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cilla4progress

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12. Friends have retired there

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 14, 2023, 09:14 AM

Sep 2023

and are living a lovely, crime- and corruption-free life.

Broad generalization..unfair and untrue.

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A friend of min is considering retiring to Mexico... [View all] brooklynite Sep 2023 OP

I hear the price to have someone killed there Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #1

Please keep the stereotypes coming.... Foolacious Sep 2023 #2

I'd stick to fundrasing... OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2023 #3

Not comedy; that's what she told me. brooklynite Sep 2023 #34

Wondering if this is a bad joke or for reals? Canoe52 Sep 2023 #4

For real. brooklynite Sep 2023 #35

Thats a racist trope, cilla4progress Sep 2023 #5

Perhaps this comment was in bad taste, but there's nothing racist about recognizing that Mexico... Silent3 Sep 2023 #11

Friends have retired there cilla4progress Sep 2023 #12

Me too Johonny Sep 2023 #13

Cancun is really nice Snooper9 Sep 2023 #18

Yep, nothing like that happens in the US... Spazito Sep 2023 #30

And may it continue. We've always loved Mexico. Hortensis Sep 2023 #19

If you have the money to live in a good neighborhood, and if... Silent3 Sep 2023 #29

I've been living in Mexico for nine years. The corruption here is evident, but it Rafi Sep 2023 #15

In the U.S. sensible people don't have to be careful Hortensis Sep 2023 #22

The number of carjackings in the US has spiked since covid at am alarming rate. Rafi Sep 2023 #36

Very false notions and equivalencies. Hortensis Sep 2023 #37

Don't want to be where? Wish what on you? Rafi Sep 2023 #38

Racist? A place to visit or live, not for me. Polly Hennessey Sep 2023 #6

There's a lot of very safe areas though. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #17

Post removed Post removed Sep 2023 #7

I have three friends in Panama and they love it. Patterson Sep 2023 #8

Panama interests me. roamer65 Sep 2023 #10

My husband and I had a place under construction in Bocas del Toro mnhtnbb Sep 2023 #14

Sounds gross and steamy. If you like steamy weather, I guess it's good. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #32

How many tons of that cartel Cocaine are bound directly for Brooklyn? Blues Heron Sep 2023 #9

I would never move there--it can sound attractive Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #16

Inconvenience is the key word...building codes are different too LeftInTX Sep 2023 #23

This country just had a coup attempt on its government ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #25

Different kind of crime and murders. Homicide rate is 4 times higher than the US. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #31

Right. There are no inconveniences in other in the US or elsewhere. Rafi Sep 2023 #39

I can't imagine wanting to live under that kind of agreement. Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #20

You believe this bigoted nonsense? ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #26

WTF do I know? Happy Hoosier Sep 2023 #28

He's looking to escape all the mass shootings in the USA, right? Sky Jewels Sep 2023 #21

Is this for reals? Do they have HOA's in Mexico? LeftInTX Sep 2023 #24

Some of the new higher-end gated developments in suburbs ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #27

Cartels are almost as funny as burning Christmas trees outside Fox studios. Torchlight Sep 2023 #33