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Why people are leaving Puerto Vallarta while others are staying

Sandy Ingram
3 min readJun 30, 2024

I am so proud of myself. I know the good book says something about being proud is not a good thing. However, I created a travel documentary and ….

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And after working on it for several days, it finally published this morning on YouTube.

I wanted to watch it and see how I really felt about my editing and content.

I was blown away by the quality of work. The images, the good, the bad and the ugly surrounding one of Mexico’s most popular retirement destinations, Puerto Vallarta.

I actually lived in PV for a little over five years before starting my slow travel around the world. Having lived in Europe, visiting Africa and the Caribbean, travel has always been a part of my life.

My retirement would be no different.

I am a U.S. citizen and becoming a resident of another country was not in the cards for me. Thus, every six months, I made a border run.

A border run is when you travel outside of the country you are staying in, and then turn around and travel back into that same country. Upon your return, you act like this is your first visit in a long time.

Well, that sh_t may not work much longer.

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Sandy Ingram
Sandy Ingram

Written by Sandy Ingram

Retired US citizen traveling the world, slowly. Author, YouTuber and Retired Tax Professional Registered w/ DOT Since 1999.

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