you've decided you want to move to Mexico but where specifically do you
want to live after this video you'll have five reasons get epidote is one of
the best places to live in Mexico you're going to want to make it your new home
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on my blog backpacking brunet I've written numerous
posts about living in Mexico I've called cadet that at home since
2017 and today I'm sharing why it's one of the best places to live in Mexico
reason number one safety I'm guessing you're already a little familiar with
cadet that oh but in case you're not cadet that oh is located pretty much
dead center in Mexico by bus it's approximately three hours north of
Mexico City if you've seen pictures or footage of get a photo then you know it
has a beautiful historic center there are many colorful streets lots of
flowers and well-preserved colonial architecture based on those images you
might think that connected oh is a small town but it's actually a very big city
more than a million people live here and it is growing in fact getteth row is one
of the fastest growing cities in Latin America it's big and it's getting bigger
but cadet there o is still one of the safest cities in Mexico connected oh
it's often referred to as the real name Mexico or the pride of Mexico and when
you come here it's easy to see why in the nearly three years that I've called
cadet that a home I have never once felt unsafe I haven't even felt uncomfortable
I live in the historic city center I feel safe to walk the streets at night
to be out by myself I regularly use uber to get around and I would also feel just
fine hailing a camera on the street in addition to being very safe
Kenneth Otto is very clean there are street sweepers out every single day in
the city centre and our trash is picked up six nights a week people are proud to
live in Connecticut oh and they really they take great pains to take care of
this city and make sure that it is a beautiful place for everyone to live
reason number two affordable cost of living prior to moving to Mexico I lived
in Madrid Spain and thought that that was an affordable place to live but
living in Mexico is just a whole other level of affordability
Kenneth addo is by no means the cheapest place to live in Mexico
but it is still very cost effective to caulk it at the dough home I have
written numerous posts on my blog about the cost of living in Kadapa dough and
one of my most popular posts to date details my weekly and monthly and yearly
living expenses here including rent groceries and health insurance I will go
ahead and link that post in the description below but just to give you
an idea about the cost of living in Kedah that o our rent for this house in
the historic city centre where I live with my boyfriend we have two bedrooms
two bathrooms a huge dining room an office / workout space an interior patio
this house costs ten thousand eight hundred pesos per month which at the
current conversion comes out to around four hundred and eighty three dollars
USD reason number three not an expat hotspot if you're
interested in the typical expat retiree experience abroad where you live in a
community with lots of other people from your home country then cadet that Oh
probably isn't the city for you while there are clusters of expats clusters of
retirees in the city I know that the hooter Kea area is popular for that
while there are clusters in cadet that oh it's not a major expat community like
some ela and they or Lake Chapala that's not to say that there aren't a lot of
foreigners living here because of cadet photos central location in the country
this is a huge City for industry and there are a lot of international
companies like Samsung Kellogg Gerber Goodyear this is seriously just naming a
few so there are a lot of foreigners here but they aren't working they are
not retired and for the most part they are integrated into the community here
after living in Madrid which is a huge tourist destination a huge expat city
it's been a really nice change of pace to settle into life and get it that oh
where I really feel like I'm a part of the community I shop at the market I
drink at the same watering holes as locals again I just really feel like I'm
a part of things here along these same lines living in it they don't has been
amazing for my Spanish now there are English speakers here but I am using my
Spanish on a much more regular basis every day for absolutely
compared to when I was living in Madrid and it was really hard to practice my
Spanish anywhere between shopping at the market speaking Spanish and just feeling
at home in the city this is really the experience that I envisioned for myself
when I decided to move to Mexico of course there are challenges about living
in a city that is not set up to cater to foreigners for example when I was
apartment hunting some landlords were hesitant to write to me just because
they had never rented to an American before if you're anxious or nervous
about apartment hunting in Mexico that has in the comments and give me a yes so
I know that we are on the same page to help make apartment hunting a little bit
easier I put together the move to Mexico QuickStart guide
head to the link in the description to grab this completely free resource it
has answers to my most frequently asked questions about living in Mexico my top
eight tips for apartment hunting and even a renting in Spanish cheat sheet to
help you out reason number four a university
atmosphere traditionally speaking cadet that Oh Mexico in general I guess is a
very conservative very Catholic say if that's not your Bible though don't worry
because with so many universities within the city limits there are a lot of
students living in cadet that oh and they give a really progressive young
vibe to the city it seems like every other week here a new cafe or a hipster
cocktail bar is cropping up somewhere there's a really awesome craft brewery
called said of a city and police that makes amazing craft beer and has a
super cool garden outdoor sitting area in an old textile factory beyond the
eating and drinking there is so much to do in cadet throw lots and lots of
cultural events concerts prior to Coba nineteen there was something going on
here every single weekend on a similar note I'm not sure if this is just the
people I know or if this speaks to the city as a whole but from cadet that oh I
get the vibe that it is a very creative City there are a lot of artists there
are a lot of entrepreneurs people following their passions and following
their dreams and building a life that they want themselves and I find that
such an energizing kind of thing to be around recent number five centrally
located when I decided to move to Mexico I knew that I wanted to travel I knew
that I wanted to explore the country to see as much of it as I possibly could so
it was very important to me to live in a central location where it was easy to
get around to different places and cadet that Oh totally fits the bill if you are
interested in traveling in Mexico it's tough to be in a better spot than cadet
that oh because like I mentioned earlier it is pretty much a dead center in the
middle of the country I really like the proximity to Mexico City again it's
about three hours north of mexico city by bus and that's really nice one we're
flying back to the United States because generally the cheapest place are out of
Mexico City and I can hop on a bus here and get it but oh that will take me
right to the Mexico City Airport right to my terminal and to because
Mexico City is awesome and the longer I live in Mexico and the more often that I
visit I follow more in love with Mexico City so it's really nice to be able to
go there for a weekend and not have it be too far away now I know some people
Americans especially are pretty averse to this but I absolutely love traveling
by bus and the bus station here can take you pretty much anywhere you want in
Mexico and it's really comfortable and really affordable if traveling by bus
really isn't your thing then no worries there's also a small airport here with
flights all over the country it's about a half hour outside of the city center
now you know why get it that Oh is one of the best places to live in Mexico but
what about actually moving here heads the link in the description to grab the
completely free move to Mexico QuickStart guide you are not going to
want to miss my top eight tips for apartment hunting in Mexico Plus that
renting in Spanish chichi is really going to come in handy feel free to
leave any questions that you have about living in Mexico or specifically living
in Canada know in the comments below I'm Alex from backpacking brunette
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