Why Californians Are Fleeing To Mexico

As a Mexican that used to live in Mexico City, I can agree that foreigners living in Mexico are raising rent and property prices overall. My wife and I rented a small loft in a "share living" building. Our rent was around 475 USD a month, with internet, water, electricity and gas included. It may seem quite cheap for someone earning in USD, however, to put things into perspective, rent was equivalent to over a third of our household income. Even though we considered ourselves lucky to have found that loft, it still made daily living with other expenses quite difficult. This is because the city, or at least the good, interesting and touristy parts, are built for foreigners, not locals. This makes life difficult to enjoy for the average Mexican that maybe earns around 350 USD a month.

It’s important to remember that Mexico is a wealthy country - just all the wealth is directly at the top and leaves close to nothing for the majority. The US is heading towards this.

Gentrification is a major issue. Won’t be surprised to hear about protests happening once locals are getting pushed out by American immigration

As a Mexican, I see this problem not only along the border but also in major Mexican cities. The problem is that a lot of these Americans don't even bother to understand Mexican culture and feel entitled to what they have only because they're "contributing their dollars to the economy." But they really are driving rent prices up, and sometimes without even paying taxes. It's gentrification and there's no nice way to put it.

What I hate most about this is that they don't call themselves 'illegals' or 'immigrants' rather 'digital nomad' or 'expat' because of the negative connotation, yet fail to see the hypocrisy.

"I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico." The energy in this video is contagious. I'm hyped!

This is wild. This is what happened to the small town I grew up in. A lot of wealthy New Yorkers wanted summer/weekend homes and now I could never afford to love there. My parents bought our house for 18,000 and the last time it sold for a million dollars. It’s crazy to imagine.

This happened in some towns in Dominican Republic, they were fishing towns, beautiful beaches, but of course the government let richer immigrants build hotels, open stores, restaurants, and houses. All the locals were kicked out. While many countries are paradise and affordable for foreigners, the locals are barely making it

As a mexican engineer who had to leave Mexico in search of a better-paying job, I found out that in OK most jobs offered are blue collar manual labor. Still, we moved there and took the jobs. Life turned out to be very different from what we expected, with bad quality health and education systems, expensive, heavy on politics, military mindset and weapons. To learn that the same US citizens who refuse to fill these manual labor jobs in their own country will be raising the cost of living back in my country is hard to digest.

I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico.

This happened all over the world, my country's case is Bali, where locals are outpriced mainly by Australians. Noetheless, tourism has lift millions out of poverty

There's basically 3 things that folks are looking for when choosing to move somewhere... 1. Employment 2. Cost of living. 3. Weather. The weaker of any, or all 3 of those, the cheaper the housing. As soon as any of those 3 ramp up somewhere, say Austin, the faster the cost of housing rises. There are so many places to live in the US in which the weather is acceptable, same with cost of living, but where do you work? For those that can dial it in, you have it best. For the rest of us, it may be a struggle resembling poverty. Down here in Georgia, the area 75 miles south of Atlanta, down to the Florida line is very affordable, and lovely year-round weather, but poor selection of good-paying jobs. Didn't used to be that way in the 60's and 70's. Minimum wage bought you a lot more in terms of necessities like housing and food.

I cross the border often and the biggest problem is when the locals in the tourist areas are losing business because of the Americans taking over with their own businesses. They invest with other Americans instead of Mexicans and it really hurts the Mexican economy and creates a bigger disparity. It's sad.

As a mexican living near to the minimum wage (here in Mexico), I would also love to live in a cheaper place and profit from the locals as well.

I understand how the native Mexicans feel. I live in Everett Washington (30 miles north of Seattle) and the city population was already exploding because of Boeing, Amazon and other companies luring people to the area. Then a record amount of people moved here from places they were being priced out of during the pandemic. People working remotely for higher wages then most of the people here were earning. Prices were already sharply rising to insane amounts. Add in those that chose to offer rentals thru AirBnB to get the amount of rent in a weekend that they used to get in a month, inflation and even more people moving to the area and now whole families that were born and raised here, have been priced out of their homes and are technically homeless, some stay long term in hotels (when they can afford them) or if lucky they bought used RVs. However, now spaces are limited in RV lots and the prices on those have also gone up with strict rules on how old your RV is. There's virtually nowhere to park where they won't be made to move every couple of days and restrictions on where you can park them. RVs also have their own set of problems, from sewer/water and (in some cases) electrical access to the price of the gas to move them, safety, storage, etc. Some families live in their cars and there are very few places for them to safely park overnight as well. Not to mention the 2,000 + homeless addicts or those with untreated mental disorders that already roamed the highway between here and Seattle. There is very little help for anybody at this point and subsidized housing wait lists are several years long. Just the other day I saw a headline that read that in order to afford a home in Seattle, one would need a salary of $205,000 a year. Everett is not Seattle, yet, but it's not too far behind. I understand that opportunity brought people here but they brought their problems with them. People here used to help one another, now you could be holding jumper cables and a $20 bill and it will still be a while before someone will jumpstart your car. It won't cost them more than a couple of minutes and they get something for their trouble, yet they will still ignore you or say no.I used to love it here now I wish I could afford to leave. At the same time I worry that I would be contributing to another city ending up the same way, where others have to leave a place they loved because they no longer can afford to stay. The cycle would continue and the misery wouldn't disappear it would only transfer.

Happening in many places in the US as well. People with $ and high paying jobs, especially work-from-home, can pay higher prices, pricing locals or anyone else out of the market. Retirees are especially impacted.

I grew up in the Bay Area...so the chaos was normal to me. But after leaving, moving to Oregon, and returning to CA about a year later...the traffic was literal insanity! I could not believe how much growth had happened in only a year!

As a mexican i want to make a serious petition to all americans that plan to live here: please support local businesses, if you are living here dont buy groceries on walmart or big supermarkets, dont buy food to mcdonalls or big fast food chains, we are recieving you with open arms, at least do this for us, thank you

To the senior citizens like me who doesn't have any savings and depend only on our $900 SS income, Mexico is a great option to avoid homelessness.
With $200 I cover housing and utilities in a nice 2 bedroom apartment.
The rest is for medical, dental, food, travel and entertainment. Such a wonderful life style that I could not enjoy in the USA.

I actually like this idea minus the impact to the local economy. I hope those who do relocate, do choose to really support the local culture and economy.
I know this is a small part of this video but I used to live and work in NYC and would always hear about these LA rent prices and insane cost of living from coworkers and it just never seemed bad to me lol. It was almost a competition to see who was more miserable. "Oh nooooo. You don't understand. I'm paying $1100 for a 1br in Redondo but I do have a view of the beach". Meanwhile, I'm paying 3X that in NYC and have a scenic alley view from my bathroom lol.
At 4:26, those gentlemen say they were paying $1600 for a 1BR apt. Relatively speaking, that's a deal. In 2016, in Brooklyn, I was paying $1200 for a bedroom lol. Not the whole apt. 2017 I moved into a 900sf 2br 2 bath apt for $2650 plus $600 for building fees and $175 per parking space. Now in 2022 I live in Charlotte, NC and pay $2175 for a 2br townhome(rowhouse) with a 1 car garage. It's on the outskirts of town, quiet area, pretty average. I was thinking this was absurd but after months of searching, this was one of the best deals around. 1br in my community starts at $1700. In Charlotte. Then you have to have a car because nothing down here is walkable and public transportation is severely outpaced by Charlotte's growth so there are buses in a small portion of the inner-city and a lightrail.
National averages for rent just hit $2k. Just saying, $1600 in NoHo..... lol. They are winning but if you cut that in half, why not.

I live in Texas and the amount of people that started to move here because the housing market was cheap has done nothing but increase the market. Renting prices have gone up, at one time you could easily get a nice home 4 bedrooms at 2 hundred thousand. Same homes now 3 hundred thousand. Condo complexes all over houston now. Gentrification all over the place. It's becoming a bit much

Hey Mexico, join the club. This has been going on for many years in the USA. I live in central California and people from the San Francisco Bay area have been moving into the central valley for years due to the lower cost of living. This has been causing the prices of housing to increase greatly. We've been feeling the squeeze for a very long time. People in Oregon complain about the same thing. People in Washington are saying the same thing. Prices or everything California are too expensive. It's nearly impossible to live.

I'm wondering, if those people that can't or don't want to afford, living in California, will still drive over there and vote for the very people who got them to the point that they had to leave?

I really hope the mexican government does something or buy/rent a house for locals will become impossible.

Well this seems pretty problematic…
I can see the Mexican and local governments allowing this for economic reasons (even if they don’t pay taxes, they spend money on Mexican businesses, which generates substantial tax revenue by itself on top of direct foreign investment of sorts), but this definitely won’t continue forever, especially once local politics catches up and Mexican voters start getting outraged. These people are basically recreating the very problems that led them to flee California, but in Mexico. They are now the rich pricing the average people out of their homes. Except in this case, the wealthy aren’t even citizens and likely aren’t interested in becoming naturalized due to their home country’s labor laws. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out over the next 15 years’ time.

I like how they conveniently ignore the crime open drug use and homelessness for reasons why people are leaving California

It can be one among many examples of population migration seen throughout the world since globalization. Two Frenchies among the group of six Frenchies in my late husband's circle, males, have moved to China (married to a relatively wealthy Chinese girl each), and I think that's not an exception. It's up to the governments if they will place priority on the rights of the citizens or on the rights dictated by the amount of money one has. Don't forget to include natural disaster risks when you choose housing. Would the idea be viable, that double or multiple nationalities pay taxes on all nations in which they're registered, whether it's for a foreign company or not, the essence of taxes being the participation for the running of the society linked with our existence as a national.

"I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico." I'm so impressed by their commitment to the game. True dedication. it's ok

I have some extended family living in Mexico who are from extremely luxurious communities even by San Diego, CA standards and they choose to live in Mexico City and Cabo San Lucas. While I have been to the ladder and can understand why, even in Tijuana which most people agree isn't a great area, I have found beautiful brick apartments with an outstanding view of the city just 15 minutes from the US border. I was offered $400/mo at the time for rent and was told by my friends that the real price should be $200 but I was getting that due to being white, which I was totally fine with. The same apartment if built on the other side of the border would easily run $2k+/mo. Utilities were included, and internet was an additional $50. The food was better. More people have more activities going in the streets. Cars and gasoline are cheaper. Pretty much everything is cheaper to be fair and the quality of life seems to go up in terms of personal enjoyment even if you aren't surrounded by the most cutting edge modern buildings.

The video mainly addressed the economics of the situation. I would like to see a video on how well Ameticans are able to adapt to the cultural differences and the language barrier.

Thank you for referring to them as "American immigrants" and not "expats". For some reason when Americans (and other Westerners) migrate to another country, they want to call themselves "expats" but when others migrate to America, they call them immigrants.

Californians and New Yorkers are reaking havoc everywhere now, it used to be gentrification domestically but now they're going international with it. This wouldn't have happened if these residents understood that paying over half their income on rent wasn't sustainable EVER and normalization of that and living paycheck to paycheck to say their live in NYC or LA, was disastrous.

I had to make what felt like bad choices about 9 years ago when my mother became bedridden.
I needed to own a home with no house payments to make it work and Oklahoma City was out of my budget.
I found property in western Oklahoma that was cheap enough that I am still spending the leftovers of my original budget, 9 years later.
I love it out here, it is so peaceful and quiet. It turned out to be a blessing, this pandemic would have destroyed my ability to help her in the city.

I have lived in CA a couple of different times. Didn't have a bad experience.
I think at it's core, there isn't enough new housing construction to meet demand. So, prices have climbed for 40 years.

Something similar it's happening in my city, Medellin, Colombia. Rentals are getting pretty high in part because of people who comes from the US and Europe, some neighborhood are just not affordable for the local population. There are even restaurants there where they don't even have a menu in Spanish. It's crazy.

Mexico should find a way to collect income tax on these immigrants

I'm hearing from friends that this migration trend is everywhere. Locals of a tropical island that were once sustained primarily by seasonal tourism are now being gentrified by swarms of remote workers from the states and driven out by the resulting 10x increase in cost of living.

Reminds me of that 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow. People were trying to get into Mexico from San Diego to escape the freezing climate change in "El Norte". The US government forgave all Latin American debt in exchange for letting US Americans come in freely. Now it's to combat the rise in the cost of living.

I liked the video; however, the fact that no local (low-income) person nor Mexican-American was interviewed says a lot about it as well. I am a Mexican-American, and I finished my primary and secondary education in Oaxaca, Mexico. After graduating community college in the LA area I decided to move to the Tijuana/San Diego area to finish my Bachelors in International Relations. Even though I am living in my country (since I hold Mexican citizenship), I acknowledge that I am also contributing to gentrification. What do I do to really support the local community? I buy in convenience stores, small businesses, rising restaurants that are NOT located in wealthy neighborhoods. Corruption and inequality in Mexico is much greater than in the US, and if the US dollar will remain in wealthy areas across Mexican cities, then “supporting the locals” is a false statement.

I (American) moved to New Zealand in 1992 when the NZD/USD was about 2:1 and could rent a house with sea view for around $500/mo. but now NZ is an expensive place to live. I also lived in Germany for three years relatively cheap (communal house) but when the Euro came in prices effectively doubled. I also "lived" in my camper van in the Australian outback on/off for about 8 years which was relatively cheap and freestyle, with most money going to fuel. Now I've lived in northern Thailand 18 years and it was so cheap (studio apartment in central Chiang Mai $125/mo.) but as with everywhere prices have risen a lot recently, especially this year. But I can still build a guest bungalow on my land for $20k and rent it out for $1k per month. It's increasingly dog-eat-dog survival, even out here on the rice fields.

WONDERFUL CONTENT!!! I respect the work you do here mate because you're pointing people in the right direction. Your video has been very engaging and well useful right from the beginning .These are tough times and frankly I appreciate how you discuss global finances in such a delicate way. Business and investment are the best way to make money even under the nose of the pandemic.

I came very close to being raised in Mexico. My dad was one of the best supervisors at his plant, and his company had another one opening in Mexico City and offered my dad the opportunity to transfer. He really wanted to do it but my mom refused. I have always been drawn to visiting there. My mom had a lot of Mexican friends around in my childhood, too.

I recently needed 2 lower molar inlays on my teeth and I live in Los Angeles, the Dentists there were charging me $5,128 for both of them,
so I went to Tijuana Mexico instead and went to a Holistic Dentristry there and was charged $549 plus $70 for cleaning and consultation..
my inlays were put with porcelain and I'm completely happy with the Mexican Dentistry.
No More Dentists in Los Angeles for me ...

That was just a superb analysis and compilation of the many facets of this issue. Well done!

"I grew up along the border in El Paso, Texas. The idea that Americans are living in Mexico isn’t something new nor strange. I remember my best friend in middle school lived across the border and had to commute daily. My coworker in college also lived in Mexico. Lots of people have their own stories and reasons, but there are thousands of Americans in Mexico." I'm so impressed by their commitment to the game. True dedication. good luck CNN continues

I wish I could visit Mexico. It’s such a beautiful country

"It’s important to remember that Mexico is a wealthy country - just all the wealth is directly at the top and leaves close to nothing for the majority. The US is heading towards this." I agree 🤩

We are getting screwed in the USA for cost of health insurance, housing, food, cars. I applaud anyone who is able to get the hell out of this pit and start a good life somewhere where the cost of living doesn't leave you having to live in the streets.

I was born and raised in California. My parents were working class and we had a decent upbringing. I was born in Santa Clara and my parents moved around California quite a bit for work. We lived in Sacramento, Tahoe, Cameron Park, Elk Grove, Pleasanton, Campbell, Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay, Aptos, LA, San Diego, Redding, and San Jose. So I've seen pretty much every part/area of California. I spent a long time in the US ARMY and got the PRIVILEGE of seeing much of the world AND the other states in the US. This was an amazing transformation for me. Learning that California is NOT the best place to live and enjoy life. After I was seriously injured in the Iraq war, I returned to the SF Bay Area where I'm from (Santa Clara). I only stayed for two years before deciding enough was enough. I now live in South Carolina near the base of the blue ridge mountains. It has made a world of difference for my family. I honestly wouldn't move back to California if someone gave me a beachfront home and a great-paying job OR if I were a millionaire. It is too expensive for what you're getting, too many people are focused on making money rather than enjoying their lives, too much crime, and not enough liberty, to name a few. You can't even carry a firearm to protect yourself and your family in California from evil humans which will ALWAYS EXIST... which is a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. How did that even happen? California is now a safe haven for criminals. Hell, they will send YOU to prison for killing an intruder in your home. They spend nearly 5 times as much per month on CRIMINALS than they do on disabled VETERANS. Unbelievable.... Many of my family members also left for other states and say the same thing. They can't believe we all stayed for so long when there are just amazingly better places to live. For 250,000 dollars I bought a 3,000 sq ft house that's 4+1 beds, 3 bath, a massive living room, 2 car garage, on a beautiful 2.5-acre lot in a "ranch" area, has a 3500 sq ft warehouse fully finished with 220 power, drop power ever ten feet on both sides, plugs all the way around the interior, drop air lines, bright track lighting, and smooth concrete flooring. The lot also has a view of the Blue ridge mountains, fresh blackberries, tomatoes, pomegranates, pecan trees, raspberries, potatoes, and apple trees. This property would probably be a few million dollars in California. My mortgage payment is about 900 bucks. I rented an apartment in San Jose when I returned after the war. It cost 1,800 a month plus utilities.... The average home price in California is 800K. For 800K in South Carolina, you can get a mansion on 10-20 acres. The differences aren't even comparable. The politics in California are atrocious and will eventually ruin the state. All the effort they put into their "laws" that are so much different than the rest of the country has actually made matters WORSE. How does that CONTINUE to happen?! It just blows me away. Glad I left and will never return to live. I don't even like going back to visit. Just leaving the airport and IMMEDIATELY stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for two hours to drive 15 miles makes me want to tear my face off. Here, I drive around 5 mph under the speed limit quite at my leisure with no traffic and a huge smile on my face. Been here for 9 years now and will be staying until my life ends.

I use to remember my friends use to rent for 100 dollars in common neighborhoods in Tijuana maybe around 2005-2015, now they can't afford to pay rent in the same place, they got raised around 600 dlls... My friends only work in Tijuana making at least 120 dlls a week at work. Californians are raising prices all over Tijuana

My aunt and uncle moved to Mexico and they love it. I'm considering on abandoning the United States and starting a new life there.

I have been fortunate to have lived long term in America, France, Norway and Thailand.
The past 2.5 years...Mexico has been my home...it is an extremely friendly and safe place IMO...Great culture, food and architecture...I have a small 400 square foot studio apartment
that costs $350 USD including water, electric and wi-fi...so I'm able to live nicely on my $950
social security check...I do not own a car...just an electric trike :) :)

I have lived in both countries and one thing that is far superior in Mexico, is the Doctor-hospital experience. The service is very personal you just trust more. Hated going to the Doctor in LA, even in Beverly Hills. You can't compare the experience.

Honestly it's happening everywhere. Where I live, 1 bedroom apartments are approaching the $2100 a month mark, and there's no signs of it slowing down at all. And then people come from places like California, where they're used to the higher cost of living, and they'll buy houses with cash without even having seen the property yet here. I literally can't buy a house because all I have is a loan, and every time I make an offer, someone just offers up literally 5x the amount in straight up cash and I get tossed to the side for obvious reasons. It seriously sucks.

As a Californian, I can tell you that these two comparisons are nonsensical. California has a lot of problems, but moving to Mexico isn't going to fix things for you unless you have a desire to actually live in Mexico.

Back in 2000, the Mexican army raided Americans who bought property and took everything from Americans who weren’t Mexico citizens. Retired Americans came back with nothing and were instantly homeless. I remember because I was living in San Diego and have allot of family in Tijuana. Hopefully things turn out better this time.

Mexico is a beautiful country and I've visited numerous cities. A lot of culture and good friendly people, The food is extraordinary and wonderful.

WSJ did a good article this year on this exodus. It was very good and put things in perspective relative to all moves across the US. The exodus had started before covid (2020). A lot of folks moving to 'inland' California due to getting priced out of their neighborhoods. I hadn't heard about Mexico and would be interested in what the actual numbers of moves are ...particularly since ... Mexico is now the fourth most crime-ridden country in the world and the second most dangerous in the Americas, according to a report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, which studies 193 countries. May 15, 2022. I guess if you're shopping Mexico and working remote... don't forget, Johannesburg has really nice weather too.

Yes we want good people in Mexico 🇲🇽 that helps the locals .

This is how I feel about the Philippines. I'm a Filipina-American with a desire to return to the motherland to reconnect with my culture and because the cost of living in the province is so affordable even with a very modest budget.

Great content and awareness. If the US tax the wealthy the way they tax the middle class, I believe it would reduce some the cost of housing in California and the rest of the US. Also Mexico can use the dollar to help it’s people but needs more for securities as death and crime deep inside Mexico is bad.

My sister-in-law, born in the USA, had very little experience in caring for her father with cancer. They called the ambulance due to severe bone pain and they did not want to care for him. They left that was not human.

Mexico is a very beautiful country , many of us are here in the USA because of work .

This migration trend is everywhere. I live in Texas and the migration of people from other states higher is driving up costs and forcing some people out of certain neighborhoods.

México is incredibel 👍

I lived in Tijuana many years. I kept seeing more and more Americans, Mexican-Americans start to live there. I lived in Tijuana and worked in San Diego, the rents in TJ started to increase dramatically as more people started to move in. The lines to cross at the border got longer and longer. The bad thing is that many people live in Tj, but have no legal status to live there, as such, it is hard to estimate the population and find resources for this natives to Mexico.

Would have liked to have heard how the American communities faired through the pandemic. Was it riskier to live in Mexico than stay in the US? Where did more deaths occur per capita occur? The quality and availability of COVID vaccinations and boosters?

As a 25 year old the state of the world scares me. I am so concerned about where we are headed and how things will be when I'm old.
Also concerned that I'll never be able to afford to own a home in my home state, Texas, with all of these people moving here. ☹️

The cost of moving to Mexico has increased astronomically. A couple of years ago retirees could qualify for visas and live well by their SS alone. Now you must have a few thousand dollars income per person per month as well as depositing thousands in the bank. They have ended the perpetual tourist visa and required everyone to obtain an I'D # (like a SS#) to do most things needed in the country, like opening a bank acct (wh you need to have to transfer the required amt of savings into the country to acquire your visa to live there). Also, many thousands of foreigners used to live there as illegals, many from the US, without any objections bc they spent their money there. Now, with the new rules, it will be very difficult to live under the radar there.
Be aware of the huge changes. Check out this year's you tube vids about living in Mexico bc this year, 2022, has completely new rules, much different than in past years. Be aware too that global problems (like inflation) have hit Mexico too,
making it even more expensive to live there after you qualify.
It looks like we will be funding not only the wall, but reimbursing Mexico for the cost of the "remain in Mexico" order.😣

I would moved to Mexico but I won’t get social security lol

It's happening in Florida as well. A lot of people during the pandemic moved here, and now the price for everything is going up. And the people who moved here, now are finding that Florida is just as expensive as where they came from. Specially bad in the Southwest area thanks to the retiree community buying up all the homes so they can have a second or even third home to do old people things.

I have worked full time and never been able to afford rent of my own place without help. California is WAY overpriced and I am so tired of hearing 🙉 excuses for it. People need a place to live, food to eat, and clothes on their back. Health care is the only thing that saved California in the overall picture, but many who are not on MediCal/Covered Cali./MediCare prefer to move out of California. I don't blame them. People have become economically greedy. It should not cost so much just to reside in California.

God bless Americans and everyone who is enduring and not giving up to go anywhere else. We fight for our freedom and our rights!

Nice report, just wish there was mention of cartel crime and safety considerations of those who moved/plan to move. Many people of different nationalities watching the report with no idea why this wasnt asked. Is cartel danger only relevant in the border area of Texas and not CA?

I had a root canal a few years ago in Miami, with no insurance I paid 1000$ for the surgery plus $70 consultation fee. A year later my mom goes to Guadalajara and literally had the same thing done, paid like 300$ I was like wtf 😑

I'm an Iranian and I grew up in California. Moved to Iran about 10 years ago. Currently living with my dad. Can live much more comfortably here than in the states.

A huge problem in CA is property development. Most properties are single family units. Generally in the U.S. it's rare to have multi-use properties. I've lived in and visited several international cities and noticed that it is common to have working/living space all in one unlike here. The single family development model isn't sustainable.

A lot of Californians are moving to south Texas too. They are impulsing the economy, more apartments and house are being build and more business are being open BUT there's more traffic, more accidents (they don't drive like Texans/Mexican-Americans 😂), you notice and can feel more crowdiness and some products are more expensive. Not sure if the latest is due to the pandemic or the increase of population

Lationamerica salvando al mundo, como hace decadas. Aguante Méjico y un abrazo a mis hermanos y hermanas mejicanos. Saludos desde Argentina.

You have to realize that a lot of Californians bought their house in the 90's for $180k and now the houses are $600k-$900k, a lot of people gotten that money and retired in other third world US states or Mexico, that's the truth.

Mexico needs to put more restrictions for foreigners like other countries do. It is not fair for the ones who have lived there for decades to be forced to move cause they can afford it anymore and businesses to take advantage of foreigners

Anyone watching this, just know that the rent the couple is paying is incredibly high. You can find 2 bedroom apartments in the center of any city for about $500-$600 monthly, often furnished. Myself as a single guy, I live in San Cristobal de las Chiapas and pay around $200 for a 1 bedroom in the city center and love everything about it.

If it wasn't for my kids/grandkids, I would go to Mexico or somewhere 🎉❤

I live in both countries and I trust my Mexican doctors so much more. I have my neurosurgeons number and have gotten care I’d never get in the US because the system is not made for the patient, it’s made to benefit the insurance.

This is literally happening worldwide.

Mexico lindo y querido 🇲🇽✝️❤️

I was living in California in 2020 paying 1,600 for an apartment and moved to Rosarito in a new built home and now pay $650 a month and a $10 HOA fee. It’s way cheaper compared to the US. Fresh fruits and vegetables from local stores. My internet bill is $50, trash bill $6, water bill $12, and propane monthly cost is around $10 a month. Even our executive Costco membership here is $60 a year. Huge savings and the flights to travel within Mexico is cheap.

I moved several years ago from CA to the southeast and love it in the southeast. It’s way more affordable, friendly people, less crime, similar temps as southern CA but much more humid in summer months which you get used to. Hardly have to water because it rains so much

"As a mexican engineer who had to leave Mexico in search of a better-paying job, I found out that in OK most jobs offered are blue collar manual labor. Still, we moved there and took the jobs. Life turned out to be very different from what we expected, with bad quality health and education systems, expensive, heavy on politics, military mindset and weapons. To learn that the same US citizens who refuse to fill these manual labor jobs in their own country will be raising the cost of living back in my country is hard to digest." I'm with you on that! I can't get enough of these highlights.

“If the American people allow private banks to control the issue of money, first by inflation, and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” - Thomas Jefferson.

As much as it seems like it’s perfect, it really isn’t, this doesn’t focus enough on the down sides of moving to a different country, to start off, the commodity of just going anywhere and being able to speak to people in the language you speak (if you speak Spanish good for you) that is something you won’t get in a foreign country, second, technology advancements, if having early access to new tech is important to you, then it’s best to stay in the us (unless you wanna travel every now and then) just some things that would definitely take a toll on the experience.

I’m Mexican American my husband is white and for the past 2 years I’ve been educating him on the difference and there will be a bit difference when we move cause we’re not millionaires but we invested in land over there and have planned ahead and with me having my double nationality and working in his so we plan everything correctly to make our permanent move cause after considering all the factors we realize our life will be less stressful after this big move we’re so exited and nervous and there are a lot of my fellow Mexicans that are seeing the downfall of this economy many who thought ahead and saved back in their home country as a back up are smart because they thought ahead of it doesn’t work out here they atletas planned ahead and have at least one home purchased so if they go back at least the we’re able to work hard and pay their house of from here over there land if everything and as lot going as you were smart and bough atletas one plot of land.

I think this trend is only going to grow. It's just getting too expensive for the average North American now. Not only rent but everything else is out of most peoples affordability. I'm actually thinking of the Mexican migration myself. I currently live in Vancouver ,Canada and am finding it just too expensive in the last few years. Good program. Thank you.

My sister moved to Mexico (cabo area) from San Diego two years ago, she is moving back this month (not to San Diego ofcourse, it's crazy expensive)! She's moving to SC which has a much lower cost of living than CA but also has beautiful beaches! Anyway, she's moving due to the poor health care, food, and crime (she was mugged twice). She may be the 1 in 10 that move to Mexico and move back but just thought I'd share her experieince.

High costs are forcing people to move out of California to other places. Definitely costs matter most.

Just seeing my friends Travis & David from - Cafe Con Leche Travels in this video and following their journey, wishing I was there every step of the way instead of paying 2k for a studio apartment in LA, is a real motivator to leaving the US to have a more peaceful, less rat-race focused life. California is not doing anything to keep residents in the area. Pricing people out remains the status quo. Years of promises to fix the homeless situation, go unkept. Meanwhile wages don't keep up with any of it.

To be honest helping is not the way of taking something from someone helping is when giving someone instead of taking something from someone and if you are really trying to help someone you mostly would not expect something from that person. But trust me if you help someone you would get more things in life and trust me that person would never forget and remember you all day long and one day, they will help you out. It's like in Ukraine there are people that are actually helpful weather it's doctors or anyone else I been in hospital in Ukraine and there was mostly a lot of great doctors. There was a time where I didn't had bread in Ukraine and there was old lady, she was a doctor, but she listened to me and my brother's conversation over the phone we basically talked, and my brother mentioned about bread, but I said we don't have enough money to buy bread and she heard it. Next day she said I heard that you did not have enough money to buy bread and she actually bought a bread. I am saying what a kind person I wish there could be more people like this.

My family member got sick while on vacation in Thailand we paid I think 150 for private healthcare for the month. It was the most professional clean efficient hospital I have ever been in very happy. Oh yeah and at least in my experience like a 5 min wait time lol.

My husbands family is from Mexico been living in Houston but always go back to visit family and get certain treatments like for teeth. It’s so much cheaper and they do an amazing job.

I now understand the concept of privilege that gets tossed around more a days, these two living like kings surrounded by poverty talking about having room for a hobby is just depressing