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"There are plenty of well off people who live here and many who live here without much at all.  Generally people who come just to make ends meet are in two camps - those who are adventurous and charitable and accept living on the edge financially AND those who resent not having enough or more.  The first are happy and the second are miserable.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tWe are from the Midwest NEOhio and did not experience the \"cheap\" living here as many of our friends from the west coast have because this was primarily a lateral financial move for us in 2005 with obvious savings in electricity, mortgage and especially property tax and not so much savings in daily life food, eating out, entertainment etc...  The cost of living here has pretty much kept pace with that of NE Ohio.  It is just those big hunky money items that are missing.  Even with that our monthly costs are more than the Mexican government requires to issue a permanente which I thought was around $2700 per couple.\n \n\n\n\tEnjoy your look-see visit.  Much will change in the next couple of years - especially with a new government with a new philosphy.  What you and a lot of others wanting to come here need to do is to find the NEXT Lakeside area.\n \n"
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