Retirement in Mazatlan, American retirees living in Mexico

In Mazatlan, Sinaloa, there is a flow of US and Canadian retirees who remain in that city for long periods of time. In Sinaloa live adults who were born mostly before 1946.

Migration from the United States to Mexico has been little documented, but the most solid research done at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, concludes that this phenomenon began to accelerate in 2011 and can still grow in the next 10 or 15 years, the destinations preferred by the retirees who migrate to Mexico were headed, in 2015 and 2016, by: Lake Chapala, Jalisco, because there is already a community of established Americans; Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, followed by Tijuana, Los Cabos and Ensenada, in Baja California and Mazatlan.

Among the main reasons why they move to Mexico is the low cost of living in relation to the United States, favorable weather conditions and closeness to their country. About 70 percent of Americans who live in Mexico come from the states of California and Texas, and 30 percent are from the remaining 48 states

The factors that most stimulate the north-south migration are a more tolerable climate, competitive prices in the sale of houses and closeness to the United States, which makes Mexico an ideal place for those retired Americans who combine their stay in both countries. Another factor that influences migration movements, whether from south to north or from north to south, is the imbalance in the global economic system. Migrants from developed countries travel to maturing economies because their purchasing power increases and they take advantage of this to have a better retirement.

Sectors such as the doctor, tourism and general services are benefited by this migration of retirees and especially the real estate sector is a very big push to reach people with high purchasing power and housing need and in many cases these migrants intend to invest in more than one property or business