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Anyone who’s spent time in online expat groups knows the pattern: What often begins as a practical space for advice about visas, neighborhoods or where to find a decent loaf of bread...
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It was one of the buzzwords of 2025: Gentrification. With a huge influx of foreign residents, especially in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, Mexico’s cities (and beaches) have transformed from local...
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It seemed like such a good idea at the time: My husband Barry and I would visit Cuenca, a UNESCO World Heritage city in the south of Ecuador, staying in a private...
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Hundreds of people protested in Mexico City on Friday against the gentrification of neighborhoods where many foreign residents live and many foreign tourists stay, such as Condesa and Roma.The protesters gathered on...
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Hundreds of people protested gentrification in Mexico City’s Condesa and Roma neighborhoods last week, largely singling out Americans. Protesters cited anger over rising rents and the displacement of Mexicans, which they attribute...
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When I first arrived in Mexico over 31 years ago, I was immediately smitten with Zihuatanejo and felt drawn to find a way to live and work there on either a part-time...
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When my family and I moved to Mexico in 2021 as digital nomads, we had the intention of staying in the country for just a year. But a year turned into two,...
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There’s something special about solo travel: the freedom to explore entirely on our own terms offers liberation and self-discovery. Only when I travel solo do I feel I have the space to...
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The wind is whipping through my open window, the horizon stretches for miles into the far distance, my favorite tune is blasting through the car stereo and there’s no one on the...
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As someone living abroad, being asked where I’m from is an everyday thing. So whenever someone asks about my origins – spoiler: not from Mexico City — the conversation usually goes like...
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As I had been visiting the northern region of Baja California, Mexico for my entire life before I moved to the Ensenada area in 2017, I did not anticipate many surprises. However,...
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In 2005, when my husband and I bought an old adobe house in Guanajuato’s city center, I assumed we’d retire here as soon as possible. But life got in the way. I...
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I have a Mexican friend whom I met in a Pilates class in Guanajuato about eight years ago. Ever since the beginning of Covid, she and her husband have lived in Mexico...
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Welcome to the latest edition of My American Dream is in Mexico, an ongoing series spotlighting the growing number of Mexican-Americans and Mexican-born people choosing to build a life south of the...
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A good friend of mine in Xalapa, a fellow paisano, has been frustrated with how long it’s taking her to learn Spanish.“Well, you’ve got to make friends with Mexicans who don’t speak...
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When I stayed in Playa Del Carmen for two months during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one question I kept asking my local Mexican friends: If you were to recommend one place...
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I admit it: I liked calling myself an expat. Something about the word sounded cool, even though no Mexican has ever called me, or any other foreigner I know, an “expatriada.” They...
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When I touched down in Puerto Vallarta earlier this year as an official temporary resident of Mexico, it was a dream that was 10 years in the making. I had gone through...
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I’m typing this in Heroica, a taproom in downtown Veracruz, a beer by my side. To any observer, I look like a digital nomad living her best life. You can almost smell...
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After more than four months of deliberation, Mexico News Daily has compiled an exhaustive list of expat living destinations across the country in the Where to Live in Mexico 2024 Guide. We’ve...
