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[*] posted on 7-27-2013 at 08:59 AM


Walter--

We spend November-May in Los Barriles and the rest of the year in Arvada.

It all depends is the best answer. If you spend the summers on the SOC side of the peninsula, the AC costs are going to be pretty high (we use an evaporative cooler in CO--not practical on the SOC side because of high summer humidity).

Our internet speed in Mexico is relatively expensive if you take into account the much lower speed.

Property taxes are much, much lower in Baja than CO.

Food, beer and restaurant costs about the same as CO. Availability of some foods and medicines can be a problem.

Except for boat costs, we probably spend less when we're in Baja than we do in CO. More simple pleasures--reading, visiting, gardening, etc.

U2U if I can help more.

Good luck.

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[*] posted on 7-27-2013 at 09:55 AM


When you wake up the day before christmas and the temperature is 46 degrees your only remedy is to throw on clothes. Homes have zero insulation. I do not know the percentage of failed plans of folks who intended to spend their retirement south of the border but I suspect it is way way higher than fifty percent.

I recommend examining your lifestyle. Determine your daily "habits" extract those that you are not willing to live without. Then do without for a few weeks in the states. No morning newspaper, no frost on the pumpkin. No Thai food, no Raider tickets, or 16 different types of salad greens. No Famous Grouse or Glenlivet scotch, no place to escape to for four months in the summer. Passing hurricanes that can leave the power off for days.

ADAPTING or the lack of ability to, is the key. Some folks especially in urban environments get fed up with kamikaze drivers. Others flip out when their place gets raided and their valuables grow legs. Boredom can be a huge enemy for some. I've seen couples move to Mexico and the better half get into cat fights with fellow gringas. The next thing the poor guy knows, they are having a fire sale grade garage sale, everything must go.

179 days spent at their intended retirement spot in the LOW SEASON may help to ferret out potential problems.




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[*] posted on 7-29-2013 at 08:15 AM


Why would anybody want Raider tickets in the first place?
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[*] posted on 7-29-2013 at 08:32 AM


cause Lozenges ain't got no football...



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