New members of the Mexico forum, introduce yourselves here - 2018

butt.ca wrote:

Spanish is tuff language and i am learning now..but i also looking for job anyone can guide how and where i can get job as English.

Ok b.c,

First, you should read your post and see if you can make it clearer. I see you want a job, and that you think Spanish is tough otherwise your post is not clear. What is your native language? where do you plan to go? and a job doing what?

faunadocpam wrote:

No, definitely not assisted living.  My main concern is that there are activities I can do solo till I meet some people.  Something like a senior center that offers talks or classes or day trips, movies, a bookstore or library in town.  Ideally I will live among the locals in a little casita where I can have pets.  Something private, not a high rise townhouse.  And visit the expat community periodically when I'm missing the shared frame of reference of US living.  The transition to a new life may be easier if there's expats to show me the ropes but I do plan to assimilate to living like the locals asap (with occasional "extravagant" trips, from a local's perspective).  Not quite sure about budget - depends what we get on the sale of our property here in Kruger but maybe $2500 USD/month plus a nest egg for travel or unexpected expenses.  Now I'm looking at Ajijic as well. 

When we moved to Africa, Al stayed in the US to sell our house while I flew to the general area we wanted to live and I bought a place 2 days later.  Then we coordinated move in here with closing the sale in the US so that he and 5 cats would arrive after I'd taken possession of the house here.  It will be a little more complicated this time since he's going to WA and I'm going to Mexico and probably I'll be having him ship me dogs and/or cats.  But I'm pretty adaptable (my mom used to complain that I took up several pages of her address book) so if I can get some advice from other expats I think I can choose a community online, fly there and find a way to make it work.  But maybe I'll rent, not buy, if that's possible with pets.

Thank you for any guidance you can give me!

Thanks for clearing up the confusion.
So it really isn't a senior center you are looking for but a community. In the places, you mentioned you will find that.
Rosarito has many natives who speak English as well as Spanish so that should smooth things out. You will find that those places will be more expensive. Yet those areas are expat-heavy so there will be plenty of English living and speaking people to communicate with.
Renting would probably be the safest option although many have decided to buy. The environment and politics would keep me from going that direction. Renting gives you freedom of movement and more options. I never thought of buying because that option no longer has the value or safety it did years ago.  I knew of someone here who decided to return to England and trying to sell her house became both costly and time-consuming. It took her over a year to sell her unoccupied house.

Buena suerte