I’ve heard that there have long been American retirees in Mexico. They say how their dollars go further, south of the border, and they say that many places in Mexico are free of the drug cartels and violence.
I have no personal knowledge, just what I’ve heard. If you can cope with other issues such as language, apparently one can have a higher standard of living in Mexico than one could have in the US.
I wonder how good their emergency medical treatment because us old folks have a habit of unexpected illnesses