After being told it's unworkable in Puerto Escondido, looking for alternatives :)
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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 213 reviews |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
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| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 24 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 20°C 69°F + 😊 Comfy (42%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 27 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 37 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | TelCel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 5.04 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 504 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Technology Hub |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,300,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $8,444 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 49% 👱♀️ 51% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Linio |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | VivaNuncios |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | InterJet |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aero Mexico |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,640 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $762 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,729 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $494 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $329 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $459 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $909 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $43 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (178 listings) | $962 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $32 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
After being told it's unworkable in Puerto Escondido, looking for alternatives :)
Hi guys!
If you’ve been to Puerto Escondido, Mazunte, Zipolite, etc, please share your experience with the internet there.
What speeds did you get up/down? Where?
How solid and consistent was the connection?
How common are blackouts and loss of power?
Any other tips, favorite places to work, etc?
Which towns have decent internet?
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Thanks so much!
I am planning to travel to Mexico City next weekend and stay for 7-10 days there. I wonder if cafes, stores and other places like these work? And if cafes work, do they work as usual or only for take away&delivery? Will be very thankful if someone can help here.
Hi, i live in mexico city and it is very normal. Some stores/restaurants close earlier, some limit the amount of people, but for what i can see, most of the places keep working as usual.
I will be traveling/working through Mexico with my dog February to April. My plan is to stay in Sayulita for about 2-4 weeks, then travel south along the cost.
Is there anyone who wants to share an airbnb apartment? I was thinking of renting a private villa, but because these are large and have multiple rooms, I was wondering if there are fellow nomads wanting to share? I’m open to other locations as well (Puerto Vallerta, Oaxaca, and everything in between these two locations.
I'm also interested. I'll be in PV Nov-Dec this year and Playa del Carmen in Dec - Feb 2021.
This post is quite old but I would be interested as well
Going in Cancun/Playa del Carmen for 3 months starting January 5th !
I could be into this. I’ll be there March 24th. I’m looking for someone to split costs with.
Hi guys!
Know Mexico City?
We are here for 4 more nights. We want to get a good feel for how it would be to live here as nomads.
What neighborhoods should we check out? What cafés should we peep? What peeps should we meet?
Haha, thanks so much!
Just in case anyone stumbles across this later, I totally agree with Parque Espana as a fun place.
You can’t really go wrong staying anywhere along Tamaulipas. You can walk to a different restaurant for every meal for weeks on end. A lot of the places to stay here reflect that popularity which is good and bad. If you’re willing to pay above the market rate of surrounding areas you can almost always find a very nice place on Airbnb that’s available. If you have a lower budget then you’ll want to book pretty far in advance.
Roma Norte also has a great scene it’s worth checking out.
As far as good goes, do not pass up trying the tacos Por Siempre Vegana. Whether you’re vegan or not, these are some of the best tacos in Mexico City which means they’re among the best in the world!
If you’re feeling really adventurous, befriend a local and ask them to tell you about the Tepito neighborhood.
I went to CDMX for 1 month and ended up staying 2 and still didn’t feel like I scratched the surface. One of my favorite cities!
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not very safe
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
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| Rain | dry 10mm | dry 10mm | dry 15mm | dry 8mm | dry 9mm | dry 17mm | dry 21mm | dry 30mm | dry 27mm | dry 28mm | dry 46mm | dry 16mm |
| Cloud | pockets 16% | pockets 21% | pockets 27% | pockets 14% | pockets 12% | clear 9% | pockets 17% | pockets 25% | pockets 14% | clear 4% | pockets 35% | pockets 19% |
| Air quality | clean 44 US AQI | clean 37 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 36 US AQI | clean 32 US AQI | clean 30 US AQI | clean 33 US AQI | clean 44 US AQI | okay 50 US AQI |
| Sun | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI |
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