checklist if you're thinking of moving to Mexico

[raquelita]

Reposted from Michoacan_net; original post by a woman named Gerie:

1. Are you or do you intend to become somewhat fluent in Spanish?
2. Do you intend to integrate yourself into a Mexican community or mostly
hang out with other expats?
3. Do you intend to travel much by car or bus in Mexico?
4. Do you intend to travel by car or plane outside of Mexico frequently?
5. Do you have medical needs and can those needs (current and future) be met
locally?
6. How long do you plan to stay in Mexico? Short term, long term, forever?
7. Do you expect friends and relatives from the US/Canada to visit?
8. Do you already have friends or acquaintances in a Mexican town or area?
9. Can your body adjust to higher elevations?
10. Do you prefer living near a large body of water or the ocean? (This also
means tolerating the heat and humidity of a Mexican beach town most of the
year.)
11. Are you mostly a stay at home body, or one who prefers an active social
life?
12. Do you like to participate regularly in the arts, live music, and other
forms of entertainment?
13. Do you have other interests and hobbies that are supported in a
community?
14. Have you visited or lived for a while in several places in Mexico
already to experience the diversity?
15. Do you want to walk to places in your community, or depend on a car or
bus?
16. How important is it to have "big-box" stores and other shopping
convenient to your new home?
17. To what degree is a safe, secure neighborhood important to you?
18. To what degree is dependable electrical, water, and sewer facilities
important to you?
19. Do you intend to be employed while living in Mexico?
20. Do you understand what type of home and lifestyle you can afford?

[Jzmackenzie]

Are you able to sleep while wearing earplugs?

[WRT]

contact us we can give you a crash course on how to survive in a country run by folks who love to have meetings and plan for something.

Rule 1) Learn who Jos? Doroteo Arango Ar?mbula was. The rest is easy. Mejico is a fun country and you are free to do what you want, help the working class and dont fall into traps of the lazy gov.

and Rule 2) watch this flick
[my-youtube width=425 height=344]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y36bGzMsqgQ[/my-youtube]

[admin]

Thanks WRT - is that the Plaza los Angeles toward the end of the flick?