Enjoy Simple, Sustainable Lifestyles in Mexico
Mexico offers choices for people seeking simpler lifestyles alongside its welcoming culture, agreeable climates, and affordable living costs
Mexico Home Life
Local knowledge, ideas, and inspiration to help you create and settle-in well to your home living spaces in Mexico
Local knowledge, ideas, and inspiration to help you create and settle-in well to your home living spaces in Mexico
Wireless Home Internet Services in Mexico
Cellular data networks in Mexico offer you internet service at home using a special modem that doesn't depend on a landline connection
Choices Faced by Home Owners Across the Generations
Aging provincial homes in Mexico are charming, and offer dilemmas, opportunities, challenges —and lessons— for present and future owners
Buying Imported Foods and Homeware in Mexico
Learn about stores and emporiums where you can buy imported foods and goods which years ago were not available anywhere in Mexico
Local Bread Shops, Neighbors, and Nostalgia
An important and insightful part of Mexico's past and present are its bread shops, found on many busy corners of its towns and cities
Money Matters: How Safe is Your Cash in Mexico?
Mexico operates a public insurance scheme known as IPAB to protect depositors' funds, but not all firms and investment types qualify for cover
An Expression for Surprisingly Wet Dry Seasons
This year's dry season has been characteristically windy, and surprisingly wet across the mainland. Foreign Native shares insights on popular seasonal sayings.
Semana Santa — Tips for Traveling During Easter in Mexico
The two busiest times of the year for travel in Mexico are during Christmas and New Year, and Holy Week—that begins on the weekend of Palm Sunday
Adapting and Settling-in to Your Lifestyle in Mexico
Practical advice, insights, and resources to help you prepare for the initial period of adaption as you move and settle-in to your new lifestyle in Mexico
Purpose, Routines & Finding Balance in Your Mexico Lifestyle
Explore the importance of purpose and routines to find your balance —and how to spot common risks and pitfalls— as you settle-in to your new lifestyle in Mexico
Cultivating Your Social and Community Network in Mexico
Common routes and approaches that foreign residents use to discover and cultivate new connections and friendships as part of their lifestyle in Mexico
When Night Doesn’t Fall: Reflections on Clock Changes
The annual spring clock-change, that set clocks forward one hour, was never particularly popular in Mexico—a country with plenty of year-round sunlight
