Packoderm
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Has Mexico's restricted zone preserved miles of coastland from wall to wal development?
I just came to the realization that I, as a non-member of the vacation home buying strata, can possibly be gaining more than losing from the
difficulties that people face regarding being able to snatch up land. Could you imagine what the California coast would look like today if buying
homes here was as risky as it is in Mexico? Also, perhaps the narco crime fears could actually be serving to preserve a sense of frontier as well.
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Osprey
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In the south East Cape is still booming and developers are fencing off hundred of kilometers of beach as they gobble up more land. We are waging a
fight for access in this little village and a Mega Resort just east of us has effectively cut off vehicle travel to many kilometers of Free Beach ---
way too far to walk, no access for handicapped. It's a battle Mexicans have the stomach for but not the pockets. Happening all over the globe right
now. The need for people to get a tiny slice of lake or ocean, away from the cities is part of the core problem that started this whole
economic/housing thing. Can't blame them for dreaming, only for cheating to achieve the dreams.
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Cardon Man
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
In the south East Cape is still booming and developers are fencing off hundred of kilometers of beach as they gobble up more land. We are waging a
fight for access in this little village and a Mega Resort just east of us has effectively cut off vehicle travel to many kilometers of Free Beach
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Can it really be said that the East Cape is still "booming"? I see homes for sale all over and prices dropping also. Closed real estate offices and
fewer sales people in those offices that are open. From what my real estate friends tell me, it's fairly dead with regards to sales. Tourism is down
as well.
The "marina" project in La Ribera seems to be a naught more than a lot of dirt being pushed around. There's some serious engineering challenges
associated with pulling that project off, to say the least. I'll believe it when I see it.
From what I can see...not much of anything has happened at the other mega project at Punta Arena. I wish them no luck at all. Seeing those great
beaches developed, and losing access to them at the same time is just disgusting. 
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Woooosh
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Restricted zone? As is non-Mexicans can't hold clear title X kilometers from the beach or x kilometers from the border?
There was a mad scramble for FMZ oceanfront land when the laws loosened a bit three or so years ago. A lot of people with nice homes/condos got
caught by surprise when fences and then buildings went up in front of their previously oceanfront property. Sadly, in Mexico land documens are
easily forged- even very old appearing ones. I've been told there are people who have old paper, typewriters and stamps to recreate any document of
any age.
I do wish they would adopt some coastal land use standards (like CA)- like for tiering the views to the ocean instead of the first condo building
going as high as they can and blocking everyone else behind them. In San Diego no one can build over 30 feet high within a mile of the beach for
example.
[Edited on 4-4-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Pescador
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You are probably right, if you want to buy some really great waterfront property "on the cheap", I would suggest going to Cuba. Course if the
government changes you could lose everything and if the US resumes relations with Cuba you could hit it big.
Same thing has gone on with Mexico for a long time. whenever things get too civilized it starts to look like California. Hard to figure out a
balance
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
In San Diego no one can build over 30 feet high within a mile of the beach for example.
[Edited on 4-4-2009 by Woooosh] |
Unless you are the McMillan company and have purchased a city council......then you can create Liberty Station and do whatever you want on the
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I'm not sure living directly under the airport runway is prime real estate, but that's san diego for you. I didn't know they exceeded 30 feet- unles
the new hotels and the high tech high school does. The black mold problem in that residential development is tragic. They didn't finish/cover the
roofs before the rainy season that year and the dry wall in absorbed the water like a sponge. Once they closed the roof the housess turned into petri
dishes.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Don Alley
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One of the problems we see in continuing to access Loreto area beaches is that the roads are not public domain, and several important ones have been
gated and closed by the developers. Even roads open for many years serving several different properties have been closed. In some cases that can make
technically open "federal zone" beaches accessible only by boat.
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Cypress
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Pscador, Cuba? Baja? Been to Baja. Cuba? A little further from the weekenders out of California. It's worth a look.
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805gregg
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It hasn't helped the Los Cabo corridor, worse than ever.
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