Latin America is a place of great interest to me, and Mexico being so close is an obvious first place to explore, and retirees will always move to where their dollar goes further.
I was initially drawn to Costa Rica and went there for a seminar about retiring or living there. It is reputedly one of the safest places in Central America. When we arrived, we took a tour of one the upmarket expat communities, and where shocked by the razor wire and fortress like buildings everwhere. The stories we then were told, and then read about in the local press, made us cut our trip short, and we hopped on the next plane home. (I am well travelled, and have been to some pretty unsavoury places)
If you were to draw up a list of the main things retirees value, security is going to be high up on that list, because the older you are the more vulnerable you are. If you argue that Mexico is as safe or safer than many places in the US, you still have to get over the barrier of “perception”. If Mexico wants boomer dollars, it is my view that the government needs to make a concerted effort to clean up, and reverse the negative “perception”. The nature of the relationship being what it is, I don’t see that happening any time soon.
My wife and I are lovers of all things old, and would love to see some of the old colonial towns in Mexico. If you are Mexican then who better to ask.
