BusynMember
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I still think it's better there. At least you get health care. That's huge.
I am worried about law enforcement because I can see animal control as being something they think is a place they can cut. I hope Jamie's job isnt on the line because he isnt the newbie anymore and as far as his bosses, they really like him and he has the credentials to slide over into the regular sheriff's department. I dont think they would want to lose him.
I have heard that unemployment has been cut, at least in my state, in amount and length of time you can get it. I believe they took a hit for the highest paid people of almost two hundred dollars a week. Thats quite a bit of money. I did hear about Head Start but Im not sure about any of the preschool programs associated with the public schools.
I know you really dont want to go to Mexico. They are having a drug war down there and the military wont even cross the border without heavy artillery right now. I dont think that is a good retirement community. We were looking for a place to get Cory's tooth pulled down in El Paso and a guy said he could do it right over the border for twenty bucks but he would come get him in a van but he couldnt get out of the van because of the danger. He would pull the tooth in the van! Americans are getting killed on sight.
I've read it's common to retire to Mexico, only in certain spots of course and you get a lot more bang for your buck.
Cory was in El Paso and right across the border from Juarez. No one, but no one crossed into there without large groups and they were warned it was simply not safe at all. Most people who end up visiting TX want to take a trip over the border but they told them that was definitely not the place to do it.
That's Juarez, Janet. You can't judge all of Mexico by Juarez, any more than you can judge all of the United States by Brooklyn or Fargo.
It is. We've met many folks who move into what were once the brand new resorts and stay most of the year there. They're still very nice places and have small kitchens and pools and staff. It's like living in a condo. It's just not as fancy as the newer resorts.