I came from Africa, sold everything to relocate to US, life is hard than expected. I moved back to Africa to start again and now doing great. I have a work life balance
It's funny how alot of Africans are moving back to the continents, and thousands are dying of coming to US. You tell them life is not easy in the US they think you don't want them to succeed. Most of the things they see when other visit Africa from US is Iphones, tablets, stories about tesla self driving and they go 🤯🤯
I live in both countries and I trust my Mexican doctors so much more. I have my neurosurgeons number and have gotten care I’d never get in the US because the system is not made for the patient, it’s made to benefit the insurance.
Yes, I have to personal phone numbers of my doctors, and I usually get a one hour or more sit down with them. My internist charged me 200 pesos (about $10) for my last visit with him. We sat in his office and discussed not only my health, but literature and the state of the world. But, remember, be deeply afraid of crime. We don´t need more of you down here.
I am surprised at how good and affordable health care in mexico actually is. My wife got sick 2x there and the care was good both times. Once the doctor made a house call!
To the senior citizens like me who doesn't have any savings and depend only on our $900 SS income, Mexico is a great option to avoid homelessness. With $200 I cover housing and utilities in a nice 2 bedroom apartment. The rest is for medical, dental, food, travel and entertainment. Such a wonderful life style that I could not enjoy in the USA.
@@nikolaievans2432 you do realize that you are living in the second most dangerous country in the world. Only South Africa is more dangerous than the USA.
Californians I’ve met are super high maintenance- it’ll be interesting to see how they manage their expectations with the laid back Mexican traditions😂
As a mexican i want to make a serious petition to all americans that plan to live here: please support local businesses, if you are living here dont buy groceries on walmart or big supermarkets, dont buy food to mcdonalls or big fast food chains, we are recieving you with open arms, at least do this for us, thank you
Tampoco es como que ayude mucho porque ahora los comercios locales van a subir sus precios, es el problema de la gentrificación. Mejor que paguen sus impuestos, su visa de trabajo y que el gobierno regule las rentas, es la única opción viable para no darnos en la madre.
@@JorgeSchz2004no los podemos obligar, pero eso lo mínimo que pueden hacer si no pagan impuestos, aparte de contar con un salario mayor que el promedio de mexicanos
Thank you for referring to them as "American immigrants" and not "expats". For some reason when Americans (and other Westerners) migrate to another country, they want to call themselves "expats" but when others migrate to America, they call them immigrants.
Expatriates and immigrant are two different things. You should at least look up the term in the dictionary (it's free!) before trying to sound smart on the internet, because it makes you look stupid.
So does anyone not see the irony in this? Why happens to the natives of these countries that see an influx of rich or well off foreigners moving capturing up property/homes? Will they not experience the same problem these foreigners did in their home countries?
Yes we see it, it's a vicious cycle! On one hand the dollar helps with the economy and on the other hand, all the foreigners are driving the property prices higher unaffordable to us Mexicans.
Basically moving to Mexico is like being an investor if u have a place in the states but then get another in Mexico that u are just another investor causing housing to go up in areas but u are living in Mexico and not just buying up place to re rent anytime. so i can see why Mexicans be mad any by chance. i guessing they wanna get a place that is new but if we go and take up all the new places then residents who actually lived there a long time are priced out cause foreigners are taking places that residents try to get but cant for any reason. so now Americans are turning into investors by keeping 2 places for any reason. so overall no shock.
This wouldn't be a problem if American cities would fix their zoning laws to get rid of the R1 zoning, banning anything but low density, single family, detached houses. The majority of land in America's cities is zoned for that, banning everything else. This creates shortages of housing all over America. There needs to be re zoning allowing for land to be used for medium density housing like duplexes, townhouses, and even apartment buildings; along with mixed use to better meet the needs of people. California's major metro areas are well past the point where it is worth the money to tear down R1 housing and replace it with better uses of the land. This would relieve the shortages for all uses. America's major cities also need to get rid of their rampant car dependency, which only leads to congestion. This is done by providing other options, giving Americans freedom of choice in how they move from place to place and liberating them from the de facto requirement to own cars.
I cross the border often and the biggest problem is when the locals in the tourist areas are losing business because of the Americans taking over with their own businesses. They invest with other Americans instead of Mexicans and it really hurts the Mexican economy and creates a bigger disparity. It's sad.
Duh "Americans" even though Mexicans are also Americans have always took advantage of the poorer countries than get angry when they migrate to the u.s lol
Soooo basically the exact same thing that happens in the US...can't say that just a couple of minutes into this video, this wasn't one of the first things I thought was gonna be an issue. Also, the 1st two individuals you interviewed this thing are internet content creators...? 🤨 Really? So not, like, an average American or American couple that has a more normal or average job, huh...? Well, ok then...guess I'll just imagine I can relate to their plight here in the US. 🙄
@@Rells26 there is a big difference. The US is a 1st world country and Mexico is a 2nd world country. Taxes aren't the same. Rules and regulations are completely different in both countries, not to mention the cartels who take over your business. In Mexico you can't be an immigrant and ask for a loan from the bank, you have to be a citizen to even purchase any property. You don't see children in the US who live in poverty risking their lives on the streets blowing fire out of their mouths just to make a few pennies like Mexican children do. There's so much I can discuss on how different it really is. US citizens going to Mexico just to save money and Mexican citizens going to the US to make any money, there's a difference.
As a Mexican that used to live in Mexico City, I can agree that foreigners living in Mexico are raising rent and property prices overall. My wife and I rented a small loft in a "share living" building. Our rent was around 475 USD a month, with internet, water, electricity and gas included. It may seem quite cheap for someone earning in USD, however, to put things into perspective, rent was equivalent to over a third of our household income. Even though we considered ourselves lucky to have found that loft, it still made daily living with other expenses quite difficult. This is because the city, or at least the good, interesting and touristy parts, are built for foreigners, not locals. This makes life difficult to enjoy for the average Mexican that maybe earns around 350 USD a month.
We are getting screwed in the USA for cost of health insurance, housing, food, cars. I applaud anyone who is able to get the hell out of this pit and start a good life somewhere where the cost of living doesn't leave you having to live in the streets.
They key is not to move into an expat area. I have a house in Guadalajara. I can drive to Lake Chapala if I want a $5 coffee. But I am happy to walk my neighborhood and enjoy the leisure lifestyle in a small suburban town.
@Stephanie Ellison thats only america. even south america has better working conditions than the US. europe is vastly superior and thats where all the white americans came from.
It’s important to remember that Mexico is a wealthy country - just all the wealth is directly at the top and leaves close to nothing for the majority. The US is heading towards this.
U dont know the definition of a “wealthy” country…like every single country in the world,they would all be considered “wealthy” according to your definition….corruption exists everywhere..of course, the top people of every country will be super rich…mexico might be a “wealthy” country in terms of natural resources or what not,but if u mean “wealthy” in terms of gdp..then mexico is a 2nd world at best,perhaps even a 3rd world country
This is wild. This is what happened to the small town I grew up in. A lot of wealthy New Yorkers wanted summer/weekend homes and now I could never afford to love there. My parents bought our house for 18,000 and the last time it sold for a million dollars. It’s crazy to imagine.
@@shinigamix4481 Except that most people in the Ghetto are renters, not homeowners...so they can't really do much to oppose it. However, in the countryside, they let it happen until they can't.
As an American I want to make a serious petition to all foreigner's that are planning to live here, please support your local businesses, if you are living here don't buy groceries from Walmart or big supermarkets, don't buy food to McDonalds or big fast food chains, we are receiving you with legally, at least do this for us, Thank You!
The Cali exit is hurting other states. Cali needs to get its own house in order. The cost of living in CO has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. 1 main factor is Cali residents overpaying for houses. Bc it’s still a fraction of what they were paying.
it’s honestly bound to happen to most states with rapidly growing population because of the way we build our cities and the pace we are building houses . California had a massive migration from other states until there was no more space to build anymore . Now other states are getting that influx and seeing what Californians have been experiencing for years . The same with New York where i live . they are just building no stop because every new housing is almost always filled up or brought .
They also bring their mixed indoctrination and political views which imbalances the home we grew up in. I think it's possibly intentional on a bigger scale
CA had a surplus last year. Heck, they’re giving money away! They’ve gotten so bold with the extra cash that they’re going to be the first state to pay reparations. They’re not even making a serious effort to find all the scammers who stole unemployment during the pandemic.
free place too... I was so caught by surprise while living there how everything was easy and how little government interferes with your daily life... one of the cheapest driver's license in the world... that's always a sign of a place that has real Freedom... less bureaucracy... employment might be a problem though, I could not figure out how to hired "legally" by companies
lived in the Acapulco region for 6 months and paid USD 120 to share a big furnished apartment with another guy, all utilities included... most apartment buildings in mexico also have access to rooftop... what a nice place
@@elguerio35 En realidad el chiste sería que los extranjeros apoyen a la economía nacional gastando en lo producido aquí, para que la entrada de capital sea buena y apoye a la economía al mismo tiempo. Si sólo vienen y gastan en cosas producidas allá, afectará a la economía aún más.
@@jonathanlara1297 Pero no puedes obligar a nadie a comprar o consumir sólo comercio local. Yo soy de Monterrey y no me gusta comprar ciertas cosas en mercados o comercios locales, prefiero hacerlo en supermercados.
*It's 2024, the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their UA-cam channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal UA-cam channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!
It correlates to the same things if you trace back the root cause. Drug addiction and homelessness is a societal issue, and the society that is their every day reality is that of inequality and unaffordable living. Which is why they drink and do drugs and can’t afford an apartment to begin with.
@@mopes2713 Ironic how Californians are doing the exact same thing they espouse they despise. By moving to mexico, they are gentrifying the local area, one process they blame for increasing inequality and unaffordable living.
Also the woke attitude (which, in part at least, contributes to the things you mentioned) went unsaid. I stopped watching when, at about 50 seconds, the narrator failed to mention that as the main cause. This is not to suggest that all Californians are woke, it goes without saying.
@@staninjapan07 lol People aren’t leaving California because of Wokeness, it’s because we are living in a time of late stage capitalism and massive inflation. Capitalism is unsustainable and does not work for the benefit of the many. Lol what the hell have you been listening to??
My name is Federico and I live in Chapala, Jalisco. It's a great pleasure to se many Americans coming here in recent months. We welcome you to our country and you will feel the freedom, relaxation and peace of mind that everyone deserves. Un abrazo desde México.
Drug cartel violence, kidnappings, political uncertainty. You can have Mexico. Just wondering why more Mexicans are still leaving Mexico and heading to the USA.
Myself and wife and kids moved to Mexico last year for 6 months. We lived in a gated community 3 bedroom, 2 bath CASA and food and utilities and gas and rent and internet and swimming like 3 day's a week and getting ice cream and eating out once a week for $1,000 a month (no joke) with 5 kids lol it can be much cheaper than that but we wanted to live comfortably. Yes Mexico has it's problems lol just don't go out late at night and mind your business and your fine. Oh wait, that's the USA as well 😂😂 we came back only because we just tried it out. The Mexican people are amazing and very welcoming. So Yes I vote Mexico over USA any day!
There are so many other countries way better than the US. Congrats on your move. Life is what we make it for sure but location and culture is a huge part of it. I'm hoping to leave the US for Europe soon. Cheers.
@@jamzee_ Well Let me explain something to you. Listen and learn. We want to go to Belize next but.....had to come back to the USA to make money more money in order to do this as I don't want to run out of savings in 5 Years! Thanks for your comment 😁
On my first of three total trips to Mexico, we crossed the border back in the 1980s when a CA DL was okay for an ID. We dayhiked a peak and when we got back down to our cars to head home after a great day in the mountains, we were surrounded by two dozen rifle bearing members of the Mexican Army. Everyone said we were lucky it wasn’t the Federalis. They took what was not theirs anyway. Éramos alpinistas. California has 39 million residents. When 2.4 million Californians leave California in a year for Mexico or anywhere else… that will be a story. 360,000 isn’t a drop in the bucket for our overpopulated state.
The two most popular neighborhoods in Mexico City, Condesa and Roma, have had their prices drive up. It does gentrify but it brings new opportunities as well. Money, security, jobs... And it's not just from USA, there's also from Canada, Spain, Britain, Germany. We have lots of Koreans and Russians... Luckily, the city passed a law that requires 33 percent of new development projects to be for lower income budgets, even in such nice neighborhoods. We just want migrants to respect the law and culture, to leave their prejudice at the border, to support local business, to learn spanish. And remember, if you came here it's because you saw Mexico was getting better, you can't put it down anymore.
“If the American people allow private banks to control the issue of money, first by inflation, and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” - Thomas Jefferson.
thomas jefferson knew a lot about compound interest , I think he just call out the system he helped to build all his life, it might have been just a memo for his kids haha... I remember hearing Charlie Munger praising Jeff.
This is low key terrible, those moving out to other states or Mexico are raising rates wherever they go. If you’re going to live in a different area then stop out pricing the locals and pour into local businesses. Be considerate of the locals there and respect the culture in place. That’s all I’m saying.
it seems like it's the american way. move to another country, jack up the prices, get mad when you're the problem people are getting kicked out, the cycle repeats. Sad...really sad.
I left California for the Philippines. I wish I could say it's been great. The cost of living is definitely a big plus. It's kinda nice to buy groceries and only pay the equivalent of less than $20 for a full bag of groceries. But there are other things to consider when moving to another country. Some are as mundane as hot water or the lack thereof. Compromises have to be made. The big question is can you adapt. As a young man it is easier to adapt. But at 67 years old it becomes a serious conversation.
Lack of hot water sometimes, bad piping. The water has a weird smell to it. No more baths in lots of places. However, it's so cheap 😂 I'm waiting to get a permanent resident visa.
You buy all your water in Mexico for household and drinking purposes. There are no underground pipes. If you buy property, you pay taxes and say even renting an airbnb, you pay 20% taxes on the rent. Same for hotels. Believe me: Mexican local and federal governments are taking advantage of the influx of tourists and new residents.
@@crzyruskie86 what? Immigrants that come to US pay taxes either in US or their home country. Countries have this agreement so that people don't have to pay dual taxes. Infact, immigrants pay more taxes than the American citizens, and they have no rights either.
@@crzyruskie86 they do pay income taxes because they work local jobs people that say that are either racist/uninformed. People with remote jobs aren't contributing, they don't pay the state taxes for the utility, school, medical benefits they receive. They're in effect leeches
These people trying to justify pricing out locals in Mexico are 100% the same ones complaining about gentrification of U.S cities. Oh the area is not made for locals. Dude that is basically the same reason people give for gentrified areas. Once you price people out, its no longer for lower income people. And the point about bringing in additional money to Mexico when they moved there. You are basically doing the same thing when an area gets gentrified. Better shops and better/more jobs. I hope these people can see the hypocrisy of their actions and statements
I'm hearing from friends that this migration trend is everywhere. Locals of a tropical island that were once sustained primarily by seasonal tourism are now being gentrified by swarms of remote workers from the states and driven out by the resulting 10x increase in cost of living.
Yeah if i had a remote job id prob move to Puerto Rico- i like the vibes there. And i wouldnt want to be a money leech- id support locals with shops and stuff because thats how everyone benefits.
*It's 2024 -- the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their UA-cam channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal UA-cam channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!
México should charge taxes to all those who make home office from Mexico to companies outside the country. They are not staying as tourists they are working.
That’s not gonna work trust me that happened over here in California during January Brown’s campaign in the late 2000s. When companies and corporations were shipping jobs after China they raise the taxes but all I did was give the government more money and did nothing to stop job decreases.
@@euphiemiadrake5633 Actually they do pay taxes. Not just from purchasing goods and services but out of their paychecks tue government takes their portion.
This happened in some towns in Dominican Republic, they were fishing towns, beautiful beaches, but of course the government let richer immigrants build hotels, open stores, restaurants, and houses. All the locals were kicked out. While many countries are paradise and affordable for foreigners, the locals are barely making it
They deserve it because those people have been coming to America driving up housing, rent and education prices for DECADES. You don’t like it when the tables turn though.
In the Dominican Republic, the locals are so f'n lazy that if a door knob falls off a door it will stay there on the ground until the building collapses. Theres a reason they're poor.
@Michelle I didn't realize it's the government the provides jobs. Im a capitalist. Get off your ass and make things happen rather than waiting on someone else to "provide" you with jobs ... Genius
Honestly it's happening everywhere. Where I live, 1 bedroom apartments are approaching the $2100 a month mark, and there's no signs of it slowing down at all. And then people come from places like California, where they're used to the higher cost of living, and they'll buy houses with cash without even having seen the property yet here. I literally can't buy a house because all I have is a loan, and every time I make an offer, someone just offers up literally 5x the amount in straight up cash and I get tossed to the side for obvious reasons. It seriously sucks.
Same thing is happening all over the US as well. They are selling their properties in California for millions and then going elsewhere and offering cash.
I read the avg profit on a Ca home sale is 800k so yeah they have enough to buy a couple of houses all cash in most places of the country. I also was losing out with all cash bidding 30 to 50k over asking price and then started looking at houses that others didn't want. I finally got a house that sat for 2 weeks that was nasty for 30k less than asking price. Take what the market gives you. I'll have equity when I am done instead of over paying trying to outbid someone else. Or wait for a correction. It's a cycle and always has been. What's different now though is hedge funds are buying properties too so you might not see as much of a price decline but you might have a better selection.
Well this seems pretty problematic… I can see the Mexican and local governments allowing this for economic reasons (even if they don’t pay taxes, they spend money on Mexican businesses, which generates substantial tax revenue by itself on top of direct foreign investment of sorts), but this definitely won’t continue forever, especially once local politics catches up and Mexican voters start getting outraged. These people are basically recreating the very problems that led them to flee California, but in Mexico. They are now the rich pricing the average people out of their homes. Except in this case, the wealthy aren’t even citizens and likely aren’t interested in becoming naturalized due to their home country’s labor laws. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out over the next 15 years’ time.
I lived in Tijuana many years. I kept seeing more and more Americans, Mexican-Americans start to live there. I lived in Tijuana and worked in San Diego, the rents in TJ started to increase dramatically as more people started to move in. The lines to cross at the border got longer and longer. The bad thing is that many people live in Tj, but have no legal status to live there, as such, it is hard to estimate the population and find resources for this natives to Mexico.
Lol. @Noel Ramirez Y'all are getting a taste of what the US has been dealing with for some time now. It's nice to see the roles reverse for a change. Lol. Don't complain.
They did it with their mobile homeless tiny tiny tiny garbage box that cost them $160,000 each. Oh wait, it was Los Angeles that started that wave and the people who got the contracts were friends of the Los Angeles city officials. On a greater scale, I can see how California would squander that money to make little room for any displaced individuals while raking in the majority of that $88 billion. You're right!
Used to live in El paso and was in commercial construction. Back in 85 the whole workforce was coming over from Juarez and making 7.50 an hour. They were very rich and they had multiple businesses in Juarez. Bars, hotels and so on and so forth.
I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico.
As a mexican engineer who had to leave Mexico in search of a better-paying job, I found out that in OK most jobs offered are blue collar manual labor. Still, we moved there and took the jobs. Life turned out to be very different from what we expected, with bad quality health and education systems, expensive, heavy on politics, military mindset and weapons. To learn that the same US citizens who refuse to fill these manual labor jobs in their own country will be raising the cost of living back in my country is hard to digest.
please go back to your homeland. you need to focus what you can do for your nation, not what your nation can do for you. you have no allegiance or loyalty. just a me, me, me mentality.
This is the exact conversation I’ve had with many r*ci$t$. “Oh, if America is so bad why does everyone keep coming here???”. Because they, just like you, are fed a crock of lies only to realize America isn’t the gleaming land of opportunity it’s portrayed to be. I work with a lot of immigrants and every single one has told me they wish they could go back home, they regret coming here, or they would much rather go home but what’s stopping them is the jobs don’t pay enough. They suffer here so they can send money back home. At least that’s what they’ve told me.
Most of our produce stems from Mexico and illegals picking in farms here in America because most Americans don't want to pick fruit! Me, I love gardening and wouldn't mind helping on the field, but it's hard to find this work since the illegals are doing it or may be private American run places Most Americans that discriminate Mexicans simply have no idea that they're the ones responsible for putting some/ most of the produce on their plate
@@shac9131 So you want to continue the exploitation of labor while undermining the sovereignty of a nation for cheap produce? I'm sorry but Americans can pick the fruit on their farms. We don't need greedy businesses taking advantage of cheap labor. We will gladly pay higher prices and develop new technology to automate the process.
@@shac9131 The exploitation of labor and evasion of taxes must stop. We must take care of our own country and maintain our national sovereignty and in turn, our own destiny as a people.
Same thing is happening in Puerto Rico, a lot of wealthy people from the US buying properties in the island turning them into air bnbs etc, putting people in the streets because they get kicked out of the apartments they lived in for years. Making it impossible for the people from Puerto Rico to afford a house now days.
They are doing the same thing in the US. The Government should tax more these people who owns a multiple Air Bnb's specially if they live out of State. They are driving the houses through the roof!
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This is how I feel about the Philippines. I'm a Filipina-American with a desire to return to the motherland to reconnect with my culture and because the cost of living in the province is so affordable even with a very modest budget.
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In 2008 my retired grandparents watched about 60% of their savings disappear. Somewhere like Mexico or Costa Rica became their only viable option. They ended up in Belize.
Yeah, they probably sold their investments during the bottom of the market, had they waited a couple of years they would have earned a nice return on their investment I bet
Honestly it wouldn't be so bad if the wealth these immigrants bring ends up in México, but it doesn't, many of those properties belongs to people living outside México, so the money briefly touches México only to leave the country, it doesn't help these immigrants still expend their money in the us rather that going to México's pockets.
As a Mexican, I see this problem not only along the border but also in major Mexican cities. The problem is that a lot of these Americans don't even bother to understand Mexican culture and feel entitled to what they have only because they're "contributing their dollars to the economy." But they really are driving rent prices up, and sometimes without even paying taxes. It's gentrification and there's no nice way to put it.
Have an American who moved out of South Texas, I had my same view when Latinos cross the border illegally into our country, a big population did the exact same thing so I don't see what the complaining is about. However I apologize that ignorant Americans are treating you like that. Hopefully our relationship will be better.
I wish I felt sorry for you but when usa needed you to stop sending all your unskilled bottom of the barrel people that lower quality of life to America and also refuse to learn English you all just laughed and called us racist. Now that its the other way around its bad huh.
What I hate most about this is that they don't call themselves 'illegals' or 'immigrants' rather 'digital nomad' or 'expat' because of the negative connotation, yet fail to see the hypocrisy.
I liked the video; however, the fact that no local (low-income) person nor Mexican-American was interviewed says a lot about it as well. I am a Mexican-American, and I finished my primary and secondary education in Oaxaca, Mexico. After graduating community college in the LA area I decided to move to the Tijuana/San Diego area to finish my Bachelors in International Relations. Even though I am living in my country (since I hold Mexican citizenship), I acknowledge that I am also contributing to gentrification. What do I do to really support the local community? I buy in convenience stores, small businesses, rising restaurants that are NOT located in wealthy neighborhoods. Corruption and inequality in Mexico is much greater than in the US, and if the US dollar will remain in wealthy areas across Mexican cities, then “supporting the locals” is a false statement.
Mexican Americans are from old Mexico!, There's 27 continentel american countries, the united states is just one of them!!! Mexicans and there reservation brothers and sisters are the real americans!!!.
I thought about being an expat and living down in Mexico. Like Ixtapa, Cancun or maybe Mazatlan. But then I moved to North Carolina. Don't regret it at all. Glad to be here.
@@elenashteiwi4739 This is stupid. Mexico far far worse on the corruption index. Generally, 3rd world nations are far more corrupt than 1st world ones.
I make good money but the other day I visited a veterinarian to see how much it would cost to have a simple surgery performed on one of my pets and it just blew my mind so yes I did go to Mexico and it literally only costed me about 15% of what it would have here in the states
Californians and New Yorkers are reaking havoc everywhere now, it used to be gentrification domestically but now they're going international with it. This wouldn't have happened if these residents understood that paying over half their income on rent wasn't sustainable EVER and normalization of that and living paycheck to paycheck to say their live in NYC or LA, was disastrous.
I now understand the concept of privilege that gets tossed around more a days, these two living like kings surrounded by poverty talking about having room for a hobby is just depressing
Who knew Trump could be so right. He said that Mexico would pay for the wall. Not only are they paying for it, they are building it, just to keep the californians out.
I did! I LOVE MEXICO!!!! Not just for saving, for enjoying life, traveling within Mexico, endless options from historic, city, nature. Sophisticated cities, great medical care, dinning, theater. Mostly, I feel so much safer. Schools, Churches, sacred places.
@@nsanenthembrane if she feels safe definitely not the north, nor the south, nor Mexico City or Acapulco, or the state of Sinaloa. Pretty much any big city in Mexico.
@@BellicV Dude there are safe places in Mexico like yucatan a place that has 2 million people.. With a murder rate lower than the usa National average (5.1) and is on par with Belgium and lower than Canada.
You have to realize that a lot of Californians bought their house in the 90's for $180k and now the houses are $600k-$900k, a lot of people gotten that money and retired in other third world US states or Mexico, that's the truth.
Mexico has stronger private property rights than the USA for primary residences. You generally can't have your home foreclosed for property taxes or HOA dues like in the States.
Plus, firearms related crimes aren't prosecuted as aggressively down there as in the U.S. Mexico, in many ways, is also more 2nd amendment friendly. Hank Yoo got nine years for not disclosing his diagnosis on Form 4473 in Texas.
I moved to Asia instead which is usually, ranked as one of the highest cost of living regions. Despite, that it's still half less than what I would spend in the states, and healthcare is far cheaper and ambulance rides are free. I'll take my cheaper healthcare and paid holidays. The bigger problem that isn't discussed is America is the only country, outside Eritrea that tax American citizens regardless of where they live.
@@janedoe5510 20 years ago, I got in a car accident and was taken by an ambulance. A year later, I received a bill of $5,000 for the ambulance ride. I didn’t have that kind of money, so it was agreed to pay in installments.
I grew up in the Bay Area...so the chaos was normal to me. But after leaving, moving to Oregon, and returning to CA about a year later...the traffic was literal insanity! I could not believe how much growth had happened in only a year!
As a native Oregonian, I both hate you and love you right now. As an Oregonian yeah I think I can afford property/housing here, you moving here (although you moved back) in part cost me/will cost me maybe 100k in aggregate. To buy my freedom of owning a place of my own.
I'm glad I never once considered living in California, visited a few times, got stationed there once...but I chose to retire from the military in Arizona in 1997...first it was fine, i liked the desert and the heat and not much traffic, but home called me so i moved back to the Philippines and quite glad I an missing all the chaos brought on by modern American lifestyle and the hateful society the Orange toddler president fomented...
@@yootoober2009 He didn't bring hate to the society, he just highlighted the true nature of certain groups in America... And don't get me started on the current demented zombie walking liberal freak that is currently bringing US closer to a conflict with Russia AND China (at the same time!!!!) for the first time in decades! How as a President, do you manage to almost trigger conflict with 2 of the most powerful geopolitical nations on earth (next to USA???)
I am a dual citizen who moved to mexico in 2020 and lived there for over a year. Now i just moved back to CA, trust me there are massive trade offs, as much as I loved Mexico being back in CA feels good. There are a lot of things that are a hot mess down there too, moving because you think the grass is greener on the other side and it will fix any problems is the wrong approach. Moving because you retired or are going to pay cash for your house down there is much better, for me i discovered it wasnt all I hoped for, now I am buying a small ranch in California and will try to live peacefully and enjoy traveling to the state parks across the US, another thing you cant do in Mexico without worrying about the cartels unfortunately. Everyones experience will be diferent so best of luck to anyone about to take on the endeavor!
I came very close to being raised in Mexico. My dad was one of the best supervisors at his plant, and his company had another one opening in Mexico City and offered my dad the opportunity to transfer. He really wanted to do it but my mom refused. I have always been drawn to visiting there. My mom had a lot of Mexican friends around in my childhood, too.
@@TR577-r9u compares to China and India; Mexico and Canada🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸 don't pose a threat or risk of domination🤔... India just wants a peaceful co existence when it comes to businesses... 🌎💘💰
It's happening in Florida as well. A lot of people during the pandemic moved here, and now the price for everything is going up. And the people who moved here, now are finding that Florida is just as expensive as where they came from. Specially bad in the Southwest area thanks to the retiree community buying up all the homes so they can have a second or even third home to do old people things.
Californians and New Yorkers are driving up the cost EVERYWHERE! Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, now MEXICO! Why don’t they change the ridiculous amount of laws and housing cost in their state instead of bringing their problems to the rest of us! We have increased traffic and increased rent due to y’all! Thanks a lot! I had to move from ATL to NC because my rent doubled!
@@Jacob-ec6st It never seems to really get rid of them though I live in central FL and they just keep coming and nothing seems to scare them off not even Florida man.
I would like to retire in my parents' hometown in Mexico. I know by the time I get to retire (40 years) things could be almost unlivable for retired folks here.
This happened all over the world, my country's case is Bali, where locals are outpriced mainly by Australians. Noetheless, tourism has lift millions out of poverty
@@tytraulich4987 yeah, because wealthier tourists out price the majority of locals. Price increases/inflation is occurring far more rapidly than income raises.
@@FantazomiXroma Which causes a staff shortage. Which increases wages. Prices increase yes. But this means more money for local merchants. Which means more spending. More jobs etc etc etc... It's pretty simple. Having a ton of wealth, coming into a country is ALWAYS good. People tend to overthink when they talk about economics.
I live in Texas and the amount of people that started to move here because the housing market was cheap has done nothing but increase the market. Renting prices have gone up, at one time you could easily get a nice home 4 bedrooms at 2 hundred thousand. Same homes now 3 hundred thousand. Condo complexes all over houston now. Gentrification all over the place. It's becoming a bit much
Gentrification isn’t an issue. It’s helped revitalize many parts of Houston people wouldn’t consider living in the 90’s. My homes values has shot up. Many of us who were raised in poverty now have been lifted. You only get “displaced” when you don’t own your home. But y’all don’t wanna have that conversation… ☕️
@@GIJadaSmith I disagree with that. I use to work in the heights before the whole "revitalization " very Hispanic area at the time. Not anymore, company I worked for closed, the new clientele in the area slowed the business. 3rd ward is changing, acres home is changing, 5th ward is changing. Some people do own their homes. But what do you do when you live in poverty or right above the line then all of a sudden a developer buys the house next door, destroys it and puts a 3 to 4 hundred thousand dollar home? Then another and another? Is designed to make people move out, do you think they can afford the property taxes? And selling isn't always an option either. Housing market went up so you sell to get into a house that costs more than it's worth and not be able to afford it? I get calls and texts every single day about selling the house I live in. It's not for sale, I like my neighborhood, I like the people in my neighborhood. But guess what, the heights have no more room to build. So now it's headed to my area. Older houses built on huge lots. You run out the people, you run out the culture that made up the area. Hell the people in the heights tried to sue Laredo taco because of the smoke from the cooking. Laredo has been there since the 80s, those 4 storied town homes haven't been there 10 years. Tried to do the same thing to turkey hut and these are stables to Houston, both define the area they are in but they don't "fit in" with the new population surrounding them. Revitalization is just a nice word to say gentrification, a nice way of saying relocating what isn't desired around them.
A bit much!? We should be tossing them in train cars filled to the brim headed back to Cali While we build a perimeter fence around that state with guard towers. Even the states around Cali hate them.
It’s not as easy living in Mexico as it looks/sounds. Yes, Mexico is beautiful but having “an American (Californian) way of life” type of quality forces Americans to live in a “bubble” in Mexico. ALL bubbles end up popping. It’s unsustainable. Like what California has caused to it’s own residents. Mexico does not have the infrastructure and moreover their culture will eventually not allow for bossy entitled Americans (Californians) to drive them out of their own. Many Americans (not all) have chosen to be obstinately spoon-fed. To them being a “hard-working” American means that you should just click away into being wealthy. All other ways of earning a living like the blue-collar jobs that make any society run, exist, and maintained are frowned-upon. Sorry folks that’s exactly who sustains Mexico and in many ways the U.S. through undocumented immigration. That’s what makes Mexico beautiful and humbling - it’s hard working people - not being afraid to get down and dirty. That’s also what made America great at one point too. That’s what made the American Dream - us little folks. That was the American Dream, that if you worked hard enough this country would reward the sweat of your brow. Californians just want to have their cake and eat it too. Sorry to break it to you you gotta make and bake the cake too.
I left America 10 years ago. I was born and raised in Los Angeles (Redondo Beach). I sold my home and never looked back. Best decision I ever made. Life is so much more laid back and care free overseas
He says overseas. Can't be Mexico or Canada because that's cross the borders. Maybe China or Europe, that's overseas. I don't know he's not clear with his comment. Respects.
Redondo Beach is nicer than wherever you moved, the reality is that you probably just couldn't afford to live in Redondo Beach anymore and now you're justifying it to yourself.
I'm mexican, i live in México and work from as a software engineer for US companies, the salary is great and there are a lot of WFH jobs in México for US companies. I have seen US people push out and price out people out of their homes in some areas in México creating the same issue the US have with housing. But the US is algo bringing a lot of remote jobs for mexicans.
Alejo, Chico count your blessings because Mexico is about to become like Spain . Between rnb all over the place and british outpiricing everyone and their mother . and Mexico is now open to all gringos . this will end in tears. You could not pay me to spend a month in madrid or even the catalunya region. its not what it used to be . everyone wants to cater to retirees and tourists.
@@Halfpsychopath You can browse the mexican job sites like OCC and filter the positions, i work for a US company but they still have a small office here in my state for legal purposes since they must pay and provide minimum law benefits like social security, Infonavit and pay taxes. If you apply for job permit or get residence papers you can apply like any other citizen, i have co-workers that moved to México from south america and work legally with full law benefits.
I'm Mexican, used to live a great life in Tijuana until now, I'm being kicked out by people from the US, it's funny how that works, I wish I could afford to keep living here where I was born, but rent has tripled since the pandemic drove San Diegans here. Honestly, I just wish they'd shut up about how cheap everything is, what do they think business owners do after hearing this over and over.
@@afrodiasporanews9938 and you are crying about illegal inmigration to america in search of an easier way of live, but you aren't crying about gringos coming to México in search of an "easier way of live"
@@AlanNri20 I CAN TELL YOU HAVE COMPREHENSION ISSUES. REREAD WHAT I SAID. I’M A U.S. CITIZEN THAT OWNS REAL ESTATE IN LATIN AMERICA, I’M DEFINITELY NOT CRYING AT ALL LOL.
More people move into California than out of, and this trend is only really happening to California due to high cost of living. Known as California exodus.
There's basically 3 things that folks are looking for when choosing to move somewhere... 1. Employment 2. Cost of living. 3. Weather. The weaker of any, or all 3 of those, the cheaper the housing. As soon as any of those 3 ramp up somewhere, say Austin, the faster the cost of housing rises. There are so many places to live in the US in which the weather is acceptable, same with cost of living, but where do you work? For those that can dial it in, you have it best. For the rest of us, it may be a struggle resembling poverty. Down here in Georgia, the area 75 miles south of Atlanta, down to the Florida line is very affordable, and lovely year-round weather, but poor selection of good-paying jobs. Didn't used to be that way in the 60's and 70's. Minimum wage bought you a lot more in terms of necessities like housing and food.
I understand how the native Mexicans feel. I live in Everett Washington (30 miles north of Seattle) and the city population was already exploding because of Boeing, Amazon and other companies luring people to the area. Then a record amount of people moved here from places they were being priced out of during the pandemic. People working remotely for higher wages then most of the people here were earning. Prices were already sharply rising to insane amounts. Add in those that chose to offer rentals thru AirBnB to get the amount of rent in a weekend that they used to get in a month, inflation and even more people moving to the area and now whole families that were born and raised here, have been priced out of their homes and are technically homeless, some stay long term in hotels (when they can afford them) or if lucky they bought used RVs. However, now spaces are limited in RV lots and the prices on those have also gone up with strict rules on how old your RV is. There's virtually nowhere to park where they won't be made to move every couple of days and restrictions on where you can park them. RVs also have their own set of problems, from sewer/water and (in some cases) electrical access to the price of the gas to move them, safety, storage, etc. Some families live in their cars and there are very few places for them to safely park overnight as well. Not to mention the 2,000 + homeless addicts or those with untreated mental disorders that already roamed the highway between here and Seattle. There is very little help for anybody at this point and subsidized housing wait lists are several years long. Just the other day I saw a headline that read that in order to afford a home in Seattle, one would need a salary of $205,000 a year. Everett is not Seattle, yet, but it's not too far behind. I understand that opportunity brought people here but they brought their problems with them. People here used to help one another, now you could be holding jumper cables and a $20 bill and it will still be a while before someone will jumpstart your car. It won't cost them more than a couple of minutes and they get something for their trouble, yet they will still ignore you or say no.I used to love it here now I wish I could afford to leave. At the same time I worry that I would be contributing to another city ending up the same way, where others have to leave a place they loved because they no longer can afford to stay. The cycle would continue and the misery wouldn't disappear it would only transfer.
@@rickyjackson2452You must not care too much about your state. Why would you _invite_ people that _willingly_ voted again and again and again to completely and utterly decimate their cities and state to live where you live? Again, you don't love or respect Tennessee.
Exactly what I have heard. I have said so many times that we as Americans should embrace Mexico and their people who risk everything to want to do our crappiest/hardest jobs for lower pay. We are fortunate to be neighbors and yet we have a group of people here who somehow think they are the cause of our problems.
Let's be honest, when you have money, you can live a great life almost everywhere. If these Americans were poor, I'm sure they wouldn't even thought of moving to Mexico.
Well, considering that many places in Mexico are far cheaper, let's be ACTUALLY honest, and say that poor is improperly defined, but many would migrate to Mexico because of cheaper prices.
@@DarkSharkDomilian I agree, but I wouldn't say that the really poor people would actually move to Mexico. If you have enough money for a normal life, then I understand why are they moving there.
Hey Mexico, join the club. This has been going on for many years in the USA. I live in central California and people from the San Francisco Bay area have been moving into the central valley for years due to the lower cost of living. This has been causing the prices of housing to increase greatly. We've been feeling the squeeze for a very long time. People in Oregon complain about the same thing. People in Washington are saying the same thing. Prices or everything California are too expensive. It's nearly impossible to live.
Just because 80% of the people in those same states you mentioned voted democrat and whined about living expeneses rising while refusing to vote for a better candidate doesn't mean we need to join the club lol
Lol 50 with good carrier to live in California, that a long wait, life shouldn't be like this, get newsom and his buddies out, I voted to impeach him but idk how he won, crooks or people just voting for feelings. So dumb.@@mikiandfriends1820
So in your mind, remote work is those jobs? You should look up data science, UX design and legal consulting. Pretty much if the majority of your productive day is intellectual and in front of a computer, it can be done remotely.
@@scrumtrellecent OK…I take back the “in your mind part”. Obviously you do understand, but I thought you were lumping all remote work as useless social blogging 😁
As a Mexican, i sincerely and simply, hate people who come into Mexico and spend in pesos while making dollars/euros/pounds etc. You guys are making it incredibly hard for a lot of people, it’s just not fair. The migrants in the US have helped you (indirectly) to have higher earning jobs, while you are making our jobs to have less earning power. And no, it is not enough for you to simply say “we acknowledge we are privileged in this context” Gentrification, is another way of exclusion.
Im Black and I hate it too! Californians and New Yorkers are driving up the cost EVERYWHERE! Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, now MEXICO! Why don’t they change the ridiculous amount of laws and housing cost in their state instead of bringing their problems to the rest of us! We have increased traffic and increased rent due to y’all! Thanks a lot! I had to move from ATL to NC because my rent doubled!
As a white chick that’s lived in California her whole life (northern. By San Fran/Sacramento) I can understand what you’re saying & respect it. Was it not easy for Mexicans to come here or was it? (I dont believe what I hear on the news & can’t see it firsthand so I’m asking you sincerely if its easy or hard to get into the US from Mexico. Because I’m just saying - I think however it was (easy or hard) should be the same for Americans trying to get into Mexico. And how would so many of the Mexicans feel about Americans flocking in to reside amongst them? What do you think they’d do for the economy there? Would your countrys political & legal systems be able to handle it or do you think it’d require muchos (lol) changes ?
@@ishtlutz1261 it’s hard for mexicans to get into the US, the political US-MX relation is one of dominance from the US side, and so there’s a lot more requisites for a Mexican to live and work (legally) in the US than there are for US citizens to work and live here. and as you mention our faulty legal system (is not our only faulty system) is of no help. efforts should be made, i believe, in having an overall better, more reciprocal relation e.g. the EU. so as to improve every north american citizen lifestyle, simply it isn’t fair having a dominant relation with our neighbor to the north. As for the economy, yes there’s been growth, we cannot deny so, but it’s simple supply and demand comprehension, there’s more people with more money, but there’s the same amount of products, so prices go up, there’s the same amount of products cause they don’t work in Mexico, and even if there’s growth that new market is not accessible to most mexicans, worsening economical segregation for a lot of communities. Yes MUCHOS changes (lmao) NEED to be made if us citizens are continuing to come and work for US companies while having mexican currency expenses, maybe a form of taxing, or obligatory contributions to community development projects. I’ve heard first handedly how mexicans in the US go to the embassy in order to get help so as to pay taxes, a higher earning US citizen should do the same. (fyi median anual 45k income would place an individual in the top 3.5% earners in Mexico)
Shame, the locals will be priced out by remote workers. Parts of Mexico will become like San Francisco, where IT workers have bought up properties, essentially pushing lower paid workers much further away from the City. Fine in America but the Mexicans who have decided to stay in their own country will pay the ultimate price. Expect to see the Selling Sunsets there soon, the Instagram rich types will move in, forcing the lesser-earning Mexicans to move to crappier parts. Mexico should tax these hybrid workers who earn top the dollar but use Mexican resources. Not sure hybrid workers add to the economy, unlike Mexicans that work in America for low paid jobs and have to cross the border every day.
remote workers do in fact add to the economy, theyd be speding tgeir money and paying taxes to a different country otherwise, its like having a trade surplus. otoh its bringing an upper class from abroad, making the lesser local upper class and middle class feel stressed
One thing I’ve noticed in my time in Mexico vs my time in America is the community in Mexico is more open and loving, everyone knows one another, everyone greets eachother with a smile, everyone in Mexico appreciates what they have and love god. In America I see the exact opposite, everyone on there phones busy, isolated, everyone living in there own world, seeing people getting hurt in public and instead of helping they record, caring only for materialistic things and always wanting more more more, praising wrong instead of right.
So true. Pretty much every other country in the world has a better social outlook than here in the US. I have almost no friends here. When I meet new people they are always disinterested in a true friendship. Everyone is in a tight clique in which nobody else is welcome. Americans are very antisocial.
hi I'm Fenny Permatasari, international relations student from Indonesia. I'm looking for a Mexican or American to help me with my final assignment for a course. Are you willing to help me?
I'm wondering, if those people that can't or don't want to afford, living in California, will still drive over there and vote for the very people who got them to the point that they had to leave?
Most people aren't affiliated with either Party! People with common sense understand NO POLITICAL PARTY will save you! If you can't see they are both corrupt and serving Corporate interests you are a fool. It's just a bunch of finger pointing that's going nowhere. Enough of these stupid political BS.
@@8thhousealchemist600 oh Boy, that sounds grim. Sounds like all hope is lost, so what’s left to do when you get to that point of realizing that voting won’t do anything anymore?
Who got them to leave? California is a victim of its own success, everyone wants to live there so it’s expensive and crowded. Recently climate disasters, low water supply and cost of living are what’s causing people to move not because of politics. That’s why they don’t change parties. Why would they? Republicans deny climate change science which is what’s causing the climate crisis in California. California is one of the biggest economies in the world if it’s liberal policies were as bad as republicans say then this wouldn’t be the case. Furthermore Republican states are some of the most corrupt like Louisiana and many other southern states have worse infrastructure, healthcare, education and inequality.
I hate when they generalize and bunch Mexico into one thing, lol. Mexico is a large country. Tijuana and the other border towns are not Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, etc. The traffic in those large cities are not a picnic, and many drivers ignore traffic stops, everyone honks at you, and it’s loud, like American cities. Mexico City is not cheap if you want to live in a plush neighborhood either.
Yeah I was laughing pretty hard when it was listing crime as a reason Californians were moving to Mexico. Like, yeah, maybe the part of Mexico they're moving into is lower crime than LA, but I have some bad news if they wanted to move into certain other Mexican states.
@Rexx It depends on which Mexican state (there are 32 of them) where they are no drug cartel routes, because they are the main cause of the major violence. The Mexican city of Mérida in the Yucatán peninsula has a very low Homicide rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people. California’s San Bernardino Homicide rate on the other hand has 23 murders per 100,000 people. So to answer your question, you are incorrect. Again, depends what part of Mexico. Same applies to the US, where some are far worse than others.
I recently needed 2 lower molar inlays on my teeth and I live in Los Angeles, the Dentists there were charging me $5,128 for both of them, so I went to Tijuana Mexico instead and went to a Holistic Dentristry there and was charged $549 plus $70 for cleaning and consultation.. my inlays were put with porcelain and I'm completely happy with the Mexican Dentistry. No More Dentists in Los Angeles for me ...
@@youarewrong5523 Yes.. keep this mentality going...👍 we wouldn't want to drive up the prices in Mexico from too many people coming in. I want to continue benefiting from the best-kept little secret abroad.
This has happened in Australia ... People in big cities of Australia moving to regional Australia .. displaced all the regional Australians and raised their rents so high that many had to live in tents and move to caravan parks ...
Just seeing my friends Travis & David from - Cafe Con Leche Travels in this video and following their journey, wishing I was there every step of the way instead of paying 2k for a studio apartment in LA, is a real motivator to leaving the US to have a more peaceful, less rat-race focused life. California is not doing anything to keep residents in the area. Pricing people out remains the status quo. Years of promises to fix the homeless situation, go unkept. Meanwhile wages don't keep up with any of it.
Came to Cali 27yrs ago. I was making $7.50 per hour. Legally blind now get $7.25 an hour, taxed $2.25 per hour for medicare/medical but can't afford it. No dentist. No travel. No groceries. $7.50 27yrs ago was worth something. I had purchasing power and could afford to share rent. Now? Hidden 'homeless' with a roof for now but nothing else. Sold my car long time ago. Sold my bike. Latest scam is the chip in your credit or devpbit card wont get recognised by the system so no food or buying anything for you. My clipper card, loaded up with $40 went to get the bus? Reader said my card was empty. Scammed again. 2nd time done to me so ? I walk or lately? Just do without. No old, no disabled, no poor wanted. Only rich, young and beautiful for the fakers and corrupt in sacramento thank you. Think you wont get old, ugly and hampered somehow in your later years? Ha ha! Karma's coming and I can't wait!
My name is Federico and I live in Chapala, Jalisco. It's a great pleasure to se many Americans coming here in recent months. We welcome you to our country and you will feel the freedom, relaxation and peace of mind that everyone deserves. Un abrazo desde México.
The world is changing and people are more fluid than ever. I've owned a home north of Puerto Vallarta for 7 years. I will retire there. I can't buy anything comparable in the US. Many Canadians and Americans are there and many tourists. Summer tourists are mostly Mexican The rest of the time worldwide but predominently Canadian and US. Lots of digital nomads from everywhere too. My hometown is Silver Spring MD. That town had a huge influx from Central America. In recent years it grew a large Ethiopean community.
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I came from Africa, sold everything to relocate to US, life is hard than expected. I moved back to Africa to start again and now doing great. I have a work life balance
That's awesome. No place like home. I love my country but it's getting to expensive and I'm Indigenous Native American..
It's funny how alot of Africans are moving back to the continents, and thousands are dying of coming to US. You tell them life is not easy in the US they think you don't want them to succeed. Most of the things they see when other visit Africa from US is Iphones, tablets, stories about tesla self driving and they go 🤯🤯
There's little work/life balance in USA.
Good for you mate, cheers.
@@samm552 thx
I live in both countries and I trust my Mexican doctors so much more. I have my neurosurgeons number and have gotten care I’d never get in the US because the system is not made for the patient, it’s made to benefit the insurance.
Yes, I have to personal phone numbers of my doctors, and I usually get a one hour or more sit down with them. My internist charged me 200 pesos (about $10) for my last visit with him. We sat in his office and discussed not only my health, but literature and the state of the world. But, remember, be deeply afraid of crime. We don´t need more of you down here.
@@desultude If america bought less drugs the blue collar crime would be less in Mexico. Sadly I don't know how to fix the white collar crime problem.
I am surprised at how good and affordable health care in mexico actually is. My wife got sick 2x there and the care was good both times. Once the doctor made a house call!
Any relationship with the Flores woman running for Congress?
Your Gunna get kidnapped
To the senior citizens like me who doesn't have any savings and depend only on our $900 SS income, Mexico is a great option to avoid homelessness.
With $200 I cover housing and utilities in a nice 2 bedroom apartment.
The rest is for medical, dental, food, travel and entertainment. Such a wonderful life style that I could not enjoy in the USA.
Yeah but what about the crime plus guns are banned
@@nikolaievans2432 you do realize that you are living in the second most dangerous country in the world. Only South Africa is more dangerous than the USA.
$700 dlls cover food, gas, entertainment, travel ?? WTF?? You can't be serious.
@@SaL-ep7zb yes. 14 000 pesos. Twice an average wage.
@@SaL-ep7zb in Mexico and all around latin america. $700 month is a lot of money
Californians I’ve met are super high maintenance- it’ll be interesting to see how they manage their expectations with the laid back Mexican traditions😂
Shut Up .
No, caravaninvasion
Lies again? Ass Kicking USD SGD
As a mexican i want to make a serious petition to all americans that plan to live here: please support local businesses, if you are living here dont buy groceries on walmart or big supermarkets, dont buy food to mcdonalls or big fast food chains, we are recieving you with open arms, at least do this for us, thank you
Yo también soy mexicano pero cada quien puede decidir en donde comprar y donde consumir, no los puedes obligar a comprar sólo en comercios locales.
Hmm!...Americans will come, inhabit, then destroy! You'll see!
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Tampoco es como que ayude mucho porque ahora los comercios locales van a subir sus precios, es el problema de la gentrificación. Mejor que paguen sus impuestos, su visa de trabajo y que el gobierno regule las rentas, es la única opción viable para no darnos en la madre.
@@JorgeSchz2004no los podemos obligar, pero eso lo mínimo que pueden hacer si no pagan impuestos, aparte de contar con un salario mayor que el promedio de mexicanos
Thank you for referring to them as "American immigrants" and not "expats". For some reason when Americans (and other Westerners) migrate to another country, they want to call themselves "expats" but when others migrate to America, they call them immigrants.
Facts
americans, as always, being eternal hypocrites.
Agreed. They try to make it sound trendy bc westerners put a negative connotation behind “immigrants.”
Expatriates and immigrant are two different things. You should at least look up the term in the dictionary (it's free!) before trying to sound smart on the internet, because it makes you look stupid.
So do they have voting rights in Mexico?
So does anyone not see the irony in this? Why happens to the natives of these countries that see an influx of rich or well off foreigners moving capturing up property/homes? Will they not experience the same problem these foreigners did in their home countries?
No one asks that question when Mexicans and other move to the USA
Yes we see it, it's a vicious cycle!
On one hand the dollar helps with the economy and on the other hand, all the foreigners are driving the property prices higher unaffordable to us Mexicans.
Basically moving to Mexico is like being an investor if u have a place in the states but then get another in Mexico that u are just another investor causing housing to go up in areas but u are living in Mexico and not just buying up place to re rent anytime. so i can see why Mexicans be mad any by chance. i guessing they wanna get a place that is new but if we go and take up all the new places then residents who actually lived there a long time are priced out cause foreigners are taking places that residents try to get but cant for any reason. so now Americans are turning into investors by keeping 2 places for any reason. so overall no shock.
@@Thebrothaisback because it's not the same
This wouldn't be a problem if American cities would fix their zoning laws to get rid of the R1 zoning, banning anything but low density, single family, detached houses. The majority of land in America's cities is zoned for that, banning everything else. This creates shortages of housing all over America.
There needs to be re zoning allowing for land to be used for medium density housing like duplexes, townhouses, and even apartment buildings; along with mixed use to better meet the needs of people. California's major metro areas are well past the point where it is worth the money to tear down R1 housing and replace it with better uses of the land. This would relieve the shortages for all uses.
America's major cities also need to get rid of their rampant car dependency, which only leads to congestion. This is done by providing other options, giving Americans freedom of choice in how they move from place to place and liberating them from the de facto requirement to own cars.
You do know this is not going to last. Things change rapidly
I cross the border often and the biggest problem is when the locals in the tourist areas are losing business because of the Americans taking over with their own businesses. They invest with other Americans instead of Mexicans and it really hurts the Mexican economy and creates a bigger disparity. It's sad.
Duh "Americans" even though Mexicans are also Americans have always took advantage of the poorer countries than get angry when they migrate to the u.s lol
Soooo basically the exact same thing that happens in the US...can't say that just a couple of minutes into this video, this wasn't one of the first things I thought was gonna be an issue. Also, the 1st two individuals you interviewed this thing are internet content creators...? 🤨 Really? So not, like, an average American or American couple that has a more normal or average job, huh...? Well, ok then...guess I'll just imagine I can relate to their plight here in the US. 🙄
No different than Mexicans coming to America. So it’s a balance
@@Rells26 there is a big difference. The US is a 1st world country and Mexico is a 2nd world country. Taxes aren't the same. Rules and regulations are completely different in both countries, not to mention the cartels who take over your business. In Mexico you can't be an immigrant and ask for a loan from the bank, you have to be a citizen to even purchase any property. You don't see children in the US who live in poverty risking their lives on the streets blowing fire out of their mouths just to make a few pennies like Mexican children do. There's so much I can discuss on how different it really is. US citizens going to Mexico just to save money and Mexican citizens going to the US to make any money, there's a difference.
@@thehealingqueensv I get your cry. I don’t agree with neither but hey both are happening
As a Mexican that used to live in Mexico City, I can agree that foreigners living in Mexico are raising rent and property prices overall. My wife and I rented a small loft in a "share living" building. Our rent was around 475 USD a month, with internet, water, electricity and gas included. It may seem quite cheap for someone earning in USD, however, to put things into perspective, rent was equivalent to over a third of our household income. Even though we considered ourselves lucky to have found that loft, it still made daily living with other expenses quite difficult. This is because the city, or at least the good, interesting and touristy parts, are built for foreigners, not locals. This makes life difficult to enjoy for the average Mexican that maybe earns around 350 USD a month.
THIS GODDAMNIT THIS hdsptm
I live in Florida and this happening to us😥Rent a year ago was the most $500 now it has sky rocketed to $1000 and higher.
@@jasminepayne1895 gentrifications the name of the game
@@CarlosMongeLuna Well not the area where i was living but there definitely is gentrification going on.
@@jasminepayne1895 its not visible until theyve driven most of the former tenants and landowners out
We are getting screwed in the USA for cost of health insurance, housing, food, cars. I applaud anyone who is able to get the hell out of this pit and start a good life somewhere where the cost of living doesn't leave you having to live in the streets.
Yeah, if the US doesn’t get rid of the separating zoning laws and single family zoning their birth rate probably won’t return to replacement.
good👍
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They key is not to move into an expat area. I have a house in Guadalajara. I can drive to Lake Chapala if I want a $5 coffee. But I am happy to walk my neighborhood and enjoy the leisure lifestyle in a small suburban town.
@Stephanie Ellison thats only america. even south america has better working conditions than the US. europe is vastly superior and thats where all the white americans came from.
As a non-mexican I can say house prices will grow like in San-Shitcisco
SF nice city
turned sad
You are correct. Don't let these Californians in. They created all their problems and now will bring that to you.
Whole state of Trashfornia actually
Greed is good-not. Lol.😢
@GoldTau-km9dmIf they didn't want to live there they wouldn't be going there to live, did you watch the video
It’s important to remember that Mexico is a wealthy country - just all the wealth is directly at the top and leaves close to nothing for the majority. The US is heading towards this.
Exactly!
Thank you.
So true
U dont know the definition of a “wealthy” country…like every single country in the world,they would all be considered “wealthy” according to your definition….corruption exists everywhere..of course, the top people of every country will be super rich…mexico might be a “wealthy” country in terms of natural resources or what not,but if u mean “wealthy” in terms of gdp..then mexico is a 2nd world at best,perhaps even a 3rd world country
@@paull1027 They are just on the brink of a second world country at the very worst, don't exaggerate
This is wild. This is what happened to the small town I grew up in. A lot of wealthy New Yorkers wanted summer/weekend homes and now I could never afford to love there. My parents bought our house for 18,000 and the last time it sold for a million dollars. It’s crazy to imagine.
Exactly this happens so much to many of us In the hood or ghetto
@@shinigamix4481 Except that most people in the Ghetto are renters, not homeowners...so they can't really do much to oppose it. However, in the countryside, they let it happen until they can't.
@@shinigamix4481 Yeah, the welfare office LMAO
What town is that
@@Lauri2014 but rent goes up regardless, you might as well paid for the house . With the type of mortgages that are given.
Gentrification is a major issue. Won’t be surprised to hear about protests happening once locals are getting pushed out by American immigration
Yeah, but "they're" damned either way; "they" move in and are blamed for gentrification, "they" move out and are blamed for 'white flight'.
What? Like an American president calling Mexicans rapists? I think Mexico has already demonstrated much more civility than America.
The irony is a lot of those people that fled to Mexico are probably anti gentrification lmao
Exactly
You cant buy land in panama no more. A 300² meters lot is like $18k usd. Thank you very much Americans.
As an American I want to make a serious petition to all foreigner's that are planning to live here, please support your local businesses, if you are living here don't buy groceries from Walmart or big supermarkets, don't buy food to McDonalds or big fast food chains, we are receiving you with legally, at least do this for us, Thank You!
The Cali exit is hurting other states. Cali needs to get its own house in order. The cost of living in CO has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. 1 main factor is Cali residents overpaying for houses. Bc it’s still a fraction of what they were paying.
same thing is happening in Idaho
it’s honestly bound to happen to most states with rapidly growing population because of the way we build our cities and the pace we are building houses . California had a massive migration from other states until there was no more space to build anymore . Now other states are getting that influx and seeing what Californians have been experiencing for years . The same with New York where i live . they are just building no stop because every new housing is almost always filled up or brought .
They also bring their mixed indoctrination and political views which imbalances the home we grew up in. I think it's possibly intentional on a bigger scale
@@shaddythewiz3836 yes thank you. Someone with a brain.
CA had a surplus last year. Heck, they’re giving money away! They’ve gotten so bold with the extra cash that they’re going to be the first state to pay reparations. They’re not even making a serious effort to find all the scammers who stole unemployment during the pandemic.
Not American, living in Mexico for 4 years now. Beautiful place to live.
Dans quelle région êtes-vous ?
free place too... I was so caught by surprise while living there how everything was easy and how little government interferes with your daily life... one of the cheapest driver's license in the world... that's always a sign of a place that has real Freedom... less bureaucracy... employment might be a problem though, I could not figure out how to hired "legally" by companies
@@FeelingShred there are always gonna be trade offs innit
lived in the Acapulco region for 6 months and paid USD 120 to share a big furnished apartment with another guy, all utilities included... most apartment buildings in mexico also have access to rooftop... what a nice place
The Americans should move to Vietnam
As a mexican living near to the minimum wage (here in Mexico), I would also love to live in a cheaper place and profit from the locals as well.
Pues puedes ir a vivir a cuacamaya en Lázaro cárdenas Michoacán, allá es muy barato todo 👍
Just follow the other Mexicans going across the border. They enjoying what you seek 😂
pues migrate a Venezuela wey.
@@elguerio35 En realidad el chiste sería que los extranjeros apoyen a la economía nacional gastando en lo producido aquí, para que la entrada de capital sea buena y apoye a la economía al mismo tiempo. Si sólo vienen y gastan en cosas producidas allá, afectará a la economía aún más.
@@jonathanlara1297 Pero no puedes obligar a nadie a comprar o consumir sólo comercio local. Yo soy de Monterrey y no me gusta comprar ciertas cosas en mercados o comercios locales, prefiero hacerlo en supermercados.
*It's 2024, the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their UA-cam channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal UA-cam channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!
Bumping this so people can see it.
I like how they conveniently ignore the crime open drug use and homelessness for reasons why people are leaving California
It correlates to the same things if you trace back the root cause. Drug addiction and homelessness is a societal issue, and the society that is their every day reality is that of inequality and unaffordable living. Which is why they drink and do drugs and can’t afford an apartment to begin with.
@@mopes2713 Ironic how Californians are doing the exact same thing they espouse they despise. By moving to mexico, they are gentrifying the local area, one process they blame for increasing inequality and unaffordable living.
They did mention rising crime, but homelessness was definitely ignored.
Also the woke attitude (which, in part at least, contributes to the things you mentioned) went unsaid.
I stopped watching when, at about 50 seconds, the narrator failed to mention that as the main cause.
This is not to suggest that all Californians are woke, it goes without saying.
@@staninjapan07 lol People aren’t leaving California because of Wokeness, it’s because we are living in a time of late stage capitalism and massive inflation. Capitalism is unsustainable and does not work for the benefit of the many. Lol what the hell have you been listening to??
Mexico is just another planet . It’s not what the media shows you. I love the stress free lifestyle. Mexico is living ❤️
My name is Federico and I live in Chapala, Jalisco. It's a great pleasure to se many Americans coming here in recent months. We welcome you to our country and you will feel the freedom, relaxation and peace of mind that everyone deserves. Un abrazo desde México.
@@fps6612 bro, I love Chapala!
Drug cartel violence, kidnappings, political uncertainty. You can have Mexico. Just wondering why more Mexicans are still leaving Mexico and heading to the USA.
Pssst. Do we really want more estadounidenses?
Mexico Stress Free? Lol
Myself and wife and kids moved to Mexico last year for 6 months. We lived in a gated community 3 bedroom, 2 bath CASA and food and utilities and gas and rent and internet and swimming like 3 day's a week and getting ice cream and eating out once a week for $1,000 a month (no joke) with 5 kids lol it can be much cheaper than that but we wanted to live comfortably. Yes Mexico has it's problems lol just don't go out late at night and mind your business and your fine. Oh wait, that's the USA as well 😂😂 we came back only because we just tried it out. The Mexican people are amazing and very welcoming. So Yes I vote Mexico over USA any day!
Total opposite of the United States.
😂 that’s awesome that you were able to try it out with your fam.
There are so many other countries way better than the US. Congrats on your move. Life is what we make it for sure but location and culture is a huge part of it. I'm hoping to leave the US for Europe soon. Cheers.
So uh….
Go back and stay.
@@jamzee_ Well Let me explain something to you. Listen and learn. We want to go to Belize next but.....had to come back to the USA to make money more money in order to do this as I don't want to run out of savings in 5 Years! Thanks for your comment 😁
On my first of three total trips to Mexico, we crossed the border back in the 1980s when a CA DL was okay for an ID. We dayhiked a peak and when we got back down to our cars to head home after a great day in the mountains, we were surrounded by two dozen rifle bearing members of the Mexican Army. Everyone said we were lucky it wasn’t the Federalis. They took what was not theirs anyway. Éramos alpinistas.
California has 39 million residents. When 2.4 million Californians leave California in a year for Mexico or anywhere else… that will be a story. 360,000 isn’t a drop in the bucket for our overpopulated state.
The yrs add up
Exactly-!!!😉. & that's not counting the illegal border crosers.
The two most popular neighborhoods in Mexico City, Condesa and Roma, have had their prices drive up. It does gentrify but it brings new opportunities as well. Money, security, jobs... And it's not just from USA, there's also from Canada, Spain, Britain, Germany. We have lots of Koreans and Russians...
Luckily, the city passed a law that requires 33 percent of new development projects to be for lower income budgets, even in such nice neighborhoods.
We just want migrants to respect the law and culture, to leave their prejudice at the border, to support local business, to learn spanish. And remember, if you came here it's because you saw Mexico was getting better, you can't put it down anymore.
How multicultural has Mexico City become?
@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 it has always been, but now it's more noticeable as it's a new wave
I think they will destroy the place just like they did Hawaii.
Welcome to the MAGA movement.
😂 oh like those immigrants from Mexico that refuse to speak English or even acknowledge it?
“If the American people allow private banks to control the issue of money, first by inflation, and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” - Thomas Jefferson.
that quote sounds like karma
thomas jefferson knew a lot about compound interest , I think he just call out the system he helped to build all his life, it might have been just a memo for his kids haha... I remember hearing Charlie Munger praising Jeff.
@@jessicah3782 ??????
The *private* banks cannot hurt anyone, it’s the *government* banks and *fiat* money you are forced to use.
Jefferson did not say this. There were no corporations when Jefferson lived and the terms deflation and inflation were not in use. Ignorant troll.
This is low key terrible, those moving out to other states or Mexico are raising rates wherever they go. If you’re going to live in a different area then stop out pricing the locals and pour into local businesses. Be considerate of the locals there and respect the culture in place. That’s all I’m saying.
it seems like it's the american way. move to another country, jack up the prices, get mad when you're the problem people are getting kicked out, the cycle repeats. Sad...really sad.
Basic demand and supply. No one want price raise anywhere they go. Ask the sellers, they only want more money.
Same thing is going on in portugal
@@0fficialdregs It's not something that is done on purpose with bad intent. Ever heard of something really basic called supply and demand?
Most people moving to Mexico from California are Mexican-Americans
I left California for the Philippines. I wish I could say it's been great. The cost of living is definitely a big plus. It's kinda nice to buy groceries and only pay the equivalent of less than $20 for a full bag of groceries. But there are other things to consider when moving to another country. Some are as mundane as hot water or the lack thereof. Compromises have to be made. The big question is can you adapt. As a young man it is easier to adapt. But at 67 years old it becomes a serious conversation.
Lack of hot water sometimes, bad piping. The water has a weird smell to it. No more baths in lots of places. However, it's so cheap 😂 I'm waiting to get a permanent resident visa.
The fact that no taxes are being paid to Mexico is messed up. People need to contribute to basic services, sanitation, water etc...
You buy all your water in Mexico for household and drinking purposes. There are no underground pipes. If you buy property, you pay taxes and say even renting an airbnb, you pay 20% taxes on the rent. Same for hotels. Believe me: Mexican local and federal governments are taking advantage of the influx of tourists and new residents.
Thats funny because when we say this about immagrants who come to the US we are somehow racist.
Immigrants*
@@crzyruskie86 what? Immigrants that come to US pay taxes either in US or their home country. Countries have this agreement so that people don't have to pay dual taxes. Infact, immigrants pay more taxes than the American citizens, and they have no rights either.
@@crzyruskie86 they do pay income taxes because they work local jobs people that say that are either racist/uninformed. People with remote jobs aren't contributing, they don't pay the state taxes for the utility, school, medical benefits they receive. They're in effect leeches
These people trying to justify pricing out locals in Mexico are 100% the same ones complaining about gentrification of U.S cities. Oh the area is not made for locals. Dude that is basically the same reason people give for gentrified areas. Once you price people out, its no longer for lower income people. And the point about bringing in additional money to Mexico when they moved there. You are basically doing the same thing when an area gets gentrified. Better shops and better/more jobs. I hope these people can see the hypocrisy of their actions and statements
Thank you, I made the same comment. People have turned into the monster they fear.
Colonizers
I have seriuos doubts about this particular point. $900 a month is just above middle class in mexico.
Humans.....
*ridiculous
I'm hearing from friends that this migration trend is everywhere. Locals of a tropical island that were once sustained primarily by seasonal tourism are now being gentrified by swarms of remote workers from the states and driven out by the resulting 10x increase in cost of living.
So mainly them pesky californians driving up prices for everyone and turning other places into homeless encampments.
@anon google account That's not gonna happen. Phoenix was growing way before the work at home movement
Yeah if i had a remote job id prob move to Puerto Rico- i like the vibes there. And i wouldnt want to be a money leech- id support locals with shops and stuff because thats how everyone benefits.
Don’t forget to blame the ones who started all this, not the ones who are just trying to survive.
Sounds like what happened to Hawai’i just after WW2
*It's 2024 -- the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their UA-cam channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal UA-cam channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!
México should charge taxes to all those who make home office from Mexico to companies outside the country.
They are not staying as tourists they are working.
So America should do the same to mexicans who flock to the us fair play and all that
@@euphiemiadrake5633 absolutely they do it even if you are ilegal, the only diference is that there is no return of taxes for us.
they aren't getting paid pesos (or by any mex job), so technically they aren't working in mexico
That’s not gonna work trust me that happened over here in California during January Brown’s campaign in the late 2000s. When companies and corporations were shipping jobs after China they raise the taxes but all I did was give the government more money and did nothing to stop job decreases.
@@euphiemiadrake5633 Actually they do pay taxes. Not just from purchasing goods and services but out of their paychecks tue government takes their portion.
This happened in some towns in Dominican Republic, they were fishing towns, beautiful beaches, but of course the government let richer immigrants build hotels, open stores, restaurants, and houses. All the locals were kicked out. While many countries are paradise and affordable for foreigners, the locals are barely making it
Happening to Native Hawaiians as well. 😪
They deserve it because those people have been coming to America driving up housing, rent and education prices for DECADES. You don’t like it when the tables turn though.
What neighborhoods are those in D.R.?
In the Dominican Republic, the locals are so f'n lazy that if a door knob falls off a door it will stay there on the ground until the building collapses. Theres a reason they're poor.
@Michelle I didn't realize it's the government the provides jobs. Im a capitalist. Get off your ass and make things happen rather than waiting on someone else to "provide" you with jobs ... Genius
Honestly it's happening everywhere. Where I live, 1 bedroom apartments are approaching the $2100 a month mark, and there's no signs of it slowing down at all. And then people come from places like California, where they're used to the higher cost of living, and they'll buy houses with cash without even having seen the property yet here. I literally can't buy a house because all I have is a loan, and every time I make an offer, someone just offers up literally 5x the amount in straight up cash and I get tossed to the side for obvious reasons. It seriously sucks.
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Save your money and bide your time. A correction is coming. Probably a very big one.
Same thing is happening all over the US as well. They are selling their properties in California for millions and then going elsewhere and offering cash.
I read the avg profit on a Ca home sale is 800k so yeah they have enough to buy a couple of houses all cash in most places of the country. I also was losing out with all cash bidding 30 to 50k over asking price and then started looking at houses that others didn't want. I finally got a house that sat for 2 weeks that was nasty for 30k less than asking price. Take what the market gives you. I'll have equity when I am done instead of over paying trying to outbid someone else. Or wait for a correction. It's a cycle and always has been. What's different now though is hedge funds are buying properties too so you might not see as much of a price decline but you might have a better selection.
I still pay just $550 a month all utilities included for my one bedroom apartment here in Wyoming. That same price I paid 6 years ago.
My house was paid off. I rented it and now live in South America Airbnb for 1/4 of expenses I had in America. I don’t work just enjoy life.
Well this seems pretty problematic…
I can see the Mexican and local governments allowing this for economic reasons (even if they don’t pay taxes, they spend money on Mexican businesses, which generates substantial tax revenue by itself on top of direct foreign investment of sorts), but this definitely won’t continue forever, especially once local politics catches up and Mexican voters start getting outraged. These people are basically recreating the very problems that led them to flee California, but in Mexico. They are now the rich pricing the average people out of their homes. Except in this case, the wealthy aren’t even citizens and likely aren’t interested in becoming naturalized due to their home country’s labor laws. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out over the next 15 years’ time.
i would crackdown on that
Mexico should take steps to protect their citizens. But if they don't, I have little sympathy
Mexico needs to put up a wall
@@Magneticitist jajaajaja
@@Magneticitist make Mexico great again 🤓
I lived in Tijuana many years. I kept seeing more and more Americans, Mexican-Americans start to live there. I lived in Tijuana and worked in San Diego, the rents in TJ started to increase dramatically as more people started to move in. The lines to cross at the border got longer and longer. The bad thing is that many people live in Tj, but have no legal status to live there, as such, it is hard to estimate the population and find resources for this natives to Mexico.
Move here in Philippines😉
Border slum
Los dólares mijo $$$
Sounds kind of familiar to us in the states too. LOL
Lol. @Noel Ramirez Y'all are getting a taste of what the US has been dealing with for some time now. It's nice to see the roles reverse for a change. Lol. Don't complain.
California plans to spend $22 billion for housing. $21 billion for compliance and consultations, $1 billion to pay for $500k tents.
They did it with their mobile homeless tiny tiny tiny garbage box that cost them $160,000 each. Oh wait, it was Los Angeles that started that wave and the people who got the contracts were friends of the Los Angeles city officials. On a greater scale, I can see how California would squander that money to make little room for any displaced individuals while raking in the majority of that $88 billion. You're right!
wish i could upvote more than once.
$21b for compliance, consultations, zoom meetings and hella bureaucracy just to help the citizens lmaooo
That is after paying for the unions, lawyers and city approvals.
Move the decimal to the left and you see the breakdown for public school funds ..
@@KR-yb2qq And bribing "activist" organizations not to sue to stop any progress that decent people try to make.
Used to live in El paso and was in commercial construction.
Back in 85 the whole workforce was coming over from Juarez and making 7.50 an hour. They were very rich and they had multiple businesses in Juarez. Bars, hotels and so on and so forth.
I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico.
Americans should go back to their country like they tell us all the time build a wall keep Americans out of Mexico 😂
. . . Yet the US seems to loathe Mexicans . . .
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Lies again? Double Edged Sword USD SGD
@Gian you are correct
As a mexican engineer who had to leave Mexico in search of a better-paying job, I found out that in OK most jobs offered are blue collar manual labor. Still, we moved there and took the jobs. Life turned out to be very different from what we expected, with bad quality health and education systems, expensive, heavy on politics, military mindset and weapons. To learn that the same US citizens who refuse to fill these manual labor jobs in their own country will be raising the cost of living back in my country is hard to digest.
please go back to your homeland. you need to focus what you can do for your nation, not what your nation can do for you. you have no allegiance or loyalty. just a me, me, me mentality.
This is the exact conversation I’ve had with many r*ci$t$. “Oh, if America is so bad why does everyone keep coming here???”. Because they, just like you, are fed a crock of lies only to realize America isn’t the gleaming land of opportunity it’s portrayed to be. I work with a lot of immigrants and every single one has told me they wish they could go back home, they regret coming here, or they would much rather go home but what’s stopping them is the jobs don’t pay enough. They suffer here so they can send money back home. At least that’s what they’ve told me.
Most of our produce stems from Mexico and illegals picking in farms here in America because most Americans don't want to pick fruit!
Me, I love gardening and wouldn't mind helping on the field, but it's hard to find this work since the illegals are doing it or may be private American run places
Most Americans that discriminate Mexicans simply have no idea that they're the ones responsible for putting some/ most of the produce on their plate
@@shac9131 So you want to continue the exploitation of labor while undermining the sovereignty of a nation for cheap produce? I'm sorry but Americans can pick the fruit on their farms. We don't need greedy businesses taking advantage of cheap labor. We will gladly pay higher prices and develop new technology to automate the process.
@@shac9131 The exploitation of labor and evasion of taxes must stop. We must take care of our own country and maintain our national sovereignty and in turn, our own destiny as a people.
Same thing is happening in Puerto Rico, a lot of wealthy people from the US buying properties in the island turning them into air bnbs etc, putting people in the streets because they get kicked out of the apartments they lived in for years. Making it impossible for the people from Puerto Rico to afford a house now days.
Everywhere the US goes, the worse that place becomes.
Real estate is ruining America.
Why do the government sell out to foreigners????
They are doing the same thing in the US. The Government should tax more these people who owns a multiple Air Bnb's specially if they live out of State. They are driving the houses through the roof!
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Mexico should keep an eye to these people. They should charge them as much what they spend in the USA
gringo pricing they say
This is how I feel about the Philippines. I'm a Filipina-American with a desire to return to the motherland to reconnect with my culture and because the cost of living in the province is so affordable even with a very modest budget.
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In 2008 my retired grandparents watched about 60% of their savings disappear. Somewhere like Mexico or Costa Rica became their only viable option. They ended up in Belize.
were did they move to?
@@davidjasso178 one or the other.
@@davidjasso178 Belize, lol. My grandmother was a teacher who spoke passing Español. My grandfather did not.
@@b1646717 Belize seems interesting
Yeah, they probably sold their investments during the bottom of the market, had they waited a couple of years they would have earned a nice return on their investment I bet
Up Next: "why has Mexico suddenly become way more expensive to live in?"
Honestly it wouldn't be so bad if the wealth these immigrants bring ends up in México, but it doesn't, many of those properties belongs to people living outside México, so the money briefly touches México only to leave the country, it doesn't help these immigrants still expend their money in the us rather that going to México's pockets.
As a Mexican who lives now in the US, I can definitely say that life in Mexico is way better than in the US.
I knew someone would say this. @@GNMi79
As a Mexican, I see this problem not only along the border but also in major Mexican cities. The problem is that a lot of these Americans don't even bother to understand Mexican culture and feel entitled to what they have only because they're "contributing their dollars to the economy." But they really are driving rent prices up, and sometimes without even paying taxes. It's gentrification and there's no nice way to put it.
Have an American who moved out of South Texas, I had my same view when Latinos cross the border illegally into our country, a big population did the exact same thing so I don't see what the complaining is about. However I apologize that ignorant Americans are treating you like that. Hopefully our relationship will be better.
I wish I felt sorry for you but when usa needed you to stop sending all your unskilled bottom of the barrel people that lower quality of life to America and also refuse to learn English you all just laughed and called us racist. Now that its the other way around its bad huh.
Like Mexicans who don’t even bother to learn English
Lol as if people that come here to America pay taxes lol. And work under table taking jobs whatever
Totally agree
What I hate most about this is that they don't call themselves 'illegals' or 'immigrants' rather 'digital nomad' or 'expat' because of the negative connotation, yet fail to see the hypocrisy.
Maybe because they got a visa. Well you have to have a visa to be in Mexico for more than two-three days.
Also I doubt Mexico would give them welfare & such like the US.
@@TriforceOfTheGods80the welfare is for senior citizens that can't work
They are objectively not 'illegals' because they travel with a visa and have explicit permission to enter the country.
Maybe the Visa that they required and the fact that they pay their own rent and pay for their own food might also be reasons.
I liked the video; however, the fact that no local (low-income) person nor Mexican-American was interviewed says a lot about it as well. I am a Mexican-American, and I finished my primary and secondary education in Oaxaca, Mexico. After graduating community college in the LA area I decided to move to the Tijuana/San Diego area to finish my Bachelors in International Relations. Even though I am living in my country (since I hold Mexican citizenship), I acknowledge that I am also contributing to gentrification. What do I do to really support the local community? I buy in convenience stores, small businesses, rising restaurants that are NOT located in wealthy neighborhoods. Corruption and inequality in Mexico is much greater than in the US, and if the US dollar will remain in wealthy areas across Mexican cities, then “supporting the locals” is a false statement.
Mexican Americans are from old Mexico!, There's 27 continentel american countries, the united states is just one of them!!!
Mexicans and there reservation brothers and sisters are the real americans!!!.
I thought about being an expat and living down in Mexico. Like Ixtapa, Cancun or maybe Mazatlan. But then I moved to North Carolina. Don't regret it at all. Glad to be here.
Corruption is just as bad in the US just do some research.
I just wouldn’t want to live in Mexico ever.
@@elenashteiwi4739 This is stupid. Mexico far far worse on the corruption index. Generally, 3rd world nations are far more corrupt than 1st world ones.
I make good money but the other day I visited a veterinarian to see how much it would cost to have a simple surgery performed on one of my pets and it just blew my mind so yes I did go to Mexico and it literally only costed me about 15% of what it would have here in the states
Californians and New Yorkers are reaking havoc everywhere now, it used to be gentrification domestically but now they're going international with it. This wouldn't have happened if these residents understood that paying over half their income on rent wasn't sustainable EVER and normalization of that and living paycheck to paycheck to say their live in NYC or LA, was disastrous.
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I now understand the concept of privilege that gets tossed around more a days, these two living like kings surrounded by poverty talking about having room for a hobby is just depressing
Funny enough those two seem like the "woke" type yet they don't have a problem with taking advantage of its poorer neighbor country
@@thesleepingpusheen2650 No, they said they try to contribute to local goods and services and are aware about how they spend their money.
Thanks for the segment.
The sense of community given by Mexicans is unparalleled. Better food. Quality of life.
Who knew Trump could be so right. He said that Mexico would pay for the wall. Not only are they paying for it, they are building it, just to keep the californians out.
I don’t understand why they don’t build high quality transit between Tijuana and San Diego. That traffic looked awful!
Actually I could get the same from any red state
@@DameOfDiamonds Any red state? Clearly you're not from Mississippi.
Quality of life for who? If you're a woman with children good luck to you, you run a higher risk of getting killed or your children stolen.
I did! I LOVE MEXICO!!!! Not just for saving, for enjoying life, traveling within Mexico, endless options from historic, city, nature. Sophisticated cities, great medical care, dinning, theater. Mostly, I feel so much safer. Schools, Churches, sacred places.
Where in Mexico did you move to
@@nsanenthembrane if she feels safe definitely not the north, nor the south, nor Mexico City or Acapulco, or the state of Sinaloa. Pretty much any big city in Mexico.
@@BellicV I was considering moving to Mexico City for a bit but I have cats and need my place to not get broken into
@@BellicV Dude there are safe places in Mexico like yucatan a place that has 2 million people.. With a murder rate lower than the usa National average (5.1) and is on par with Belgium and lower than Canada.
@@oo--7714 The Yucatán is starting to get bad though.
You have to realize that a lot of Californians bought their house in the 90's for $180k and now the houses are $600k-$900k, a lot of people gotten that money and retired in other third world US states or Mexico, that's the truth.
California is the American dream why would anyone leave?
Mexico has stronger private property rights than the USA for primary residences. You generally can't have your home foreclosed for property taxes or HOA dues like in the States.
Plus, firearms related crimes aren't prosecuted as aggressively down there as in the U.S. Mexico, in many ways, is also more 2nd amendment friendly. Hank Yoo got nine years for not disclosing his diagnosis on Form 4473 in Texas.
@@arturocamaney9235 WoW, that's nuts.
@@scottnorris5683 also not accurate... You need a firearms licence in Mexico.
@@nothingbutchappy I never mentioned anything about firearms?
@@scottnorris5683 I was correcting arturo
I moved to Asia instead which is usually, ranked as one of the highest cost of living regions. Despite, that it's still half less than what I would spend in the states, and healthcare is far cheaper and ambulance rides are free. I'll take my cheaper healthcare and paid holidays. The bigger problem that isn't discussed is America is the only country, outside Eritrea that tax American citizens regardless of where they live.
You pay for ambulance rides in the US? 🙃
@@janedoe5510 several thousand dollars to go a few miles
@@AGhostInTheMachine 🤯 i can't believe it
@@janedoe5510 if you are uninsured then yes. fun fact: a rescue chopper or an airlift to the hospital average cost was $40,000, and that's in 2016.
@@janedoe5510 20 years ago, I got in a car accident and was taken by an ambulance. A year later, I received a bill of $5,000 for the ambulance ride. I didn’t have that kind of money, so it was agreed to pay in installments.
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Yet he's the one being interviewed and you're just one more sad comment in the comment section.
mexico is going to learn why borders and immigration laws are important.
I grew up in the Bay Area...so the chaos was normal to me. But after leaving, moving to Oregon, and returning to CA about a year later...the traffic was literal insanity! I could not believe how much growth had happened in only a year!
As a native Oregonian, I both hate you and love you right now. As an Oregonian yeah I think I can afford property/housing here, you moving here (although you moved back) in part cost me/will cost me maybe 100k in aggregate. To buy my freedom of owning a place of my own.
I'm glad I never once considered living in California, visited a few times, got stationed there once...but I chose to retire from the military in Arizona in 1997...first it was fine, i liked the desert and the heat and not much traffic, but home called me so i moved back to the Philippines and quite glad I an missing all the chaos brought on by modern American lifestyle and the hateful society the Orange toddler president fomented...
@@yootoober2009 He didn't bring hate to the society, he just highlighted the true nature of certain groups in America...
And don't get me started on the current demented zombie walking liberal freak that is currently bringing US closer to a conflict with Russia AND China (at the same time!!!!) for the first time in decades! How as a President, do you manage to almost trigger conflict with 2 of the most powerful geopolitical nations on earth (next to USA???)
Nah. Not the traffic was literal insanity! Not “the traffic was literal insanity!” /
Welcome to the Bay
I am a dual citizen who moved to mexico in 2020 and lived there for over a year. Now i just moved back to CA, trust me there are massive trade offs, as much as I loved Mexico being back in CA feels good. There are a lot of things that are a hot mess down there too, moving because you think the grass is greener on the other side and it will fix any problems is the wrong approach. Moving because you retired or are going to pay cash for your house down there is much better, for me i discovered it wasnt all I hoped for, now I am buying a small ranch in California and will try to live peacefully and enjoy traveling to the state parks across the US, another thing you cant do in Mexico without worrying about the cartels unfortunately. Everyones experience will be diferent so best of luck to anyone about to take on the endeavor!
Why did you leave Mexico?
@@user-pv3rl2lv4p read what he wrote!!
@@user-pv3rl2lv4p He said that he didn't like the food and he wasn't expecting there to be so much Mexican food.
so you have money to buy a ranch in Cali.. the video is about people who don't have enough money to live a decent lifestyle in cali
Was your main reason for moving the cartel?
I came very close to being raised in Mexico. My dad was one of the best supervisors at his plant, and his company had another one opening in Mexico City and offered my dad the opportunity to transfer. He really wanted to do it but my mom refused. I have always been drawn to visiting there. My mom had a lot of Mexican friends around in my childhood, too.
Mexico City is the coolest city in the world! Go check it out 😁
Go visit! It’s one of the greatest cities in the world.
Guess u be heading back soon lol
If you're not mexican you cannot buy property there. So if anyone on this video said you can buy a condo...not true.
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It's happening in Florida as well. A lot of people during the pandemic moved here, and now the price for everything is going up. And the people who moved here, now are finding that Florida is just as expensive as where they came from. Specially bad in the Southwest area thanks to the retiree community buying up all the homes so they can have a second or even third home to do old people things.
South Florida is expensive
Californians and New Yorkers are driving up the cost EVERYWHERE! Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, now MEXICO! Why don’t they change the ridiculous amount of laws and housing cost in their state instead of bringing their problems to the rest of us! We have increased traffic and increased rent due to y’all! Thanks a lot! I had to move from ATL to NC because my rent doubled!
Bummer. Maybe you should consider Mexico
As a Floridian, I'm keeping my hopes up that their first taste of a real hurricane will send them running back
@@Jacob-ec6st It never seems to really get rid of them though I live in central FL and they just keep coming and nothing seems to scare them off not even Florida man.
I would like to retire in my parents' hometown in Mexico. I know by the time I get to retire (40 years) things could be almost unlivable for retired folks here.
In 40 years, wet bulb temps in Mexico and the southern half of the US will be unlivable.
@Crystal Better buy something now! Don’t wait.
a mcchicken will cost around a 100 dollars by then, MCD will have 100 dollar menu instead of 1 dollar menu
This happened all over the world, my country's case is Bali, where locals are outpriced mainly by Australians. Noetheless, tourism has lift millions out of poverty
So now your country people’s have conveniences but still live in the street?
@@tytraulich4987 some pushed further inland, or smaller room for same price
@@tytraulich4987 yeah, because wealthier tourists out price the majority of locals. Price increases/inflation is occurring far more rapidly than income raises.
@@andrewj3177 who mostly comes from outside the island.
@@FantazomiXroma Which causes a staff shortage. Which increases wages.
Prices increase yes. But this means more money for local merchants. Which means more spending. More jobs etc etc etc...
It's pretty simple. Having a ton of wealth, coming into a country is ALWAYS good.
People tend to overthink when they talk about economics.
It's annoying how your video
Is only promoting more Americans to live here raising rental costs. Thanks for doing that.
I live in Texas and the amount of people that started to move here because the housing market was cheap has done nothing but increase the market. Renting prices have gone up, at one time you could easily get a nice home 4 bedrooms at 2 hundred thousand. Same homes now 3 hundred thousand. Condo complexes all over houston now. Gentrification all over the place. It's becoming a bit much
This just shows we all about to be out on the streets unless your a millionaire lol 😂
Liberals are locusts.
Gentrification isn’t an issue. It’s helped revitalize many parts of Houston people wouldn’t consider living in the 90’s. My homes values has shot up. Many of us who were raised in poverty now have been lifted. You only get “displaced” when you don’t own your home. But y’all don’t wanna have that conversation… ☕️
@@GIJadaSmith I disagree with that. I use to work in the heights before the whole "revitalization " very Hispanic area at the time. Not anymore, company I worked for closed, the new clientele in the area slowed the business. 3rd ward is changing, acres home is changing, 5th ward is changing. Some people do own their homes. But what do you do when you live in poverty or right above the line then all of a sudden a developer buys the house next door, destroys it and puts a 3 to 4 hundred thousand dollar home? Then another and another? Is designed to make people move out, do you think they can afford the property taxes? And selling isn't always an option either. Housing market went up so you sell to get into a house that costs more than it's worth and not be able to afford it? I get calls and texts every single day about selling the house I live in. It's not for sale, I like my neighborhood, I like the people in my neighborhood. But guess what, the heights have no more room to build. So now it's headed to my area. Older houses built on huge lots. You run out the people, you run out the culture that made up the area. Hell the people in the heights tried to sue Laredo taco because of the smoke from the cooking. Laredo has been there since the 80s, those 4 storied town homes haven't been there 10 years. Tried to do the same thing to turkey hut and these are stables to Houston, both define the area they are in but they don't "fit in" with the new population surrounding them. Revitalization is just a nice word to say gentrification, a nice way of saying relocating what isn't desired around them.
A bit much!? We should be tossing them in train cars filled to the brim headed back to Cali While we build a perimeter fence around that state with guard towers. Even the states around Cali hate them.
It’s not as easy living in Mexico as it looks/sounds. Yes, Mexico is beautiful but having “an American (Californian) way of life” type of quality forces Americans to live in a “bubble” in Mexico. ALL bubbles end up popping. It’s unsustainable. Like what California has caused to it’s own residents.
Mexico does not have the infrastructure and moreover their culture will eventually not allow for bossy entitled Americans (Californians) to drive them out of their own. Many Americans (not all) have chosen to be obstinately spoon-fed. To them being a “hard-working” American means that you should just click away into being wealthy. All other ways of earning a living like the blue-collar jobs that make any society run, exist, and maintained are frowned-upon. Sorry folks that’s exactly who sustains Mexico and in many ways the U.S. through undocumented immigration. That’s what makes Mexico beautiful and humbling - it’s hard working people - not being afraid to get down and dirty. That’s also what made America great at one point too. That’s what made the American Dream - us little folks. That was the American Dream, that if you worked hard enough this country would reward the sweat of your brow.
Californians just want to have their cake and eat it too. Sorry to break it to you you gotta make and bake the cake too.
There’s NO free lunch.
same.with Mexicans too ! California is huge L.A is not California
American needs to burst their bubble. They always act as if they deserve the world and all its luxury.
ok. brilliant southerner
Ya but have u actually lived in California recently it's expensive af
I left America 10 years ago. I was born and raised in Los Angeles (Redondo Beach). I sold my home and never looked back. Best decision I ever made. Life is so much more laid back and care free overseas
Where did you move to ? Where do you live now?
He says overseas. Can't be Mexico or Canada because that's cross the borders. Maybe China or Europe, that's overseas. I don't know he's not clear with his comment. Respects.
Redondo Beach is nicer than wherever you moved, the reality is that you probably just couldn't afford to live in Redondo Beach anymore and now you're justifying it to yourself.
@@2011blueman redondo is beautiful but there’s plenty of cities in Europe that are more beautiful without the same price tag….
@@2011blueman redondo is cute but it’s no Europe
Perhaps we should just unite and we will all be Americans.
I'm mexican, i live in México and work from as a software engineer for US companies, the salary is great and there are a lot of WFH jobs in México for US companies. I have seen US people push out and price out people out of their homes in some areas in México creating the same issue the US have with housing. But the US is algo bringing a lot of remote jobs for mexicans.
Alejo, Chico count your blessings because Mexico is about to become like Spain . Between rnb all over the place and british outpiricing everyone and their mother . and Mexico is now open to all gringos . this will end in tears.
You could not pay me to spend a month in madrid or even the catalunya region. its not what it used to be . everyone wants to cater to retirees and tourists.
Make sure to buy a house before a lot of foreigners move to Mexico
Thank god I received property from my parents in Mexico, really helps out for my future other wise it would be impossible for me to own property.
I live in san diego and I'm down to stay down there. Any advice on what companies I can apply at?
@@Halfpsychopath You can browse the mexican job sites like OCC and filter the positions, i work for a US company but they still have a small office here in my state for legal purposes since they must pay and provide minimum law benefits like social security, Infonavit and pay taxes. If you apply for job permit or get residence papers you can apply like any other citizen, i have co-workers that moved to México from south america and work legally with full law benefits.
I'm Mexican, used to live a great life in Tijuana until now, I'm being kicked out by people from the US, it's funny how that works, I wish I could afford to keep living here where I was born, but rent has tripled since the pandemic drove San Diegans here. Honestly, I just wish they'd shut up about how cheap everything is, what do they think business owners do after hearing this over and over.
Thank the Dems bud
YOU AREN’T CRYING ABOUT MEXICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S. SO DON’T CRY ABOUT U.S. CITIZENS HAVING A RIGHT TO BUY REAL ESTATE IN MEXICO!
@@afrodiasporanews9938fair point
@@afrodiasporanews9938 and you are crying about illegal inmigration to america in search of an easier way of live, but you aren't crying about gringos coming to México in search of an "easier way of live"
@@AlanNri20 I CAN TELL YOU HAVE COMPREHENSION ISSUES. REREAD WHAT I SAID. I’M A U.S. CITIZEN THAT OWNS REAL ESTATE IN LATIN AMERICA, I’M DEFINITELY NOT CRYING AT ALL LOL.
When Americans start to immigrate then you know it's something serious
Not called Americans
More people move into California than out of, and this trend is only really happening to California due to high cost of living. Known as California exodus.
@@torresthemonster They are officially called "Americans"
@@lavaregion6968 2/3 are just mexicans tho not necessarily the average American
the "just mexicans" tend to have indigenous heritage. they have more rights to america then the white colonialists want to admit.
That's happening here in LA, foreign investors are buying homes and jacking up prices and driving locals out.
There's basically 3 things that folks are looking for when choosing to move somewhere... 1. Employment 2. Cost of living. 3. Weather. The weaker of any, or all 3 of those, the cheaper the housing. As soon as any of those 3 ramp up somewhere, say Austin, the faster the cost of housing rises. There are so many places to live in the US in which the weather is acceptable, same with cost of living, but where do you work? For those that can dial it in, you have it best. For the rest of us, it may be a struggle resembling poverty. Down here in Georgia, the area 75 miles south of Atlanta, down to the Florida line is very affordable, and lovely year-round weather, but poor selection of good-paying jobs. Didn't used to be that way in the 60's and 70's. Minimum wage bought you a lot more in terms of necessities like housing and food.
I understand how the native Mexicans feel. I live in Everett Washington (30 miles north of Seattle) and the city population was already exploding because of Boeing, Amazon and other companies luring people to the area. Then a record amount of people moved here from places they were being priced out of during the pandemic. People working remotely for higher wages then most of the people here were earning. Prices were already sharply rising to insane amounts. Add in those that chose to offer rentals thru AirBnB to get the amount of rent in a weekend that they used to get in a month, inflation and even more people moving to the area and now whole families that were born and raised here, have been priced out of their homes and are technically homeless, some stay long term in hotels (when they can afford them) or if lucky they bought used RVs. However, now spaces are limited in RV lots and the prices on those have also gone up with strict rules on how old your RV is. There's virtually nowhere to park where they won't be made to move every couple of days and restrictions on where you can park them. RVs also have their own set of problems, from sewer/water and (in some cases) electrical access to the price of the gas to move them, safety, storage, etc. Some families live in their cars and there are very few places for them to safely park overnight as well. Not to mention the 2,000 + homeless addicts or those with untreated mental disorders that already roamed the highway between here and Seattle. There is very little help for anybody at this point and subsidized housing wait lists are several years long. Just the other day I saw a headline that read that in order to afford a home in Seattle, one would need a salary of $205,000 a year. Everett is not Seattle, yet, but it's not too far behind. I understand that opportunity brought people here but they brought their problems with them. People here used to help one another, now you could be holding jumper cables and a $20 bill and it will still be a while before someone will jumpstart your car. It won't cost them more than a couple of minutes and they get something for their trouble, yet they will still ignore you or say no.I used to love it here now I wish I could afford to leave. At the same time I worry that I would be contributing to another city ending up the same way, where others have to leave a place they loved because they no longer can afford to stay. The cycle would continue and the misery wouldn't disappear it would only transfer.
Dude:
I agree with what you say, but you need to divide that comment into separate paragraphs to make it easier to read!
Come to Tennessee and you can live free and happy especially in the country.
@@rickyjackson2452You must not care too much about your state. Why would you _invite_ people that _willingly_ voted again and again and again to completely and utterly decimate their cities and state to live where you live?
Again, you don't love or respect Tennessee.
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I moved to Thailand in 2001. Best decision I ever took. Life is similar to life in Mexico where I lived for 3 years.
Mexico also has gorgeous historical cities, amazing cuisine, and the most important thing: some of the kindest, friendliest people in the world.
Wait, what?
I thought they were drug dealers and gangsters and up to no good. Didn't USA want to close and protect the border?
As well as one of those most blatantly corrupt governments in history.
Daaaah, don't tell everyone 😆
Also some of the most sluggish.
Exactly what I have heard. I have said so many times that we as Americans should embrace Mexico and their people who risk everything to want to do our crappiest/hardest jobs for lower pay. We are fortunate to be neighbors and yet we have a group of people here who somehow think they are the cause of our problems.
Let's be honest, when you have money, you can live a great life almost everywhere. If these Americans were poor, I'm sure they wouldn't even thought of moving to Mexico.
Well, considering that many places in Mexico are far cheaper, let's be ACTUALLY honest, and say that poor is improperly defined, but many would migrate to Mexico because of cheaper prices.
@@DarkSharkDomilian I agree, but I wouldn't say that the really poor people would actually move to Mexico. If you have enough money for a normal life, then I understand why are they moving there.
@@elenakocovali1209 The poor in America still live better than 90% of the world.....
@@lavaregion6968 What part of living in a roach infested slum, motel, or homeless encampment is better than 90% of the world?
yup, all of them are beyond privileged
Hey Mexico, join the club. This has been going on for many years in the USA. I live in central California and people from the San Francisco Bay area have been moving into the central valley for years due to the lower cost of living. This has been causing the prices of housing to increase greatly. We've been feeling the squeeze for a very long time. People in Oregon complain about the same thing. People in Washington are saying the same thing. Prices or everything California are too expensive. It's nearly impossible to live.
Just because 80% of the people in those same states you mentioned voted democrat and whined about living expeneses rising while refusing to vote for a better candidate doesn't mean we need to join the club lol
It is not bad once you are 50cand had a decent carrer. But for the young, starting a family... Attracting a decent woman...
Lol 50 with good carrier to live in California, that a long wait, life shouldn't be like this, get newsom and his buddies out, I voted to impeach him but idk how he won, crooks or people just voting for feelings. So dumb.@@mikiandfriends1820
Yes it's terrible, but think about the poor boomers having affordable housing being built near their million dollar California backyards.
That's why my friend moved to Brazil and I moved back to Dominican Republic
Mexico is a beautiful country and I've visited numerous cities. A lot of culture and good friendly people, The food is extraordinary and wonderful.
Yes, society needs more remote travel bloggers, indie musicians and personal trainers. Great job CNBC
So in your mind, remote work is those jobs? You should look up data science, UX design and legal consulting. Pretty much if the majority of your productive day is intellectual and in front of a computer, it can be done remotely.
@@fpartidafpartida That's what CNBC should be reporting. Great Job Frank Partida.
@@scrumtrellecent OK…I take back the “in your mind part”. Obviously you do understand, but I thought you were lumping all remote work as useless social blogging 😁
@@fpartidafpartida no worries...if we were cell mates i'd play chess with you
These people featured look like creeps
As a Mexican, i sincerely and simply, hate people who come into Mexico and spend in pesos while making dollars/euros/pounds etc. You guys are making it incredibly hard for a lot of people, it’s just not fair. The migrants in the US have helped you (indirectly) to have higher earning jobs, while you are making our jobs to have less earning power. And no, it is not enough for you to simply say “we acknowledge we are privileged in this context” Gentrification, is another way of exclusion.
Im Black and I hate it too! Californians and New Yorkers are driving up the cost EVERYWHERE! Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, now MEXICO! Why don’t they change the ridiculous amount of laws and housing cost in their state instead of bringing their problems to the rest of us! We have increased traffic and increased rent due to y’all! Thanks a lot! I had to move from ATL to NC because my rent doubled!
Is we convert U.S dollars to pesos there is more money for us to spread around to the Mexican people and businesses .
As a white chick that’s lived in California her whole life (northern. By San Fran/Sacramento) I can understand what you’re saying & respect it. Was it not easy for Mexicans to come here or was it? (I dont believe what I hear on the news & can’t see it firsthand so I’m asking you sincerely if its easy or hard to get into the US from Mexico.
Because I’m just saying - I think however it was (easy or hard) should be the same for Americans trying to get into Mexico.
And how would so many of the Mexicans feel about Americans flocking in to reside amongst them?
What do you think they’d do for the economy there? Would your countrys political & legal systems be able to handle it or do you think it’d require muchos (lol) changes ?
@@ishtlutz1261 it’s hard for mexicans to get into the US, the political US-MX relation is one of dominance from the US side, and so there’s a lot more requisites for a Mexican to live and work (legally) in the US than there are for US citizens to work and live here. and as you mention our faulty legal system (is not our only faulty system) is of no help. efforts should be made, i believe, in having an overall better, more reciprocal relation e.g. the EU. so as to improve every north american citizen lifestyle, simply it isn’t fair having a dominant relation with our neighbor to the north.
As for the economy, yes there’s been growth, we cannot deny so, but it’s simple supply and demand comprehension, there’s more people with more money, but there’s the same amount of products, so prices go up, there’s the same amount of products cause they don’t work in Mexico, and even if there’s growth that new market is not accessible to most mexicans, worsening economical segregation for a lot of communities. Yes MUCHOS changes (lmao) NEED to be made if us citizens are continuing to come and work for US companies while having mexican currency expenses, maybe a form of taxing, or obligatory contributions to community development projects. I’ve heard first handedly how mexicans in the US go to the embassy in order to get help so as to pay taxes, a higher earning US citizen should do the same. (fyi median anual 45k income would place an individual in the top 3.5% earners in Mexico)
As a black man and I personally agree with you.
Shame, the locals will be priced out by remote workers. Parts of Mexico will become like San Francisco, where IT workers have bought up properties, essentially pushing lower paid workers much further away from the City. Fine in America but the Mexicans who have decided to stay in their own country will pay the ultimate price. Expect to see the Selling Sunsets there soon, the Instagram rich types will move in, forcing the lesser-earning Mexicans to move to crappier parts. Mexico should tax these hybrid workers who earn top the dollar but use Mexican resources. Not sure hybrid workers add to the economy, unlike Mexicans that work in America for low paid jobs and have to cross the border every day.
There are some neighborhoods that are no longer affordable to Mexicans, they're filled with Americans and Mexican- Americans.
remote workers do in fact add to the economy, theyd be speding tgeir money and paying taxes to a different country otherwise, its like having a trade surplus. otoh its bringing an upper class from abroad, making the lesser local upper class and middle class feel stressed
Go back home and make america great again.
I used to live in Mexico I hve family there I live off grid so it’s perfect for me
One thing I’ve noticed in my time in Mexico vs my time in America is the community in Mexico is more open and loving, everyone knows one another, everyone greets eachother with a smile, everyone in Mexico appreciates what they have and love god. In America I see the exact opposite, everyone on there phones busy, isolated, everyone living in there own world, seeing people getting hurt in public and instead of helping they record, caring only for materialistic things and always wanting more more more, praising wrong instead of right.
So true. Pretty much every other country in the world has a better social outlook than here in the US. I have almost no friends here. When I meet new people they are always disinterested in a true friendship. Everyone is in a tight clique in which nobody else is welcome. Americans are very antisocial.
I would say the people in Mexico are also their own enemy, due to delinquency
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@@coupleofbeers31 you’re absolutely right. We don’t even know our neighbors. It’s really sad
Americans want impose those same values onto to Mexico.
I'm wondering, if those people that can't or don't want to afford, living in California, will still drive over there and vote for the very people who got them to the point that they had to leave?
Most people aren't affiliated with either Party! People with common sense understand NO POLITICAL PARTY will save you! If you can't see they are both corrupt and serving Corporate interests you are a fool. It's just a bunch of finger pointing that's going nowhere. Enough of these stupid political BS.
@@8thhousealchemist600 oh Boy, that sounds grim. Sounds like all hope is lost, so what’s left to do when you get to that point of realizing that voting won’t do anything anymore?
Speaking of Austin Texas. Turning into a city of make believe.
Mail in Ballots
Who got them to leave? California is a victim of its own success, everyone wants to live there so it’s expensive and crowded. Recently climate disasters, low water supply and cost of living are what’s causing people to move not because of politics. That’s why they don’t change parties.
Why would they? Republicans deny climate change science which is what’s causing the climate crisis in California.
California is one of the biggest economies in the world if it’s liberal policies were as bad as republicans say then this wouldn’t be the case.
Furthermore Republican states are some of the most corrupt like Louisiana and many other southern states have worse infrastructure, healthcare, education and inequality.
I hate when they generalize and bunch Mexico into one thing, lol. Mexico is a large country. Tijuana and the other border towns are not Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, etc. The traffic in those large cities are not a picnic, and many drivers ignore traffic stops, everyone honks at you, and it’s loud, like American cities. Mexico City is not cheap if you want to live in a plush neighborhood either.
But the plush area in Mexico City is cheap compared to the plush area in Los Angeles. An apartment in Polanco vs Beverly Hills for example.
@@rexx9496 Yes even expensive in Mexico isn't really anything compared to the states
Yeah I was laughing pretty hard when it was listing crime as a reason Californians were moving to Mexico. Like, yeah, maybe the part of Mexico they're moving into is lower crime than LA, but I have some bad news if they wanted to move into certain other Mexican states.
@@HisCarlnessI Low crime in Mexico is relative. Even in the safest part of Mexico is still going to be more dangerous than California.
@Rexx It depends on which Mexican state (there are 32 of them) where they are no drug cartel routes, because they are the main cause of the major violence. The Mexican city of Mérida in the Yucatán peninsula has a very low Homicide rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people. California’s San Bernardino Homicide rate on the other hand has 23 murders per 100,000 people. So to answer your question, you are incorrect. Again, depends what part of Mexico. Same applies to the US, where some are far worse than others.
Well done report !!!
I recently needed 2 lower molar inlays on my teeth and I live in Los Angeles, the Dentists there were charging me $5,128 for both of them,
so I went to Tijuana Mexico instead and went to a Holistic Dentristry there and was charged $549 plus $70 for cleaning and consultation..
my inlays were put with porcelain and I'm completely happy with the Mexican Dentistry.
No More Dentists in Los Angeles for me ...
That would cost a Mexican making minimum wage 77 days pay. Makes me wonder how many Mexicans can't afford their countries _low_ medical costs.
Don’t complain when years down the road that cheap work gets undone and leaves you worse off than before.
@@youarewrong5523
Yes.. keep this mentality going...👍
we wouldn't want to drive up the prices in Mexico from too many people coming in.
I want to continue benefiting from the best-kept little secret abroad.
@@youarewrong5523 you wish.
Why not? Dr. Toothache needs a 4th Lambo.
This has happened in Australia ... People in big cities of Australia moving to regional Australia .. displaced all the regional Australians and raised their rents so high that many had to live in tents and move to caravan parks ...
Interesting
Yes, it did happen there, big time. The influx of Haves displaced the local Have Nots.
Australia is large. Why don't you build more houses and apartments? Not everyone needs to have a large backyard.
Why do most Australians live near the coast? Wouldn't it be cheaper towards the center?
@@V.E.R.O. there are up to 10 tiger snakes per square foot in central Australia
Just seeing my friends Travis & David from - Cafe Con Leche Travels in this video and following their journey, wishing I was there every step of the way instead of paying 2k for a studio apartment in LA, is a real motivator to leaving the US to have a more peaceful, less rat-race focused life. California is not doing anything to keep residents in the area. Pricing people out remains the status quo. Years of promises to fix the homeless situation, go unkept. Meanwhile wages don't keep up with any of it.
Came to Cali 27yrs ago. I was making $7.50 per hour. Legally blind now get $7.25 an hour, taxed $2.25 per hour for medicare/medical but can't afford it. No dentist. No travel. No groceries. $7.50 27yrs ago was worth something. I had purchasing power and could afford to share rent. Now? Hidden 'homeless' with a roof for now but nothing else. Sold my car long time ago. Sold my bike. Latest scam is the chip in your credit or devpbit card wont get recognised by the system so no food or buying anything for you. My clipper card, loaded up with $40 went to get the bus? Reader said my card was empty. Scammed again. 2nd time done to me so ? I walk or lately? Just do without. No old, no disabled, no poor wanted. Only rich, young and beautiful for the fakers and corrupt in sacramento thank you. Think you wont get old, ugly and hampered somehow in your later years? Ha ha! Karma's coming and I can't wait!
My name is Federico and I live in Chapala, Jalisco. It's a great pleasure to se many Americans coming here in recent months. We welcome you to our country and you will feel the freedom, relaxation and peace of mind that everyone deserves. Un abrazo desde México.
Great To See Travis & David!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
You can thank Mayor Garcetti for what is happening in LA. Read "The Garcetti-fication of Los Angeles: A Gentrification Cautionary Tale"
Wonder why California keep voting blue
The world is changing and people are more fluid than ever. I've owned a home north of Puerto Vallarta for 7 years. I will retire there. I can't buy anything comparable in the US. Many Canadians and Americans are there and many tourists. Summer tourists are mostly Mexican The rest of the time worldwide but predominently Canadian and US. Lots of digital nomads from everywhere too.
My hometown is Silver Spring MD. That town had a huge influx from Central America. In recent years it grew a large Ethiopean community.
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