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After alot of soul searching we've decided to try Puerto Vallarta instead of San Miguel. We know it's hot, but my wife loves the beach. Just a heads up to anyone trying to decide on a location...it's a tough decision! San Miguel looks wonderful, but P.V. is big enough to have more going on, and we like to have an excellent airport close by. I've lived in many hot places and she's a New Orleans native so guess we'll handle it.
 
#2 ·
It probably would have been best to tag your comment to your earlier discussion, but, having already started another ... my advise/suggestion is, if you haven't already thought of it ... rent first and for a year or two to see if you both really enjoy PV. There are so many possible destinations we can choose to live in Mexico, I understand the back and forth in the decision process. Best of luck.
 
#3 ·
I agree with Longford! rent rent rent!! We own a house on the beach below Acapulco which we are trying to sell- the good news is we have a long tern renter in there now...but still...

So we started down there, tropical beach, tiny fishing village, and left after 6 months, now after 9 months (renting) in the desert on the Sea of Cortez we are going to move again, this time to the Pacific side of Baja. So- tried tropics then desert, "and now for something completely different".

I know the Pacific will be much cooler than down near Acapulco, but that's ok. We also found that, for now, we need to be closer to family than we thought we would, for now, and we'll see later on, but we want to stay in Mexico.

Th point is- this is our third destination in less than 2 years...so rent rent rent!:p
 
#6 ·
Totally agree with everyone on the rent rent rent scenario we are going to do this in PV then at least you have options if things do not workout for your destination choice
 
#7 ·
Falling in love is easy. Getting married is easy. Getting divorced is sometimes hell and then some.
Some cities are just enchanting and the falling in love part is very easy. In many cases, having a rental "affair" is the best way to go. You can always settle down permanently. New properties come on the market every day, and you can't tell when the market has "turned" from the downside to the upside until well after it's happened.

I wish we had done that with our first casa, and it's even truer with condo ownership.
 
#8 ·
choosing warm beaches over living in the mountains seems like a smart choice to me.
 
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#10 ·
Not unless you prefer the pleasant climate in the mountains over hot and steamy weather by the sea, as I do. Luckily, for all of us, somewhere in Mexico there's a climate to suit your taste.
 
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#9 ·
One's perception of "warm" depends on their tolerance for high humidity and high temperatures. There's something for everybody, but not in the same place.;)
 
#16 ·
OK, egg on my face. We had found a 1000 sq ft apartment in P.V. for $380 a month. My prospective landlord, a really nice fellow, assured me the apartment was as nice as it looked, with one caveat: it had 50 stair steps up to it's front door. Thus the great price. We finally had to back out, as we have an 11 year old 90lb dog who has trouble with 5 steps. So we're taking the apartment in San Miguel afterall. We'll work on our Spanish and look at our options after the dogs pass on. I certainly won't mind the mild summer weather. Thanks for the input everyone. Good to know others find it hard to settle on one place too when there's so many choices.
 
#18 ·
Stay in shape carrying a 90 lb. dog? I kinda think the guy would have back problems after that.

San Miguel has nice summer, fall and Spring weather. Come "winter", try a rental at the beach for a couple of months. It gets seriously chilly in SMA. House trade with a Canadian. They'll think they're "warming up" and be out on the street in shorts.
 
#19 ·
The December, January and February average low/overnight temperature in San Miguel de Allende is probably in the low to mid-40's F. and the daytime highs are somewhere in the low to mid-70s F. Describing those temperatures as "serious chilly" is probably an exaggeration, but maybe someone accustomed to very hot/humid weather for much of the year would think so. And I'm guessing some of our Canadian friends might consider those temperatures a heat wave, particularly so at that time of the year!
 
#20 ·
"Seriously Chilly" is when all the plants in your yard freeze, or when the hail is the size of golf balls.
It's also when the neighbors are sitting on their door stoops to warm up in the sun.
Those thick walled cases STAY cold when they get cold, and central heating is nothing but a memory of days gone by NOB.

To a Canadian, that might be toasty, but I can assure you that when the temps are 40 degrees indoors........it's COLD. Nice in July, though.
 
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[QUOTE=TundraGreen;1652961]Am I the only one who finds Hound Dog's, often outrageous, hyperbole entertaining and clearly not to be taken seriously?[/QUOTE][/I

Perhaps not the only one but I do have my detractors. As in any attempt at outrageous humor, there is much to be taken as offensive but, rightly or wrongly, at times the ball is hit over the left field foul line and that little attempt on my part to be charmingly beguiling came off poorly because, primarily, of awkward delivery and clumsy rhetoric. Moderator Isla kindly rescued me from any scorn attendant to turds remaining upon the beach after the tide washed in by a timely deletion.

As may not be known among some of you, I must admit that, having grown up in cockroach laden South Alabama and now lliving in the cockroach laden Lake Chapala region of Mexico, I have taken it upon myself to have come up with ideas on how to, if not rid the planet of cockoaches a hopeless task, at least to have come up with notions as to how to limit their indulgences and, when we lived in a charming but primitive shack on Mobile Bay in 1971, I came up with this idea of a kitchen lightswitch that had an automatic feature that went on and off every 15 minutes all night long and destroyed cockroaches as they died from exhaustion from having run themselves to death racing back and forth to hide under the refrigerator.

Then, after moving to Ajijic, on the shores of Lake Chapala - a place also infested with giant cockroaches, I got this idea, after having discovered that scorpions, who also proliferate around Lake Chapala and love to snack on cockroaches, of selling littke scorpion kits to homeowenrs so they could introduce these scorpions to dwellings where, during the night, they could scarf up those cockroaches in abundance thereby reducing their number significantly but I was still working on the resulting proliferation of huge, fat scorpions waking me up all night burping cockroach detritus but, unfortunately, I detailed my plan before it had been thought through completely thereby offending a sensitve, unidentifiable member posting under a nom de internet who took it upon him/herselfe to refer to me in loathesome ways which I did not find offensive although that may have been the intent.

That member has stated, without substantation, that Hound Dog has been summarily dismissed from two forums for inadmissable behavior but I am unaware of these events so he (or she) may wish to enlighten us as to his/her sources of information. If anything like this may have happened in the deep past, it is the stuff od high humor and not reflective of the Hound Dog´s culpability so, let´s have at it- recvount these events just for the fun of it.
 
#32 ·
Perhaps not the only one but I do have my detractors. As in any attempt at outrageous humor, there is much to be taken as offensive but, rightly or wrongly, at times the ball is hit over the left field foul line and that little attempt on my part to be charmingly beguiling came off poorly because, primarily, of awkward delivery and clumsy rhetoric. Moderator Isla kindly rescued me from any scorn attendant to turds remaining upon the beach after the tide washed in by a timely deletion.

As may not be known among some of you, I must admit that, having grown up in cockroach laden South Alabama and now lliving in the cockroach laden Lake Chapala region of Mexico, I have taken it upon myself to have come up with ideas on how to, if not rid the planet of cockoaches a hopeless task, at least to have come up with notions as to how to limit their indulgences and, when we lived in a charming but primitive shack on Mobile Bay in 1971, I came up with this idea of a kitchen lightswitch that had an automatic feature that went on and off every 15 minutes all night long and destroyed cockroaches as they died from exhaustion from having run themselves to death racing back and forth to hide under the refrigerator.

Then, after moving to Ajijic, on the shores of Lake Chapala - a place also infested with giant cockroaches, I got this idea, after having discovered that scorpions, who also proliferate around Lake Chapala and love to snack on cockroaches, of selling littke scorpion kits to homeowenrs so they could introduce these scorpions to dwellings where, during the night, they could scarf up those cockroaches in abundance thereby reducing their number significantly but I was still working on the resulting proliferation of huge, fat scorpions waking me up all night burping cockroach detritus but, unfortunately, I detailed my plan before it had been thought through completely thereby offending a sensitve, unidentifiable member posting under a nom de internet who took it upon him/herselfe to refer to me in loathesome ways which I did not find offensive although that may have been the intent.

That member has stated, without substantation, that Hound Dog has been summarily dismissed from two forums for inadmissable behavior but I am unaware of these events so he (or she) may wish to enlighten us as to his/her sources of information. If anything like this may have happened in the deep past, it is the stuff od high humor and not reflective of the Hound Dog´s culpability so, let´s have at it- recvount these events just for the fun of it.
You want to rid the planet of cockroaches by having scorpions eat them at night, sure hope you do not have to go potty in the middle of the night, Bubba aka Dawg

I was under the impression one of the Chapala boards and Mexconnect board asked you not to participate any more...
 
#30 ·
I must have missed the post as all I see now is the deleted post, anyone want to pm me what was actually said??

For the most part I do find his posts quite amusing and enjoy reading them.
:D

I do have a very thick skin and normally am not easily offended. I can see how someone who is more sensitive could be upset by some peoples way of speaking and writing.

There is nothing wrong with being sensitive so if you are, please don't get offended by that statement.
:)
 
#34 ·
" There is need to encourage bad behavior, from any one of us"
That was the chuckle of the day. Moral: read before hitting "post".;)

Handy Hint: Be sure your bedroom slippers have hard soles for cockroach crunching.
 
#35 ·
The "breathalyzer" keyboard attachment would shut down the SEND function and shunt the posts to a "draft" section where they could be re-examined some hours later. This invention has not as yet been incorporated into today's hardware/software packages, but i suspect that the mods, and even some intemperate posters, would appreciate it.
 
#40 ·
Good luck to VanTexan in San Miguel. Living in the only place on earth that rivals Siberia for temperature extremes-can get over 100F and down to -30F, all in one year, I would find a winter in San Miguel quite lovely.

As for HoundDog, I find you rather Swiftian in your humor, and enjoy it much.

I wonder how Swift's "A Modest Proposal" would have gone over on this board, if changed for the times and the location?
 
#41 · (Edited)
When we drive from Lake Chapala to The Chiapas Highlands we confront significant cultural discrepancies constantly and that is one reason we perform that exercise. Confusion and mysterious multiculturalism confronted out of necessity enlighten, I guess one could say.

Our indigenous Maya friends in Chiapas and their compatriots view time assessments as those asserted by God and those asserted by man and as foolish as this may seem to outsiders, when man imposes "Daylight Savings Time" in the spring, our Maya friend s revert to God´s Time. They are quite serious about this - their religious and historical beliefs and observances are as precious anyone´s and as foolish as anyone´s. Time wiil tell.
 
#42 ·
Humor is in the mind of the beholder. Back in school days, some kids thought downright mean actions and words were the height of humor. Some never changed. There are comedians with many fans, based on the same type of approach.

I find George Carlin's type of humor far more appealing. Too bad he's no longer with us.

Swift's satire has it's place too, though.
 
#43 · (Edited)
[QUOTE=lagoloo;1675081]Humor is in the mind of the beholder. Back in school days, some kids thought downright mean actions and words were the height of humor. Some never changed. There are comedians with many fans, based on the same type of approach.

I find George Carlin's type of humor far more appealing. Too bad he's no longer with us.

Swift's satire has it's place too, though.[/QUOTE]


George Carlin is my lifelong hero and he did not nor ever will die.

Carlin on terrible earthly tragedies:

"Don´t you just hate it when they report over the media that 10,000,000 people have died in an earthquake some 10,000 kilometers distant and then they come back 24 hours later and tell you it was only 35 Uzbeqiuze who lived in some stan you can´t even find on a map published by Stalin in 1934."

Now, HD is not agreeing with Carlin, merely worshipping his sense of humor which was necessary to get us through the 60s. .
 
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