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Glad to see that nowhere in the internet is free of the welcome troll. It must be miserable to live out your retirement picking fights with internet strangers. Besides noting your spectacularly unhelpful and rude comment, I'll point out that we're looking for activities for the older child who's missing a month of kindergarten to get a chance to visit a foreign country. On the whole that will be good for him but he will be much happier if we can find other kids for him to play with. And the majority of what I asked for was activities we can do as a family. Enjoy the rest of your evening under the bridge.

I'm not sure how posting photos of yourself has anything to do with the original post.

I am quiet content and making positive use with the little time I have left and you are finally showing what you really are to the members of this board.

if you find that somebody has had a good life including helping others,and finding my post creepy suggests that you have a problem.

Pedro: just start going to the gym and working out. You might try shaving and getting a haircut as well. It will make you look a lot better. I wish you the best.

My wife and I are spending a month of our parental leave visiting Chapala this winter, Dec 21 to Jan 18. We'll have our infant son and his 4 1/2 year old big brother. Unfortunately big brother doesn't speak any Spanish but he loves playing with other kids so we're hoping we'll find some playgrounds, family friendly holiday festivals, play groups, or even some kind of day camp for a week or two. We have a lovely rental house on the lake not far from the Wal-Mart and we'll have a rental car. Already planning on some day trips to Guadalajara but we're hoping for some stuff that is closer to home. Also in the market for a trustworthy babysitter for the big kid for an occasional evening or afternoon so mom and I can take the baby out for a date. Appreciate any tips you all can offer! Excited for our visit.

I'm dying a-hole. can't get out of the house and only weigh 110-120 lbs[I was a whopping 135 in those fotos] from 180because my fat is all gone and I only have a bare minimum of muscles left so that I can walk 20 feet before I need to rest and go on one of my oxygen machines. Apparently you have no shame and going to church every Sunday is nothing more than a hypocritical act.

YES, many choose Ajijic for this decided advantage. There are seemingly disadvantages as well. Not experienced but your comments were of assistance. Thank you😊

Apparently the meaning of "lifestyle choices" escapes a whole bunch of you that have nothing but real estate on your minds. I am not in a pedagogical mood for this so I suggest googling to get y'all on the right track. I will post some fotos of some of my lifestyle experiences here and it should be clear where your casa is matters not very important-SNORK! pedro kertesz

My fees with 2 specialists at SAT were all 1,000p.

I knew what I wanted and went to several Guadalajara auto sites to find it. Paid my mechanic to go check some of them and this is what I got for $110,000 and he did all the transfer stough for me.

I guess I was fooled by the OP's headline "lifestyle choices". My choices can be made anywhere that I hang my hat. It really doesn't matter that we have a comfy house in Barrio Lourdes,Chapala,that's only part of the equation-eh! I am now going to my newly remodeled, tranquil courtyard and partake of a fine Czech beer and a Don Pablo cigar. pedro kertesz

I checked out the various areas including the gated ones and found a place that checked my boxes more than the others. I like my quiet street in Ajijic Centro since the services tend to be reliable and I can walk to most things I need. My area is mixed and my Mexican neighbors are considerate and tolerant of us Gringos. IMHO, it depends on how many of your boxes get "checked".

Whoa! Interesting reactions from some people. I have no connection to any of the posters in this thread and read the "rude" comment as just someone trying to say that what suits someone perfectly might be totally wrong for someone else. I thought her list of what one might want to consider, especially for someone who doesn't know lakeside, to be very useful. There are many things we, who have been here a while, will consider but a newcomer to the area wouldn't know to ask

OK... now that we've generated a small s***storm, may I suggest this to YOU, Apachewoman? Take a large piece of paper, or open a document, and make 3 columns: WANT/NEED DON'T CARE DON'T WANT/NEED Take a few days, noting items as they come to mind. Perhaps on a separate sheet you might also note things you believe are critical to you ( environmental concerns, I already know from previous p..m.'s are included here). The rest.... either way.... are for you to come up with. Now re-do your lists, prioritizing all. Then take a look at everywhere from Jocotepec to Vista Del Lago to Ixtlahuacan..... and apply your standards to each. With luck, some will self-eliminate. Only then as you narrow down choices should you come back to this Board, and perhaps ask for pro's and con's of specific areas..... because there will be both regardless.... as there should be. If you have to do that one a a time, do it! Best of luck with your choice!

yes the only way to know what fits you is to be here and check all the areas. I have lived in the village in Ajijic for the last 21 years. I have a large garden and it is very quiet... I would like to downsize so I have been looking at all areas including south of the lake. I cannot believe the mount of construction everywhere including the south side.. It is nuts. Also cannot believe how fast lots are going..there seem to be a race to overbuild all over the place. This area meaning the whole lakesidearea is about to be overbuilt big time.It is going to be interesting to see where all the water , sewer roads new internet connections etc are going to come from. I al a liitle scared by what I saw all over.

My only tip/suggestion might be, don't buy a place which has a board of directors, unless you are into that sort of thing. I bought a little house in a mostly Mexican neighborhood in Ajijic and although a little noisy, I can get to the grocery store in 2 minutes or restaurant in 1, garbage pick up is daily, water reliable, connected to sewer, so no potential septic issues. IMO, 'nice homes' are nice for rich people and I ain't one.

We recently returned after a 3 year hiatus due to medical problems... We ended up purchasing the home next to the one we sold in 2019... While we totally enjoy our home, we have found that living west of Ajijic can be challenging due to the increase in traffic... Having said that, things are looking up as new businesses open in our area. We now can reduce our trips through the Ajijic gauntlet.

Natasha, garbage is collected 3 times a week. Water every day for 4 hours. Pressure from the street? We don't use our bomba to water our large yard and plants, we have to turn down the water to use our sprinkler or we would be watering our neighbors yard. CFE problems are minimal, not any more than what I read in other posts. How could we have flooding problems as the Fraccionamiento in built on a downhill angle? The ground is as stable as any mountain can be. How your house foundation was built will determine your stability. Salitre- give me a break. That has nothing to do with the Fraccionamiento it is individual problem. Pets - we have leash Bylaws and barking Bylaws. I was on the Board for 4 1/2 years and only had one person charged for a Bylaw infraction regarding pets. Noise- it is quiet as we are out of town. No loud music from any residents, a little highway noise on weekends but that isn't heard further up the mountain in the Fraccionamiento. We live close to the entrance and hear it sometimes. Long weekends are just like normal weekends, nothing different. We are an ideal location for those that don't want to live in a city. It takes me 7 minutes to get to Walmart. I bet no one in West Ajijic can get there that quick due to traffic. Please reconsider cutting down where someone chooses to live when you don't have personal experience. You didn't complain about Chapala Haciendas. Why pick on my home of 16 years! FYI- saying you couldn't be paid to live in Brisas is rude and I would never say that about where anyone lives.

I know you do, my friend..... yet nobody could PAY me to live there! Made that decision in 1999 and have never known one reason to change... for US. That's why I still believe suggestions are good, but Apachewoman needs to make a good list of likes/dislikes/wants/ can do without etc. and then start hoofing it around all areas. How often is garbage collected? How reliable is water service to the house? What about pressure from the street? How often are there CFE issues? What happens in heavy rains (flooding etc)? How stable is the ground underneath? Is there a salitre problem (like there used to be in Riberas)? How do people regard other people's pets? How's the noise level? What's the neighbourhood like on the weekends /evenings / long weekends? How would traffic affect ME and my lifestyle? And on and on and on.... many things one doesn't think of in the beginning but can be deal deal-breakers for some after the fact. (Cincy for one, 3 replies back)

Our home is in Chapala Haciendas, about 2km up the hill towards Guadalajara from Soriana in Chapala. . There is no place we would rather live because we value our peaceful, almost country-like lifestyle. We are still within a short drive of everything, including the airport. We mainly stay east of Walmart unless we have business that can't be accomplished without a trip through what has become rather nightmarish traffic. If we must travel west, we usually go early in the day, but the other day we decided to have lunch at the Smoke House in West Ajijic. The traffic was so bad we gave up in La Floresta, turned around and went back to San Antonio for lunch at Mario's. You couldn't pay me to live in what my partner refers to as "México lite", the loud, overcrowded and overgringofied pueblo of Ajijic. To each his own in that regard, but I have never liked it. I love Chapala because I can walk the wide sidewalks and lovely malecon, often without running into any other extranjeros or hearing anything but Spanish being spoken. That's a real pleasure in my book.

“BTW Dr. G charged $50 ten years”. Missed a 0 Maryanna. 20 years ago he was 300 then went to 500. I don’t think my pension grew that much in the same perod.

MtnMama, I absolutely agree with you BUT they gave no diagnosis at all. He was brought in to their "ER," hooked up on a non-functioning machine, basically ignored and left on his own until an IV bag was empty. That was the total sum of the care. When he was discharged, someone (doc? nurse? floor cleaner?) just gave me a piece of paper and said that he should have "X" checked out. No sense of emergency, nothing. IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. I tried to speak with the doctor, any doctor, and was blown off by several individuals. It took Dr. Rodriguez (the son) less than 10 seconds to tell me what was happening. There is a lot more to it than that simple explanation, but there is no way either of us will ever step over their threshold again. So, please understand that I am not a fan. FWIW, this wasn't the first time we were underwhelmed, but it was the last.

Happyjillin, with all due respect, the medical treatment that I underwent and the costs involved are of no concern to you. I never mentioned 'Rip off' in my post. It would appear that you have an axe to grind. It requires sharpening.

Great post, Pedro. You are looking great. Keep on posting those fun posts. I knew you had it in you.

A friendly suggestion, Pedro. A lot of us older folks living Lakeside have been told that we do not have that much time left. But we refuse to accept the truth and live on thinking we will live forever and enjoying the last few months or years of our lives. You might try that, Pedro. At least you will be happy during your final days, months, or years Gosh you've got the Millet Oilers you can cheer on. GO OILERS 💥 🤑 💥

But look at the picture you posted. Pedro. I would hope that you have many pictures that show you in a positive manner. Perhaps you might share one of those instead of creepy ones. . . 😍

But Pedro, you have only been lakeside 16 years. Me, since only 1997. I guess that makes us newbies. I was complimenting you Pedro and asked you to keep on posting those funny pictures. So please take my post as a compliment. And please keep on posting funny pictures, especially if you are in them . And please post some funny smiles in the middle of the page, instead of at the beginning. . 😃 😃 .

So what! Ive been here 16 years and unlike you have done lots of diverse things.

You were one of the lucky ones. However, some of the others who have received no care or terrible care .......