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[BadBeagleBad]

Well, if you are thinking about Mexico your pension will get you a very nice standard of living pretty much anywhere outside of the Mexico City and Guadalajara. Doable even there, but most everything will cost more. Since you speak Spanish, maybe a smaller town of 100,000 or so, near a bigger city might be to your liking. Not sure about the ends and outs of a retirement visa or how much income is required, but that might be something to look into, or, you can stay for 6 months on a tourist visa, leave, and come right back with another 6 months. If you want some extra income I would recommend teaching online, you'll get paid in either dollars or euros, and will likely make as much, or more, than teaching in person. Not a lot of money in teaching English outside of the bigger cities anyway, and with working online you'll save time and money, not to mention wear and tear on YOU. What kinds of things are you looking for in a place to live? Mellow lifestyle? Nightlife? Cultural stuff to do? A good base for travel? Hard to know just what to recommend without know more about that.

[HLJHLJ]

In Ecuador, it's more concern over cheating than over quality, which the government have been trying hard to clampdown on recently. It's a big enough problem in bricks and mortar universities, and even more so for online courses. Having both taught and studied online, I don't think it's entirely unjustified although I also don't think that simply rejecting all distance degrees is the answer either.


There is a huge market for paying people to complete coursework, etc for you. It's much easier for a rich Ecuadorian to pay someone to complete an online degree for them at a prestigious foreign university, than for a bricks and mortar course.

Some universities that offer online courses are attempting to curb it, but the technology isn't really there yet. It's something that is going to have to be dealt with at some point.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VALUED RESPONSE
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[MotherF]

I think you posted in the Mexico forum as well so this may be a repeat. The peso is very weak at the moment, so you're pension is enough to live on, but it's not enough to get you a retirement visa in Mexico. You could supplement with your online work and private classes given among people you know where ever you move in Mexico. At 63, it will be hard to get hired for a full time teaching position in any institution, but you do not need a PhD to teach university in Mexico, especially if you are teaching English to non-majors If you already have an IMSS number from the time you were in Mexico before you might get a job at your age, BUT the bigger issue is with the visa changes that have come into play since you were last here you need to get a visa first and a job second, instead of the other way around as it was in the past.

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BAB-BEABLE-BAD - THANK YOU SOO MUCH
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--> Very Cool Stuff - I 'know of' those cities (but not the towns) you speak of because I always saw buses with those cities names on the 'marque' coming into and going out of the bus terminals.
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--> I will definitely will add those cities/towns to my research 'list'. I am thinking more and more of smaller cities/towns and better life-style
--> I am a fan of being a bigger fish in a smaller pond. 12,000 pop is way to small for me but those others with 50,000 people or more (that's a lot of people)
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--> I'm single and (no rush but) will want to 'find' 'mi mujer' so I do want the town/city some have some social activities.
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--> SIDE NOTE: I use the data-base " numbeo' - http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ - to evaluate cost of living + lots of other data from expats ALL over. Does any one know of other such web-sites?

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[wanderingxelmundo]

I find numbeo's figures to be way off. They are just averages from random people and often only one or two random people. Usually they're way too high, but generally are just unreliable.

While numbeo's COL estimates are generally too high, I have found International Living's estimates to be way too low on most items.

I look for some blogs from expats who give their numbers, and usually I can figure out from their posts in general what kind of lifestyle they lead, so I can go up or down a bit based on my own lifestyle. I also look at local newspapers or real estate websites to get an idea on housing, and I look at Craigslist, knowing that CL figures are usually at the high end. Also there are often expat groups on Facebook. Sometimes people post that info here at Dave's, but not a lot.

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[Xie Lin]

What helpful posts, BadBeagleBad, chock full of information! But, tell me, am I losing my memory, or have you switched allegiance to another breed? (I'm still recovering from the change from dachshund to beagle!)

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