How many expats do we have here on #Nostr living in #Mexico or planning to do so? Would you be interested in learning how pay for your whole lifestyle using bitcoin? My wife is Latvian and has a permanent residency here, so I have some experience with the obstacles one can encounter (I'm not an expert).
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I have considered spending some months there (not as a resident though), any recommendations on how to do it on a Bitcoin standard? Specific high-adoption areas, etc?
Mexico is behind in the adoption curve, but the higher adoption areas are Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, although it seems there is decent growth in Merida, Cancun and San Miguel de Allende. If you're just coming over to visit, you can simply apply the strategy of paying with credit cards and then using btc to pay them back.
To live on a bitcoin standard long term, you could consider getting a residency permit in order to open a bank account and pay for some things like rent using pesos, if you choose to get an apartment (although it's possible to simply pay in cash). For everything else you can get a bitcoin prepaid credit card from KapitalEx or the Crypto debit card offered by Bitso (they deal with shitcoins though). That's if you want the more convenient KYC route of converting BTC to pesos. You can also use Robosats to sell your BTC non-kyc style and get cash out of ATMs using the cardless feature. There are definitely ways and I was thinking of doing a live Q&A for this if anyone was interested.
What areas of Mexico would you recommend, that are family friendly for expats? Rural is better than urban, but has to be safe for the kids.. would be exciting to try it on a btc standard.
I would totally recommend the city of Merida and the surrounding areas, it's the safest city in Mexico and one of the top safest in all of North America. Expats also love San Miguel de Allende. I've recently learned how to live 100% on a bitcoin standard here, it's amazing.
