After being told it's unworkable in Puerto Escondido, looking for alternatives :)
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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 206 reviews |
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| 🎓 Education level* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare | |
| 😄 Happiness | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech | |
| 🤚🏿🤚🏻 Racial tolerance | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Region | Latin America |
| 🚩 Country | Mexico |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 27°C 80°F + 🌵 Too dry (21%) = feels 25°C 77°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 😐 150 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telcel |
| 💸 100 MXN in USD | USD 4.19 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MXN 10,000 = USD 419 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Cafe Cortao |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $8,444 / year |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ 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 | €945 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | €569 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | €1,446 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | €413 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | €287 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | €78 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €698 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | €33 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (152 listings) | €564 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | €18 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | €3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | €0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | €1 |
| ☕️ 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 all year round
✅ Good air quality usually
✅ 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
❌ Very dry air now
❌ Bad air quality today
❌ 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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| Real | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7524° warm | 7826° warm | 8329° very warm | 7926° warm | 7424° warm | 7725° warm | 7222° mild | 7222° mild | 7021° mild | 6921° mild |
| Humidity | nice 52% | nice 41% | nice 56% | nice 45% | nice 46% | nice 64% | nice 71% | nice 66% | nice 75% | nice 74% | nice 66% | nice 55% |
| Rain | dry 4mm | dry 5mm | dry 9mm | dry 4mm | dry 14mm | dry 40mm | dry 16mm | dry 35mm | dry 19mm | dry 29mm | dry 17mm | dry 6mm |
| Cloud | pockets 34% | pockets 15% | pockets 27% | pockets 27% | pockets 30% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 50% | pockets 44% | cloudy 59% | cloudy 64% | cloudy 63% | pockets 23% |
| Air quality | okay 66 US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | badokay 150** US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI |
| Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 14 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
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