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

I came from Africa, sold everything to relocate to US, life is hard than expected. I moved back to Africa to start again and now doing great. I have a work life balance

As a non-mexican I can say house prices will grow like in San-Shitcisco

Some San Diegans live in Tijuana, commuting to and from work. Be prepared to leave home EARLY everyday and arrive at work about 3-4 hours BEFORE you punch in

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.

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.

Californians I’ve met are super high maintenance- it’ll be interesting to see how they manage their expectations with the laid back Mexican traditions😂

On my first of three total trips to Mexico, we crossed the border back in the 1980s when a CA DL was okay for an ID. We dayhiked a peak and when we got back down to our cars to head home after a great day in the mountains, we were surrounded by two dozen rifle bearing members of the Mexican Army. Everyone said we were lucky it wasn’t the Federalis. They took what was not theirs anyway. Éramos alpinistas. California has 39 million residents. When 2.4 million Californians leave California in a year for Mexico or anywhere else… that will be a story. 360,000 isn’t a drop in the bucket for our overpopulated state.

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.

So does anyone not see the irony in this? Why happens to the natives of these countries that see an influx of rich or well off foreigners moving capturing up property/homes? Will they not experience the same problem these foreigners did in their home countries?

*It's 2024, the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their UKposts channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal UKposts channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!

Thanks for the segment.

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 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.

You do know this is not going to last. Things change rapidly

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.

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.

Mexico should keep an eye to these people. They should charge them as much what they spend in the USA

Used to live in El paso and was in commercial construction. Back in 85 the whole workforce was coming over from Juarez and making 7.50 an hour. They were very rich and they had multiple businesses in Juarez. Bars, hotels and so on and so forth.

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.

The Cali exit is hurting other states. Cali needs to get its own house in order. The cost of living in CO has skyrocketed in the last 10 years. 1 main factor is Cali residents overpaying for houses. Bc it’s still a fraction of what they were paying.

My house was paid off. I rented it and now live in South America Airbnb for 1/4 of expenses I had in America. I don’t work just enjoy life.

They don't want it,so let's take it and see how they like it.

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

Myself and wife and kids moved to Mexico last year for 6 months. We lived in a gated community 3 bedroom, 2 bath CASA and food and utilities and gas and rent and internet and swimming like 3 day's a week and getting ice cream and eating out once a week for $1,000 a month (no joke) with 5 kids lol it can be much cheaper than that but we wanted to live comfortably. Yes Mexico has it's problems lol just don't go out late at night and mind your business and your fine. Oh wait, that's the USA as well 😂😂 we came back only because we just tried it out. The Mexican people are amazing and very welcoming. So Yes I vote Mexico over USA any day!

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.

Well done report !!!

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.

Mexico is just another planet . It’s not what the media shows you. I love the stress free lifestyle. Mexico is living ❤️

I noticed this happening in El Paso a couple of years ago. I have family on both sides and I spent a year there on my retirement celebration

I left California for the Philippines. I wish I could say it's been great. The cost of living is definitely a big plus. It's kinda nice to buy groceries and only pay the equivalent of less than $20 for a full bag of groceries. But there are other things to consider when moving to another country. Some are as mundane as hot water or the lack thereof. Compromises have to be made. The big question is can you adapt. As a young man it is easier to adapt. But at 67 years old it becomes a serious conversation.

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.

Not American, living in Mexico for 4 years now. Beautiful place to live.

As an American I want to make a serious petition to all foreigner's that are planning to live here, please support your local businesses, if you are living here don't buy groceries from Walmart or big supermarkets, don't buy food to McDonalds or big fast food chains, we are receiving you with legally, at least do this for us, Thank You!

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.

“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.

These people trying to justify pricing out locals in Mexico are 100% the same ones complaining about gentrification of U.S cities. Oh the area is not made for locals. Dude that is basically the same reason people give for gentrified areas. Once you price people out, its no longer for lower income people. And the point about bringing in additional money to Mexico when they moved there. You are basically doing the same thing when an area gets gentrified. Better shops and better/more jobs. I hope these people can see the hypocrisy of their actions and statements

1:35 This particular thing was happening all over the US as well. Wherever people were moving to, housing and rent was skyrocketing. This was definitely happening in Nashville.

I make good money but the other day I visited a veterinarian to see how much it would cost to have a simple surgery performed on one of my pets and it just blew my mind so yes I did go to Mexico and it literally only costed me about 15% of what it would have here in the states

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.

The two most popular neighborhoods in Mexico City, Condesa and Roma, have had their prices drive up. It does gentrify but it brings new opportunities as well. Money, security, jobs... And it's not just from USA, there's also from Canada, Spain, Britain, Germany. We have lots of Koreans and Russians... Luckily, the city passed a law that requires 33 percent of new development projects to be for lower income budgets, even in such nice neighborhoods. We just want migrants to respect the law and culture, to leave their prejudice at the border, to support local business, to learn spanish. And remember, if you came here it's because you saw Mexico was getting better, you can't put it down anymore.

The world is changing and people are more fluid than ever. I've owned a home north of Puerto Vallarta for 7 years. I will retire there. I can't buy anything comparable in the US. Many Canadians and Americans are there and many tourists. Summer tourists are mostly Mexican The rest of the time worldwide but predominently Canadian and US. Lots of digital nomads from everywhere too. My hometown is Silver Spring MD. That town had a huge influx from Central America. In recent years it grew a large Ethiopean community.

The fact that no taxes are being paid to Mexico is messed up. People need to contribute to basic services, sanitation, water etc...

This is low key terrible, those moving out to other states or Mexico are raising rates wherever they go. If you’re going to live in a different area then stop out pricing the locals and pour into local businesses. Be considerate of the locals there and respect the culture in place. That’s all I’m saying.

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

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.

California plans to spend $22 billion for housing. $21 billion for compliance and consultations, $1 billion to pay for $500k tents.

That's very sad. Many Americans and Europeans are migrating here in the Philippines.

I used to live in Mexico I hve family there I live off grid so it’s perfect for me

Same thing is happening in Puerto Rico, a lot of wealthy people from the US buying properties in the island turning them into air bnbs etc, putting people in the streets because they get kicked out of the apartments they lived in for years. Making it impossible for the people from Puerto Rico to afford a house now days.

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

I am in Red Louisiana. I know 7 couples that are living a Greta life in Mexico, from this town alone! Mexico is a paradise!

When I came to live in Mexico in early 2001, I rented a 3 Br house for 250 per mo. An ocean front trailer today can go for up to $1,000 per month, with condos going for up to $2,000 per month. Why, because the same condo 40 minutes north in San Diego can go for $4,000 per month. American Realtors are flooding the border town where I live, marketing to Americans the relative deals available, for their profit. Playas de Rosarito, B.C. is now over 32% Expats looking for a cheap retirement. I came back to my birth country to enjoy the relaxed lifestyle and the lovely people, not to mention the food. But they are pricing this area out of the hands of the locals faster than they can find where to live.

México should charge taxes to all those who make home office from Mexico to companies outside the country. They are not staying as tourists they are working.

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.

It's annoying how your video Is only promoting more Americans to live here raising rental costs. Thanks for doing that.

Don’t blame Americans. Blame the developers for raising the price. Greed.

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

In 2008 my retired grandparents watched about 60% of their savings disappear. Somewhere like Mexico or Costa Rica became their only viable option. They ended up in Belize.

People live in "first world" countries not only because of affluence but because, regardless of wealth, they still require affordable living costs, rents, etc. The pandemic has taught us that we don't necessarily need to be physically present where our work is. If you choose to live in a new place, it's essential to support the locals. It's the least you can do.

I'm not gonna lie I have been thinking about moving to Greece or Indonesia. It's too damn expensive for anything here in the US.

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.

In most cases an expat is someone who moved to snother country to work, and has a work permit that grants them legal residency.

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.

Why do these documentaries always talk about "remote work" and "work from anywhere" as if it's more common than it is? That's a minority of people. The vast majority of people do working class jobs that require their physical presence. The people that make and serve your food and clean up after you can't just "work from anywhere". They don't have the luxery of working from home. They have to get up everyday and go some place they don't want to be and do things they don't want to do even during a pandemic while some are complaing that "we're all stuck at home". Uh, no "WE'RE" not. It's like they don't think anyone without a white collar career matters, so they barely bother to acknowledge they exist.

Wow I live in Central Florida and I had no idea apartments in Hollywood were so cheap. A 1 bedroom for $1600? Yes Please. But Mexico seems even better

A take away is maybe try living further away from the city, if you can work from home that’s a blessing.

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.

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I am learning Spanish right now. Knowing Italian seems to make it easier.

Great place to retire though for costs. Ive concidered it. Ive never been there but visiting Cozumel next April. Im excited.

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.

Every family has that one person who will break the family financial struggles, I hope you become the one🙏

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.

Mexico has stronger private property rights than the USA for primary residences. You generally can't have your home foreclosed for property taxes or HOA dues like in the States.

I'm Mexican, used to live a great life in Tijuana until now, I'm being kicked out by people from the US, it's funny how that works, I wish I could afford to keep living here where I was born, but rent has tripled since the pandemic drove San Diegans here. Honestly, I just wish they'd shut up about how cheap everything is, what do they think business owners do after hearing this over and over.

It’s not perfect anywhere you go but at some point you have to decide where you’re gonna be able to afford to live and have the best lifestyle possible and if you look at your shopping you look at your doctors you look at your church is you look at your loss you look at your safety outside and you make a decision based on that available vehicles available, repair for vehicles, whether or not, you can afford to register and insure them, and all of the things that America forces a person to have with the car to go to some countries in half of that is required or less

Why not, most of them came from there to start with, and there is no language barrier.

I did! I LOVE MEXICO!!!! Not just for saving, for enjoying life, traveling within Mexico, endless options from historic, city, nature. Sophisticated cities, great medical care, dinning, theater. Mostly, I feel so much safer. Schools, Churches, sacred places.

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.

If the politicans are smart they'll start advertising & incentivizing business & investment opportunities in the local to those moving to Mexico, if they play it right Mexican business owners could see a flood of capital with lower interest rates and spur more and better employment for the locals.

The last trolley from SD to TJ is filled with Senior American Men renting rooms for $350 usd a month

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.

Up Next: "why has Mexico suddenly become way more expensive to live in?"

The Price's should be at a set price Nation wide in the states 😒

I followed the Cafe con Leche guys from the beginning. They had good content. They have returned to the United States because the job opportunities were not very good in Mexico. The grass is not always greener over the border. I think Mexico is a better retirement location.

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

I moved to Asia instead which is usually, ranked as one of the highest cost of living regions. Despite, that it's still half less than what I would spend in the states, and healthcare is far cheaper and ambulance rides are free. I'll take my cheaper healthcare and paid holidays. The bigger problem that isn't discussed is America is the only country, outside Eritrea that tax American citizens regardless of where they live.

As an American white man, born in Texas. I want you all to never forget this land was stolen from your people. We Annex it because we had more guns and you did not see us coming , needless to say, we refused to pledge allegiance to the Mexican Flag while we were the immigrants on your land and that caused the beginning of the war where we told your ancestors back then that there are more of us than there are of you in Texas, plus we had more guns, which we then bullied you out of your own peaceful land your people allowed us to stay in for 10 years but we loved it so much we over stay our visa (sounded familiar) so my ken folk, forged documents saying that you had a "FOR SALE SIGN" on your territory , so we supposedly bought it on a discount and made you an offer you could not refuse, while we held guns to your older Generations heads, and cut a deal with the back then puppet President we helped run in your country lol .. Oh I'm sorry........ Was I ? Was I not suppose to tell that part of the story? Or is it not allow in our country to mentioned it lol. Don't you just love the History we teach your kids? So far many have bought it, including many that are listening to this video that only tells you what you should learn when deciding to move to another country... obey their rules, or they hold you at gun point like we did to them back in the days. Oh my bad... 45 years of History research and my 2 Masters I earned here got the best of me. Suppose I as to keeping preaching the false tales School Boards want to me teach. So listen up boys and girl, in America we have FREEDOM SPEECH with a TWEEK in it, we call it freedom of fake speech, useless told other wise or it accommodates my privileged skin color folk, ya hear? Go on, tell us we were moving to tuh Mexico. I know this had nothing to with the HEADER of this TITLE, but there is an old saying, what was will be again. Mexicans are returning home to their ancestors home land, it is inevitable, no wall can stop this.

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?

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.

I am a dual citizen who moved to mexico in 2020 and lived there for over a year. Now i just moved back to CA, trust me there are massive trade offs, as much as I loved Mexico being back in CA feels good. There are a lot of things that are a hot mess down there too, moving because you think the grass is greener on the other side and it will fix any problems is the wrong approach. Moving because you retired or are going to pay cash for your house down there is much better, for me i discovered it wasnt all I hoped for, now I am buying a small ranch in California and will try to live peacefully and enjoy traveling to the state parks across the US, another thing you cant do in Mexico without worrying about the cartels unfortunately. Everyones experience will be diferent so best of luck to anyone about to take on the endeavor!

The rising rents are disgusting. I wish there was a better law to protect tenants. Landlords increase rent but the tenants are not receiving a pay increase .

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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.

A dollar spent in a country will eventually be taxed.

Half of my crew live in Mexico and cross the border each day for work... They are living much better lives then the other half of the crew who live on the American side.

It’s not as easy living in Mexico as it looks/sounds. Yes, Mexico is beautiful but having “an American (Californian) way of life” type of quality forces Americans to live in a “bubble” in Mexico. ALL bubbles end up popping. It’s unsustainable. Like what California has caused to it’s own residents. Mexico does not have the infrastructure and moreover their culture will eventually not allow for bossy entitled Americans (Californians) to drive them out of their own. Many Americans (not all) have chosen to be obstinately spoon-fed. To them being a “hard-working” American means that you should just click away into being wealthy. All other ways of earning a living like the blue-collar jobs that make any society run, exist, and maintained are frowned-upon. Sorry folks that’s exactly who sustains Mexico and in many ways the U.S. through undocumented immigration. That’s what makes Mexico beautiful and humbling - it’s hard working people - not being afraid to get down and dirty. That’s also what made America great at one point too. That’s what made the American Dream - us little folks. That was the American Dream, that if you worked hard enough this country would reward the sweat of your brow. Californians just want to have their cake and eat it too. Sorry to break it to you you gotta make and bake the cake too.

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!