There a small lot 40 x 40 (2 blocks back from the beach) with small improvements such as a one room casita is running around $300,000. That is expensive land. Bearin mind there is basically nothing in Punta Perula: no school, no gas station, no library, no good restaurants, no real shopping other than a few small roadside taco stands. Small bodega’s. Gas is 40+ miles away. Closest real shopping is in Manzanillo or Puerto Vallarta both 100 odd miles away.

Roads are bumpy, twisty and narrow to and from these major cities. Roads in town are largely dirt. Water does not flow every day, you can’t drink the water, elecric is variable, electricity is very expensive at 40 pesos per kWh. The USA is much cheaper on this front.

The upside is the beach is nice the weather is warm, but everything else is les than desirable. All this and you can expect to spend a million dollars for a nice beachfront house.

If you suffer from asthma don’t visit as burning of fields to keep the vegetation down is daily. See if your RV awning fairs like our with holes burnt in it. Add to the daily burning also all the open air fires for cooking and the atmosphere forces you inside daily and certainly every evening. Hope you have a big picture window to see that million dollar ocean view, you will need it.

Did I mention the roosters crowing morning, noon and night? There are many. It is a special treat when cock fights come to town as they bring in 50 or so more roosters. Most people would choose a busy traffic street location in preference let me assure you. The upsdie is cheep property taxes.

How about that cheap cost of living. Pretty much gone food on avaerage in major centers is more expensive than the USA. Booze is about the same price, meat is the same price but worse quality. Eating in restaurants is more expensive unless eating in roadsid style taco stands, because most restaurants base the prices in US dollars.

You can on the other hand buy a great house in the US for $200,000. The water is drinkable and will flow every day. the lectric is relaibale, the streets are clean and smooth to drive on, etc.

Mexico is different from the USA not the cheap retreat it used to be. RV parks have increased in price from $10-$15 a night to $20-$35. The parks do not come close to equalling the US.

The biggest misconception today is that Mexico is cheap. This is no longer true for the most part unless you want to go where others do not. Many people who have been coming to Mexico annually for 10+ years are now deciding not to come anymore. Go to Mexico for a different cultural experience, or perhaps the weather in winter at the coast but as for great value from a pricing persective think again.