San Miguel de Allende - Cost of Living & Travel Guide

[@NewProfM]

Really interesting. I would like to see smaller homes, 1bedroom, maybe 2 max for singles, single retirees or couples, cost saving. Move in ready, modern. This is such a beautiful area and you can't beat the focus on fabulous art. You gave a great perspective. Add in a little about hiking, birding activities/groups. Thanks so much!

[@007mia7]

If I were originally Mexican & got deported, I would head straight to one of these enclaves…not only is it beautiful but pretty reasonably priced. Thanks for posting:)

[@cates5183]

Great review of San Miguel - very imformative. Thank you.

[@FreeToBe_Me]

Several people who live there and make KZbin videos dispute not needing A/C or heat. There are times during the dry season where it gets HOT and ppl are grateful for their mini-splits. And during the winter, and due to the lack of insulation, space heaters are necessary. One person stated in a Facebook group that they rented a large home and it was in the THIRTIES fahrenheit. That’s cold! 🥶 The first home was my favorite. Very informative video.

[@Freebird1010]

You make the best videos consistently. Thanks for the in depth information.

[@ericklastra8859]

I am from Mexico and I love this video ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@annharlo5941]

She had me at "Bohemian".

[@amandaradov5179]

Great info. I had written this city off as too Gringo but it looks like it might be worth a visit.

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

Hola! If you were paying attention most of the people shown dining and out and about were gringos. Because of this it is considered one the most expensive areas to live and visit in Mexico. It's a great place to visit and spend your money. His small airbnb was almost $300us per week. Where I live I pay $200us more for a place that is twice as big and from my patio hammock I can see the surf and overlook the beautiful city lights at night. Just saying... Buena suerte desde Mexico!

[@cl2385]

WOW! great video and information. Would love to see more videos like this with families in mind. Specially about the schools and parks, sports and things to do for families. Thank you!

[@youroccupationaltherapycoa4539]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, please. Please create more videos.

[@johnrencher442]

So beautiful and I think it’s affordable… just love the authentic feel of the town… amazing art and the homes are stunning…

[@johnnymidas5879]

MORE SAN MIGUEL HOMES PLEASE ❤

[@suec2441]

Wonderful video. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@EmiliaGarcia-sh1my]

Beautiful tour and scenery ❤😊

[@HS-yk9he]

Great video. very informative and fun to watch. Thank you!!

[@kyotecreek1934]

Amazing video...very interesting and informative. I really enjoyed that you featured different colonias.

[@catalino8010]

I've been there , such a nice city. I stayed at Los angelitos

[@barrettdowning2083]

More San Miguel tours, please. I'm planning on retiring there.I have visited there and love it

[@hsandechick]

I am here now and this was very pertinent to my trip. Much thanks. I would’ve loved to see more in Centro and on the very nearby outskirts, both sale and longer term (3-6 mo) rentals. Thanks much!

[@lindalower3741]

Excellent. Thank you. Please continue with home tours

[@maricelarooper9558]

So far so good I will be looking for a house to live in a couple years. San Miguel is on my list. But like to be more with the locals and culture

[@Socrates1944]

Thank you, beloved brother for this Great Video ❤️👍!

[@amyminister6914]

Would love to see more about San Miguel!

[@nb594]

Great video, thanks!

[@swmorales18]

Thank you for a comprehensive way to show SMA. What a great little town. We are a retired couple living in California and considering moving to Jalisco. I am sure they are less expensive places to reside, but San Miguel looks like a great option. I enjoyed your presentation.

[@jldecoss7331]

One of the most informative and enjoyable videos on San Miguel and living abroad, well done! Thank you! 🙏

[@carln.6934]

Very nicely done.. thank you for that 👍🏽👍🏽

[@ggs0605]

Beautiful area!

[@sarahbirl3506]

Loved this so much! Thank you!

[@viperphlyer4708]

Great video, Jim. Ann and I (remember us?) visited San Miguel last year and loved it. I could live there, particularly in the San Antonio neighborhood. Keep up the great work!

[@fantasticfamily5004]

Just beautiful 😍

[@lindajohnson6163]

Great video. I was a little apprehensive about San Miguel-- similar to Cancun in that so many expats email head there, but the beauty of the place is very attractive.

[@stileshumphrey4195]

Great and informative video 👍. I was there back in May for 2 1/2 days, but wish I could have stayed longer.

[@ShajazzSimmons]

Would you be able to create a video of neighborhoods where locals reside?😊. This would help to decide whether to live away or within the locals communities.

[@sonialola4329]

Yes please, more info on sales, rentals and cars👩🏻‍🦳 looking to relocate.

[@le_th_]

Great video! Yes, please more San Miguel de Allende videos! This was a great start! Subscribed

[@jeffkravitz9109]

Nice vid. Like to see cheeper homes in that city area. 50 to 100k

[@FreeToBe_Me]

😂

[@jenniferbonilla4145]

Probably a decade late!

[@chrysanthusacosta6069]

Thank you for the excellent video. I wonder if you’d be able to do a video on the cost of living in 2 cities in Guanajuato, specifically ciudad Guanajuato (the state capital) and Salamanca?

[@tdp73]

LOVE the very first home!!

[@Veronicawardwell]

Love your pod cast!!!❤

[@lisajonesmoore3853]

Some of your prices were incorrect in your video. Street food tacos are about $1-3 dollars. Restaurants are much pricier. We’ve been here full time for years, owned property for 7 years. Prices on real estate have gone up exponentially. Centro is mostly not affordable. The medical fees you have in your video basically only for the poor and working class locals people. It’s $35-45 USD per visit to good decent clinics. Still, better than the US! Hospitals will require full payment of services before they discharge you, FYI. Most of the homes you show in the video will start at 800K USD and go up from there. Thanks for showing the very pretty and 😂rich parts of San Miguel. Especially your Rosewood shots. But all in all a nice video with pretty parts of San Miguel. Most of it doesn’t look this way once outside of Centro! BTW San Miguel is not in the “Sierra Mtns”! We’re located in the Central Highlands. We live in a working class neighborhood with beautiful views, but be prepared for NOISE anywhere you live here! Guanajuato City is probably closer to the prices you mentioned in your video.

[@HereForToday42]

thanks for the reality check, thought it seemed too good to be true

[@albertlewis]

So true. He is way off on prices!

[@KathyDavenport-i3u]

Beautiful places.

[@lizdg3892]

The cost of living is very affordable. Beautiful area. Happy to have seen some of it. Great content.

[@marialennen3660]

Awesome property

[@maritzapennix718]

Thank you very informative, and well done.

[@maggiehernandez7670]

I would prefer older homes and not modern ,,, homes that have gardens in the middle and Rock walls and plastered walls ,with high ceilings !

[@eduardoconstantino1738]

I would like to live there! soon.

[@MariaDiaz-dq6nb]

Thank you, I really appreciate your work with this videos. I’m looking for a more traditional style home or apartment unit in San Miguel

[@riccardo50001]

This looks quite charming. What is the temperature in the summer in Fahrenheit? And is there a good health care there? Also, is there an airport nearby?

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Those are things you can google quite easily.

[@pware9643]

Definitely a Sugar Coated representation ! More reality please. How do you use a gas space heater without a vent for burnt gas to escape.. hmmm. What about having a car there for long term rentals or permanent residents there , what are the logistics of that? How much is shuttle to QRO airport?

[@DSH1369]

This house is amazing! Wonder if is still available.

[@esbiermann62]

Are you single? Lol. Great vlog - I am trying to get my dual citizenship and think SMA would be a great place to live. Didn't know about those suburbs. Also love Queretaro and Mexico City. Hoping to retire soon somehow and see if I can find an affordable rental for myself and just live on social security at around $2K a month with being able to add some travel to Asia or Europe.

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

Hola! If you want to apply for citizenship you need to do some research and after that do some more. You don't need citizenship to live in Mexico. As a US citizen you need to have a Permanent Resident Visa for at least five years before you are even eligible to take the Spanish fluency and Mexican history test to qualify for citizenship. Have you looked in to getting a Resident Visa? First things first....Buena suerte desde Mexico!

[@esbiermann62]

@@davidsebastianelli1326 thanks - I am half Mexican but only US citizen and have visited many many many times.

[@connieg7692]

​@@esbiermann62best of luck with your dual citizenship process. I recently completed mine and enlisted the help of the firm based in CA state with me living in TX. I got it by citizenship by descent and the process was smooth with their help. They even helped me with getting my local consulate appointment. I ended up using Doble Nacionalidad express. Happy to answer any questions you may have. I truly believe having dual citizenship is a great advantage to have and no need to worry about the temporary or permanent resident income requirements. 😊

[@maniizz]

Love SMA! Would live there❤

[@brooklynrocks2396]

18:48 When you are showing the dressing area(?) I noticed the opaque glass. What's on the other side? A different apt?

[@elenadominguez1956]

Muy bonito lugar y video podría saber precios me encanta. Elena

[@seanseoltoir]

At the 8m05s point, that is NOT a "marble" top, that is quite obviously granite.

[@dorahernandez7685]

Thank you for this video. I am looking to retire in SMA in 2025. I'll be looking for a place to live, and this video really helped me. ❤

[@dorahernandez7685]

I'm interested!

[@1dktre]

San Miguel Condos Please

[@fantasticfamily5004]

I’d love more videos. I have a dual citizenship. I wonder if the rates would be different for us/me

[@NoraDeluca]

I will never buy a house with furniture!! I like to have things that I like and es very expensive for what it’s. I still live all over right now I’m in South America.

[@bakersneza86]

I think I'm going to retire there is beautiful and affordable and is almost time!!

[@vivianmonteiro8163]

I wouldn't want to have my bathroom open right into my kitchen. Food and bathroom odors don't mix.

[@brendagriecken2915]

Who wants a shared space.

[@mariad9193]

The USA has nothing close to this!

[@maniizz]

How much can the condo be rented for?

[@RexPonder-y6b]

We really like it there.But it's very expensive more than the United States.

[@Candelaria297]

Hamburguesa muuuy cara

[@alhoy9146]

The way in Cancun for a family of four is US$2000 no way that expensive over there in Cancun it’s a pearl of the Mexican republic

[@Paisley2U]

I would like to see larger, single family detached homes.

[@AmberWestbrook-in6sx]

Like homes.views.prices

[@wvc72]

Music 8n background is a bad 😂idea . We cant hear you

[@prashanttayshetye9068]

Can I rent?

[@JRspeaking]

SMDA is off the charts now. So sad. $$$

[@carlosgomez-sc1fm]

Thinking of moving to Mexico soon …this politics and cost of living in the states is weird 😩

[@smakarl0]

A locals has none of the fancy characteristics mentioned. I raised a family in sma for less than you say for " turisting". 80Mb internet with all international calls 450p, electric $500p.

[@roverdover4449]

11:02 They had the bed placed sideways. I mean, head-to-toe was the short length, and side-by-side was the long length. Kind of odd, unless you're really short, I guess.

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

He's using a wide angle lens so it just looks compressed.

[@SanFranGal]

STOP calling us "EXPATS" the US people in Mexico are MIGRANTS. Know the difference, please.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

IF that's your biggest problem in life at the moment, consider yourself lucky.

[@mrjomaled755]

American expat disneyland with overpriced real estate that only American expats can afford.

[@nicholasj3337]

You can't afford $400-$1000 a month for rent?

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Try watching the video again and making note of the affordable rental prices.

[@alexeliz507]

a good place in SM will cost you much more. When we lived there our rent was around $1300 for a 1bdrm…. No heat. Our winter was freezing! Cute place but by no means luxury.

[@meredithheath5272]

Nope - I'll be living in a tent . 😮😢

[@KOYORKIE]

Pretty cool video! But why do we keep calling Immigrants Expats? I mean I came here from Mexico and I’ve never been called an Expat In fact I’ve been called worse. Just wondering why the term have to change when the Immigrants that choose to live In Mexico are mostly of European-American descent (American)?

[@jaguilar11009]

Love it thanks for the info 👍 I'm interested for a month rental, 😊❤ CAN I CONTACT GIOVANA,?

[@ruralangwin]

That floor looks like engineered wood. Not too Mexican in vibe.

[@javabrown4851]

$120 property tax per year 😂😂😂😂😂 , in NJ this property price would have $7000 ish property tax/ year...if not more.

[@LisaF-nu5wq]

From what I hear, there is a lot of crime here, even kidnappings.

[@guadalupepatel7986]

You are completely right, but those news will never be in the media as it affects the tourism industry

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

There aren't a lot of school shootings, unlike in the U.S.

[@Alexa4Grace]

It is no longer affordable for so many. Also, you need to learn how to pronounce this town.

[@susanleighton468]

Correct pronouncement of the name of the town would be nice.

[@stevenedwards3754]

Correct pronunciation would be even better.

[@OgunquitGregorio]

pretty expensive for mexico, where you cant drink the water

[@xavierminchello8431]

THE QUALITY OF AIR IS NOT THE BEST BECAUSE OF CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOST DIRTY UNHEALTHY AIR ON EARTH! MEXICO CITY!

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Mexico City is about four and a half hours away by car, so I wouldn't call it "close" by any definition.

[@xavierminchello8431]

@ ITS JUST LIKE THE LOS ANGELES BASIN THAT FLOWS OVER TO PALM SPRINGS! SUMMER AIR QUALITY AIR IN PS IS ACTUALLY THE LA AIR THAT DRIFTED. (COCO SMOGGY BROWN)

[@adrianaprosen2918]

Expats? You mean economic migrants…

[@hnoodles5165]

Bathroom in the kitchen not for me.

[@ThePathbauer]

Wow, San Miguel has become so overpriced, and soooo overrated.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

THen why are you watching?

[@vickiesantos5240]

Overpriced for being on a third world!

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Mexico is hardly third world. Thousands of tourists visit every year and thousands more decide to live there year-round.

[@christelklinko7683]

Very, very interesting. Thank you very much for your hard work and interesting tour. Please keep it Going if you can😊😊😊

[@tinabowness9484]

very informative- thank you

[@sonyawatson1707]

Thank you. Great, helpful video.