As someone who has been living in Mexico for a couple of years now to save money, these types of stories terrify me.
I am seriously thinking of moving back to the United States. The only problem is that I cannot really afford to live there.
I have some unresolved health issues and for many years have been working exclusively online because I could not handle commuting. But for me it has not been easy to find high-paying programming jobs online. There are just many more low-paying contracts and often I run out of money before I find a high-paying one which seems like it will have a workload that's manageable for me.
So now so I have something which is totally fine in a way in that it's about $2000 per month (to handle all of the programming and servers for an automated cryptocurrency trading system that seems to be going nowhere but has been a steady income for several years) and I have Thursday and Friday to work on my deep learning classes. And I can easily manage to get by in Tijuana on that much.
But this kidnapping thing is terrifying.
Maybe Rosarito will be safer than Tijuana? I mean my neighborhood here in Playas _seems_ very safe. I would have to move to a ghetto or something in the US. Which I would not really quite be able to afford.
I suppose I can't say that I know with absolutely certainty that they were safer, but we would talk with locals and got a general feel for what places are more or less safe.
One explanation was that the cartel members have families too and keep the cities their families live in free or more free of that sort of trouble.
I would look into place like San Miguel De Allende, Valladolid, Puerto Escondito, Puerta Vallarta and the small villages north of it, Todos Santos, Oaxaca, San Cristobal De Las Casa. Guanajuato.
Eh, don't bother, some people like the person you replied to just enjoy staying in a hotspot, and it makes no sense.
As someone who is "hispanic" it amazes me that someone would do such a thing when they are constantly in danger, and there are safer places to live, but medical and other cheap entertainment in MX is probably the reason why.
If he has spent two years in Tijuana and hasn't heard of the places you mentioned, or done any true traveling, well, yeah.
They're content. That's what they want. That's all they want.
You are "hispanic"? WTH does that mean in quotation marks?? And how does that make you an expert on where it is safe?
I moved here because it was close to the border and most of the horror stories I heard were farther into Mexico. Also this way I could still visit my father before he passed away and still easily cross to buy things in the US or get US mail etc.
I live in Playas de Tijuana. People here told me it was safe. So far I have not seen any danger.
I have heard of other towns and locations in Mexico and South America.
How TF would you know how much traveling I have done?
Why do you say I am constantly in danger? Where do you think I should live and why?
I put myself out here looking for information and of course I got what I deserved which was just for people to spit in my eye.
Check out Craigslist 'housing' section. Oklahoma City as suggested by other commenter has 1 brs for under $600, but I'm sure there are places in California or elsewhere at least as cheap. If you're willing to share a place, you could even find cheaper places, or more desirable areas
I am seriously thinking of moving back to the United States. The only problem is that I cannot really afford to live there.
I have some unresolved health issues and for many years have been working exclusively online because I could not handle commuting. But for me it has not been easy to find high-paying programming jobs online. There are just many more low-paying contracts and often I run out of money before I find a high-paying one which seems like it will have a workload that's manageable for me.
So now so I have something which is totally fine in a way in that it's about $2000 per month (to handle all of the programming and servers for an automated cryptocurrency trading system that seems to be going nowhere but has been a steady income for several years) and I have Thursday and Friday to work on my deep learning classes. And I can easily manage to get by in Tijuana on that much.
But this kidnapping thing is terrifying.
Maybe Rosarito will be safer than Tijuana? I mean my neighborhood here in Playas _seems_ very safe. I would have to move to a ghetto or something in the US. Which I would not really quite be able to afford.