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I sooo agree with Jose about health! I moved to Mexico two years ago. I always had high blood pressure, approx. (145/95) due to so much processed food and stress. Two years living in Mexico has reduced my blood pressure to approx. 120/77 (normal). 👍

He got me laughing here. “In the US they ask you for an ID for everything except for Voting”.😂

I can’t go to California due to a parking ticket. I won’t pay $3000 for a $25 ticket.

Thank you Jose for this video ! Unfortunately that is a way of life in the US . Stress and anxiety are a way of life here .. I don't believe most people like it but they become accustomed to that way of life . If you don't have to return to the US then don't, stay in Mexico and enjoy life brother...

I'm one week away from Mexico 4EVER! Yay! Viva La Transformacion.

Hi Jose, Your friend from Queretaro... You know my story and the cops and being in prison for a traffic ticket.. Well, I have a new one for you not me, but my cousin who lives in Oaxaca City!! He was contacted by 2 FBI agents who just came to Oaxaca City and told him they were going to arrest him here in Mexico and bring him back to the states for not paying some sort of taxes!! He was lucky this happened in the front of his Jewelry shop and he had one of his employees a Mexican women go for the local police!! 5 mins. later the local police arrive 2 cops and they order the FBI to take off the cuffs from my cousin. They demand to know what is going on the FBI show their ID's and the local cops order them out of my cousins shop and they arrest the FBI agents those 2 agents are then sent to immigration and they a deported from Mexico. This just happened last Tuesday to my cousin, so if the U.S. has the cohones to come to Mexico to arrest someone without permission what do you think they'll do to you if you go back to the U.S. I will never step one toe on U.S. soil ever again!!!

Each time I went back to the U.S. the airport CBP treated me with little more than a shrug; but then again I’m the very epitome of the 50-Something Invisible White Dude. What did get me upon being in the US for a period of time was paying 5-star prices for 2-star crap

Also your thoroughness and transparency is excellent, it gives a person a real feel of Mexico

Hi Jose. I’ve been a border town person (not currently) and as such we went back and forth almost on a daily basis in the 70s and 80s. As a kid, I loved going 🇲🇽 , stayed 2 summers with family - it was amazing. Some things were quite different and a lot the same, but the sense of freedom I felt was more obvious to me even as a child. Watching your video helped me realize I felted an open feeling when i was there, like anything can happen, yet there’s balance and harmony at the same time. I remember the old bakery we used to go to, with the oven in the wall, it smelled like heaven in there. The fiestas were so special and magical from a child’s point of view. Yes I saw the poverty, extreme poverty too, but also witnessed families giving whatever food or things they could to help. I enjoy your videos, good job. Here in the states I stress out a lot not gonna lie. I want to live in Mexico, someday, working on it. 🙏 😊 I also want to say I love the USA I’ve had some amazing feeling here too growing up. I love this country with all my heart. But it’s not this beautiful country that I want to leave, it’s the direction it’s going. It doesn’t matter if you’re blue or red, it the big $$$ - The 👁️ that’s always watching, the CONTROL they inflict on the people that’s making it harder to exist ($) and be free here 😢 AND as a border town person I always felt like I belonged to both USA 🇺🇸 and 🇲🇽 equally because they both have my ❤

You've done a great job Jose. Not everyone could or would do what you've done to build a better life.

I live in Puerto Vallarta will never go back to America and I was or am us MARINE

Hey Jose, on another topic, I wanted to mention something I have been thinking about regarding what you say regarding having more "freedom" in Mexico. This isn't a flame a promise you. You are right in a way I think. There is more freedom in Mexico. But the reason there is effectively more freedom is Mexico is, in part, because there is very lax enforcement of the laws in Mexico. (You have alluded to this in various videos, I think.) And if you are a libertarian sort of guy then this is a win I suppose. The unfortunate downside is here is that Mexico is also plagued by the bad side of this sort of freedom, which is impunity. Consider the fact that there are tons of laws on the books in Mexico to prevent corruption. But que crees...they are almost never enforced. I don't know how to draw the line here. But freedom via the back door of lax enforcement on balance maybe hinders more than helps Mexico imho. Anyhoo. Just some thoughts. Peace bro.

I'm keeping a mail forwarding service in my former home state so that I can renew my DL one last time (I'm 65) and have it sent to Oaxaca. BUT...we have not returned to the U.S. in over 1.5 years we've been down here. We learned how to do visa runs (until we get residency) just by flying to TJ and getting a new stamp at the airport. Yeah, I hear you on all the many reasons not to return. My worst nightmare is that I won't be allowed to return to Mexico. I mean, walls can be built to keep people out or keep people IN eh?

We are coming in July to visit Mexico City and Guadalajara. I really like the fact you are showing all kinds of areas of Guadalajara. Do you have information about someone showing us around in these 2 cities.

Yup stay in México I agree.

You only have to show your ID in the USSA if you are a citizen, not an illigal.

So I have lived in Mexico a little longer than you, and I have been back to the United States multiple times, don't really encounter most of your things to be concerned with list. If your passport is in good standing, you know if it is, you will not have any problems. Yes they ask about status, just normal stuff. But traffic tickets and other minor things, they often can see it on a computer screen but they are not going to hold you or extradite you for a traffic ticket. Culture shock is a big issue, there are as many rules in Mexico as the United States, but the rules that are important and enforced in Mexico and the US are worlds apart, literally. And immediately as you spend time in the US you feel and see a sense of being busy, an underlying stress that is more rare in Mexico.. the difference is some degree of urgency or importance that is not part of everyday Mexico or Mexicans. It's sounds weird but Americans are just more uptight than average Mexican. A really big difference is kids..in Mexico the children are just a little bit less sophisticated than in the US, again sounds strange but Mexican children act more like regular kids and still have some simplicity and sincerity that is lacking in lots of American culture. Mexico is growing and it's growing away from traditions.. so Carl's Jr, Domino's, McDonald's are a thing in Mexico, it's just way way to a lesser degree. Americans are in a turbo mode to distance themselves from one another, and it's happening in Mexico on a smaller scale.. When I cross north I feel a little more stress.. and when I go south I feel a little bit of relief.. can't put my finger on one or two, three things specifically it's just an overall essence.. the people at the border have a job to do, more difficult and complicated by the day, by the minute. And they have a very very tiny window to see you, ask a question or 2 and follow their training.. so if someone at the border is a little bit of a hardass. It's their job.. don't take it personally

Jose Americans are very confrontational!

Very informative content. This is the real deal of what's going on. Thanks so much for sharing. Continued success.

I have been an expatriate in the USA for too many years. Many people from the my culture admit loosing their interest for living after a few years. Mexico seems to be so much more oriented with family values and safer. Seriously considering moving to Mexico very soon.

You're not alone with this feeling I have fear of that place myself, not just because of the authorities, but their health issues..I would never vacinate myself...for nothing, let alone wear a mask..

Well, that depends on you. If you want to answer questions at the airport, the question is what are they going to do to you for not answering questions. Are they going to detain you?

Hi Jose!! My friend suggested your channel to me and I’m so thankful she did. My question is are you a digital nomad? How do you earn money, if I may ask?

Great points, Jose. I can totally relate. Hopefully will be in SE Asia this fall. Always feel my mental and physical health improve when I'm in Mexico or Thailand 👍

I agree 1000%.

Everytime I see your videos I want to move to Mexico. Just makes me nervous stepping out of my comfort zone. I never left the USA.

Boy I know what you're talking about Jose, had a lot put on me, dealing with taking care of family, I envy you, I'm no hater, I'm happy for you and those who were and are able to escape the U.S., I can see why so many have a hard time learning how to destress but a couple shots of tequila can help. In my state they make you show your valid state license or Id to vote as well but the Id for most everything is real.

Thanks @Jose Arteaga Thank you! As always you offer so much information. I appreciate you! I am not trolling or asking you to change your format. I have been missing a lot of your content because i just don't have 1 to 1.5 hours to dedicate to your posts. I really look forward to the shorter videos like this one. Thanks again, Bill

I love living in Mexico. Everything i like is illegal in the states. We definitely have a kot in common. Jose my drivers license expired sometime during the obama administration. But, i have a Mexican drivers license. Cost 800 pesos and is fully valid to drive in the usa.. sending this to the passport bros group enlightened western men

SALUDOS JOSE MUCHAS GRACIAS HERMANO.ERES UN CHINGON. BLESSING FROM CHICAGO IL 🍺🇲🇽🦅

Love your drive and talk videos. Looks like you’re in Guadalajara. Bike videos too. I really like the T Shirt I got from your channel. ( I DIGRESS Everytime I go back I gain weight

I know a woman who has a visa to visit the U.S. She was a madam and was jailed on drug charges in Milan for one year. Wandering if she will pass the immigration. I hope not! For me they always ask what date I left the Country and the reason why I left. Wandering why they ask it because I feel harassed. Aren’t we free to come and go? I’m in Brazil now and coming back soon. So nice to be able to dis stress from the pressure of living in the U.S.

Awesome video! You are definitely all in!

@3:25.Does Mexico do a background check on residency applications? I have heard that most other Latin American countries do. I have a past as a young adult (early 1980s) that I want to bury. I may return to Mexico someday and apply for residency, but for now, I am in South America and planning on moving further South.

Great to hear everything is great now. Were you ever afraid of flying inside Mexican national flights with the issues in the USA? Or was it only going to the USA? It’s great to see how amazing your life has become in Mexico!

Jose i hate bootlickers and America has plenty of them!

Jose , Question ❓. My husband is a Mexican citizen. I am an American citizen. We are moving to his home country ( Mexico ). We are driving to the Border. Do i need to provide proof of income as a tourist even if my husband is from Mexico ? Thanks !!

I never filed my taxes, and I do not plan on it. The crime of not paying taxes is not a violent act, but to pay them is. Where to you think the government gets the money to sent to warmongering nations aroung the world. I

Everyone here is always mad about something.

Don't you have to risk pushback when you renew your passport at the US consulate?

After 5 years going back to see family. Love and miss them but brother im scared!

Soo true I came back to the u.s and am soo ready to get back home to Merida..

You’re living the Life 👍🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙏

Great video! Gracias for making this. If my assigned government agent sees this comment, I'm not a flight risk... Also I bet traveling between countries is better on a private jet (but I wouldn't know I lost my wealth in a boating accident)

You can use a passport in place of an ID anywhere in the United States that requires an ID. Other than driving.

On the topic of having to show ID... My story is: while I was on vacation in Arizona, I stopped at a LOVE'S Market/gas station to get some snacks and Gas as I was traveling back to my brother's place in my rental car ... I decided to purchase a Lighter so we could build a fire that night to sit around and make some SMORES.... Guess what??? YUP they wanted my driver's license to prove my age to buy a stupid lighter!!! I was so irritated I told the lady to take it back, and told her I could buy it at Dollar General or Walmart without showing my ID... I will just say I was over 50 years old at the time and I do look my age... Not like a careless teenager or something... It has gotten much worse... They also are now wanting everything be paid by credit or Debit card putting your identity in danger of theft... Yeah... I may only live half-time in Mexico but I do feel MUCH more FREE when I am there!... Sad but true!

Totally agree..all facts..

Jose, your not missing anything in the usa.

I just enjoy your videos and insight! You mentioned Stockholm Syndrome in another comment and I think you’re right. 😅

Sorry i missed the live stream i wa sout walking calle 60 enjoying the day. Before it downpoured that is. Lol

They can also seize the car of people who they SUSPECT committed a crime. Even after they are proven wrong, it takes months to get the car back. In addition, if you carry cash in the car, and they search it, they can keep the cash without charging you with a crime.

Even in Russia a person has more freedom in comparison to North America.

F A N T A S T I C ! ! ! 💯👍😀

The U.S. is full of karens..

You got a different car?

Jose, I really appreciate all your videos. You really have the gift of explanation. I always leave your channel feeling happy. It's like,I couldn't have said it better. I really thought I was the only one who feel this way. I am absolutely terrified to return to the United States, even for a visit. I am horrified because of all the issues you described. Please visit Morelia when you have a chance. Thanks for being blunt. 🤭🤫😊

A US passport is not recognized as a valid ID? I have never heard that. As far as a driver's license is concerned, you can legally drive on a foreign DL for up to 3 months cumulatively in a year. I gave up my WI DL and use my Mexican one. Never had a problem (knock on wood). Always have my passport on hand in the US. Not saying your concerns aren't valid. The US is pretty effed up these days. The reverse culture shock is real. Like you am mucho much happier in Mexico. (My wife is Mexican, and she hates visiting the US for many of the reasons you mention.)

Houston is the worse to fly into from a international flight! OKC is easier! Jmo

Now playing David bowie

I flew back from Mexico after being gone for only 6 days and I had a sand and shell bottle I made, Texas pulled me aside and they said “we have to test your sand” lol wth? I thought oh no what if I grabbed the wrong sand hehe

Get a Mexican driver license, I know it is good in the US for at least 90 days, no problema. Getting a new US driver license after letting it expire is going to be a lot of work, my wife had to do it after we came back from Mexico.

Sounded like a Bowie song! ha!

I get pulled into secondary every time I cross the border ot ain't that bad homie

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You can rent a car with a mexican licence i have done it a couple of times

Jose i hope i be out of this country in a few years!

People have absolutely no idea how easy it is to get cross ways with deputy dawg. You have to prove you're innocent. How much money do you got???? Lol. Even if you have not done anything wrong.😊

You can't tell me you are not homesick. Just walk across. Don't let them control you. I always go back. The USA is not like you are describing it to be. And you don't need to rent a car; they have Uber. You should go back and take care of everything, like getting an ID. It takes 10 minutes. Sooner or later, you are going to need to update your passport. You and your wife should be free to travel wherever you want. And yes, it's not easy getting a VISA. I am still working on getting my wife a VISA and we have been married for 4 years.

A Mexican driver's license is valid in the USA even if you are a US citizen

Jose sorry buddy you are wrong. Mexican driving license is ok for renting a car and also ok with the cops as long as its not out of date Your passport will suffice for everything too!! As ID!! I did it 2vears ago !! My wife and I applied for a green card and have been waiting 1.5 years We had to send them 50 documents to prove we are a real couple and we married in Colorado !! It's been a nightmare. They will not let us go there for a while as we applied from Mexico !! She will be refused entry even with her tourist visa because she's going thru the process

i hear you. just do not fly into texas. fly to another state. Its not as bad you think it is.. but if you feel that way, stay in mexico.

Valid international drivers license and your passport can rent a car in Us. Also we use Id when voting! Please be truthful on your video. We have enough false news going around. You can get your wife in the us if you really wanted to visit.

Ive been robbed by the police multiple times in México. You're being paranoid.

you are one paranoid person. Not so in USA as you say for law abiding citizens

What happens when you look in the mirror........ 🤣

USA: Jaywalking is strictly enforced. Jaywalk and be ready to be frisked and run for warrants. MEXICO: Jaywalk if you want, but do it in a safe manner. If a cop sees you jaywalking he will cruise on by. CONCLUSION: Mexican society allows you to breathe and live free. If you cross the line and act the fool, the cops will mess you up. Act responsibility and you are good to go.