- After living in Mexico for nearly five years,
these are 15 reasons
why I'll never live in the United States again.
The first reason is that in 2022
with the foreign earn income exclusion,
my first $112,000 of income is not subject
to the federal income tax in the United States.
The next reason is entitlement.
I see it becoming more and more widespread
in the United States
that people are feeling entitled to other people's things.
They're feeling entitled to things they didn't earn.
And my personal opinion
is that that's a very dangerous mentality
to be widespread throughout society.
And I'd rather be somewhere where that doesn't exist
or exists to a much lesser extent.
Another thing is road rage.
If I accidentally cut someone off
in traffic in most US cities,
I'm gonna hear (honking sound) like a ten second long honk
that if translated into English
would probably mean something like "do that again
and I'll off your entire family."
But you know what happens
if I accidentally cut someone off
where I live here in Queretaro?
You know what I hear?
Nothin', nothing at all.
They don't honk.
They're very friendly.
And on this point, it's not just road rage.
It translates to almost everything in your everyday life
but it's that kind of mentality, that kind of calmness,
that kind of like being relaxed
that just makes it so much more pleasant to live in Mexico.
And on a similar topic,
I think people as a whole here in Mexico
are so much happier in their everyday life
than the average person in the United States.
Even though the average person in the United States
has, from an outsider's perspective,
a higher quality of life,
they have more material things,
I had noticed such a huge difference
in the overall happiness level of people
compared to being in most places in the United States.
And because people in general are happier here in Mexico,
they're also friendlier.
And when you have friendly, happy people,
it makes it a much more enjoyable place to live.
Now, the purpose of this video
isn't to say that there's nothing I like about the US
or there's nothing I like about living there,
but the things I miss about the US living in Mexico
is a whole other video topic.
A further reason why I have no plans to leave Mexico
is that I met the woman who I am convinced
is going to be my life partner here in Queretaro.
She's from here in this city
and has a lot of ties to this city.
All her friends and family are here.
She's spent her whole life here.
So that's one huge reason for me to stay.
On a similar note, if I were still single,
outside of the Midwest in the United States,
it is almost impossible to find a woman
with the values and the goals
that I'm looking for in a life partner.
Whereas here in Mexico, almost all of them
have those values that I'm looking for.
Another thing is there is so much internal conflict
in the United States between groups
whether it's because of race or religion
or the place they live, or who they vote for, or whatever.
And I see this trending in the completely wrong direction.
I don't think this is going to get any better
until it gets far worse.
Another reason is is that in today's world,
I can work online
and live where it's more affordable to live.
So the freedom that the internet has allowed me to have
in being able to live anywhere in the world,
I don't see why one wouldn't live
in a place that's cheaper to live
where they can live a higher quality of life.
And that's the next thing.
I can live a much higher quality of life here in Mexico
for the same amount of money
than I could in the United States.
Now, of course, Mexico, isn't the only option.
There are many, many countries around the world
where it's cheaper to live than the US.
However Mexico is right next door.
So it's a convenient option in that sense
but when things are cheaper, what do I mean?
Like for example, here, if I want to get a dental cleaning,
it's going to run me about $20 dollars
without any kind of insurance.
In the US, what's it going to be?
100, $150 dollars, something like that.
If I wanna get a Costco membership here, it's $25 dollars.
If I want one in the US, it's $60 or something like that.
So if I wanna go to a nice restaurant here for two people,
maybe it's going to run about $25 dollars.
If you want to take two people
to a nice restaurant in the US
you're probably looking at a bill of $75 dollars
after everything's included.
So almost everything in my everyday life
is approximately one third of the price here,
which allows my money to go much further
and live way higher quality of life
than I'd be able to in the United States
on a similar amount of money.
And by the way, I recently did a home tour
of the place I've been living in for the past year.
So if you'd like to check out that place,
click on this video right up here.
One big reason why I don't wanna live in the US
is I don't like where the country is headed.
It shows every sign of it being an empire in decline
from the massive money printing, to the social unrest,
to the huge wealth gaps, to less of a focus on education,
lower productivity, people getting lazy.
It has every single sign that it's an empire in decline.
And in addition to that,
the United States used to have
the biggest trade surpluses in the world.
And now they're running
the biggest trade deficits in the world.
They're the biggest debtor nation
in the history of the world.
The debts are off the chart
whether that's at a federal level, a state level,
local level, or corporations, and even personal debt,
all the debts are going crazy.
And this does not end well.
Something that has been keeping the US alive
and been allowing people
to continue living a good life there
is that they've had the world reserve currency
for many years, which allows them
to export a lot of their inflation to other countries.
The US prints money, and they get real goods
that other countries have manufactured, in return.
And just about every week,
there's another nail in the dollar's coffin.
And I don't think its time
as the world's reserve currency
is going to last much longer.
And when that happens,
it's not going to be a place where I want to be living.
When the world says we've had enough of your dollars,
and if you want the goods that we produce,
we want goods in exchange, not your worthless paper,
I think things are going to get really ugly in the US
because people have lived the high life there
for many decades.
They're used to having it really good
compared to many places around the world.
And when they lose that, I think things in society
are going to get really ugly for a while.
Of course, people are resilient
and they'll figure out ways around it.
But, in the short term, when that happens,
it's not a place where I want to be.
One thing I really like about living in Mexico
is that I feel like people here in general
are much more grateful for what they have
than people are in the US.
Even though, speaking in generalities,
someone from the US has a lot more material things,
the gratefulness level and the happiness level
that comes with it is much higher here in Mexico.
Something I don't like about living in the US
is that it feels like everyone's always in a rush
and it's like, go, go, go and nonstop.
You always have to be doing something.
And people are always in a hurry
and you have like road rage and people driving like crazy
and just like a really stressed out mentality all the time.
Whereas living in Mexico, it's totally different
and people are so much more relaxed here
and you can really feel it.
And you feel the calmness
and tranquility in your life because of that.
If you want to get a good idea
of the kind of life you can live in Mexico,
click on this video right here and watch that one.
And I will see you in next Saturday's video.