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What to expect when you move to Mexico?

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Tips,Customs, cultures, money, ect!! thanks

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As someone posted here, it all depends on which part of Mexico you are choosing to live in, if you have kids and if you have a job. However, I would say that you choose a house near your working place and near good schools, since in Mexico distances are very long and that will be a huge difference from other places.

When you go out to a place where you may eat, or someone is parking your car or someone doing something for you, it is used to tip 15% of the total consuming if you are in a city, 10% if you are elsewhere.

Well I don't know what else to say until you mention where are you going. Good luck!

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Well lets see heres a tip It is the custom to bribe the police with lots of money that is their culture for which you recieve no thanks...howzat
It really depends on which place you are going. Mexico is a very big country and like the U.S. all the states there are very different, it's like asking what to expect in the U.S. I can only talk about Illinois but I don't know about Texas. People from Mexico that are from different states have different accents, different dialect, some are very light skinned blonde hair blue eyed, some are dark skinned, black hair black eyed. It really depends on which place you are going to. Search engines might give you a better answer than I could though. =)
I just moved from the U.S to Mexico City about a year and a half ago. There is this great organization based in Mexico called "The Newcomers Club", and it really helped my family get settled in Mexico. It has phone numbers for hair places, schools, basic places that are sometimes hard to locate.
I'm an a retired American, and have been living in Mexico for almost 3 years.

1,2,3. Learn Spanish FIRST!

Culture, customs, life style, living conditions will likely prove to be very different than what you are accustomed to... Accept it, and enjoy it!

Take every opportunity to travel. Bus travel is great and can get you anywhere. Forget the car, as driving is fast and furious, the roads are rough, and signs missing or very confusing. Rules of the road are more "suggestions" here...

Most of your favorite foods are probably not available, or will taste very different here if they are. Even what you would think of as typical Mexican foods at home will prove to be very different as prepared here.

Mexico is a beautiful country. Before you just decide to move here, come for 6 months with open eyes, and open mind... see if it's for you!
There will be differences in language, currency, weights and measures and confusion about taxes, utilities, etc. Knowing the Spanish language is important but most communities where there are lots of Americans, English is spoken. Its a great place, people are good hearted.There is corruption at many levels but we Americans are used to that in our own country. Good luck.
The newcomers club is helpful. Mexican society is very much divided by social class and education rather than color. If you have kids there are schools with an international academic program and foreign people working abroad always look for these schools, so it麓s a good place to meet people also. You will find Mexicans living in Mexico are very different from Mexicans in the US. It麓s difficult to describe. Reading The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz would explain. Be prepare to receive a kiss, only one, on the chick when saying hello.