A lot of Americans move to Mexico for this very reason.(nm)
Posted By: mt on 2007-12-06
In Reply to: How legal is this?? - No wonder social security going broke!
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Went to Cozumel last summer and felt much hostility. Tourist really stand out! Key West was much friendlier and same weather!
No way would I go to Mexico right now.
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Mexico
Oh don't get me started. LOL
There has been a travel alert on for Mexico for seveal years. When the State Department issues a travel WARNING is when you need to take heed and stay out of a country. The problems in Mexico are not in the main tourist areas...why...because the problems are with the drug cartels, not with the tourists. Those problems are in specific areas of Mexico, the border towns, Mex. City, the state of Sinola (which is where one of the strongest drug cartels is). If you go to Mexico and take the same precautions you would take in your own home town you will not have any problems. The drug cartels could care less about tourists, they care about the other drug cartels trying to take over their territory. I saw stats recently about all the killings in Mexico for the past year. There were 77 in the entire country that were NOT drug related. "77" is far less than we see in a year in the entire US.
Would I go to a border town or one of the areas like Mex. City where they are having all the problems, no way. To paint all of Mexico with the same brush is not painting a true picture of what is going on in that country. I own a business in Puerto Vallarta and there was one murder there last year...A college student from Colorado, there with his mom and they took a ridiculously large amount of money out of an ATM on a street corner and then stood there and proceeded to count it out right there on the street corner. They then stuffed it in a camera case. He took off across the street and left his mom standing there alone, when someone tried to grab the camera case her son ran back across the street and tried to fight the guys off. Unfortunately he was shot. Would you take out several thousand dollars in the US and stand on the street corner, count it out and stuff it in a camera case, I wouldn't. We have people held up at ATM's in my area all the time and I live in a upper middle class area. When I go to the ATM I watch who is around me and I do my business and leave. I do not stand there.
A couple of weeks ago a man was stabbed to death in his condo. He and his wife were sleeping at 4 a.m. with the sliding glass door wide open (to listen to the ocean). I don't sleep with my sliding glass door open in a hotel/motel/condo, do you? Both stories are tragic but they are both things that can happen anywhere in the world, not just Mexico. If you travel you have to be responsible for yourself, use common sense and not get lost in the paradise of the moment.
I go to Puerto Vallarta several times a year (alone) and walk everywhere (alone) daytime, nighttime, BUT I don't walk on dark beaches at night, I don't walk down dark streets at night. I feel just as safe or safer than I do in the US. You have a thousand eyes on you, every taxi driver is watching you, waiting for you to motion to him for a ride. At home on dark streets, no one is watching me.
So in short...unless you are involved in the drug trade, stand on the corner with tons of money on you, sleep with your door open and unlocked at night, or are planning on going to a border town....go to Mexico and have a great time. Now is a great time to go, we are getting the equivalent to $1.40 for every dollar we exchange for pesos right now.
Rant Over.....LOL
Please DO NOT go to Mexico. sm
Quite apart from Spring Break having somehow become a degrading ritual, the situation in Mexico is quite serious and you can be sure that the State Department issued its warning very reluctantly since we don't like to look like we're "anti-Mexico".
I would never vacation in Mexico
They are sucking the blood out of this country. They come here by the thousands everyday because people like you will hire them.
They pop out babies every year at the American taxpayer's expense, and then we pay for their health care and education.
They sneak into this country, keep wages down, crime and the birth rate up, overcrowd our schools and our jails, then have the nerve to march in our streets and DEMAND citizenship.
On their side, they do not respect our laws, will not extradite criminals wanted in the U.S.
I would never give them one penny of my vacation money. They are NICE to you when you are there because they want your money.
New to New Mexico and have fallen in
love with the Chiles. Have learned when you order food you have to chose between red and green cause everything comes with Chile, yum. From NY and there it was Sabrettes and calzones
Mexico is jealous of Miss USA
Speaking of bilingual signs....call any customer service number, including Social Security, and what do you hear.
I say press 1 for English, otherwise hang up!!!
when I vacation in Mexico, I never find
the people there to be anything but absolutely wonderful, nice, giving, assistive. I love going there and have never thought I was hated, in fact the other way around. I have let people work here at my home and they might be legal and might not have- having said that they will work a lot harder than most I know and no whining, no this and that, no sitting down when there is something to be done and whatever the job is usually pay $10 per hour and then a tip if the work is good.
I have been to Cancun and several parts of Mexico and
never ever had a bad time there. If you want a hate America type situation, go to Greece. Mexico is a wonderful place for a vacation. My daughter just went to Cancun this past year as she does every year and we always have a great time.
I like them better than most Americans.
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yeah but...Mexico is gorgeous. Hey, I went to Cancun. I look at sm
it this way: If more of us were to vacation and spend our money there enjoying their gorgeous wild life and pretty beaches, that would give them plenty of tourist money and they wouldn't have to leave their country! I respect those hard-working Mexicans who stay in Mexico (like the ones who courted us at the resort), and I support the likes of them. They work hard, stay in their country, and I will give them good tips and help them to help their families as I enjoy snorkeling, deep sea fishing, and great food.
I wouldn't put all Mexicans into a box and say that you wouldn't give them a dime. Yes, there are illegals here who have no morals and I certainly don't support them! But, like I said, I do support those hard-working ones who are staying in their own country. I don't see a problem in that.
not *all* - not the Native Americans....
and should be tolerant.....our ancestors wanted tolerance too (and not all received tolerance and for decades, eh?).....
we should all have taken many lessons from history.....and be more tolerant.
just my nickel's worth...
ya know if all Americans were rude like you, they
dense because you don't know how to get over your rude-sounding self
here, let me help............. 
and NOT all who came were legal - Ellis Island or no Ellis Island......sheesh - talk about dense......
Wish we could all unite as Americans.
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Because Americans want a quick fix
>>I don't understand why people will take a med if its something that will run its course and your body will take care of.
They don't want to suffer with ANYTHING - illness or otherwise. It's all about instant gratification. Fix me now, with the least amount of effort on my part. A pill for weightloss, a pill for depression - suck out my fat. How many people take drugs for diabetes or high blood pressure or cholesterol - when diet and exercise would fix the problem? I understand that not everyone with those problems can be fixed without medication - but many, many could be.
Why is it that when Americans think of Europe,
they usually only think of
France
Britain
Italy
followed by Germany?
The EU has 27 member states.
Americans are ______
Fill in the blank.
I remember Mexico sending aide when Katrina hit
It really surprised me, and I was very touched by it. I remember thinking at that time, all these countries we've helped and the only place that sends help our way is poor ol' Mexico.
mexico city had shut off his water supply
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_12108854
Ummm... Americans can also be Muslim, or are you
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meant-if all americans were rude like you....
I know so many foreigners - some legal, some not legal - and NONE OF THEM - added all together - come off as rude as some posters here.........that's for sure.........and some of them work 5 jobs.......hence, why they're doing so well in this country.
Many American people won't *lower* themselves to do ANY menial type work - so all the illegals and some non-illegals will do anything to stay here...and no, they don't spend their time on bulletin boards online like some *white collar* workers seemingly always do.....
have a nice day/evening
Excuse me very much, but it is a know n fact that Americans
have the hardest time to learn foreign languages and if they learn, they speak it with a very strong accent.
If they were made in the US by Americans, I'd have no problem with it all, but sm
they aren't! If you are going to spend like that, put in the hands of AMERICAN manufacturers.
Yes, it is a word! A lot of Americans do not know the correct
grammar.
The correct grammar sounds wrong to them because they always use the wrong grammar.
This is correct (from a dictionary!!)
stu·pid (stôô'pĭd, styôô'-)
adj. stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est
Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.
n. A stupid or foolish person.
What would you say, probably
' more stupid? '
FYI that's WRONG, because only adjectives with 3 syllables get the comparative/superlative form with 'more' and 'most'.
Stupid, stupider, stupidest is right and you are ......!
Americans are such suckers for SCARE tactics
imposed on us daily by the corporate media.
That's not to say don't be concerned and vigilant - just not to cave everytime they decide to scare us with propaganda.
WHAT is the school supposed to DO about "it" anyway?
In MHO, call your lawyer NOW... he is teaching your children to be afraid, overreact, and believe every scare tactic that comes down the pike.
Let us not forget the Americans at Columbine and Oklahoma City.
Definitely cannot turn this into a race thing. You can't always tell who will do what and this guy had been in our country legally for quite some time.
Im not talking about a check. Im talking about a positive administration working FOR Americans and
Not receiving a check each month to help us out is not what got us in this mess...
Move to TX
Then come June if they are on your property - well let's just say that the law will be on your side in whatever you choose to do to them. Right now you can't do much unless you are threatened, but come June - with the new gun law - well, I think you get the point. I think some mace or pepper spray would be in order for them - or maybe just get the waterhose and spray them with that - it would probably teach them to walk to school by another route.
...and move on. nm
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Please get over this guy and move on. You need to end
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Move on...you said yourself...
you don't feel anything for him. Also, anger management is a joke, a bunch of (mostly) guys sitting around discussing their feelings about women and just getting angrier! I had a boyfriend who had to go also, quit after 3 sessions, said he didn't need it either. Took me 8 years to finally say enough was enough. Move on, your life is too short and you deserve to be happy and fulfilled. Let him be a problem for someone else to fret about.
I think you have to move them
I'd make a little nest out of an old towel, handle them as little as possible, put them in the towel and move the towel nest some place more suitable. I've moved a litter already, but the mother cat moved them again, so don't be surprised if where you put them doesn't suit her. Make sure she watches where you put them and try to pet her so your smell is on her as well as the kittens.
Why did she move? Don't tell me she got
NC move
Moved to NC about 10 years ago from Orlando, FL. I love it here but have found the taxes to be awful. I'm wishing now I would have moved to Tennessee or Texas. I live in a small town 40 miles from Charlotte and close to the SC border. Gas in SC is usually 8 to 10 cents per gallon cheaper. I know that most of the graduates from the colleges in Raleigh stay in the area so it must be a nice place to live.
I used that when looking to move
It's a great tool to virtually scope out a neighborhood before bothering oneself to go check out a listing!
Are you sure the roommate wants you to move?
Maybe it is just an idea that his boyfriend had. He really is not the one to tell you the news, it should have been the roommate. So I'm wondering if the roommate even even knows about it, or if the boyfriend is trying to make arrangements to move in on his own.
Some folks just can't stand any confrontation, even what it would have taken for your roommate to tell you about these future plans. If he has never done anything to hurt you before, I would think you could just accept it, and try to maintain your friendship. If he knows about it, and if he agreed to have the boyfriend tell you, he probably just could not think of any other solution to the problem, other than having his boyfriend tell you, because he did not want to be the one to hurt you. He probably wasn't thinking about "friendship etiquette" (i.e. being the one to give you the bad news himself) at all.
I hope you find a nice place to live.
I would not move back, either--sm
It is nice to help and it sounds as though FIL may need it, but with the others there, you would be *caring* for more than just your FIL and that would be too much stress. Perhaps, if it can be afforded, a home care nurse for a while, until he is back up to caring for his own needs. It is up to him to remove the others from his house, but I surely would not move in there...until they were gone...JMO. Good luck
I wish they would move ALL the messages.
Basically, I said try getting an OT to evaluate your work area. I did and it helped a lot.
We had new neighbors move in who
had a similar theory about what was acceptable.
They had a habit walking into their neighbors houses without knocking. My parents were too polite to say anything, so they were clueless that they found it appalling. We didn't normally lock the doors when we were home, but to keep them out, we kids started locking them when everybody was inside, just to befuddle the barging-in neighbors. One time my dad had been working in the yard, and he was doing his usual change out of his work pants at the back door. He had privacy because he would announce he was changing, and close the door at the top of the stairs so that he had closed doors on 3 sides (door to garage, closed back door, closed door into rest of house, and open doorway into the unfinished basement. The clueless new neighborgirl decided to have a visit, came thru the open (big) garage door and opened the door into the house, where my dad stood, crouching with pants around his ankles. Oh the bellow that came out of him!
That new neighborgirl did drop by and barge in quite so often after that ...
Will probably move a few times
I get bored easily and do not like being in the same place for a long time. Been here for 10 years and just waiting for youngest to go to college in 3 years so I can move. I want to move to NYC area for a few years because right now I live in a rural area and am going crazy. After NYC would like to maybe move out West for a while and then maybe back to Eastern seaboard.
Honestly, what I think is you need to move (sm)
I know it sounds drastic but this is your son's wellbeing and future you are talking about. You need to move away from your abusive ridiculous brother-in-law. Your son has no father figure, and his uncle is a big jerk who should be in jail if he slams his kids around. I don't care if you have to rent a crummy apartment somewhere, but I would get my kid the heck out of there and let him know I am 100% on his side and just trying to give him the best future I can because I love him.
The move I remembered most was
that one where they take that foot, perhaps fresh from the litter pan, and pat your sleeping face with it. It's like they know!
Can't seem to move on after divorce
I'm divorced now for quite a few years and have just had absolutely no interest in dating. I have 2 children (older) and bringing men into their lives in any capacity has never sat right with me, yet I'm lonely. My ex has moved on (in a new relationship) and unfortunately I have to be around them during kid's functions. It's not that I'm pining for my ex. I just miss being a family unit. I sought a little counseling but it didn't help. I'd appreciate any advice anyone might have who has been in a similar situation.
Before you move to the country
Try animal control. They will usually issue a warning first time second time they will issue a citation..If you have kids the country is a really boring place to grow up...I was out in the country until my divorce and moved into a great neighborhood with lots of kids...Best thing I ever did for my kids and myself..
Have you ever just wanted to move?...sm
Have things ever gotten so fustrating dealing with the same ole $hit so much from the same people that you said gosh, I would love to just pack up and move far away. If I had the money to move I know I would. Am I the only one?
I would love to live in Pennslyvania or Virginia.
I have learned to move on.
I gave both my kids everything including all the love I could, taught them the right way to treat people, cherished them beyond belief, worked hard to give them what they needed growing up (just me raising them, divorced). In talking with DH yesterday I really do not feel that either 1 of the kids loves me like they should. I do not see nor talk with my son now due to a falling out we had in 2005 and my girl, well she is a me type, all about her. If you cannot change things, just learn how to live with them the way they are or wish them well in their lives.
It could also just be a story to make the move look bad.
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Cut your losses, keep it cordial, and move on.
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Maybe it is time to cut your losses and move on?
I had a friend such as that and finally just had to quit being such a good friend to her. My friend was literally sucking the life from me with her endless problems and drama, AND she was not there for me when I needed someone. Best of luck...
Did you grow up in 1 town or move...sm
and if you moved, how often and are you glad you moved? As for me, we moved every other year due to my father's occupation. There were 2 places I was very glad that we moved from and 2 places I would have loved to have stayed, the others were OK. When people ask me where I was raised I tell them "everywhere" because that best summarizes it.
What about you? Do you have a home town?
I move 3 times in my life...
When I was 2, I moved from one small town to another 2 miles apart. From there, my parents built a new house when I was in jr. high in the same town but off of the main street. From there I moved with my husband out side of the same town in a rural area. So, while I have moved, it hasn't been very far.  
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