Huh?
This is just part of the craziness of the American and Mexico….
ICE and CBP are finding emigrants paying thousands to get shipped to America , some in the back of airless tractor trailers…..
Americans’s are getting on jets to spend vacation’s IN Mexico…..
And?
Other Americans are moving TO Mexico to deal with the American economy….
Stories of migrants crossing from Mexico to the United States in search of a better life are well-known. But for the past decade, a reverse migration has quietly been gaining steam: Americans, priced out of the housing market and frustrated with sky-high costs of health care, electricity and basic goods, are increasingly opting to rent or buy homes in Mexico.
The pandemic, which unmoored millions from the commute to a physical office, as well as the Sentri pass, which allows approved, low-risk travelers a fast lane into the United States at the Mexican border, has accelerated this trend. Consumer prices, including rent, are 62 percent lower in Tijuana than in San Diego, according to cost of living database Numbeo, and in Tijuana, it takes about $2,500 a month for a standard of living that in San Diego would cost $6,600.
For Americans living in Tijuana but earning U.S. salaries, their dollars can go far: Monthly rents in Tijuana vary widely depending on neighborhood, but most apartments fall between $400 and $1,000 per month.
In San Diego, the median sales price of a single-family home hit $1 million in April, although by June, it had cooled slightly to $987,225. A February report from the AI real estate firm OJO labs declared the city the least affordable metro area in the United States, bypassing San Francisco, in large part because of a 14 percent increase in median home sale prices from the year prior….
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New residents say the savings are immense. Ms. Cilley estimates she has tucked away $40,000 since moving south. And for Mr. Galvez, life in Tijuana is creating long-term means to an end….