" It is the nature of news not to report the norm but the abnormal. News reports the unusual. News reports the thing that never happens because it happened today " wise words. thank you for your perspective
On the other hand, one place I lived had so much crime that the news barely reported it. The norm was crime. So, while that bolsters the idea that the news reports only the abnormal, it was definitely not helpful to one who had to live in such a place. So how do we find out when that's the case before we move somewhere?
J.C... I just happened to run across your videos today. I'm very intrigued by your words of experience & wisdom. You're like listening to a friend in my living room. Thanks for the videos! Keep it up!👍Very humerus also I may add!
great video. I have been a solo woman traveler going around the US for the past 8 months and now I am getting ready to go to Mexico (I am spending a few months trying to learn some basic Spanish). I am with you. As long as I don't do anything stupid I will be fine. It has worked for me in the other 42 countries I have been to, too.
Jerry you are right, some people don't feel safe anywhere, and some people feel safe everywhere. It is all a mental attitude, or some people are just nuts and never worry.
Nice video. My truck was stolen at a grocery store in Portland, Or. The police said it’s not a priority crime there, even though there are *thousands* reported each year. I had multiple break-ins & vandalism over my duration of living there. I’ve been residing in N. California for 15 yrs. now and have not encountered one single incident to date.
Nice scenery out of the windows. Security in any foreign country depends where you are and its a matter of state of mind and aware of your surroundings. In Mexico is like any other peaceful country. We have areas in this country that is like a war zone so that's all im going to say. Take care and enjoy yourself JC
True! There are unsafe places any country you go to, including USA. There are places here, I would not go to even if you pay me. I have been and lived in Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the Virgin Island and many countries in Europe and the only act of violence I have experienced was here in the the US.
Thank you for explaining all of that. It made me stop and think about how I feel about where I live now. I guess you are right. I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to your explanation. I love listening to you talk. It is like having a conversation with a family member and it was very calming for me. You are a very intelligent man.
My hubby and I are learning a lot from your videos. Thank you! We've been thinking (seriously) about making the move to the Lake Chapala area. I like your straight forward approach too.
Awesome perspective on the news, We live on the Baja for 4-5 months of the year. We do NOT care what is going on in the US while there, just what goes on around us. We mind our own business and pay attention to where we are. We love Mexico.
Wishing you all the happiness in my loved country. Take care all the time. Thanks for sharing your life experience. From the bottom of my heart, my best wishes.
If it wasn’t for my kid still being in school I’d move. I stumbled across your videos today and I love the information your giving out about your personal experiences.
After traveling half the world twice I knew I never wanted to travel ever again, I married this wonderful man and later when our daughter was having her first baby, I had this fear overwhelm me from driving and leaving California to Colorado. My husband told me to look at it like an adventure, and a new and exciting life. I did! It worked. We stayed a month, and I really enjoyed it, and our new granddaughter. I can go anywhere now with this new attitude and live. Just sharing
I'm glad more and more Americans are waking up of what the media feed you,that Mexico is this country with no law and run by cartels,but is thanks to this kind of videos and RUclipsrs that had show what México really is,and I will say that is,the Mexican people make you feel very welcoming in this country,hope you visit and see for you self, cheers from Mexico City.
My own dad was deported in May 2016 and my kids dad (husband)was deported after in sep 2016. And I just went to Mexico for the first time Juarez chihuahua and Nuevo casas grande Chihuahua Dec 2018 so it’s been like two years since I’ve seen them. So many emotions traveling to Mexico but I was so excited I fell in love with Mexico. My kids dad was just 23 years old he was so upset till this day he goes through depression I think the way he was deported but he met the best people there he met great friends. I had the chance to meet them and WOW I was just amazed how Mexicans work so much 12+ hrs and after work had so much energy to go visit family and friends everyday. The day goes by slow but beautiful. Different VIBE. On my way back to the USA I was so depressed. For a lot of reason I haven’t moved to Mexico but your video has convinced me. Mexico is beautiful and I wanna be happy. I’ve been so overwhelmed here just working . My children are a part of me so all I have in the USA is a job. I wanna save up and move 🙂 I’m ready to be a lil free haha
About to make a life changing move to Mexico, to live with the love of my life, who lives in Jalisco. We have heard many bad things that happened there. As well as the terrible things happening around where I live in Pennsylvania . Absolutely agree with you on all points. I feel the same way. Wishing the best for you and your wife that you may live many more fruitful years of life together . Enjoy . Godspeed .
I"m 25 years old living in the US in the state of California. Was born Mexicali Baja California parents brought me here when i was 7 years old. I enjoy your critical thinking, the analysis in every issue, you have so much knowledge and wisdom. Thank you, i will keep watching. :) subscribed.
My mom used to always say, "Locks are for honest people" Thieves can and will find a way if they are determined, so it is in your mind. Heard of Compton, Ca? I'm very safe here...gangs don't even mark up walls as much because the main problem is in prison, jail or dead, so times change, but people have this "perception" factor that they feel proud of...bad guys everywhere. Yesterday someone broke the window on our Fiat while my wife was in church, I'm replacing the glass myself. Used to do car glass repair in Seattle, WN decades ago. Still save labor servicing our family's transportation....crap happens...you keep your mind free from fear and anxiety and he tells such interesting stories....so essentially he is correct here, no matter where you go, even Afghanistan, if you feel OK, you most likely are, but the truth is, death will find you, me anyone, if it's our time to leave this plane and live spiritually with God. He's my Hedge of Protection. 24/7/365 and for Eternity. But my home has bars, just for their protection, because if I find you entering by force and you're not law enforcement, you'll be glad to see them when I'm done catching you. But I don't want any trouble...nor does anyone with common sense and reason. Anything built can be compromised. Talk to those who serve our nation as soldiers and on their return, here, were blessed. Outside our borders on foreign soil, if you feel secure, then you are. If you don't God bless anyway...
I'm definantly considering moving to Mexico but I would not know where to move to and get work being I don't speak Spanish is my barrier as a medical technician. I totally admire you🤗😇
There are some english-speaking hospitals in Guadalajara and Zapopan who provide medical support to expats and foreigners, I think those places can be a place where you can start with. At least I know about two hospitals who works in that way, Hospital Americas and Hospital San Javier.
I live in Hermosillo, I'm Mexican haha, this city is good for Americans in my opinion since I found that the lifestyle is similar to the lifestyle of Phoenix (chain restaurants, nightlife, social life, etc). I find my city as a good place to adapt to Mexico in a slower way, many people speaks English, we have bilingual schools, for universities English is a requirement at the end of any career (we have 27 Universities which 8 are public). The economy of the city is growing and really fast. We have three private hospitals in Hermosillo where some of it's workers speak English: Clinica del Noroeste, Hospital San José, Hospital CIMA.
Thank you so much for making this video. I think a lot of people just see all the media about Mexico and see all these terrible things but don’t realize that this sort of stuff happens in the USA too.
Great info! Your wisdom and experience with Mexico is so much better than most vlogs I have watched. I’m 51 and my wife and I are ready to leave the rat race for a more relaxing and cost effective place. We have been visiting towns around Mexico.
Victor D. Romero ... I got the first one from Amazon. This one came from the Libertad market ... Juan de Dios in Guadalajara. Electronics just north of the food court.
Hi JC, I really enjoy your videos. They are frank , honest and from the heart. I write a blog and , like you, try to communicate the great and truthful things about the wonderful country we have both made our home. Thanks again and keep them coming!
Jerry, you speak truth. I’m a new subscriber and love your stories. I’m in my mid 40s and been thinking of retirement in Mexico. My wife is Mexican and we both speak the language and have always had good experiences going to the real Mexico. Sorry also get sidetracked, love your videos.
JC, Wow what a view out that window has anyone ever told you "You live in paradize"😉 loved the bedroom setup Thank you for sharing such private quaters of your home. on the safty issue how I wish many would think like you, you speak and give examples that if one did not under stand the words they can see your example. your the type of person One can talk to for hours and not get bored because YOUR SMART. your channel is so interesting and I enjoy the chats as well as you singing with your wife. so adorable she seems. I would love to see again the granny . where is she?? sorry I forgot her name😉thank you for the pleasant video and class on security🤣(mexico dont scare me one bit)
Blessings JC. Speaking to locals, reaching out to people who are informed of areas that are safer than others is just smart. Thank you as always, my hubby and I continue to enjoy your trials and errors of living in Mexico. 🙏👍☺
Your nature of news definition is really wise. I always enjoy your entertaining talks ( feel like real conversations to me). But today I also got some wisdom. Thank you JC
I have a friend that lives in Mazatlan Mexico. He's been living there for about fifthteen years and the only problem he has had is that his new neighbor borrowed his cable for TV and internet while he was on vacation. He got it back when he returned home to Mazatlan. So I'd say he feels pretty secure. Lol... PS: You and your wife should visit Mazatlan. They don't call it the Jewel of the Pacific for nothing. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Greetings from Kentucky. Thanks for sharing your thoughts; it's a pleasure listening to ya. I know what you're saying about feeling safe vs being secure. I used to work in the safe lock industry on safe locks, security doors keying matters and so on. I was honored to work for both of Harry Miller's sons during that time(good people) and became fascinated with all the antique locks created by Mr Miller (many now located in the museum in Lockmasters) Though I left that chapter of my life to become a professional Welder, I never lost interest of locks, safes, security means and such - It'd be great to see a video of the antique padlock collection you spoke of. Thanks again Sir, you & yours be well.
I have some Miller padlocks in my collection. I have pictures of most of my locks and used to have a website for them. The website got lost when AOL shut down free websites.
That's great that you have them. Funny thing about locks is as you work with so many different ones you gain quite a few little tricky tidbits on how to defeat them; that always intrigued me. Once to a point that I was determined to design a working prototype and get it patented...to only have that idea crushed when I'd either introduce it to an old timer locksmith and watch as he'd explain how it can be defeated or he'd just say it's been done so i gave up. I'm still amazed by the interesting simplicity or the plain common sense of the older locks. With all the technology, One day the mechanical type locks and the knowledge involved with their construction will be lost to all except for a few that appreciated the magic inside. Thanks again.
I am a fairly recent subscriber and love your content and stories thus I started taking a little time to dig around and watch some of your older videos as I slowly catch up on what I have missed. This little session on safety and security hits the nail right on the head and it makes me wish you had millions of subscribers so that far more people could see and hear what you had to say on these topics. Today (Oct 2018) many Americans talk incessantly about fears and insecurities but I think the fears of a national EMP event appear to dominate the local discussions, at least in my experience. So many people are talking about becoming preppers and moving out to the boonies 50 to 100 miles from any sizable cities and constructing an underground bunker so they can hole up inside of it until all the trouble has passed them by or so they hope anyway. I am not one to judge others but for my own purposes, if I felt such a situation was very likely, I would simply renew my passport and get a visa and head for central Mexico or elsewhere now rather than turn myself into a tunnel rat fooling myself into believing I was totally secure from the worst that might become of society. The reality is that life is risky but also wonderful. The other reality is that if we just keep our wits about us and don't do anything stupid, we are very likely to get through life just fine despite reading occasionally about some poor soul who was not so lucky. Thanks for doing what you do and keeping your head screwed on properly and sharing your thoughts with others. :-)
Greetings from Newberg, and thanks for sharing such delightful information. Indeed, the state-of-mind is anywhere or anything the person makes it to be. Unfortunately the media is in the business of selling instability thus influencing a negative state-of-minds; however, awareness is also important-and you sir-help stabilize my mind.
Wow What a beautiful home! Thank you for the video. We just bought land two years ago just north of Todos Santos area. Wild bush and have not done anything yet even put up a fence. We have very few neighbors and only two have started building their homes but they do have fence which is barbwire and posts, nothing elaborate. We will be doing something i hope this year but probably just the same as the others for we plan on keeping the land for a RV location with pads and possible electric and water further in the future. So this gives me something to think about but honestly we are so far from getting electric and water in the area that i think a simple fence just to say this property(land ) is owned will be sufficient and that is all. Thanks again and have been enjoying your videos and giving me great information form someone who actually lives there.
Don't know what your plans are or how far away utilities are from your land, but I stay for months boondocking in my RV. Lots cheaper to solar power an RV than to run electric to a property. :)
Hi JC I’m Juan Carlos (JC) I’m from Mexico City and I agree with you security is how you feel , I live in Chicago but I travel to Mexico 3 times per year and never had a bad experience. Nice to know you , a person with common sense .
Good post. Very true. What you are feeling about where you are and who you are plays a huge part in what happens to you. If you aren't comfortable in your surroundings, go somewhere else. We all drive our circumstances by how we feel.
I really enjoyed you video. Glad I found you, please keep it up! Your videos are interesting and thought provoking. This video in particular was a great pep talk for me, and you nailed it. (You had me laughing when you told your friend his with the gate, that he build a nice 'ladder' LOL! Also, the potatoe/hotel safe. Also, interesting the stun gun stunned your arm for a week).
I live in a small rural town in the US. There are ( at least) 3 drug operations on my block. I sleep peacefully with my 9mm next to my bed and 2 little dog alarms. I did stop updating the kids on neighborhood events, though. Lol
I once took a self defense course and one instructor who is used as a witness in criminal court cases said the best defense is a small dog. Congrats on your "alarms". :) He did say he feels guns are a problem because you can sometimes still go to prison for killing someone in self defense. It's true. Even in states with Hold Your Ground, laws. :-/
Hello Jerry, what are your experiences and recommendations regarding the water? Thank you very much for taking the time and sharing what's on your mind.
Hahahaha I really loved this video. I was listening to it on my way home and when you said “I’m not going to form my analysis of the security risk in Mexico based upon what happened outside of a bar in Tijuana.” Had me laughing so hard I almost spit my water out on the dashboard of my truck. The way I see it, if you don’t get mugged outside of a bar in Tijuana Mexico. You didn’t get the true experience of TJ! Lol As far as the media is concerned. I think it’s a bunch of bs every news network spouts out all the same nonsense propaganda. Personally I think it’s a mind control machine trying to manipulate the way people live and think. I don’t watch the news at my house. I check the weather on my “Weather Channel” application on my phone and that’s about the extent of the news I see. There’s crime in every part of the world. You wouldn’t catch me buying a property smack dab in the middle of south central Los Angeles and the same would be true for Mexico. I wouldn’t retire in Juarez or TJ or certain areas of Sinaloa (although that is wear my father is from) If we didn’t have such a thirst for illegal drugs in the USA, Mexico wouldn’t have the violent drug cartels that they do today.
Beautiful view out your windows! I agree on having a normal life first starts with being normal and staying out of trouble for the majority of people. Some tend to attract what they are, or become what they attract then end up in jail or dead. Most that keep their nose clean and stay out of trouble and don't hang out with people that do much against the law and or drugs. They don't get involved in dangerous life styles as such. So i agree with your mind set. That is how I think and live too. I don't drink or do drugs. Never have been a follower. Great video, educational.
fellow Oregonian here living in Lincoln City thinking about relocating somewhere more affordable. we just watched Narcos: Mexico on netflix. needless to say it has colored my feelings about Guadalajara. if you have not seen it, probably best not to.
I smelled the death when 19 butchered narcos were found in a van under the Millennium Arches in Guadalajara as I drove past. Those movies and the news reports are real, but they don't reflect daily life in Guadalajara any more than a documentary about school shootings would define the experience of going to high school in the US, or the Las Vegas massacre would reflect the character of visiting Las Vegas.
I'm 26 years old and love your videos. So much knowledge and experience! Hope you are doing well. Saludos desde Estado de México!
" It is the nature of news not to report the norm but the abnormal. News reports the unusual. News reports the thing that never happens because it happened today " wise words. thank you for your perspective
On the other hand, one place I lived had so much crime that the news barely reported it. The norm was crime. So, while that bolsters the idea that the news reports only the abnormal, it was definitely not helpful to one who had to live in such a place. So how do we find out when that's the case before we move somewhere?
J.C... I just happened to run across your videos today. I'm very intrigued by your words of experience & wisdom. You're like listening to a friend in my living room. Thanks for the videos! Keep it up!👍Very humerus also I may add!
Your Stories are AWESOME!!! I love the way you tell the stories!!
Ha! Me too Al.
great video. I have been a solo woman traveler going around the US for the past 8 months and now I am getting ready to go to Mexico (I am spending a few months trying to learn some basic Spanish). I am with you. As long as I don't do anything stupid I will be fine. It has worked for me in the other 42 countries I have been to, too.
+Patricia Karnowski ... With your travel experience you’ll be fine, Patricia.
Patricia Karnowski have you tried the app " Duolingual?" spanish is on there and After every session you have a small test. its FREE👍😉
For your first trip to Mexico try Guanajuato or Guadalajara most tour companies have bilingual employees plus very cheap cities. You can use Uber too.
Hope to see you here un México
What a brave girl. 🎅
I think you explain personal security very well, it is how you feel. There are too many news channels these days. Thanks for your video.
I always enjoy the voice of experience
Love that flashlight.! And of course the peaceful way you tell stories.!
+pillo suarez ... ❤️
+pillo suarez Thanks!
I'd like to know where t get a flashlight like that?
Such a delightful video and down to earth. Loved it and boy did you get to the point. Thank YOU so very much
Jerry you are right, some people don't feel safe anywhere, and some people feel safe everywhere. It is all a mental attitude, or some people are just nuts and never worry.
Ramblingruby ... Good Morning, Ruby. Let's just be nuts and never worry.
Yes, I am one of the nuts. I seldom worry.
I think those that worry are the nuts. After all, worry never solved one problem.
Nice video. My truck was stolen at a grocery store in Portland, Or. The police said it’s not a priority crime there, even though there are *thousands* reported each year. I had multiple break-ins & vandalism over my duration of living there. I’ve been residing in N. California for 15 yrs. now and have not encountered one single incident to date.
While living in Chicago my parents had three cars stolen. They never bought a fourth. :)
Then u moved to a rural area. U were in a city. Cities have high crime rates.
Hi JC, Wow! Those birds are doing a lot of singing, so beautiful!! That you for sharing! God Bless!!
Nice scenery out of the windows. Security in any foreign country depends where you are and its a matter of state of mind and aware of your surroundings. In Mexico is like any other peaceful country. We have areas in this country that is like a war zone so that's all im going to say. Take care and enjoy yourself JC
John C RV ... I agree. There can be war zones in any country and Mexico has some. The USA has some. My feelings are about me and mine here in Ajijic.
Love your place ,what would one EXPECT to pay for a nice house and few Acers
True! There are unsafe places any country you go to, including USA. There are places here, I would not go to even if you pay me. I have been and lived in Ukraine, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, the Virgin Island and many countries in Europe and the only act of violence I have experienced was here in the the US.
Thank you for explaining all of that. It made me stop and think about how I feel about where I live now. I guess you are right. I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to your explanation. I love listening to you talk. It is like having a conversation with a family member and it was very calming for me. You are a very intelligent man.
My hubby and I are learning a lot from your videos. Thank you! We've been thinking (seriously) about making the move to the Lake Chapala area. I like your straight forward approach too.
You're very wise and I appreciate your sharing! It really helped me to see things in a different light. Thank you!!
Awesome perspective on the news, We live on the Baja for 4-5 months of the year. We do NOT care what is going on in the US while there, just what goes on around us. We mind our own business and pay attention to where we are. We love Mexico.
Wishing you all the happiness in my loved country. Take care all the time. Thanks for sharing your life experience. From the bottom of my heart, my best wishes.
I have lived in San Miguel Allende for 21years full time .Have never known anything but love and kindness and great civility
We experience the same in Ajijic for 18 years. :)
If it wasn’t for my kid still being in school I’d move. I stumbled across your videos today and I love the information your giving out about your personal experiences.
Stacey herrington I just stumbled on his video and now I want to move too. My kids would not go for it though 😕
After traveling half the world twice I knew I never wanted to travel ever again, I married this wonderful man and later when our daughter was having her first baby, I had this fear overwhelm me from driving and leaving California to Colorado. My husband told me to look at it like an adventure, and a new and exciting life. I did! It worked. We stayed a month, and I really enjoyed it, and our new granddaughter. I can go anywhere now with this new attitude and live. Just sharing
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I hope you guys come here soon😉😊.
I'm glad more and more Americans are waking up of what the media feed you,that Mexico is this country with no law and run by cartels,but is thanks to this kind of videos and RUclipsrs that had show what México really is,and I will say that is,the Mexican people make you feel very welcoming in this country,hope you visit and see for you self, cheers from Mexico City.
My own dad was deported in May 2016 and my kids dad (husband)was deported after in sep 2016. And I just went to Mexico for the first time Juarez chihuahua and Nuevo casas grande Chihuahua Dec 2018 so it’s been like two years since I’ve seen them. So many emotions traveling to Mexico but I was so excited I fell in love with Mexico. My kids dad was just 23 years old he was so upset till this day he goes through depression I think the way he was deported but he met the best people there he met great friends. I had the chance to meet them and WOW I was just amazed how Mexicans work so much 12+ hrs and after work had so much energy to go visit family and friends everyday. The day goes by slow but beautiful. Different VIBE. On my way back to the USA I was so depressed. For a lot of reason I haven’t moved to Mexico but your video has convinced me. Mexico is beautiful and I wanna be happy. I’ve been so overwhelmed here just working . My children are a part of me so all I have in the USA is a job. I wanna save up and move 🙂 I’m ready to be a lil free haha
Good luck in your quest to find a better place to be. I hope you're able to rejoin your family soon. :)
Beautiful home. You really should look into voice work. Radio, nature shows, narrator.
JC, I enjoy your very eloquent videos. Thank you.
About to make a life changing move to Mexico, to live with the love of my life, who lives in Jalisco.
We have heard many bad things that happened there. As well as the terrible things happening around where I live in Pennsylvania .
Absolutely agree with you on all points. I feel the same way.
Wishing the best for you and your wife that you may live many more fruitful years of life together .
Enjoy .
Godspeed .
I"m 25 years old living in the US in the state of California.
Was born Mexicali Baja California parents brought me here when i was 7 years old.
I enjoy your critical thinking, the analysis in every issue, you have so much knowledge and wisdom.
Thank you, i will keep watching. :) subscribed.
Thanks for subbing! Enjoy. :)
I love listening to you sir. hope to be as wise one day ! Saludos de Monterrey Mexico
My mom used to always say, "Locks are for honest people" Thieves can and will find a way if they are determined, so it is in your mind. Heard of Compton, Ca? I'm very safe here...gangs don't even mark up walls as much because the main problem is in prison, jail or dead, so times change, but people have this "perception" factor that they feel proud of...bad guys everywhere. Yesterday someone broke the window on our Fiat while my wife was in church, I'm replacing the glass myself. Used to do car glass repair in Seattle, WN decades ago. Still save labor servicing our family's transportation....crap happens...you keep your mind free from fear and anxiety and he tells such interesting stories....so essentially he is correct here, no matter where you go, even Afghanistan, if you feel OK, you most likely are, but the truth is, death will find you, me anyone, if it's our time to leave this plane and live spiritually with God. He's my Hedge of Protection. 24/7/365 and for Eternity. But my home has bars, just for their protection, because if I find you entering by force and you're not law enforcement, you'll be glad to see them when I'm done catching you. But I don't want any trouble...nor does anyone with common sense and reason. Anything built can be compromised. Talk to those who serve our nation as soldiers and on their return, here, were blessed. Outside our borders on foreign soil, if you feel secure, then you are. If you don't God bless anyway...
Well said, Michael.
You are a very wise man. I agree with everything you said.
I like the way you worded what it means to be safe and how its just a mental state
I'm definantly considering moving to Mexico but I would not know where to move to and get work being I don't speak Spanish is my barrier as a medical technician. I totally admire you🤗😇
Jalisco, nuevo León, Puebla, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, you Will learn the language, and in médica terminoligy they use the latín vocabulary
There are some english-speaking hospitals in Guadalajara and Zapopan who provide medical support to expats and foreigners, I think those places can be a place where you can start with. At least I know about two hospitals who works in that way, Hospital Americas and Hospital San Javier.
I live in Hermosillo, I'm Mexican haha, this city is good for Americans in my opinion since I found that the lifestyle is similar to the lifestyle of Phoenix (chain restaurants, nightlife, social life, etc). I find my city as a good place to adapt to Mexico in a slower way, many people speaks English, we have bilingual schools, for universities English is a requirement at the end of any career (we have 27 Universities which 8 are public). The economy of the city is growing and really fast. We have three private hospitals in Hermosillo where some of it's workers speak English: Clinica del Noroeste, Hospital San José, Hospital CIMA.
JC, you are correct about the news media! "If it bleeds it leads"! Thanks for sharing.
CAJUN Jamis ... Thanks for listening!
Thank you so much for making this video. I think a lot of people just see all the media about Mexico and see all these terrible things but don’t realize that this sort of stuff happens in the USA too.
I subscribed because you're so funny. Love the info!💖
Just found your chanel, love your videos. Beautiful view by the window.
Great info! Your wisdom and experience with Mexico is so much better than most vlogs I have watched. I’m 51 and my wife and I are ready to leave the rat race for a more relaxing and cost effective place. We have been visiting towns around Mexico.
Good luck in your search. :)
✔️ I totally agree 👍 with you!!! *Where can I get a 🔦 flashlight like yours* ❓Thanks!!!
Victor D. Romero ... I got the first one from Amazon. This one came from the Libertad market ... Juan de Dios in Guadalajara. Electronics just north of the food court.
JC Travel Stories do you live in Guadalajara? Facebook or Instagram page? Or just RUclips... love your videos
It was a very interesting monologue Sr. Thank you!
Hi JC, I really enjoy your videos. They are frank , honest and from the heart. I write a blog and , like you, try to communicate the great and truthful things about the wonderful country we have both made our home. Thanks again and keep them coming!
And how do we find y our blog, Ana?
JC Travel Stories Hey JC...it’s www.thesolosnowbird.com Thanks for asking!
Man, you have a nice place! Thanks for the video!
Great video! You're so right, it's all a state of mind.
Some people live in a negative state of mind.they see the world around them in a negative way.
What a great video Jerry, nice stories and good comments about a great country, take care and stay safe.
Jerry, you speak truth. I’m a new subscriber and love your stories. I’m in my mid 40s and been thinking of retirement in Mexico. My wife is Mexican and we both speak the language and have always had good experiences going to the real Mexico. Sorry also get sidetracked, love your videos.
JC, Wow what a view out that window has anyone ever told you "You live in paradize"😉 loved the bedroom setup Thank you for sharing such private quaters of your home. on the safty issue how I wish many would think like you, you speak and give examples that if one did not under stand the words they can see your example. your the type of person One can talk to for hours and not get bored because YOUR SMART. your channel is so interesting and I enjoy the chats as well as you singing with your wife. so adorable she seems. I would love to see again the granny . where is she?? sorry I forgot her name😉thank you for the pleasant video and class on security🤣(mexico dont scare me one bit)
Nice video..
I’ve been your fan for some time now
Great job 🙂🙂🙂
Blessings JC. Speaking to locals, reaching out to people who are informed of areas that are safer than others is just smart. Thank you as always, my hubby and I continue to enjoy your trials and errors of living in Mexico. 🙏👍☺
Your nature of news definition is really wise. I always enjoy your entertaining talks ( feel like real conversations to me). But today I also got some wisdom. Thank you JC
My pleasure. Thanks for watching. :)
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us!
Love your stories like the grandpa i never had
Some Dude Daquan i was thinking the same. Would make a great dad.
Your property is absolutely gorgeous. It’s so important to stay safe especially in a different country. I’m glad you and your wife feel safe.
Would love to be able to listen to your stories in podcast form.
WHAT??? You don't like my face? LOL!
Absolutely beautiful surroundings and a lovely house! THATS how you retire in style!
Thanks JC Great Stuff . It nice to see that your living the dream and feel safe . Great story about your bulletproof backyard glass
I have a friend that lives in Mazatlan Mexico. He's been living there for about fifthteen years and the only problem he has had is that his new neighbor borrowed his cable for TV and internet while he was on vacation. He got it back when he returned home to Mazatlan. So I'd say he feels pretty secure. Lol... PS: You and your wife should visit Mazatlan. They don't call it the Jewel of the Pacific for nothing. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Been to Mazatlan a lot. Used to stay in Mar Rosa RV park in the hotel zone. Thanks for your comment!
Great story! Totally agree with your perspective...
You know it’s beautiful when you hear the birds chirping.
I'm very thankful for ur videos thank you
Enjoy your videos besafe down there in Mexico
I'm so jealous of your house/scenery. It looks great!
Good for you...have friends that moved there and Costa Rica Nicaragua Brazil DR and PR. Wish you well.
Greetings from Kentucky. Thanks for sharing your thoughts; it's a pleasure listening to ya. I know what you're saying about feeling safe vs being secure. I used to work in the safe lock industry on safe locks, security doors keying matters and so on. I was honored to work for both of Harry Miller's sons during that time(good people) and became fascinated with all the antique locks created by Mr Miller (many now located in the museum in Lockmasters) Though I left that chapter of my life to become a professional Welder, I never lost interest of locks, safes, security means and such - It'd be great to see a video of the antique padlock collection you spoke of. Thanks again Sir, you & yours be well.
I have some Miller padlocks in my collection. I have pictures of most of my locks and used to have a website for them. The website got lost when AOL shut down free websites.
That's great that you have them. Funny thing about locks is as you work with so many different ones you gain quite a few little tricky tidbits on how to defeat them; that always intrigued me. Once to a point that I was determined to design a working prototype and get it patented...to only have that idea crushed when I'd either introduce it to an old timer locksmith and watch as he'd explain how it can be defeated or he'd just say it's been done so i gave up. I'm still amazed by the interesting simplicity or the plain common sense of the older locks. With all the technology, One day the mechanical type locks and the knowledge involved with their construction will be lost to all except for a few that appreciated the magic inside. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely love your take on the idea of safety and security. It's all a frame of mind, isn't it?
Mostly, yes. Although I suppose a 12 gauge sitting in the corner might enhance one's frame of mind. :)
I am a fairly recent subscriber and love your content and stories thus I started taking a little time to dig around and watch some of your older videos as I slowly catch up on what I have missed.
This little session on safety and security hits the nail right on the head and it makes me wish you had millions of subscribers so that far more people could see and hear what you had to say on these topics.
Today (Oct 2018) many Americans talk incessantly about fears and insecurities but I think the fears of a national EMP event appear to dominate the local discussions, at least in my experience. So many people are talking about becoming preppers and moving out to the boonies 50 to 100 miles from any sizable cities and constructing an underground bunker so they can hole up inside of it until all the trouble has passed them by or so they hope anyway.
I am not one to judge others but for my own purposes, if I felt such a situation was very likely, I would simply renew my passport and get a visa and head for central Mexico or elsewhere now rather than turn myself into a tunnel rat fooling myself into believing I was totally secure from the worst that might become of society. The reality is that life is risky but also wonderful. The other reality is that if we just keep our wits about us and don't do anything stupid, we are very likely to get through life just fine despite reading occasionally about some poor soul who was not so lucky. Thanks for doing what you do and keeping your head screwed on properly and sharing your thoughts with others. :-)
I'm becoming a fan of your comments, Randy. :) Thanks.
I love hearing the birds.
great stories. i hope your stay here, in Mexico, it will great.
Loved the way you explained the whole idea of security. It seemed less like information and more like wisdom. You are a very charismatic person.
Security is a bit of an illusion almost everywhere. Still trying to get the wife warmed up to driving down Baja. Thanks
Radnally ... Happy wife, happy life. Takes two to tango. All those cliches. Good luck.
Greetings from Newberg, and thanks for sharing such delightful information. Indeed, the state-of-mind is anywhere or anything the person makes it to be. Unfortunately the media is in the business of selling instability thus influencing a negative state-of-minds; however, awareness is also important-and you sir-help stabilize my mind.
God bless you old man. Love your videos
I love your videos, thinking about moving there myself in a few years. Still safer than Chicago lol.
I have become a fan because of the value you provide by your life lessons 🎆🎆🎆😎😎
Everyone is welcome here in Mexico , just don't bring hate and descrimination here because you guys very good at.
Wow What a beautiful home! Thank you for the video. We just bought land two years ago just north of Todos Santos area. Wild bush and have not done anything yet even put up a fence. We have very few neighbors and only two have started building their homes but they do have fence which is barbwire and posts, nothing elaborate. We will be doing something i hope this year but probably just the same as the others for we plan on keeping the land for a RV location with pads and possible electric and water further in the future. So this gives me something to think about but honestly we are so far from getting electric and water in the area that i think a simple fence just to say this property(land ) is owned will be sufficient and that is all. Thanks again and have been enjoying your videos and giving me great information form someone who actually lives there.
Don't know what your plans are or how far away utilities are from your land, but I stay for months boondocking in my RV. Lots cheaper to solar power an RV than to run electric to a property. :)
Hi JC I’m Juan Carlos (JC) I’m from Mexico City and I agree with you security is how you feel , I live in Chicago but I travel to Mexico 3 times per year and never had a bad experience.
Nice to know you , a person with common sense .
I’m gonna follow you brother.
You are wise man. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. ☺️
Great info, thank you !
I really like this video. Thank you for sharing.
Good post. Very true. What you are feeling about where you are and who you are plays a huge part in what happens to you. If you aren't comfortable in your surroundings, go somewhere else. We all drive our circumstances by how we feel.
Barbara Morgan ... Exactly! Thanks for the comment, Barbara.
I really enjoyed you video. Glad I found you, please keep it up! Your videos are interesting and thought provoking. This video in particular was a great pep talk for me, and you nailed it. (You had me laughing when you told your friend his with the gate, that he build a nice 'ladder' LOL! Also, the potatoe/hotel safe. Also, interesting the stun gun stunned your arm for a week).
Thank you so much! Very sensitive and sensible video.
Juanita Brown ... Thank you, Juanita!
I live in a small rural town in the US. There are ( at least) 3 drug operations on my block. I sleep peacefully with my 9mm next to my bed and 2 little dog alarms. I did stop updating the kids on neighborhood events, though. Lol
I once took a self defense course and one instructor who is used as a witness in criminal court cases said the best defense is a small dog. Congrats on your "alarms". :) He did say he feels guns are a problem because you can sometimes still go to prison for killing someone in self defense. It's true. Even in states with Hold Your Ground, laws. :-/
Hello Jerry, what are your experiences and recommendations regarding the water? Thank you very much for taking the time and sharing what's on your mind.
Don't drink the water. We buy bottled water for drinking and cooking. :)
Another great video! Informative and done with flair!
well said my friend... you have a new subscriber :)
Sergio Solis .... Welcome Sergio!
This was a great vedio,really interesting the flash light made me laugh out loud.Thanks for sharing.
Very cool, Thanks. !!!! Good information.
Awesome stories!
Wow so well said. That was a perfect definition of safety and the news
I very much enjoy your videos. Thanks. this one really made me think.
Excellent points of view...
Hahahaha I really loved this video. I was listening to it on my way home and when you said “I’m not going to form my analysis of the security risk in Mexico based upon what happened outside of a bar in Tijuana.” Had me laughing so hard I almost spit my water out on the dashboard of my truck. The way I see it, if you don’t get mugged outside of a bar in Tijuana Mexico. You didn’t get the true experience of TJ! Lol
As far as the media is concerned. I think it’s a bunch of bs every news network spouts out all the same nonsense propaganda. Personally I think it’s a mind control machine trying to manipulate the way people live and think. I don’t watch the news at my house. I check the weather on my “Weather Channel” application on my phone and that’s about the extent of the news I see. There’s crime in every part of the world. You wouldn’t catch me buying a property smack dab in the middle of south central Los Angeles and the same would be true for Mexico. I wouldn’t retire in Juarez or TJ or certain areas of Sinaloa (although that is wear my father is from) If we didn’t have such a thirst for illegal drugs in the USA, Mexico wouldn’t have the violent drug cartels that they do today.
rcp pop ... You hit a lot of nails on the head there.🔨🔨🔨🔨
Lovely view out of your bedroom window. Love it!
his dad is known as God!!!!!!!
Beautiful view out your windows! I agree on having a normal life first starts with being normal and staying out of trouble for the majority of people. Some tend to attract what they are, or become what they attract then end up in jail or dead. Most that keep their nose clean and stay out of trouble and don't hang out with people that do much against the law and or drugs. They don't get involved in dangerous life styles as such. So i agree with your mind set. That is how I think and live too. I don't drink or do drugs. Never have been a follower.
Great video, educational.
Jude W ... Amen to all of that :)
Interesting, I like your analogies on things.
SIR YOU HAVE BECOME IN TO MY NEW GRANDPA I LOVE YOUR BLOGS AND LISTEN TO THEM AT WORK LOL
Old Chinese proverb ... A wise man will have many grand children. :)
I wants one of those flashlights, to have at home it is useful and looks scary and yes hoping I'll never have to use it.
+gaviotitas9 .... Search on Amazon for stun gun flashlight, Seagull.
Excellent video, thank you my friend much appreciate it.
Nice talk Sr , thanks
fellow Oregonian here living in Lincoln City thinking about relocating somewhere more affordable. we just watched Narcos: Mexico on netflix. needless to say it has colored my feelings about Guadalajara. if you have not seen it, probably best not to.
I smelled the death when 19 butchered narcos were found in a van under the Millennium Arches in Guadalajara as I drove past. Those movies and the news reports are real, but they don't reflect daily life in Guadalajara any more than a documentary about school shootings would define the experience of going to high school in the US, or the Las Vegas massacre would reflect the character of visiting Las Vegas.
But if several thousand volts were run through the hurricane fence, well that would help, till the power outage of course.