[peyton randolph]

Yep. Mexico has an illegal immigrant problem. All those foreigners moving down there and pumping cash into the economy. The horror. /sarcasm

[qam1]

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[No Surrender No Retreat]

Sounds very nice and so bucolic in Mexico. Too bad it is a lie and one's existence is coupled with the banditos in the area. The USA is and will always be the best Countyr in the world. As Ken Hamblin said, "Pick A Better Country."NSNR

[billybudd]

"The election was a clear indication of how divided we are as a country," said Marker, 65. "Here, I feel politically comfortable."

That's because you've got American dollars.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I know a couple who was planning on moving to Mexico for financial reasons -- don't know if they ever did or not. I'm sure the areas mentioned in this article are safer than the border, but I can't imagine I would feel as safe there as here.

[Indy Pendance]

I've been to San Miguel de Allende, there is a very large expatriate population, it's a beautiful town though.

[brushcop]

San Miguel de Allende is full of Left-wing Bush hating liberals, some have been there many years. They are happy that living is relatively cheap there as the article says and they can have servants and keep folks in their place, after all, the natives are very happy to be dirt poor, living in squalor as long as they can serve the gringo expats.

Friends of mine have decided that they are going to find a more conservative crowd to hang around with in Mexico if they return for any length of time other than that bunch. One of the women they rented from bragged about voting absentee TWICE. Of course, we recognize that the rules and laws only apply to conservatives/Republicans.

Have fun expats--C-ya!!

[Noachian]

If anything, I feel more scared and that's why I'm looking for a home here in San Miguel. Is Bush the sole reason? No. But he's a big factor."

This is good. If we combine the liberals going to Mexico and Canada with the growing liberal abortion rate we may one day see the end of Liberal Democrats in the USA.

[PzLdr]

I knew sooner or later, it would be Bush's fault. I can see where liberals would prefer it, though. The government runs on graft. The so-called elites are uniformly left - wing (one of the reasons Trotsky didn't die in Brooklyn), and despite having been (for a large part) financially less than successful up here, they can feel both smug about the US, and superior to the Mexicans because of the lower cost of living down there. AND - NO handguns!

[elfman2]

" Dick and Marge Olson manage an RV park-cum-apartment community for Americans in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, off the surfing coast between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. The area once was pristine, quiet and isolated, but developers plan to build golf courses and big hotels on traditional tomato farms. The farmers are resisting the project, but the developers are expected to prevail. "

My wife and I took a motorcycle ride through there 6 years ago. It could be an ideal retirement place, maybe a little spooky. It claims to have a place that was the inspiration for “Hotel California”.

[TADSLOS]

Seems we went down this road in Texas circa 1830's.

[need_a_screen_name]

I didn't think Americans were allowed to buy property in Mexico?

[x1stcav]

Americans are such dupes. We are only welcomed if we bring a supply of dollares. Has everyone forgotten the 100's of millions of dollars the Mexican goevernment confiscated during the last peso crisis that were held by Americans in dollar accounts in US banks?

How about a good neighbor policy that includes the excrerable Mexican government selling us crude at a discount for partial repayment of all of thier campesinos who're up here illegally.

Yet, as many of you have pointed out, there is always a silver lining: move liberal scum! Leave! Get out of our way so we can do the heavy work required.

[expatguy]

Malaysia has a program here that allows retirees from other countries to live here.

There are quite a number of UK citizens who live here that I know of and a few Americans.

If anyone is interested in it, let me know.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Malesherbes]

"Mexico's ideal political climate." Only a left-wing American air-head could make such a statement.

[layman]

Applicants must prove at least 60 percent proficiency in Spanish

This sounds like a reasonable idea. We should require proficiency in English.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Check these people out in five years.

Everybody I know of who has moved to Mexico has eventually moved back.

[Zechariah_8_13]

"The election was a clear indication of how divided we are as a country," said Marker, 65. "Here, I feel politically comfortable."

So basically, they've left a diversified country (so much for "tolerance") and have formed a leftist expat community, where they can live a comfortable lifestyle with servants.

They may feel comfortable amongst their own, but isn't the average Mexican a Catholic, and rather conservative? Or maybe these people they don't meet too many Mexicans except their gardeners?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

This has been happening in the San Miguel Allende (and other) areas for years now. They don't want them in Dolores Hidalgo and actively take steps to keep Americans from moving there.

[silverleaf]

I'd support any operation that would smuggle several million AARP liberals into Mexico, starting today.