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@bajadobe Awesome! Looks like you need to follow me for a DM to work tho

@finitor Si señor. We are located in el pescadero, halfway between la Paz and los Cabos. Lots of fun natural building projects going on in these parts. Shoot me a DM and we can set up a visit!

@bajadobe Been following you for a bit and the work you’ve posted is inspiring. I’m based in CDMX but am an old Baja hand and passing thru BCS middle of April on my annual northbound migration. Do you ever take visitors at your project sites? - Tim

@naveen Don’t sleep on the Culver City Plunge, maybe the best municipal swimming pool in the country share.google/DdLIbNwsLMA87r…

anyone i know have cool office space in Culver City or thereabouts? want to spend one day a week on the west side and would be great to have a desk. (Culver reminds me of Dogpatch; feels like the cool place for startups & tech right now) in return: jam/hack sessions; help you with something you’ve got going on; welcome to hang with us in WeHo.

@CepnikMaciej Somebody worked out that Mexico City has the highest rate of dog ownership of any major city in the world, and living here, I find that completely plausible. It’s kind of a plague of barking and soiled sidewalks everywhere

Has anyone noticed that Mexicans have a lot of dogs? Like way more than other countries.

@CepnikMaciej @mike_athie @Mannyquintero At about 1000mm, CDMX gets around 1.6 times the annual rainfall of London. Similar to Seattle, just slightly less than Vancouver

@mike_athie @Mannyquintero Yeah, I think it's basically the same as London, but in a really shorter timeframe.

Normal attendance of a meetup in Mexico City 🇲🇽☀️ Around 40-50% of the total registrations. Attendance of a meetup in Mexico City when it rains🇲🇽🌧️ Around 20% Why is that? 🤔

@RichDecibels I rented a Duster for a month tour around Iceland. Probably 2020-ish model year. It tore through snow, mud, volcanic ash, everything. They are a workhorse of the rental fleets there, the rental operator told me they find them to be pretty bulletproof.

I’m in the market for a used car and I need advice. any uncs out there wanna give an opinion? I want to spend €10-15k. I am thinking light SUV bc I live up a bumpy dirt road at that price the choice as I see it: - low miles, cheap brand (e.g 2018 Dacia Duster with 50,000km) - high miles, reliable brand (e.g. 2007 Toyota Rav4 or Honda CR-V with 150,000km) wdyt

@DanHexican @JakeNomada X2 in CDMX. I’m in a 2020s 7-unit and hear everything my neighbors do.

@JakeNomada For mexico 🇲🇽. Lived in Jalisco for 5 years then now 2 in Baja

Quick question for anyone investing in Latin America: Locals keep telling me only buy new construction, claiming you'll never resell older units But I've watched gringos absolutely crush it buying old penthouses, renovating them right, and running short-term rentals w/ crazy yield What's the reality of the situation? I'm torn...

@JakeNomada This is a niche benefit, but Monterrey is the gateway to one of the world’s top big wall rock climbing areas, El Potrero Chico potrerochico.org/about-potrero-…

Two cities that seem very similar to me: Monterrey, Mexico 🇲🇽 vs. Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Both offer... -> Big city vibes, 5M+ people -> Strong healthcare and hospitals -> Good infrastructure -> Incredible hiking nearby -> Hot summers, cool winters -> Financial hubs in their respective countries -> Great education options -> Solid neighborhoods for families As well, both cities are fairly expensive relative to the rest of their respective country What am I missing?

@JakeNomada I don’t have kids, those tuitions costs are a shocker. I wonder if some new sort of international school model with an AI-driven adaptive learning component is going to change cost structures. Maybe you could boot up something like Alpha School in latam hunt-institute.org/resources/2025…

Living in Latin America with a family is a whole different ballgame than as a single broski "geo-arbitraging" When you're single, you can live in a $500/month apartment, eat street tacos, and save 70-80% of your income LatAm is cheap for the single broski working online With kids and a family in tow? - International school: $500-1,500/month per kid - International health insurance $500-1,000/month - Bigger apartment in safe area: $1,500-3,500/month - Nanny/childcare: $400-800/month - Quality food and healthcare The costs start to add up quickly vs. what you could get back home However... When making these comparisons, it's often an "Apples vs. Oranges" comparison Sure, you could live in Boise, Idaho for a similar amount, probably even cheaper But would that compare to raising your kids in a world class city like Buenos Aires or in a tropical beach locale like Costa Rica? Depends, I'm not sure of the answer Anyone else experience this reality check?

@JakeNomada This is a fair point. From what I can glean online, average outcomes are pretty similar between top 10 Mex and good US regional hospitals. They start to diverge in outlier cases with complex ICU needs, access to clinical trials, etc, where US has some system-wide advantages

@finitor USA standards vary wildly, as well Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, John Hopkins, Emory = some of the best hospitals and specialists in the world Care can be pretty average in smaller, fly over states I'd love to see the stats on Monterrey vs. OKC medical care

When you're honest about healthcare in Latin America 🌎 You've basically got... -> Monterrey 🇲🇽 -> Guadalajara 🇲🇽 -> Mexico City 🇲🇽 -> San Jose 🇨🇷 -> Panama City 🇵🇦 -> Santiago 🇨🇱 -> Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 -> Sao Paulo 🇧🇷 These are the only places with world-class medical facilities The only spots where you can get quality emergency care without hopping on a plane When your kid nearly loses a thumb and needs actual reconstructive surgery You want to be somewhere with highly competent doctors and modern equipment Do you disagree? Did I miss anywhere in LatAm w/ great medical care?

@aIexcarrillo @Ritmonautas @JakeNomada I have no particular expertise, but you see international rankings like this, and there are no Mexican hospitals in the top 50, so you ask yourself where are you gonna go when your life depends on it rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-ho…

@aIexcarrillo @Ritmonautas @JakeNomada For a certain range of procedures, I can’t disagree. I live in a large Mexican City and have the bougie hospital health insurance and it will be fine if I trip on the sidewalk and break my ankle. I might be tempted to repatriate tho if I got cancer, say

@Ritmonautas @aIexcarrillo @JakeNomada Gonna guess your clients aren’t as rich as you think they are if they are cross-border shopping for healthcare

@aIexcarrillo @finitor @JakeNomada Yeah, but they have money to pay in the USA, the service at least in Monterrey is as good as pretty good hospitals there.

@JakeNomada I appreciate the general drift of your argument but San Pedro Garza Garcia is just about the least walkable place I have ever been

While LatAm offers tons of incredible, highly livable neighborhoods... Most expats never consider the best ones because they're only chasing cheap rent, beaches, and/or women I'm talking places like: - Zona T, Bogota 🇨🇴 - Costa del Este, Panama 🇵🇦 - La Barra, Uruguay 🇺🇾 - Polanco, Mexico City 🇲🇽 - Lo Barnechea, Santiago 🇨🇱 - San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico 🇲🇽 - Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Which offer insanely high quality of life, safety, great medical care, international schools, walkability, fine dining, nightlife, etc.

@Iberianamerica That’s the nicest tlayuda I’ve ever seen, where is this please

Late Night Dinner in Mexico City 🇲🇽 Cost was only 6 bucks, beer included Mexico is so cheap 🤑 Living like a KING for pennies Being an Expat in CDMX is GREAT 🔥

@Iberian_America Does your landlord own a car. I have found car-owning chilangos (so basically everybody middle-class and above) to be the most insular, they drive everywhere, so there’s not much serendipitous place discovery in their lives

There are times when living in Mexico City that you realize there's plenty of chilangos who don't seem to understand their city as well as you'd think Yesterday I had a casual conversation with my landlord He asked me "Do you like Mexico?" Of course, I said Mexicans always ask you that Then he asked "What do you like about it?" I said the cultural customs Sonideros, fiestas patronales, carnavales, etc To which he replied "Ah bien bien ... but that's stuff you'd only find in the "provincia" or basically anywhere outside in CDMX That was weird to hear "Ummm no? You got carnaval events and fiestas patronales in CDMX" I said He was insistent "Noooooo, not in Mexico City! Trust me, I'm from here. I know we don't" But yet I've been to like a dozen fiestas patronales and maybe 2 dozen carnival events all over Mexico City lol In fact, as Spring is coming up, I'm planning on checking out more carnival events starting next month Already writing down when and where for different events. Still a few I haven't seen yet! So once I told him where you can find either carnivals or fiestas patronales, he looks at me like I grew 2 heads "What? This gringo is talking about partying in Iztapalapa and Milpa Alta? What type of gringo is this?" It got me thinking though Given he was born and raised in CDMX, how has he managed to avoid even fiestas patronales over the decades? That blew my mind. I don't get how you wouldn't notice that. Like I guess if you're not religious, are deaf to fireworks and never leave Polanco, you wouldn't notice But even areas of Benito Juarez has fiestas patronales You don't have to travel far away to a ghetto of Iztapalapa or a town in Milpa Alta to find one I've had days where I'm just strolling around and BAM a fiesta patronal is partying down the street right in front of you. Chinelos and banda included It's not the first time I've noticed anyway a chilango that seems to have a weirdly bubbled idea of what Mexico City is like On that same note, you'll meet some upper class Mexicans who genuinely seem like pussies with an exaggerated idea that any barrio outside Lomas de Chapultepec is dangerous. You got those who think other cultural customs like muerteadas, jaripeos, banda music, etc don't exist in CDMX You have those who told me you can't find burritos in CDMX even though there's many places that sell them and some of those places are popular among locals Yes, those things might be from outside CDMX but given Mexico has Mexicans from all over the country living here, people bring their customs into the city I've enjoyed all that those things i mentioned in the city Furthermore, I firmly believe a lot of chilangos, though definitely not all, don't explore the city much Many know their own specific barrio, the route needed to get to and from work and maybe a few touristy spots like the Zócalo Maybe they're also familiar with another random ass barrio if their novia lives there And that's it So in practice, many don't seem to actually know Mexico City in its entirety You got the Coyoacán experts. The GAM experts. The Iztapalapa experts But as I said, not all Mexicans are like this obviously Usually those most familiar with the city in my experience are obviously taxi drivers or ambulantes who sell cheap shit at events It all varies by person anyhow

@doctorow Tractor owner here says solid proposal Unrelated, the link in the pluralistic page to State of 2026 seems to require a WELL login, pretty sure there’s an anonymous permalink somewhere

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@can Iphones stolen in Mexico City tend to light up in Find My from Shenzhen within a week according to the experience of a few people in my network. This tells me their parts value still justifies regular bulk shipment across the Pacific

is there still any market for stolen iPhones? Feels like Find My really locks stuff down so must be worth really small amounts. Or is that my lack of Chinese black-market ignorance?

@BowTiedBroke I’ve had two jerry cans of chainsaw fuel gnawed to death by black bears at the Lake Superior camp, apparently they find the smell of 50:1 mix intoxicating

Husqvarna sent me a stack of chainsaws to give away because a bear stole mine & Internet went wild. I’m adding a 4 day/3 nt stay to my Smoky Mtn cabin. (Side by side tours, meet Jimmy & me, see old moonshine stills, crazy views). To enter (100% free, no purchase necessary): 1) Follow @BowTiedBroke 2) Comment on THIS post with literally anything (tag friends = extra luck with the dartboard later 👀) Contest runs exactly 24 hours —-> closes tomorrow at 10:00 AM EST At close, @grok will instantly pick 20 random commenters with accounts older than 3 months. Then, I put those 20 names on a dartboard, film one throw, and THAT person wins everything. No bots, no BS, fully transparent. Grok posts the 20 here, the dart decides destiny 🎯 Sorry international followers (not that I have that many) U.S. followers only for this one. Cabin is in Tennessee, chainsaws are heavy, and bears don’t do passports. Let’s go! Drop a reply and let’s see who the Chainsaw stealing bear chooses.