Moving to Mexico--Contemplating Mexico City or Guadalajara? Any help?

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Welcome on Expat.com tamaulipasteacher,

maybe you could post a few articles of your ebook in the particpative Mexico guide ?

I am pretty sure it would help a lot of people

Hi leesstar,

I personally prefer Mexico City. The public transportation is better and there are more museums and cultural events than in Guadalajara. I recently moved to Guadalajara from Mexico City.
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Hi there,
I have visited both Mexico City and Guadalajara and let me tell you that Guadalajara is a much nicer place to live. Job opportunities are growing in Guadalajara and also the air is much cleaner. It is a beautiful place to live and raise a family.

Leesstar,

I live in Cabo San Lucas and will be moving to Guadalajara soon. My wife is from there and it is a beautiful city and much safer the Mexcio City. It seems that is much more modern with many new Malls and very easy to get around. You also don´t have to worry about the taxis being legitimate or not!
good luck

I live a couple hours from guadalajara and really think its much nicer than Df. DF is like a dirty 3rd world new york. I am not sure why anyone would want to live there. I have been various times and could hardly wait to leave. Everyone has their own preference though. Visit both and then choose. In the long run it will be cheaper than just picking a place and going, then finding out you dont like it.

the climate in guadalajara is nicer as well.

Have you moved yet?  Which city?    Julia

hi am mariana i live in guadalajara its a nice city its much more smaller than mexico city not that much traffic but right now would not be a safe place , drug dilers are in a big fight so its really insecure so i shoudent come here on this year at least. but its a nice place people its nice.

I would suggest you read an excellent book about mexico city called El Monstruo by a pulitzer prize winning journalist who has lived there for a quarter of a century.  He holds no punches and you get a good sense of the various areas, politics, corruption, crime and the things that so attracts people to this huge ungainly place.

Guadalajara is beginning to experience the drug wars and matters seem to be escalating there as of late.

I've lived in both Guadalajara and Mexico City with the latter my current home.  Both cities have their charms and drawbacks. Mexico City ended up the winner for me on job opportunities, arts and culture, and the people.

For Guadalajara, I disliked the coldness of the people there which I took as part of the fear of narcos that pervade the city (these impressions come from before the current mess).  Public transport is a mess so you really need a car in the city meaning horrible traffic.

For Mexico City, the drawback is traffic if you own a car (I don't) though public transport is very good.  Crime is a problem I haven't suffered but I think it's a concern for the new arrival, mostly theft.  Bureaucratic red tape is also a pain here for things like property purchases and car insurance.

Hope that helps!