You can live, but you would have to rule a very small country to consider your status kingly. Buying a house, while, in no way compares to California real estate, is not as inexpensive as you may think. It all depends on where you want to live. It all depends on what you want and what you are willing to give up. According to my Mazatl n correspondent, Ms. Barbara McLaughlin, tomatoes dropped from 23 pesos a kilo to about 5, with occasional specials of 2.5 pesos a kilo.
Prices go up and down with no rhyme or reason.
It kind of reminds me of computer prices in the States. It always goes up a few centavos a month. In March, prices changed again. Working in Mexico You can work, or start a business in Mexico, but not without a lot of courage and fortitude. It can be done, and is done every day, but it takes persistence.