Our average electricity bill is approx $1000 pesos per mth.
Water costs are incredibly inexpensive under $100 pesos per month.
We have gas cooking & water heating (including under floor heating in winter), currently pay approx $250 pesos per month.
High speed internet $630 pesos per month.
Food is fresh & low cost a few examples:-
A kilo of tomatoes around 40mxn
Mangos 3 large ones for 40mxn
chicken breasts 3 for $60mxn
Luxury items at City Market 10mins away. .
A bottle of corona at the supermarket is $20mxn
Buses are plentiful & cheap at 7 pesos around town, taxis the same approx $50pesos in centro, & $80 out of centro...Petrol is approx 9 pesos per litre (govt. subsidised & price controlled).
Buses around the country are luxurious (including wifi on some) & inexpensive with a trip to Mexico City, taking around 3.5 hrs & costing just $367 pesos.
A ticket to the movies (english, with spanish subtitles) will cost just $48 pesos per adult, & a entrance to one of the many thermal pools, 10mins away, around $200 pesos, where you can lounge on deck chairs ordering tropical drinks & yummy food treats under the shade on a large green lawn...
You can roll up your sleeves & join one of the 140+ non profit organisations, giving back in so many ways, from helping find homes for animals, to tending trees in the botanical gardens, to helping find computers for the young college students, or join Rotary & do all of these!
You will find Atencion every Friday - the local newspaper, an addictive read for what's happening around town & a who's who, & what's what of all the many cultural festivals every month.
San Miguel is very social, with approx 10,000 expats from all necks of the woods & walks of life.
There are baroque festivals, International film festivals, Jazz festivals, Intl. writers' festivals, & even a world famous (in Texas) chilli cookoff...Tickets to world class performers are often available for just $100-$150 pesos.
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