Mexico
Retiring to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Summary: Puerto Vallarta is more expensive than places like Panama City, Panama and Salinas, Ecuador, but this highly developed stretch of Mexico's Pacific coastline offers a world-class lifestyle for expats.
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About the Author
Established in 2008, Live and Invest Overseas is the vision of Publisher Kathleen Peddicord.
Kathleen Peddicord has covered the live and invest overseas beat for more than 25 years and is considered the world's foremost authority on overseas retirement. She has traveled to more than 50 countries, invested in real estate in 17, established businesses in 7, renovated historic properties in 6, and educated her children in 4.
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Comments
guestI still say that articles like this are focused on an assumption that buying real estate is a must and what much of the "cost" is based on. I can rent a comfortable apartment minutes from the beach for $5-700 hundred dollars and YES two can live comfortably on Social Security....not on the golf course or Oceanside--but hey walking is good for you! don't let this "it costs more than..." push you from a beautiful, safe, fun location! yes--I love PV! And I am a RENTER.
guestI like Peddicord's fine and usually accurate publication, but on this one she is misleading for once probably trying to adapt her advise to her anglo saxon client's majority basic attitude towards life. I beg to disagree about the no social security bit. It depends on your mentality. If you want to live like a closed mind typical gringo you then will definitely find it difficult to afford the region on a small budget. However, you can find a decent place to live in the P.V. region for as low as $200 (I pay $184 for a small 700 sq foot 2 bedroom air conditioned house in a development about 20 minutes from El Centro in a modern Mexican non tourist development) and with that out of the way, another $400 to $500 will suffice to cover all of your normal expenses. If you receive $1000 per month, you will have $300 o more to spare. Rolf.
