Living the Dream: Life as a White Collar Expat in Mexico
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- One way to move to Mexico before your retire is to work for an international corporation and get relocated to Mexico (or in Jonathan's case, get a job in Mexico with a multi-national corporation.)
Jonathan shares how he came to live in Mexico, marry a Mexican woman, have children with dual-citizenship, tackle residency and rent an apartment in the most sought after neighborhood in Mexico City: Polanco.
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Meet Jonathan
01:35 Working Corporate in Mexico
10:09 Speaking Spanish
14:54 Marrying a Mexican Woman
20:28 Life in the Polanco Neighborhood
24:15 House Tour
30:00 Renting an Apartment in Mexico City
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What a beautiful apartment and gorgeous neighborhood. I’m looking forward to visiting Mexico City at some point in the future!
It is a wonderful neighborhood and they really have a nice place! Mexico City is so much nicer than I expected!
Thanks for this very informative video. I was especially impressed by the realistic and in-depth description of the process of learning Spanish.
Happy to share!
Great video 🎊 🎉🤩.
Most Mexican people speak in a roundabout non-direct way, it’s ingrained in the culture.🎊
México is one of the more conservative countries of Latinoamérica and the manner in which we speak reflects that.
In my opinion, learning a language like Mexican Spanish is so much more than vocabulary and grammar, the social aspect is the trickiest.✨
If you’re able to master the social formalities part, you’ll snowball-gain the confidence in pronunciation and grammar.🤩
This is such a great point! Thanks for sharing.
¡De acuerdo! Latin Americans, in general, practice civilized diplomacy, whereas we’ve pretty much lost that ability in the US.
Such a great video! Thanks! Very informative.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
This is so terrific... reminds me of being in Germany and France and attempting those languages ... I really feel that for me Spanish is easier... I really do love the many words that are simply pronounced differently and I don't mind being embarrassed or feeling clumsy ... although I would love going deeper in Spanish for sure!! Thanks for sharing this interview!
I think Spanish is a language that's easy to be a novice at. But it can get complicated too. As for pronunciation, sometimes a small mispronunciation can result in complete misunderstanding. I kept asking for a farmacía and no one could understand until I pronounced it without the accent on the i. It sounds like such a small change, but I guess that's important.
Excellent video!
That was fun, thanks BW. Really enjoyed Jonathan's story. Hope OR is treating you well. I'm waiting for my personal immigration consultant to get back from her month long vacation, so things are at a standstill for me right now. Argh!!!! Haha Can't wait for your next video!! :) Hasta luego!
Thanks Brenda - glad you enjoyed it. Oregon is good - but I'd still rather be in Mexico!
Did he say what he paid for rent, and I missed it? Very beautiful home, thank you for sharing! Great interview!
Important video for others considering this move. Learning the language of ones new home is always the best move. But how about us ol folk who are retired and want to stay that way? What (besides Pickle Ball) is there to keep us "busy" hobbies, specialty spots like the hot springs to visit or ? I know you've shown some. So show more please. Or you and Gord could do a video about choosing a builder and all the must knows about building. Just some thoughts Mr B. P n D
I highly recommend staying retired! And you need more than Pickleball? Hmmm... I should do one on volunteering that covers all different options. Plus there is random exploring...
And I like the "choosing a builder" idea. Of course I'll need to go back to Mexico to make these videos. Right now I'm in "editing only" mode.
@@AlmostRetiredinMexico Ahhh. Poor Mr B Might have to go to Mexico. Ahhh.
Great interview, I don't think I could afford to walk on the sidewalks there, lol!
I don't think I've ever been to a place with more stores that only millionaires could shop in. But there was also a Krispy Kreme donuts for us middle classers ;-)
@@AlmostRetiredinMexico ewww. krispy ? kreamer ? I tried 1 once. My teeth rotted out and I immediately knew I was diabetic. Now Timmies on the other hand... LOL
@@davebaker489 Those of us without Timmies are forced to eat Krispy Kreme. It's just a sad part of living in the country below yours.
Learning Spanish is an endless challenge that should only be attempted by lifelong learners!
So true!
I think everything should be a challenge to make an interesting life.
Interesting that Mexico has a functioning immigration system.
So much better than the US! But there are still plenty of US citizens living illegally in Mexico :-(
Ya me imagino el trabajo q desempeña sin hablar español nomás por un checke sin entender ni papá así es como nos despojan de las oportunidades a los nacionales.
Expat... you are immigrants in Mexico. Why is it so hard to call it by its name? Offensive? Because that's how you refer to any foreigner living in US.
Help me understand how "expats" is offensive to you. If people from Mexico living in the US want to call themselves "expats" I would have no problem with that. Expats refers to leaving a country, immigrants refers to coming to a country. Both words seem accurate to me. But lots of folks commenting about this. I just hope someone will explain why this is an issue.
Why would that be offensive? I am Hispanic living in Canada, and whether they call me an expat or an immigrant, it doesn't matter to me.
Great video!
Thanks Jason!