Why Californians Are Fleeing To Mexico

In 2021, over 360,000 people left California in what many are calling The California Exodus. But a rising number of them are migrating out of the country all together and instead, heading south to Mexico to escape rising housing prices, traffic and expensive healthcare.

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Why Californians Are Fleeing To Mexico

[maxlemusa]

I came from Africa, sold everything to relocate to US, life is hard than expected. I moved back to Africa to start again and now doing great. I have a work life balance

[mrbannana]

As a mexican i want to make a serious petition to all americans that plan to live here: please support local businesses, if you are living here dont buy groceries on walmart or big supermarkets, dont buy food to mcdonalls or big fast food chains, we are recieving you with open arms, at least do this for us, thank you

[thefutureisnow]

Californians I’ve met are super high maintenance- it’ll be interesting to see how they manage their expectations with the laid back Mexican traditions😂

[christopher]

Some San Diegans live in Tijuana, commuting to and from work. Be prepared to leave home EARLY everyday and arrive at work about 3-4 hours BEFORE you punch in

[aliciaflores]

I live in both countries and I trust my Mexican doctors so much more. I have my neurosurgeons number and have gotten care I’d never get in the US because the system is not made for the patient, it’s made to benefit the insurance.

[Tahnaiya]

Thank you for referring to them as "American immigrants" and not "expats". For some reason when Americans (and other Westerners) migrate to another country, they want to call themselves "expats" but when others migrate to America, they call them immigrants.

[ytuser]

As a non-mexican I can say house prices will grow like in San-Shitcisco

[YosemiteFour]

On my first of three total trips to Mexico, we crossed the border back in the 1980s when a CA DL was okay for an ID. We dayhiked a peak and when we got back down to our cars to head home after a great day in the mountains, we were surrounded by two dozen rifle bearing members of the Mexican Army. Everyone said we were lucky it wasn’t the Federalis. They took what was not theirs anyway. Éramos alpinistas.

California has 39 million residents. When 2.4 million Californians leave California in a year for Mexico or anywhere else… that will be a story. 360, 000 isn’t a drop in the bucket for our overpopulated state.

[magaritaavila]

To the senior citizens like me who doesn't have any savings and depend only on our $900 SS income, Mexico is a great option to avoid homelessness.
With $200 I cover housing and utilities in a nice 2 bedroom apartment.
The rest is for medical, dental, food, travel and entertainment. Such a wonderful life style that I could not enjoy in the USA.

[djwoosie]

So does anyone not see the irony in this? Why happens to the natives of these countries that see an influx of rich or well off foreigners moving capturing up property/homes? Will they not experience the same problem these foreigners did in their home countries?

[mjg]

*It's 2024, the CAFE CON LECHE Travels couple featured in this documentary NO LONGER LIVE IN MEXICO and HAVE BOTH SEPARATED.* I followed their YouTube channel and they LEFT Mérida, Mexico (several months after this documentary was published) and BOTH MOVED BACK TO LOS ANGELES in late 2022! Also as of November 2023, Travis announced on his personal YouTube channel that he and David have separated and he now "travels the world" solo, full-time making content for his vlogs! I wish these types of quickly made documentaries would give updates in the description of the video at least, because life situations change all the time. This isn't the first time I've seen a situation where a couple or a person moves somewhere and it looks all idyllic and serene in the video but then a life-event happens and a total 180 is made a year or more later. I know a guy who left California for North Carolina and was going on and on about how he and his wife had a bigger home ONLY TO MOVE BACK TO CAL less than a few years later!

[ManWithTheIronB]

As an American I want to make a serious petition to all foreigner's that are planning to live here, please support your local businesses, if you are living here don't buy groceries from Walmart or big supermarkets, don't buy food to McDonalds or big fast food chains, we are receiving you with legally, at least do this for us, Thank You!

[thehealingqueensv]

I cross the border often and the biggest problem is when the locals in the tourist areas are losing business because of the Americans taking over with their own businesses. They invest with other Americans instead of Mexicans and it really hurts the Mexican economy and creates a bigger disparity. It's sad.

[karlabritfeld]

We are getting screwed in the USA for cost of health insurance, housing, food, cars. I applaud anyone who is able to get the hell out of this pit and start a good life somewhere where the cost of living doesn't leave you having to live in the streets.

[cedarpoplar]

You do know this is not going to last. Things change rapidly

[rosamariahurst]

Mexico should keep an eye to these people. They should charge them as much what they spend in the USA

[axelrosete]

As a Mexican that used to live in Mexico City, I can agree that foreigners living in Mexico are raising rent and property prices overall. My wife and I rented a small loft in a "share living" building. Our rent was around 475 USD a month, with internet, water, electricity and gas included. It may seem quite cheap for someone earning in USD, however, to put things into perspective, rent was equivalent to over a third of our household income. Even though we considered ourselves lucky to have found that loft, it still made daily living with other expenses quite difficult. This is because the city, or at least the good, interesting and touristy parts, are built for foreigners, not locals. This makes life difficult to enjoy for the average Mexican that maybe earns around 350 USD a month.

[lundungoth]

It’s important to remember that Mexico is a wealthy country - just all the wealth is directly at the top and leaves close to nothing for the majority. The US is heading towards this.

[jimp]

As an American white man, born in Texas. I want you all to never forget this land was stolen from your people. We Annex it because we had more guns and you did not see us coming, needless to say, we refused to pledge allegiance to the Mexican Flag while we were the immigrants on your land and that caused the beginning of the war where we told your ancestors back then that there are more of us than there are of you in Texas, plus we had more guns, which we then bullied you out of your own peaceful land your people allowed us to stay in for 10 years but we loved it so much we over stay our visa (sounded familiar) so my ken folk, forged documents saying that you had a "FOR SALE SIGN" on your territory, so we supposedly bought it on a discount and made you an offer you could not refuse, while we held guns to your older Generations heads, and cut a deal with the back then puppet President we helped run in your country lol .. Oh I'm Was I ? Was I not suppose to tell that part of the story? Or is it not allow in our country to mentioned it lol. Don't you just love the History we teach your kids? So far many have bought it, including many that are listening to this video that only tells you what you should learn when deciding to move to another country... obey their rules, or they hold you at gun point like we did to them back in the days. Oh my bad... 45 years of History research and my 2 Masters I earned here got the best of me. Suppose I as to keeping preaching the false tales School Boards want to me teach. So listen up boys and girl, in America we have FREEDOM SPEECH with a TWEEK in it, we call it freedom of fake speech, useless told other wise or it accommodates my privileged skin color folk, ya hear? Go on, tell us we were moving to tuh Mexico. I know this had nothing to with the HEADER of this TITLE, but there is an old saying, what was will be again. Mexicans are returning home to their ancestors home land, it is inevitable, no wall can stop this.

[MrTabo]

I left California for the Philippines. I wish I could say it's been great. The cost of living is definitely a big plus. It's kinda nice to buy groceries and only pay the equivalent of less than $20 for a full bag of groceries. But there are other things to consider when moving to another country. Some are as mundane as hot water or the lack thereof. Compromises have to be made. The big question is can you adapt. As a young man it is easier to adapt. But at 67 years old it becomes a serious conversation.