jguerin Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Is Colima be a good place to be full time. I am interested in your opinion. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Habacht Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 It is very hot in the summer. A very clean city. English is not usually heard but many people can respond to you. Home prices and rentals much lower than here. The vulcan throws a lot of dust on it's "puff" days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Is it warmer than at the Ocean, Is there many puff days per month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Did you read the warning about Colima from the State Department? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 No I did not hear about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 The climate changes with altitude and Colima is higher than the Ocean so it is not as warm but it may be more comfortable at the beach with some breeze. Comala is attractive.. THe cartes are all over the place but they are in Jalisco as well so do not do drugs and you will be just as safe as here. Speaking Spanish will help.. Yo can check the altitude, I thought it was around 500 meters so not high with plenty of heat and humidity, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 We lived in Comala for 2yrs and loved it...pretty warm in the summer but less so than Colima city. Quiet, small town. Magic Pueblo...close to decent shopping, good healthcare and not too far from Guadalajara. Very scenic.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, Willie said: We lived in Comala for 2yrs and loved it...pretty warm in the summer but less so than Colima city. Quiet, small town. Magic Pueblo...close to decent shopping, good healthcare and not too far from Guadalajara. Very scenic.. What was your main reason for leaving? PS "None of your business" is an acceptable response. Not trying to intrude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 Comala has more Communists per capita than any place in Mexico, which is OK with me. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 1 hour ago, slainte39 said: Comala has more Communists per capita than any place in Mexico, which is OK with me. LOL Yeah it is such a successful idea. Unless you were one of the millions killed by it. LOL indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 I doubt that it has more Marxists than Chiapas.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Pappysmarket...we left because our tenants in our house in Mazatlan decided not to buy it but to build instead. Had to move back to MZT but that was ok too 'cuz we love the city but not the humidity. After it sold as decided on Lakeside instead of going back to Comala since we have friends here and had visited for a number of years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 9 hours ago, Floradude said: Did you read the warning about Colima from the State Department? IMO if one takes the US State Department warnings as the gold standard of where to live in Mexico, one will never be able to settle down SOB. And if one doesn't want to live in Colima because of that, one must also not take up residence in Jalisco Lake Chapala and MANY other places either. Life is full of possibilities and probabilities. It's possible one might get killed or kidnapped in Colima by nefarious persons.. but the probability of said happening (unless one is indulging in acts that would draw one into that realm) is damn slim. NOTE: I offer absolutely zero data to back up these claims but..... I am not a fan of the State Department's carte blanche issuance of those warnings and surely not the using of them as a life changing decision mechanism! YMMV of course. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cartero Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Have lived in Colima for about 7 years. This time of year there are delightful morning temperatures unlike lakeside. Hotter in summer but not nearly as hot as Las Vegas or Dallas or Tucson etc. Runs about 10 degrees f higher than Ajijic. As the elevation climbs cooler temperatures prevail so in summer if too hot take a little trip up to Suchitlan. Humidity in lakeside usually too dry for me so prefer here. Best appreciated if you can converse in Spanish at least somewhat. You do not have the safety net lakeside provides. i would suggest you make a few trips out this way and lineup a tour company, kind of fun to google all the attractions Colima has to offer. As to the comments on Volcano I have not found this to be an issue. In fact prevailing winds blow towards Guadalajara and not found here. I could paint a pretty picture however don’t want to encourage the development of another Gringolandia! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 10 hours ago, Floradude said: Did you read the warning about Colima from the State Department? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Thanks El Cartero interesting what you say. No problem with Spanish. It would be more for the weather, no cold as Ajijic and not humid as the Beach. Elevation is also better for me. No high and not low. Thanks Ibarra, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, ibarra said: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/mexico-travel-advisory.html I rest my case.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 It would be faster to say do not travel to Mexico and foget it.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Don't worry, Melaque to Colima is not far. Thanks for all your suggestions good or bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 5 hours ago, Mainecoons said: Yeah it is such a successful idea. Unless you were one of the millions killed by it. LOL indeed. Mexican Communists are not mass murderers, where did you get that idea? In fact, as bmh says, they are a very small total number, except for Chiapas. Forty years ago the so-called leader of the Mexican Marxist political contingent lived in Comala as did many of his adherents also. No millions were killed by them, in fact, I think a few of them were killed by the Tecos from GDL. In fact. the Communist Party was illegal in Mexico, when it wasn´t in the US. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 No folks. Colima is a 4 on the danger list and Ajijic is a 3. Four is more dangerous than three. Not saying any opinion just pointing out differences. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 7 hours ago, slainte39 said: Mexican Communists are not mass murderers, where did you get that idea? In fact, as bmh says, they are a very small total number, except for Chiapas. Forty years ago the so-called leader of the Mexican Marxist political contingent lived in Comala as did many of his adherents also. No millions were killed by them, in fact, I think a few of them were killed by the Tecos from GDL. In fact. the Communist Party was illegal in Mexico, when it wasn´t in the US. I was referring to communism in general, having caused the death of upwards of 60 million by murder and starvation. If you want to believe that Mexican communists are different than any others give the opportunity, that's your choice. Totalitarians of any stripe share the common characteristic of forcing their will on others to the point of killing them. For example, PRI backed paramilitary featured a number of massacres in Chiapas in the 1990s. And then there's the Axis of WWII. Really there's nothing about totalitarianism that should be all right with anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Is it dangerous to live in Colima in 2020? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted December 21, 2019 Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 I think your question has been answered here. These narcos are everywhere and the trick is to stay out of the way. They are fighting among themselves all over including here and in GDL. There's always the risk of becoming collateral damage but thus far they don't seem to be very interested in messing with expats. Let's hope that continues. I've often wondered what Ciudad Guzman would be like, having ridden through there on my moto a number of times. Attractive town and seems to have a really nice climate and setting. Colima has the advantage of having good shopping right at hand without being too big plus it is a fast run to the beach from there. Stayed in Comala and enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jguerin Posted December 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2019 Colima has the advantage of having good shopping right at hand without being too big plus it is a fast run to the beach from there. Stayed in Comala and enjoyed it. Mainecoons, this what I was asking for, not the narcos they are all over the place. I will visit Colima soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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