How to Retire Without Money
BEST PLACES TO RETIRE: MEXICO (page 2)
And then, following the war, we began to hear in earnest of the cheap prices. Why, you could live in a fabulous beauty spot for less than a hundred a month!So we began to visit this land to our south. First a trickle, then a stream of tourists, and then a fabulous rush which is still taking place. As in any land which enjoys (or suffers, according to how you look at it) a tourist boom, certain cities became centers of tourism and prices there zoomed. Such places as Acapulco, famed Pacific coast beach resort, quickly became almost as expensive as Florida or California. Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City, became a city of retired wealthy folk, sky-high in price by Mexican standards. Mexico City itself began to feel the boom and American style apartments and houses upped in price.
But tourists have a tendency to get in a rut. Like ants, they follow blindly their leaders, speed madly along the same paths. The real Mexico, the Mexican Mexico, the beautiful Mexico, the economical Mexico, is still there-off the tourist routes. All of which we intend to prove in this chapter.
I can say without hesitation that there is no country in the world more suited for the average American to retire in than Mexico. If you have a small pension or income, you will find it as cheap as any place where you can enjoy gracious living. If you wish to take up part time work or start a little business deal of your own, here too Mexico offers as many opportunities as any. The country is booming.
There is another great advantage. Mexico is so available that you can experiment there. Whatever your present occupation, you can take off a little time, run down to Mexico and "case" the situation. Find the town you like. Find your own niche. Get your project under way-if it's a project that you have in mind.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. No passport is needed to enter Mexico, but you do need a tourist card which is issued at any Mexican consulate, or at any entry point at the border. All you need have is some proof of identity such as a birth certificate, a service discharge, or some such. This permit costs three dollars and is good for six months. At the end of that time you must make a trip to the border to have your permit renewed.
At the border your car will be listed on your tourist permit and if you are carrying a typewriter, portable radio, or such equipment it too will be listed. When you come back to the border either to leave the country or have your permit renewed, you must have all of these things with you or suffer a fine. In short, they don't want you to sell them in Mexico.
This type of entry suffices for the average person, however, if you wish to operate a business or to work, it becomes more complicated. See further along under the heading, Work Permission.
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