Speaking of being rich in Mexico, International Living magazine has named my native country as the world’s “number one” retirement haven, moving four spots since the last ranking one year ago.
Achieving this “honor,” the magazine informs us, was a combination of many factors:
Mexico offers the perfect mix of centuries-old traditions and contemporary lifestyles. Moving to Mexico means you can still have all of the amenities you grew accustomed to north of the border: cable TV, high-speed Internet, and modern home appliances. And if you prefer, when you move to Mexico you can even bring all of your favorite things with you without paying import taxes.
Of course Mexicans shouldn’t get too excited. This, of course, applies only if you are a gringo (and maybe –just maybe– a Canadian). After all, you don’t have to sweat to get a visa, nor you have to pay a pollero or risk your life jumping an electrified fence to get there.
But if the above is not convincing enough, check this out:
Goods and services cost less, so you can afford the kinds of luxuries only the very wealthy enjoy up north: a maid, a cook, and a gardener for example. In your retirement here, you’ll have time to volunteer at the local school, time to golf in the mornings, time to relax on the beach…time to savor life.
All of this without mentioning all the cheap Coronas and bikini-clad chicas ready to give you pleasure on top of a hamaca. Ay, ay, ay! “Yo querer mucho Mexico!”
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OMG Britney!!!! A maid, a cook, and a gardener….and we’re over here wasting our money on ONLY one Mexican laborer!jajaja
Que lastima que esta es la verdadera opinion de muchos! Me encanta tu blog.
And now they have “Ugly Betty” for television entertainment.
Adrian
http://www.calmagazine.com
You can’t win with a Mexican. If you don’t visit his country, you’re a racist. And if you retire in Mexico, how there do you spend money there when poor mexicans have so many problems crossing the border.
The irony is that it’s not even legal for a non-mexican to buy land, they have to do some fidecomiso weird shit. Oh, and in Mexico foreigners can’t march in the streets protesting the mexican governmetn, no, they’ll deport you for that. But who wants to be fair and balanced? Mexicans are good, gringos are bad. Such simple logic from the hispanic left.
Hmmmm, I don’t recall any recent protests chanting “Visit us racist’s gringos!” echoed across el Zocalo, but I haven’t kept up with my recent issues of “Mexicans Good, Gringos Bad” so I might just be left out of the loop.
And what audacity of Mexico to have laws, and even more so laws that do not benefit the ‘poor American trying to retire!’ I will be writing a stern letter to the Mexican Government about this, but C’MON I feel the humor & real irony behind this topic is a mentality from certain groups of people who love our food, our beer, our music, will style their homes with Southwestern and Mexican decor…and even retire there but
don’t like to associate with the people. Is that balanced thinking?
As far as things being ‘fair and balanced’ its debatable depending on the subject, but hopefully you do not carry ‘a simple logic’ as to think all Mexicans really think “gringos bad, Mexican good.”
No Miguelito, I don’t think all Mexicans think “gringos bad, Mexicans good.” But I do know some Mexicans come to this country and do things that no foreigner would be allowed to do in Mexico.
Great post! haha. Loving this blog.