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Just open your own business (products or freelance) and move to Mexico to work remotely for US customers. Super cheap, better food, tropical climate. 90% of HN
by sscarduzio 9y ago
Just open your own business (products or freelance) and move to Mexico to work remotely for US customers. Super cheap, better food, tropical climate.
90% of HN readers would be smart enough to do this and sustain themselves beautifully.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoIs that the same Mexico with 100k+ killed in the drug war since 2005? Maybe it's an unreasonable fear, but conducting business and sticking out as a foreigner seem like a risk.
- sscarduzio 9y agoI’m saying to conduct a 100% online us/eu based business. You get 6 months visa for Mexico anyway. Get yourself an American style condo in Cancún and that’s it. Mexico is not all uniformly violent, unlike US.
- JBlue42 9y agoThe violence seems avoidable but is bad Internet? I've heard its not so great down there.
- always_good 9y agoNo worse than the pitiful connections I had over the course of 7 years in Austin. American internet is not a high bar.
- kakarot 9y agoIt really isn't a bad idea and it's something I've considered, but I imagine you basically tank your chances of meeting a life partner or friends who enjoy the same culture, politics, music, art, food, etc. as you while you're down there. Not a big deal for some people, but a big deal for someone like me who prizes romantic fulfilment and friendship as the ultimate meaning in life. Also, it would mean giving up a life of civil disobedience and political action, because as a foreigner in Mexico you really shouldn't stick your neck out in the places that need political action the most. To a degree this seems like a very selfish prioritization.
- Mz 9y agoAre you an American living in Mexico? Or a Mexican? Or what?