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Where I haven't been but think I'd love:
Puerto Escondido
Merida
Hualtuco
Mexico City!!! I wish...
Puebla
Puerto Escondido feels more like Europe than Mexico. There are a lot of kids there from all over. Huatulco is more geared towards the middle-aged tourist.
I love Puebla. I though I would like Merida, but it wasn't as fun as I thought it would be.
Nice town to visit for a week or so but after that ?
I think if you're going to spend a year in Mexico you'd want to be near a beach.
Probably half the expats who have moved to Mexico don't want to be near the beach either for weather and/or cost reasons. Can always go spend a few days at a beach and then go back to comfortable weather and in many cases a less costly lifestyle.
This is just so hard! I am always dreaming of this and so pulled in many directions. I've been to some places I'd like to think I'd like to live and some I have not. I watch a lot of Youtubers who are doing this and one of my fave you should check out is Tangerine Travelers, they get around there!
My problem is my husband has a home there in his hometown(Michoacan) and I love his town and all but it is so rural! I feel I don't enjoy myself as much of what I enjoy there but the allure of not having to worry financially this home is owned and beautiful and his area is very cheap of utilities and food. No tourism whatsoeever!
Where I have been and can see myself living there:
Mazatlan
Leon
Aguascalientes-I love it there!And my Grandma is from there and still has family there
Guadalajara
Tijuana, Ensanada, still love these parts!
Where I haven't been but think I'd love:
Puerto Escondido
Merida
Hualtuco
Mexico City!!! I wish...
Puebla
You probably really would love Puebla/Cholula. It has the big city amenities, easy access to CDMX and kind of surprising how few foreign tourists there are around. And the cost of living is surprisingly low compared to CDMX. Queretaro is a close second to it IMO, similar ease of getting to many places and relatively low cost of living, but it does have more foreign tourists and is a longer trek to CDMX.
Tangerines are interesting to watch. I give them credit for going to Acapulco, 95% of gringos are scared out of their minds of going there. Kudos to them showing its still an interesting place to visit and worthy of a trip provided visitors take some precautions. I do have to say I preferred their time in GDL to Puerto Morelos, but at least they are showing the reality of living in the Riviera Maya instead of just highlighting all the beaches and resorts that draw most people there. Their comments about suffering through the heat and the lack of A/C at almost all businesses around them should be eye-opening to anyone considering it.
We've met so many people here (GDL) that have lived in Merida and moved because they got sick of the heat.
By all accounts Merida is a nice safe city with friendly locals and lots to do, but with so much of Mexico having weather where it's comfortable to be outside almost the entire year they just got tired of it and chased the higher altitudes.
I’ve been to Merida twice but that was 20 years ago so I can’t speak to the safety issue. But at the time it felt super safe and I enjoyed my first visit, which was brief, so much that I returned fairly soon and used it as a base for a longer stay. But the heat and humidity is relentless and apparently all year long with heat not too dissimilar than Bangkok. I would certainly love to go there on another vacation. One side trip I did make was to Dzibilchaltun which had some ruins and a cenote. That would be a cool vacation to base in Merida and bus around the area visiting cenotes.
That's funny I'd make the same comment about the beach, good for a visit but after that?
I did a week in San Miguel de Allende and a week in Puerto Vallarta.
I know which one I'd prefer an extended stay in.
Horses for courses but I like to chill with an ocean breeze on my face,
I did a week in San Miguel de Allende and a week in Puerto Vallarta.
I know which one I'd prefer an extended stay in.
Horses for courses but I like to chill with an ocean breeze on my face,
I wouldn't be too happy in San Mig either, it's beautiful but I honestly don't get the allure for all those quinoa eating expats who live there. Given an either/or I'd pick Puerto Vallarta as well, at least could go have fun at the drag shows. Either one would be pretty touristy.
I like bigger cities, if they had a beach in Guadalajara or CDMX I probably still wouldn't go there unless people were visiting from out of town.
Merida also if you withstand the intense humid heat.
For beach cities, I would only consider Tulum, Tiuana, La Paz and Puerto Vallarta, due to its proximity to interesting areas.
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