Manzanillo, Mexico
One semi-retired expat in Manzanillo, Mexico said, "We are living the "american dream" in Mexico. We have a wonderful life." She went on to explain that Manzanillo has a small, active expat community. And, she said that an retiree on a budget of $1,000 per month could live comfortably. Someone with a budget of $2,000 could live very well.
Manzanillo
We chose to retire abroad for the climate, the better life style, affordability, and challenge of learning a new culture and language.
we have lived here full time for 15 years
We chose Mexico because of the climate, the people, the lifestyle, the proximity to the US, the conveniences of a developed county, ie roads, internet, airlines, shopping.
I lived in Japan as a child for a couple of years.
We have been here for 15 years.
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The US and Canadian news reports scaring everyone about coming down to paradise.
We are living the "american dream" in Mexico. We have a wonderful life. We are pampered, have time to pursue whatever we want, have time for our friends, the weather allows us to go outside almost every day to play. I am selling real estate, so not retired, but my husband is.
Absolutely nothing except start earlier.
We have a small but active ex-pat community. We have a ladies lunch group once a month to hear speakers on local issues and meet other expats, plus keep up on what is happening in town. We have a couples group that has dinners every Thursday at different restaurants also to meet the other ex-pats.
We have golf groups, tennis, bridge, cards, a church service or two in English. We also have a new Gold's gym.
The university of Colima has a great music department that has brought us some classical music concerts the last few years, this year we are having Romeo and Juliet. We have many great restaurants and most have live music and dancing.
To bring your car in and spend more than 180 days you need an FM3 visa. No, it is very easy and the process can be started with the Mexican consulates up north.
We bought a condo that we lived in for 9 years, then sold it and built our house. I is a very easy process, as long as you have a good realtor.
The costs of living are going up, but we still have a much better life style here for less money. Our expectations have been met and everytime we go north it is sticker shock in the grocery store and restaurants.
I expect they are the same as any where. You need enough to eat , pay the rent and power. If you have a car, you need to buy gas. Medical care is inexpensive and good. It can be done on a pay as you go basis, or with a major medical for back up.
I think that is a very personal question. You CAN find rental houses for about 5000 pesos per month, plus power and water, telephone and satellite. Then it depends on wether you eat the local fruits and vegetables or want something imported.
Beer and alchohol are very reasonably priced, walking on the beach is free. I expect that for about 1000.00 US a person could live here comfortably. For 2000.00 you can live VERY well.
We have several hospitals here and are only 3 and a half hours from Guadalajara which has as good medical care as anywhere in the world. We had a friend who spent 3 weeks in intensive care in Guadalajara and the total cost was 35,000.00 dollars. Think of that in the US.. and she is well now.
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No. We have a little petty crime, which is new for us, but it is much safer here than any Us city . We all walk around at night and do not worry.
There is bus service and taxis. Many of the locals do not have cars.
Absolutely. It is available up to 8 mbps.
What are you waiting for? Don't let the news scare you. They want you to be trapped up there in your homes. Come down and see what paradise is all about.
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Expats in Manzanillo enjoy wonderful winter weather and very hot summers as they engage in all kinds of outdoor activities... All right by the beautiful scenery of the Pacific Ocean.
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