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I'm looking for any info related to living in Tulum, can't find anything on this forum. Are there many expats there? How is the cost of living compared to Playa del Carmen? Many questions if anyone knows this area. Thanks
HelloI'm looking for any info related to living in Tulum, can't find anything on this forum. Are there many expats there? How is the cost of living compared to Playa del Carmen? Many questions if anyone knows this area. Thanks
I think that most expats, including myself, would find it very hard to live on less than $600 USD in Mexico.huh? I don't understand your response.... $600USD isn't much and yes that is a lot for MX, you could def live for much less...depending on your circumstances.
It all depends on how you want to live. Housing will be your biggest expense. Maybe housing is cheaper in Tulum than in other parts of Mexico, hence your friend's estimate of the cost of living in Tulum.yes, I have a friend in Tulum who is a citizen and he told me that $600USD more or less was the cost of living...
MickiSue: Are you talking about $600 usd/mo for -rent- or for -all expenses-. $600 usd/mo is pretty lean for -all expenses-.$600 a month is a princely sum in many parts of MX.
And it was in Tulum, too, not all that long ago. Which makes living in the place where you were raised a lot harder for its locals, you know?
That may be true in San Cristóbal, but not in all parts of the country. It's certainly not true in Mexico City.$600.00 a month seems very expensive to me if you are talking about cost of a house. I live in a new house and it only cost $350.00 a month.
That's not the case in Mexico City where the number of foreigners living here is but a tiny portion of the population of over 20,000,000 people!I think all of the foreigners moving into the country is driving up the prices because they will pay higher prices.
It's not like "all of the foreigners" coming to Mexico, they are not that many, we do not have an exudus of foreigners who are rich enough to make the prices riseI think all of the foreigners moving into the country is driving up the prices because they will pay higher prices.
There are isolated places where that is probably true, some beach towns, Ajijic and San Miguel de Allende come to mind. But in most of Mexico there are few foreigners.I think all of the foreigners moving into the country is driving up the prices because they will pay higher prices.
Here in San Cristobal de las Casas many foreigners pay two to three times more for a house than they would if they just looked around. They all want to live in el centro. Even small apartments cost three times more if rented near el centro. A real estate guy I know talked about ******'s driving up prices. People who live near el centro are adding apartments to their house to take advantage of the tourist market. But if you go to the outskirts of town everything remains priced like it use to be.