Brooklyn Burnout to Beach Bum: NYC DINKs Flee to Mexico's $35 Groceries
Meet Sandra Salathe and her fiancĂ©, star of their own real-life sitcom 'Escape From Brooklyn.' After 2024's charm offensive (aka election and anti-Latino sentiment), they packed up a cat, ditched their ultra-expensive NYC DINK life, and tested the waters in Puerto Escondido and Mexico City. Six weeks of $35 grocery weeks, $250 urgent care bills (without insuranceâNYC healthcare service joke not included), and Spanish lessons enough to shimmy through a medical emergency. Sandra bravely broke up with her corporate gig (bye health insurance, hello freelance hustle), learned loneliness is a buzzkill when your fiancĂ© is your only emotional support network, and reaffirmed that paradise on the Pacific heals more than just sunburns. Next stop: Still undecided, but definitely nomad-ing forward with paperwork and dreams intact.
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Trading NYC rent-gouging for Mexicoâs $35 grocery weeks and $250 health scares without insurance sounds like leveling up in the game of adulting. Spoiler: emotional baggage travels free, and yes, turning your fiancĂ© into a full-time therapist is only slightly exhausting.
Who knew quitting a dream job, selling all your stuff, and moving your cat to Mexico would involve less drama than finding a coworking spot with reliable AC? Spoiler: emotional endurance not covered in any health plan.
When life gives you NYCâs crushing rent and questionable election vibes, move to Mexico where $35 feeds you a week, and $250 buys an urgent-care thrillerâminus insurance and a script. Cue the emotional isolation subplot.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/14/2025 | Author: Sandra Salathe
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