool and a gym for that price. The advantages to Panama is that it is a territorial based tax system. So, it is more strategic for people with remote businesses. Based on the type of properties that I prefer, Mexico is far more expensive for real estate. For a home on acreage in San Miguel de Allende or the Lake Chapala area, one is close to 1 mil its about 1/3 of that cost in Panama. Again it depends on the size etc. SMA gets much colder and much warmer in other parts of the year as well. If one wants just a beach condo not far from PV, then that can be had for a good price. But I like my privacy and rural living in Mexico, is not as safe as it is in other countries. Typically in the US and most of the world, the more rural one is, the safer it is, not in Mexico.
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  3.  @ellisrose8017  Great that one can go in and buy that miracle drug at any pharmacy with no prescription. This is true throughout Mexico and Central America.
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  4.  @ellisrose8017  Yes, wonderful stuff.
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  5. There are very few countries one can bring their firearms to.
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  6. Need to find an online source of income.
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  7. Well, Hollywood is not really a barometer for a place with values.
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  8.  @maugondola2565  Considering that #1 industry for years was money coming from the USA by the way of Mexicans sending money back to their families in Mexico. This created more wealth in Mexico than any other industry that they had. In addition, when former President Trump talked about the wall, the 16 Billion that Mexico was supposed to have paid, was not coming from Mexico, it was based on the fact that the US gives 16 Billion a year to Mexico. Trump incorrectly thought he could repurpose that for the wall. So, Mexico gets 16 Billion dollars a year from the US, what do the Mexican people see with all this money given to their government? That is a far bigger question than some uneducated belief that the US took land. The US had some land purchases they purchased from Mexico, again how did the government use those funds at the time. Clearly the problem in Mexico and many other countries is how does the government distribute or invest the money for the benefit of their citizens.
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  9. You are a little clueless regarding your remarks about India. The UK didn't take over India " for a little while", it was a large part of their Imperial Conquest leading to the Victorian saying " that the sun never sets on the British empire". Their military was trained by the British, schools as well.
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  10.  @me2ontube  I understand you point, but I am also noting you being clueless or culturally insensitive if you prefer that description instead. By saying you were amazed to find that English was spoken in remote villages of India, illustrates your ethnocentrism. Again, if you want to blast others for being too immersed in their " Western Bubble", it seems like you are as well.
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  11.  @me2ontube  Just because someone lives in different countries doesn't mean they have an understanding of said countries. This is evidenced by being surprised that English was spoken in the remote villages of India. For many years Europeans lived in different countries in Africa-- actually they lived in little enclaves of Euro culture not really knowing or understanding the culture and history of the given country. It is quite possible to live in a community like Lake Chapala and have minimal contact with the average Mexican, for example.
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  12. It's a latin thing. So, pick your area well.
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  13.  @luisorozco4370  What do you consider the non rich part of the Bay Area? Even Oakland has some great areas to be sure.
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