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Two US retirees, dog found shot to death in Mexico
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| 6/5/18
Posted on 06/05/2018 8:18:05 AM PDT by BBell
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To: House Atreides
Could not agree more, despite what the tourist promoters say or what our corrupt State Dept advisories say. I’ve heard way too many personal stories and experiences.
To: grania
Why go to Mexico when you have California?
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:38:26 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: centurion316
[Mexico and Central American countries have been magnets for retirees who are looking for low cost of living and a leisurely lifestyle. This brought in lots of capital and a good boost for local economies. If Mexico cant control crime, especially the drug cartels, this will disappear almost overnight.]
I expect the major draws are proximity to loved ones stateside, and similar time zones. For folks willing to deal with the distance and time zone issues, Southeast Asia is both cheaper and far safer (i.e. homicide rates are at or below average US levels, meaning expat lodgings at the upper end of the local income scale are about as safe as in some exclusive American suburb). I hear of people moving to Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia and having a pretty good time. But you can’t get away from the time zone and distance issues.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:40:01 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
To: BBell
There may be a few nice areas and good beaches here and there in Mexico, but the evil and corruption of that awful society is never far away. Pure dice rolling to set foot in that S-hole.
To: anton
For the past few years, I've taken a vacation on a cruise ship I like. When it stops at a port that isn't safe or doesn't offer valid (not tourist trap) experiences, I stay on that very nice ship or at the most walk around the shops near the dock.
When I take short vacations by car, I find that if one has a hotel affinity card and is smart about food costs, travel can be reasonably priced in the US.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:41:56 AM PDT
by
grania
(President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
To: cgbg
——and how, exactly, do you tell the difference between the .gov and the criminal class?-——
Easy, one rides in esclades and the other in top end suburbans
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:43:50 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Wisdom is not what you know about the world but how well you know God.)
To: dfwgator
We used to fly down to Ixtapa for a week of sun when we lived in Minnesota.
Get on the airplane in 15 below zero weather. Get off three hours later and find 82 and sunny.
Not any more...
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:43:52 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: House Atreides
Mylast visit to Mexico, 35 yrs ago. Nobody hurt, but what we saw coonbinced us “no mas”
A BIL had a weekend place in Rosarito for years until vandalism and theft all but closed the park down for Aericans
To: anton
Horse meat isn't a problem. It's just meat. We ate horse in the seventies because it was affordable.
There is nothing wrong in any way with eating horse.
Raising horses, some of the animals will have to be put down. They may have heart defects, or other physical issues. Many of them are just dangerously aggressive and injure or kill other livestock as well as posing a threat to ranch hands.
Might as well not waste the meat.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:50:27 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: grania
Nor do El Salvadorans want to go to El Salvador or Hondurans to Honduras, etc. The exception is Costa Rica.
Why can't every Latin American country be goverened like Costa Rica? Or Belize?
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:50:41 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: surrey
[Ever notice that pretty much every home that they feature has bars on the windows and doors? Not a chance I would visit Mexico and live there...no way!]
That’s actually pretty common outside of the US, even in places where homicides are a fraction of US levels. What is shocking to expats I’ve spoken to, is the sliding glass doors on single story American homes. It looks to them like a standing invitation for burglary or home invasion.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:55:02 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
To: volunbeer
[The Mexican government is fighting a losing war with losing tactics against the rising criminal class.]
With no death penalty, deterrence is lacking.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:56:34 AM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
To: dfwgator
I take my semi retirement in Colombia.....great country.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:57:47 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
To: MrEdd
“Wilburrrrr.....! Wha-what are you doing with that chainsaw!!?”
;^)
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: rrrod
I would consider The Dominican Republic.
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posted on
06/05/2018 8:58:11 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: MrEdd
Is there still a ban on exporting horses to Mexico due to fears they will be turned into Alpo?
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posted on
06/05/2018 9:00:39 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: centurion316
Iv’e read that Peru is becoming increasingly attractive to retirees. Bolivia and Belize also.
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posted on
06/05/2018 9:01:30 AM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: Zhang Fei
Every house in Puerto Rico has bars on the windows.
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posted on
06/05/2018 9:02:28 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BBell
But whatever you do, don’t call the shooters animals.
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posted on
06/05/2018 9:05:46 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
To: dfwgator
“Why would anyone voluntarily go to Meh-Hee-Co.”
I used to live in CA, and took some drives down the Baha peninsula. It's a different world, and has natural beauty, but even then it was sketchy. Anyone who has ever been in line at the border crossing with Mexico (coming back into the US), and seen all the people soliciting the cars has a good idea why Mexicans leave Mexico. Why the poverty and crime never gets hung around the necks of the corrupt Mexican politicians is beyond me.
The US is a safety valve for all of the resentment in Mexico - which is why the Mexican government contributes to the narrative of the US being the reason for Mexico's problems. It deflects the blame from them. Our leaders should hold the Mexican government responsible.
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