Posted on 10/13/2007 10:52:45 PM PDT by Lorianne
AJIJIC, MEXICO — Drawn by the eternal spring weather and laid-back lifestyle, American retirees have been migrating to this lakeside village deep inside Mexico for decades.
Now, facing the sobering prospect that their money will run out before their last breath does, some are considering Ajijic and other expatriate communities across Mexico as a cheaper place to get needed care through the end of their lives.
Though few come with dying on their minds, tens of thousands of retirees long have been heading to this community on the shore of Mexico's largest lake — and dozens of other towns and cities nationwide — looking to spend their leisure years in paradise.
The Margaritaville moments might last decades. But the life cycle spins on no matter where they may live, and the aging Americans face much the same tough choices on health care here that they would at home.
Increasingly, they have decided that Mexico is as good or better a place as any to face the inevitable.
"I would never go back home," said Harold "Skip" Waggoner, 67, a former deputy sheriff from Central Florida who retired 12 years ago to Ajijic. "My mother spent five years in a nursing home. That's scary.
"The Mexicans value old people, and they take care of them."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Fine, until Mejico decides for whatever political reason to pull the plug.
Barf! I’m not retiring anywhere but the good ‘ol USA! The Mexicans can’t be trusted. You build a nice house, settle in, have a nice life and then the Federalies come in and take it all! You can keep Mexico!
Barf! I’m not retiring anywhere but the good ‘ol USA! The Mexicans can’t be trusted. You build a nice house, settle in, have a nice life and then the Federalies come in and take it all! You can keep Mexico!
It will all be great ‘till the old folks drink the water...
I’d rather die in America penniless.
I would rather put a bullet in my head than live in Mexico, with its socialism, corruption and racism. Thanks, no.
I would rather put a bullet in my head than live in Mexico, with its socialism, corruption and racism. Thanks, no.
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Uh, we don’t have any of those things here in the USA, right?
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