Newbie! Arriving 4/5 for house hunt!

[DonJuane]

I typically get assassinated for my casual opinions but that only inspires me onward LOL. As far as being a same sex couple let me say that it's my experience that not many people pay that much attention. Most women of all ages can be seen walking hand and hand, mother by daughter and a major part of young school girls I've seen do the same, strolling hand and hand everywhere. I think this is because the Latin American culture is a more loving group of people and is for the most part too busy with other things to worry about who is with who and who is touching who where, or actually to hone in on any aspect of anyone's personality. And with the hormones of the young population and with the feverish activity on the park benches at night, it's mostly the Gringo tourists who are thinking "get a room" and more so than the locals even notice. I've found that the people who attract the most attention could perhaps be those with day-glow colored hair, showing a lot of tattoos on areas of the body typically covered, women with shorts up to the cut and perhaps male to male PDA but that is just from one of my favorite hobbies here in Mexico and that is park bench sitting. Not sure why it's so interesting for me to watch people's reactions to others but I find it fascinating.

In other more touristy cities it seems people walking up and down the streets are being sized constantly. The vendors and hawkers have sized you up and tried to figure out what sale you might be vulnerable for as soon as you get in sight. Also in touristy cities there is the "me" component where the tourists obviously run out of something to do and instead or touring any more, they sit around a observe others. GTO doesn't seem quite there yet since the main tourist corridor is a short path by the Union Jardin, there's not as much of this going on quite yet. Here in GTO it sill seems most are in some feverish pace of accomplishing their own assigned area of conventional commerce and are therefore not that interested in anyone else.

Otherwise a simple warning here and that's one I have given repeatedly. I could say to you "good luck and you will love it here" and you'll love me today or I can say something where you'll dislike me today and love me next year, "good luck to you and be sure first that you love it here". Always without argument people moving to Mexico are warned, suggested or stressed to rent for some time, perhaps a year or more before deciding to buy property. If you are an investor and have the disposable income, then go for it, But if you're talking about investing the family fortune, be sure you are doing the best thing for you and your family when you move here by first strongly considering renting instead of buying. Renting provides that "window of reality absorption" that can be a surprise to many who do not understand the entire realm of emotional influences that sometimes cloud the transparencies needed to properly evaluate a new environment and particularly in the Disneyland-like cities that may Gringos lean toward up front. And another thing people fail to realize is that same rush of emotion that has caused them to consider selling out and walking away from everything they have known in life in order to grab hold of the GTO experience, what they don't realize if they've made such a radical move once, that it's even easier to do the second and third time around. In fact many I've met that declared their affection for a city by chiseling it in stone realized too soon that somewhere else in Mexico began shining as a brighter star.

I recommend remaining free as a bird in Mexico. After all, that's likely why you came in the first place.