La Paz, Mexico?
La Paz, Mexico?
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- CuriousGeorge0
Oh wow, I just noticed you live in Mexico! Have you been to La Paz? I spent a few weeks in San Jose del Cabo a few months ago and I really liked the Baja California Sur province, mind you San Jose del Cabo was a bit more touristy than I'd like. I'm wondering how La Paz differs and how a gringo like myself would fit in there.
- BTW, what is Culiacan like? Is there much of design industry there?CuriousGeorge
- never been to Lapaz but when i lived state side I was big into scuba, they always talked aboutmoldero
- La Paz and the great wreck dives there, I aksed about La Paz a few weeks ago to friends here and they said not much tourists there like Cabomoldero
- in La Paz unlike Cabomoldero
- In Cul i rarely meet tourists and when I do their canadian, its nice thoughmoldero
- when i drive to Mazatlan, very touristy seems more people will hit you up for $$ and the cops will harrass you more thinking all gringos are made of $$moldero
- gringos are made of $$, I like Cul because im the only gringo I know, and cops dont harrass you like they would inmoldero
- a tourist town, but even when they do bust your chops, give them $50 pesos, its like $4 bux and their happymoldero
- its hillariousmoldero
- but non tourist town like Cul, ive been here for 3 years, hardly speak spanish and i get along finemoldero
- super mellow down here, had to get away from the crazy agency/mortgage lifemoldero
- and renting a house down here, big house in a good neighborhood is super cheapmoldero
- i came from SF so the cost of living down here i was like WOHOO!moldero
- oh and hardly any design here in Culiacan, theres 1 agency that I know of.moldero
- Wow! Are you living the retired life there? Not working at all? Sounds like you are living the life!CuriousGeorge
- was kinda for a while but now my funds are getting to where i need to start working for $$ againmoldero
- I've been doing stuff down here for free for fun and learning, but yeah, time to start making $$ againmoldero
- Is the ability to design and make enough money to live possible where you are?CuriousGeorge
- i guess ill find out, lol, im hoping i can freelance for stateside clients againmoldero
- average pay down here is pretty tightmoldero
- friend of mine just did 3 tv commercials for $4000 pesos, i was like WTF thats not even $350 USmoldero
- but hes young, like 24, i guess he needed the portfoliomoldero
- $350!?!? That's nuts. What does it cost you to live per month if you don't mind me asking?CuriousGeorge
- my rent is $10,000 pesos, like $900.00 us but its a big 3 bedroom house, 2 car garagemoldero
- nice neighborhood, gas and water is dirt cheap and power is cheap in the wintermoldero
- but running your AC's in the entire house can run me up to 300 us some timesmoldero
- i had to adapt and only run the AC in the room i was inmoldero
- + gas isnt like in the states, we have tanks here, so that could suck when your cooking and you run out of gasmoldero
- Wow, how about telco utilities like cell phone and internet? I've heard that can be really expensive in Mexico.CuriousGeorge
- calling your english speaking friends to call the gas company to bring you more gas lolmoldero
- skype, lol, yeah cell phones rates are kinda high here toomoldero
- and trying to buy electronics down here forget about it, buy all that stuff in the statesmoldero
- electronic prices are insane down here, but food is cheapmoldero
- sucks they dont have much organic food stores here eithermoldero
- Awesome, thanks for all the info! You've been a huge help.CuriousGeorge
- i still to this very day trip out to the fact that i live heremoldero
- no problem brada :)moldero