American ex-pats have money. People who sneak into the US want to make more money.
Yes, if you are retired, your money goes further in Mexico (and other places)
I have a friend in Mexico. His lineage traces back more than 8 clear generations as Mexican. He has fair, white skin and curly blond hair.
He’s also one of the wealthiest in Northern Mexico. He likes to remind people:
1. Most people leave Mexico because crime is literally everywhere. It’s impossible to not be in involved.
2. Making money is easy in America because it can be made in large chunks for harder work. He says that Mexicans don’t really kill themselves working but they also don’t make a lot. In America the work is much, much harder. He gave an example of a waiter in Mexico. A waiter there only brings food to tables. They don’t do any other responsibilities - not even cleaning tables. In America waiters make more money but also do a ridiculous amount of work for it.
3. Life and many cities in Mexico are very similar to towns and communities in southern California. But Mexico is very sparse and between those US like communities there are expanses of “Bad lands” where nothing happens. This is what most people think of Mexico . He says it’s like northern Africa or the Middle east. The areas between the cities are depressed and poor but no one lives there anyway.
These are two kids in their 20’s, they don’t have$$$.