Is This Mexico's BEST Big City? Living Here on $1500/Month

Forrest moved from the United States to Guadalajara, Mexico and for the past few years his life has changed in an amazing way.
From making new friends to expanding his drape and custom curtain business. Forrest is finding that his Mexican life is joyous. But it wasn't always the case, and he also had a learning curve moving to Mexico.
Watch the video as Forrest shares his learnings and his advice for newcomers thinking of moving to Mexico.
In this video, Forrest shares:
-Why he moved to Guadalajara after living in Puerto Vallarta and Tlaquepaque
-How he funds his life abroad
-Running a business in Mexico and its challenges
-His learnings moving to Mexico and how to adapt to a different culture
His cost of living including his $750/Month rental, his utility costs, and how he lives on less than $1500 USD/Month while living a comfortable life.
-His advice for other newcomers thinking of moving to Mexico
-And why he thinks Guadalajara is Mexico's best large city.
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[@JaimeBurciaga]

No sound in video.

[@neldamiller1244]

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[@tommck5000]

Really thoughtful piece. Thank you Forrest and Mariana. I appreciated his perspective on being curious, letting Mexico change you to be a little less aggravated, and becoming more flexible (his example of trying to pay the utility bill at multiple Oxxos) :).

[@dawnkikong637]

Nice to hear how respectful he is toward Mexican people and culture.

[@Calipeixegato]

BAY AREA!!! I love this content! It's nice to hear from people who have settled in neighborhoods that AREN'T the typical "expat destinations". I don't need to see any more videos about people living in Roma Norte or La Condesa in Mexico City, lol. I lived in the town of Sonoma for about 6 years before relocating to Berkeley about 15years ago, so it's nice to see a fellow Bay area person living in Mexico. My wife and I are thinking about how we can make early retirement financially viable and relocation to Mexico is one of the ways we are considering that would make that possible. We are city people (and expect to be for the foreseeable future), so Guadalajara and Mexico City are at the top of our list of possible landing spots.

[@gustavoperez5480]

Don't forgett Monterrey, Querétaro, Puebla or Tijuana but specially Monterrey.

[@dlwilliamson5644]

@@gustavoperez5480 Heading to Querétaro in August!

[@Calipeixegato]

@TequilaMotosandTravel only $1,000/month??? 😲😲😲

[@user-jv3qr7nu7s]

Informative video! I appreciate the comments about grentrification and the importance of not overpaying for rents.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

You bet!

[@legacyholistichealth]

Sound is perfect! Thank you for sharing this!

[@jimfromburbankca5253]

This is - in my opinion - the BEST YT Travel video I have ever seen. The fact that its about Guadalajara is irrelevant (although Im planning to go very soon). This guy really knows his stuff. He's honest, calm, balanced, and knows what he is talking about (both the good and bad stuff). He should get a job as a tour guide or planner. Bravo to everyone. Well done.

[@architektura204]

Two thumbs up. What a beautiful and insightful interview. I share all the sentiments and sensitivities about this complex city and the Mexican culture.

[@loriepayne2930]

I can hear the audio perfectly on my phone. Great video and agree with everything Forest mentioned.

[@crjetpilot]

I should check your area out, next time I’m in Guadalajara. I’ve been there twice, and haven’t yet fallen in love with it. I love all the trees, like you mentioned. I think that’s one of my favorite things about CDMX.

[@gustavoperez5480]

Guadalajara Is not Cancún, puerto Vallarta, los Cabos or San Miguel Allende, darling.

[@crjetpilot]

@@gustavoperez5480 thank you, dear! I like SMA, but not those other 3 (if I was looking for a new home).

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yeap- CDMX is awesome because of all the parks and green spaces. But GDL is also very popular with the younger expats

[@jag571]

Great video (and audio 😊). What kind of "run in" with the police caused them to "take" your bicycle?

[@patmackay273]

He already had two bikes stolen in Guadalajara ... living in Mexico for foreigners is nice, until it is not.

[@letsgopops]

I have wanted to immigrant to Mexico (Guadalajara) for about a year now. I am getting a ticket next month and stay there for a week to see how it is and then I plan to find me a small apartment and start living. Soooooo tired of the states. I will be living on social security disability of $1500 a month. I think about it every day and watching KZbin videos all day. Yours was great as well.

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

Hola Lucian! Just a heads up. A lot of people get SSDI and SSI confused. With SSDI you can live overseas full time whereas with SSI you can only leave the US for up to six months before they stop your benefits. If you don't already have a resident visa be prepared to do border runs every 180 days to get a new tourist permit. I have friends who have been here for a couple years that couldn't qualify financially for a Resident Visa and stay here legally by doing six month border runs. I think after a few years of doing that you could probably qualify through the regularization program without having to prove economic solvency. I live like a Rey (King) in Ensenada on less than $1200us per month. Buena suerte!

[@letsgopops]

@davidsebastianelli1326 thank you soooo much saying all that. The border run, so I would have to come to the states just to do some forms and right back correct?

[@nomadnationalist2776]

@@letsgopopsHow about follow the letter and spirit of their laws and pay for a residence permit?

[@letsgopops]

@@nomadnationalist2776 I will definitely follow their rules.

[@joshsmit513]

My family is from Jamay and I’ve been thinking of moving back. My mom came up here in the 80s and we’d go through Guadalajara to get to Jamay. I miss the beauty and hope I can be back soon

[@cindyk3076]

I love hearing these stories!

[@dlwilliamson5644]

Me too!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@gwennicol9568]

No sound other than the music .

[@jim7584]

The sound is fine….

[@LaurieSequana]

Hello from former Sonoma County resident ❤

[@allisa-vi7lp]

Yes, definitely want a quiet neighborhood...

[@russellbarnes7728]

I can hear everything. Hey, Mariana!

[@RR64434]

“The Police took my bike”. Not a ringing endorsement to move there. 😂

[@gif24gt60]

Sound?

[@allisa-vi7lp]

is it a good city for someone 65 ...single but active and some Spanish....daughter will be near PV...could take the toll road easily to see her is the advantage...

[@alalesc3796]

Guadalajara is beautiful!

[@lbs7774]

Just to clarify, there are not less trees in Providencia than in Ladrón de Guevara. It's actually the opposite. Providencia has 8 important parks and two linear parks in Pablo Neruda and Montevideo, and it's next to the biggest urban forrest, Los Colomos. Ladrón de Guevara has none. And both have tall trees in the sidewalks. If he was hotter in his Providencia apartment it's not Providencia's fault. It's the apartment situation in relation to the sun.

[@MemeHam123]

Great interview!

[@ambrosemolina3457]

Can't hear anything

[@henryh5120]

Great message presented in video.

[@CurtisMoe]

I couldn't hear any audio on my phone. Had to hook up my ear buds, and I could hear but it wasn't 100% clear.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@user-cy3uu2um4k]

there's no audio ...sad because this is the city I'm interested in moving to

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Sorry about that. We're looking into it :)

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[@guadaluperatcliff9030]

The Sound comes and goes on and off 😢

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@rob_cd]

Tell us more about this bike confiscation.

[@directionofease]

Audio works fine here.

[@justasimplelife3857]

There's no audio.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Weird. I just re-watched it and had good audio... Could it be that the volume was set to low on your computer?

[@ambrosemolina3457]

No sound

[@justasimplelife3857]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide I'll watch it again.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@justasimplelife3857]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide It works. thank you. Would it be possible for you to do a video on moving horses to Mexico.

[@lindarcarlsen]

your attitude and perspectives are wonderful; i’m very familiar with the country and love it but don’t care for expat scenes.. fortunately i’m fluent in spanish,,this morning i began thinking about guadalajara, thank you forest linda from SF❤️❤️

[@JoseLara-rk2ky]

Audio is fine.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Thanks. I checked it also and it sounded good on my end? Weird.

[@ambrosemolina3457]

Bullshit

[@nala3038]

@@ambrosemolina3457no it’s not bullshit

[@ambrosemolina3457]

@@nala3038 can't hear anything

[@glengoode9488]

Can we get the video with audio please?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@rodrigosoto6169]

I can’t hear 👂 anything

[@lindarcarlsen]

sounds perfect

[@SABOREAME68]

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Where's the sound? Can't hear anything.

[@ralphwebster3065]

no sound???

[@elisalyles1466]

No sound

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@lorenamembreno8530]

Can’t hear nothing

[@JuanMoreno-wo5yb]

I heard it all fine! ❤

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Weird. I just re-watched it and had good audio... Could it be that the volume was set to low on your computer?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@irenemassey6292]

Right Mexico is not the USA that Twain why people move there , adaptability

[@victorcohen4890]

👍👍👍

[@angelamanning8377]

I can only hear the music- no speech.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@adriandelatorre8341]

MIC check 1.2.3 MIC check

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[@t-pk8qh]

I was trying to watch the play back. No audio.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@maryjoan4128]

No audio on Utube

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@cindicovill8547]

We can’t hear the audio, vert muffled. Nothing wrong with other videos we watched. I’ll may try again later.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@QuietResilience]

Please re edit this video to allow the voices

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Sorry about that. I'm looking into it.

[@QuietResilience]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide No worries, I am looking forward to this video so I can hear what he is saying. I am a solo guy who has bought your guide and have been on the fence about moving. This might be the video that makes my mind up for me.

[@QuietResilience]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide Some reason my Bluetooth speaker would not play forests voice when he spoke. My BT speaker is a JBL Pulse 5 and my laptop is a windows 11. I was able to hear him just fine through my laptop speakers.

[@Faben202]

I couldn’t hear the audio with just one earphone. I put both in and I could hear, or disconnect the earphones.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@Wilfredos_]

Cannot hear the video when he is talking, only the MRG side.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@360shutter5]

Locals "adapting" to English. Oh brother

[@cmt635]

Audio only worked for me with earbuds :)

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@rickquenneville8836]

I can only hear the music. No audio when he is speaking.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@lourdesattride-stirling6991]

Their is no sound did you know

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@alainsoubra2847]

I can hear the music and Mariana but not him.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Weird. I just re-watched it and had good audio... Could it be that the volume was set to low on your computer?

[@alainsoubra2847]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide i was watching it on my phone, the audio is there I can here everything except when he speaks. I really don’t understand.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@alainsoubra2847]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide thanks for all your efforts, I really don’t understand why but even with the reloaded video I hear everything except when he speaks. If I am the only one who has this issue then don’t worry about it, I’ll watch the next one.

[@alainsoubra2847]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide my dear I found out why I wasn’t hearing him talk. I usually use one earpiece, the left one to watch a KZbin video on my phone. For some reason, when he speaks the sound only comes on the right earphone, not the left. I couldn’t hear it because of that. Turns out it’s just because of how the sound was recorded and me not using both earphones.

[@reinaldosanguino]

No audio!!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@vaninazalazar320]

No audio 🤔

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@vaninazalazar320]

It works! Thank you 😊

[@DJ-ld6um]

I can’t hear anything

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Sorry about that. I am looking into it

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@samrodriguez4184]

No Audio-Can't hear.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@OIRAMAGETRO]

No audio.😒

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@jmac3327]

No sound. Could have been interesting.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@karlapatterson3693]

You can’t hear the guy talking!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@lindarcarlsen]

( the audio)

[@Kotiara123]

It seems like he's fooling himself when he's saying that Guadalajara is not more dangerous than big American cities. He also mentioned that he had a "run in" with crooked cops at night and his bike was stolen twice. Someone I know had a gun pulled at him in Guadalajara while walking back to his place from a restaurant.

[@oneeyedjack2254]

I thought Guadalajara was the State dept. Do not travel list.

[@CurtisMoe]

Did the State department become a credible, trustworthy source of info?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

The state department also lists about 70% of the world as do not travel or extreme caution. They like to fear monger