Puebla

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Average Lifestyle rating: C (range D to A) The city of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and the fourth largest city in Mexico.  It is located between Mexico City and Veracruz in a large valley known as the Valley of Puebla surrounded on four sides by the snow-capped mountains and volcanoes of the [...]

Cuernavaca

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Average Lifestyle rating: B (range C to A) Situated in the central part of Mexico, Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos. Fifty-three miles south of Mexico City, and almost directly west of Veracruz, Cuernavaca sits in the center of the Mexican portion of the Central American isthmus.  It is a charming colonial [...]

San Miguel de Allende

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Average Lifestyle rating: B+ (range C+ to A+) Home to one of Mexico’s largest American ex-pat communities, San Miguel de Allende, at the beginning of the 20th century was in danger of becoming a ghost town. It was snatched from the jaws of obscurity in the 1930s and 40s when its colonial structures were “discovered” by foreign artists who promptly [...]

The Lake Chapala Area

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Average Lifestyle rating: C+ (range from D+ to B+) Ajijic is a majestic mountain town on the northeast shore of Lake Chapala at an elevation of 5,000 feet. For the most part, year round, the days are warm and sunny with an average temperature of 75 degrees. Ajijic may only be rated #2 for perfect weather by the National [...]