Answering your question about my experience in Mexico...

Hello Professormarie,

Welcome to Expat.com

Thank you for introducing yourself, and also for sharing your experience living in Mexico. 

Feel free to share more about your expat journey with the Expat.com community on the Mexico forum. I'm sure future expats and those who have just moved there will be curious to hear what you have to say about life in Mexico.

If ever you find yourself similarly needing a piece of advice or insight on a topic which is expat-related, do not hesitate to create a new thread on the Mexico forum.

Hoping to read more of your future posts. 

All the best,

Diksha
Team Expat.com

Diksha,

Thank you for your kind greeting. I don't know how the nickname "ProfessorMarie" became known. That is what an acquaintance back in New York calls me, out of respect, she claims, for the academic titles I have earned in the past. Please address me as Pamela.

Regards,
Pamela

Nice to meet you, Pamela. 

Once again, we are glad to welcome you to the Expat.com community. 

Cheers 

Diksha
Team Expat.com

I find "expat" a bit of a misnomer. It is not that I have renounced my status as a native New Yorker, I just prefer life in Mexico and can afford to rent a nice apartment here...Apartments in Manhattan have become prohibitive so I prefer to pick up and go somewhere where they are much more affordable! I also love the wonderful manners of Mexicans, in general...

Professormarie wrote:

I find "expat" a bit of a misnomer. It is not that I have renounced my status as a native New Yorker, I just prefer life in Mexico and can afford to rent a nice apartment here...Apartments in Manhattan have become prohibitive so I prefer to pick up and go somewhere where they are much more affordable! I also love the wonderful manners of Mexicans, in general...

Perhaps instead of "expatriate", "exresident” or "exres" ?

This is an 8-month-old post. Is Pamela still out there in  Mexico?

travellight wrote:

This is an 8-month-old post. Is Pamela still out there in  Mexico?

Let's not do this, okay?

If my post is inappropriate, please by all means report it and have it deleted.

I knew exactly how old it was when I replied.

It's definitely under the one year mark where the automatic caution note comes up from the website.

I realize because of your status you get alerted for every single post in the Mexico forum, and I also understand that you would get irritated by posts that seem unnecessary to you.

But maybe she is out there.

And even if she isn't, I actually thought she was bringing up a point that might interest other expats, who still feel very much connected to their home country, as opposed to those who have truly turned their backs on their nation of origin.

Thanks for the work that you do in monitoring the forum and keeping it on topic and sharing valuable information.