As if that's the only nefarious thing that's going on in the u.s. right now. So,
I know I'm going to get some shit for this one but I'm gonna say it anyway.
If anyone tells you it's not cheaper here, well, they're either lying, or they
haven't traveled enough. So many people felt like they were owed something for
doing nothing. I think it's only a matter of time before the shit hits the fan, so
to speak. At the end of the day it's just creating a society full of idiots.
Good morning Tangerineys! I'm Maddie, and I'm Jordan, and we are Tangerine Travels.
After lots of deliberation and planning, we finally, five months ago, packed up
just a few suitcases after selling everything that we owned, and decided to
travel through Mexico. At this point, we've traveled to over 15 cities in five
Mexican states, and so we've learned a thing or two. And then ended up settling
in Guadalajara for a while. We won't be here forever but this is our new
temporary home. And with all these experiences that we have, and all the
cities that we've been to, lessons that we've learned, we thought that we could
share something with you guys today. Why you should move to Mexico. Or if you're
considering it, why you should retire in Mexico. And we thought this was a
well-timed video because recently we've been getting a ton of people commenting
Saying that they're considering moving to Mexico. Do we think they should? What
is this like? What is that like? So we thought we'd give you a compact list.
This sidewalk is... Wow! [Laughter]
We thought we'd give you a compact list
of why you should move to Mexico and why you should retire here. So, you gotta know
We're gonna touch on this one, and that is safety. Is Mexico safe? We've talked
about this in a bunch of other videos, but if you're using that as something to
determine whether you are or aren't going to move here, we would say that
It's pretty safe if you're not an idiot. If you're not buying or dealing drugs, or
doing anything crazy, or illegal, or something like that. It's pretty much
Your average, safe country. Yes, it is. Yes. [Laughter]
In summary, yes it's safe. Don't be an idiot.
Use your common sense and you should be fine. Another reason is there is super
super fresh food here! You are going to be hard pressed to find processed food,
food with lots of chemicals, preservatives, probably not a whole
genetically modified food. And that is great, if you're someone like me dealing
with a bunch of health issues and food allergies to know always what is in what
you're eating. And even if you're not, it's a great place to be if you want to
eat healthier and have less processed, more wholesome food. So regardless of what
kind of landscape or climate you're looking for, Mexico has something for you.
Whether you're looking for beaches, or mountains, or a nice climate year-round.
Whatever else it might be, you're gonna find it here. Very diverse! Laska really did not
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video. Alright ,we're gonna get back to it. Another reason we think Mexico is a
great place to move, is if you are looking to get away from the
materialistic culture of the US.
It's a great place to be here and you can live
Much more of a simple life where you can just have things that make you happy, not
a whole bunch of stuff. The stuff, you know? Stuff.
Next up, prices. I'm going to have to do some generalizing here because the u.s.
is a huge country and Mexico is a huge country, so obviously there's places
Where it's going to vary a lot, but in general,
It's about one third of the cost
here for most things. And this is especially comparing to Phoenix, but
Then you have other places, like more expensive ones like New York or San Francisco,
It might be 1/5 or 1/7 of the cost of those places, or if you're from small
town Minnesota where I grew up, it's probably going to be about half the cost
of what it is to live there. If anyone tells you it's not cheaper here, well,
they're either lying or they haven't traveled enough. Yes, anywhere in the world
You could spend a lot of money or equal to what you're spending in another place,
But if you're living an average lifestyle, not trying to go to fancy,
expensive restaurants every single day, then you should be spending
significantly less than you would be in the US. And you can if you want. If you
have a fixed amount of income that you can spend anywhere in the world, you're
going to be able to eat at a lot fancier restaurants here and live in a much
nicer house! If you want to move internationally, it's probably going to
help you out a lot to learn new language. Learning Spanish in Mexico, it's going to
be easier than learning a new language in a lot of new countries because people
are going to be so helpful. And for instance, I've had plenty of friends that
have gone to France, specifically, and say that people have absolutely no
patience with you when you're making mistakes, or you don't know a word or some
things. Or, I mean, even in the US! People trying to learn English, it's disgusting
How people say "Ugh! Learn English already!"
Or some stupid thing like that. There's
like no patience for you there. Where, in Mexico, we would never, I can't even
imagine hearing something like that here because people are just so patient.
[Laughter] So I
Know I'm gonna get some shit for this one but I'm gonna say it anyway. If you
want to be somewhere with less weather manipulation, then Mexico is probably a
great place for you to move. And if you're going to disagree with me on this,
You can't tell me that the countrywide heat wave that's going on in the US has
nothing to do with weather manipulation. I have to butt into myself here and say
something, because I mentioned weather manipulation, as if that's the only
nefarious thing that's going on in the u.s. right now. That the government, or
powerful rich companies, or whoever else might be trying to keep from the
public's eye. So to keep this brief, there are a whole lot of other things beyond
weather manipulation that I think fall into this category - Like genetically
modifying foods, and potentially things that are being put into vaccines, or flu
shots, or things like that. But I'm not gonna get all conspiracy theorist on you
guys. I just figured it would be good to clarify that weather isn't the only
thing that's possibly being messed with. I was skeptical about things like
weather manipulation - like that can't actually be a thing, right? But I've
actually seen released US government documents from like 80 years ago that
they were putting dry ice into clouds to make it rain a lot more to win a war. So
if they were doing that 80 years ago, think about what technology they have
now. If you're looking for a place to move internationally,
Mexico's pretty close. So, it's a pretty obvious choice.
If you still have friends and family there, and you
Want a relatively short plane ride back, well then, Mexico is going to be a lot
better option than Ecuador, or Colombia, or something like that. So if you're
considering several Latin American and South American countries, well, in terms
of location, proximity to the US, Mexico is going to be your best option
there. Why else should you retire in Mexico or move to Mexico? Well, if you,
like us, we're getting pretty tired of the "Go go go go go!"
Culture of the US, then it's a great place to be, because it's way more
relaxed. You'll be around people who are working,
[Siri starts giving directions on the phone] Thank You Siri. [Laughter] You'll be around
People who are working really, really hard, but then they know when to call it
quits, and how to take time off, and how to enjoy time with friends, and family,
And generally enjoy life without just spinning your wheels until you're
completely burnt out. Along those same lines, there's not so much of an
entitlement culture here. I really felt like, that in the US, so many people
felt like they were owed something for doing nothing. And here, you have a bunch
of hard workers, who at the same time, know how to take time for themselves and
for family and friends. Even for something like homeless people, or people
who don't have a job, they're not just standing on the corner asking for money,
Saying with a sign: "Hungry, just want food" but then you hand them food, and
they say "No, no, I want your money instead."
Well, the majority of the time you're
Gonna find people trying to sell like De La Rosa Mazapan, or wash your window
for you, or do something, anything, so they can actually earn the money. That's like
Jordan's saying, it's not people are entitled like "Give me money just because you have
more money than me." Or something. Whatever, whatever the mentality is, that's not
really the case here in Mexico. Mm-hmm.
By and large. So something else about coming
to Mexico is that they have a super relaxed immigration policy! It's one of
the few countries I know about where you can literally just walk across the
border. There's no one to stop you, there's no one to check your bags, ask
you questions, and show your passport to. You can just walk across. I did this
exact thing when I was going to get some dental work done
in Los Algodones. Just about anyone can get a six month tourist visa, and then if
you want to get a permanent residency or temporary residency, in that case, there's some
Income requirements, but the process itself is pretty simple. We hope you're
enjoying this information so far! We're gonna get right back to it but first we
wanted to say that if you are enjoying it and you want some more of Tangerine
Travels, you want some extra perks, head on over to our Patreon page. There we can
offer a little bit more behind the scenes information. Sometimes we have a
time that we can answer more specific questions that we don't have time to
answer in the comments of our videos. And the link will be down below for that.
We'll put the link down in the description. You should move to Mexico if
you like being around people who still value personal relationships, in person.
Something that I was really getting fed up with, before we left to Mexico, was
the fact that you could go out and hang out with a bunch of people, and
Everyone's on their phone. They care more about posting something on Instagram,
Sending a text to someone, or scrolling through Facebook. It doesn't even matter,
Just being on their phones. [Laughter]
Instead of being present or spending time with
people. Spending quality time. It's more about being online, and having a social
presence, and seeing how many likes you can get, or whatever your prerogative is
online. It's not like that here. People actually spend time with each other. It's
amazing! This is one of the reasons why I personally wanted to come to Mexico, well
One of many reasons. But, not only is the US the biggest debtor in the world,
It's the biggest debtor in the history of the world.
And in my knowledge of history, that doesn't end well. I think it's only a matter of
Time before the shit hits the fan so to speak. And when that happens, I'd prefer
to be elsewhere. Mexico is a great place to retire or move if you like your
Society to have more personal freedoms and not be so much about rules, laws,
Regulations, and people suing people all the time. What we mean about personal
freedom: You can cross the street without getting a $200 fine for not crossing in
a crosswalk. And you can get hit by a car, and that's part of your personal
freedoms as well. And go hiking without a guardrail everywhere, it's like the
metaphorical guardrail of life. And you can go to a restaurant and there aren't
going to be so many laws about whether you can have a beer on the patio, or no
You can have it right here, but you can't have it 4 feet over this way otherwise
you could get arrested. And yes, we do realize that some of those
rules are put into place to make people safer, but honestly, like at the end of
the day, it's just creating a society full of idiots that know that there's
rules and laws to protect them, so they don't even bother looking out for
themselves anymore. Yeah, I don't want someone else deciding
how I'm going to be safe. That's up to me.
[Laughter] For better or worse. Another cool thing
is Mexico is full of history and culture!
And this isn't just the culture in the
history from the Europeans, but in every city there is going to be a Plaza,
Buildings surrounding that Plaza that are super super old, with tons of history. But
It goes beyond that! There's lots of archaeological sites, and pyramids, and so
Much to discover here! Last, but certainly not least, why should you move to Mexico?
Well, the food! Oh my damn! [Laughter]
The food is so good! And whatever you might possibly think
that Mexican food is: nachos, tacos, burritos
It's so much more than that! I am confident in saying that
Mexico food diversity is so
much more complex than anything in the US.
And it's not just Mexican food! There
is somewhat of like new-age food mixed in, pre-hispanic food, and fusions from
cultures all across the world!
These are just some of the reasons that we could
come up with why it would be a great idea and why you should move to Mexico.
Or why you should retire in Mexico, if you are considering it. If you liked this
video, give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel if you haven't already! We
Are putting out videos just about every day about our life and adventures in
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