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Move to Playa del Carmen?
By Editor | August 7, 2007
Be careful…the idea will slip up on you.
I wonder how many people visiting Playa del Carmen entertain the idea of moving here. For us, it occurred in 1998 on our first visit. We were already living outside the United States in Belize. We came to Playa to spend a few days so we could refresh our tourist visa in Belize. I kept wondering….why am I living in Belize when I could be living in Playa?
It took several other visits and seven years back in Florida, before my wife and I began to talk about moving to Playa seriously. Even then, it initially seemed like a fleeting fantasy. Over the course of several months, the idea began to take root. In the fall of 2006, my wife and I began to seriously consider it as an option. At Christmas, we planned a trip for March 2007. It had been five years since our last visit, and we knew it had grown significantly. We thought perhaps we wouldn’t like it as much as before.
As it turned out, we liked it even more. Playa had become very livable in our eyes. There is the Mega, Walmart, Office Depot and Sam’s Club. High speed Internet connections are readily available. ATMs are easy to locate. Many of the difficulties of living in Belize in the late 90s were no longer an issue in Playa. Yes, Playa is more crowded, more expensive, and growing rapidly, but we see it as a comfortable place to retire or at least semi-retire.
So on June 1, 2007 our adventure began and we moved to Playa del Carmen, Mexico. After a little more than two months, Playa is beginning to feel like home. We not only like it, we love it. Hopefully, we can share some information that might help you decide if Playa is right for you.
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