What are the differences between living in the U.S. and living in mexico?

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cindy11489

the government takes care of you in the united states. The work in mexico is harder to maintain and you have to work more hours with also less pay. In the united states you can survive with minimum wage. the minimum wage here is like having a $15-20 per hour job here.

But by far!! MEXICO has the THE BEST FOOD!!!! the food is fresh and tasty! When you buy your food in the vendors in the street... WOW!! IT"S SOOOO GOOOOD!

opps i forgot, personal security is not an issu here.. in mexico............................. good luck!

Gata de Barrio

Umm... A licenciatura of medicina doesn't exist in Mexico. The career is called "Medico cirujano" (Medic surgeon) and the level is NOT the equivalent of the USA's Pre-med.

Mexico's premed is extremely short (my university's Premed lasts 4 months and the courses were a joke) and is only a prerequisite to enter the career in only that 1 university.

We Just like the USA, we have 2 years basic medic sciences, 2 years of clinical medicine with real patients that you can explore. You can't prescribe, but you can aid the liscensed physician to get to a diagnosis. It comes in handy in the public hospitals that are filled with patients and overworked staff. Then we have 1 year of Internship and the final year is a Social Service year where we can either choose to stay in the city and do virtually nothing useful, research or do a real social service in a village in the middle of nowhere prescribing drugs and treating patients for a small fee.

When we graduate we can become liscensed physicians in the USA if we pass the USMLE exams. The level of knowledge is similar, though here we focus more on real life clinical skills instead of requesting x-rays and other expensive things. There's actually a lot of American med students that come here to get the real deal experience but they have to pay for everything whereas it's just normal work to us.

I'd say living in either country is very, very different. Everything in the US is wide and all the houses have huge grass gardens with no walls or anything. The houses here are made out of brick and gardens tend to be very, very small.

Mexicans tend to be very tolerant towards animal cruelty, and bullfighting is highly tolerated here sadly.

Mexicans generally don't follow the rules and when a cop pulls them over, they will rather bribe the cop (sometimes paying three times as much money than just getting a ticket!).

People here can be very unpunctual and when they say "Let's go somewhere with friends", they generally don't mean an exact time to the dot or even a rea place.

People get very offended if you don't say hello with a kiss or at least a very noticeable hand wave.

The best places to eat are usually run down little taco joints in the street where there are no chairs.

Mexicans boil or put chlorine if they drink tap water.

Wrestling here is actually quite fun to watch and the fighters don't look like they are full of steroids.

Unlike in the US where there's only 1 world series and 1 superbowl per year, there's two 6 month long pro soccer tournaments per year. People here take very seriously which teams you like. It's also very cheap to get tickets for these games. It's also not a smart idea to go to the front row seats in a soccer game here because people from above can dump their urine in soda bottles at you for no reason.

National tv shows here show commercial ads constantly during their morning shows. Imagine Good Morning America where they are advertising in the middle of a segment a fungus cream over and over again in every episode of the show. The hosts of these shows are usually light complexed people that are usually attractive, wear revealing clothing and a lot of the women have bad boob jobs. Instead of talking about the next medical discovery that has no real proof it works with a 40 year old woman, shows here talk about magnets that make you lose weight and how to decorate your house depending on your zodiac sign.

Oh, and with the exception of houses in the north, we don't use air conditioning. Houses here are made out of cement so they are generally cold. You keep yourself warm with blankets and sweaters.

lpaganus

In Baja Norte, not much. Big gringo community, prices in Mexico are a bit lower, food stuffs and produce are very good, love those mangoes. Lots of English speakers, nice locals, helpful. Bottled water widely available, nobody drinks from the tap.

bassmeister-D

The USA has better infrastructure, in general people drive better in USA because they have to prove they know how to drive in order to get a license, streets, and public areas are cleaner- in Mexico there is litter everwhere, in most places in the USA (not all) there are 4 more-or-less distiguishable seasons while in most (not all) of Mexico there is just a dry season and a wet season.

Many food items in Mexico are less expensive than in many places in the USA, but eating out in Mexico is generally more expensive. Rent in Mexico is generally lower, but real estate prices are generally higher-houses with any sort of heating or air conditioning are very rare.
Cars are more expensive in Mexico. So are telephones and communication services, computers, internet access and all electronic items.

In Mexico speed limits are not strictly enforced nor are any traffic laws. Prostitution is tolerated. Most likely it will be legalized in Mexico City in the near future.
In Mexico a person can practice medicine with a "licenciatura en medicina" the equivalent of a premed bachelor degree in the USA may practice medicine. As you probably know in the USA a person needs a graduate degree to practice medicine.
The same goes for dentistry and law. Most medication in Mexico is less expensive and except for psychoactive substances or very strong tranquilers a person can self prescribe and self medicate, just go to the drugstore and tell them what you want.
We do it all the time and so does everyone we know.
Large condoms in Mexico are only SLIGHTLY larger than standard condoms in the USA. It is extremely difficult to find a bra larger than C cup in Mexico and practically impossible to find a bra larger than D cup where as in the USA there is a tremendous variety. My wife has to buy bras in the USA or Europe.

Mexico has more national holidays which allow people more time off. there is a national law that all workers must receive at least one month of their salary as a Christmas bonus. Mothers' Day is alway on May 10th. Mothers who are employed traditionally get at least half the day , if not the entire day off. The big sport is soccer. people drop everything to watch a major soccer match. On Independence Day alcoholic beveridges are not sold, but if you were smart enough to stock up before Independence Day drunk driving laws are not enforced! Same for Christmas Eve and New Years Eve.
Cost of private K-12 is less, cost of public and private universities is less. Public education is not as good as in the USA.

In Mexico politicians are elected by popular vote. There is no electoral college. In the last two Mexican presidential elections the candidate who got the most votes won the election. This is not the case in the USA.
Mexico does not have a bellicose foreign policy. Mexico has a large web of socialized medical services for people who cannot afford private care.

These are the first things that popped into my mind.

Hope I helped!

michael g

I'm retired and living in Acapulco. Came from 35 years in Atlanta . I just don't have the time. Got to get to the beach. Good luck with that !!!!!

Sunshine

The population is crazy in MX and they still have big families which make some of the kids do stupid things. It is very dusty there and poor. But the people there are beautiful and the food is out of this world!!

Lolalola

none .. it's the same, the same things happens over there. period.

the guy that is above me obviously lives in some remote area and probably doesn't know cities like Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico City, Cancun, Guanajuato, Puebla, Leon,

He is nuts, there is no difference between both cities, I agree some states of USA are cleaner but that doesn't mean Mexico cities aren't trying to enforce that ... of course Mexico drivers aren't worst, Maybe this guy has never drove in California or NY where you can actually drive your car in the sidewalk and live with it ....

I lived in Mexico for 15 years, and I am now living here. .. believe me the sh i t that you see here you will see it in Mexico.

Prostitution is ILEGAL and just like in the US it keeps happening.
and of course you can't prescribe yourself drugs !!!

and of course him being a guy can't find bras ,, belive me you can find any size you want, there are department stores like the ones here.

Condoms are the same brand that in the USA (what an ***), medicine, doctors, it may be economic over there, because the salaries are low, not because it's cheap ... a "Licenciatura en Medicina" is not a pre med is a Bachelors Degree .... this guy is seriously crazy ...

It's because of people like him that makes Mexico seen as a bad place which is NOT !

pumpdatiron

Only difference, there are more Mexicans in the U.S.

mikelivefortoday

you can drink tap water in the us,but not in mexico, you have to be careful and dont get ran over or Cut

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