Comments on: What You Have to Give Up to Live at Lake Chapala Ajijic Mexico http://www.chapalaclub.com/2009/09/what-you-have-to-give-up-to-live-at-lake-chapala-ajijic-mexi/ Chapala and Ajijic Mexico, the best expat retirement community in the world. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sid Grosvenor http://www.chapalaclub.com/2009/09/what-you-have-to-give-up-to-live-at-lake-chapala-ajijic-mexi/comment-page-1/#comment-8100 Sid Grosvenor Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:47:43 +0000 http://www.chapalaclub.com/?p=3408#comment-8100 Hi Janis, Good to hear from you. Yes,I guess Hawaii seems to have taken a bigger hot than the rest of the USA. Mexico too has taken a hit. However I'm selling homes to people from the USA who went ahead and took a paper loss on their homes to sell them there and they came down to Lake Chapala and got a great deal. In their cases more than enough better to make up for the hit they took on selling in the USA and Canada. The dollar may be weak in Europe but it stornger than ever here at Lake Chapala Mexico. Thanks for staying in touch Janis. Siempre tu amigo, Sid Hi Janis, Good to hear from you. Yes,I guess Hawaii seems to have taken a bigger hot than the rest of the USA. Mexico too has taken a hit.

However I’m selling homes to people from the USA who went ahead and took a paper loss on their homes to sell them there and they came down to Lake Chapala and got a great deal. In their cases more than enough better to make up for the hit they took on selling in the USA and Canada. The dollar may be weak in Europe but it stornger than ever here at Lake Chapala Mexico.

Thanks for staying in touch Janis. Siempre tu amigo, Sid

]]> By: Janis Lee http://www.chapalaclub.com/2009/09/what-you-have-to-give-up-to-live-at-lake-chapala-ajijic-mexi/comment-page-1/#comment-8095 Janis Lee Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:19 +0000 http://www.chapalaclub.com/?p=3408#comment-8095 Aloha Sid , Your old friend Janis, Here I still sit waiting to get of the Islands, funny so many people saying that now days, Mostly locals who can no longer live in such and expensive place, The millionaires must be thrilled, the roads are far less covered with tourist or locals,Businesses are closing at a rate I would never believe in all my life.A chain of food stores on Oahu ,the main Island opened early 50's closed yesterday, and the for lease signs on all Islands is mind blowing.That is what happens when these investors that see greed only come somewhere, they no nothing about, the people or why the tourists come, for the beauty, pave paradise and put up a parking lot, sounds like a old song to me.But that is what happened Maui lost the charm, the wide open spaces,Traffic jams, and now the developers cannot even get their loans to finish the giant resorts they have already started.I saw this coming, And i new the tourist would no longer find Maui beautiful, with wide open spaces, such a sad end.They still think the Islands will recover, I hope it does, but I have my doubts,once a place gets this expensive, you rarely see it drop prices to what the general population can afford.They only wanted the rich tourist, spoken to me by one of the huge developers, said the poor guy only frequents MacDonald's and now they have nothing.Hope I can see you sometime soon.If I can ever get out of here. Aloha Janis Lee Aloha Sid , Your old friend Janis, Here I still sit waiting to get of the Islands, funny so many people saying that now days, Mostly locals who can no longer live in such and expensive place, The millionaires must be thrilled, the roads are far less covered with tourist or locals,Businesses are closing at a rate I would never believe in all my life.A chain of food stores on Oahu ,the main Island opened early 50′s closed yesterday, and the for lease signs on all Islands is mind blowing.That is what happens when these investors that see greed only come somewhere, they no nothing about, the people or why the tourists come, for the beauty, pave paradise and put up a parking lot, sounds like a old song to me.But that is what happened Maui lost the charm, the wide open spaces,Traffic jams, and now the developers cannot even get their loans to finish the giant resorts they have already started.I saw this coming, And i new the tourist would no longer find Maui beautiful, with wide open spaces, such a sad end.They still think the Islands will recover, I hope it does, but I have my doubts,once a place gets this expensive, you rarely see it drop prices to what the general population can afford.They only wanted the rich tourist, spoken to me by one of the huge developers, said the poor guy only frequents MacDonald’s and now they have nothing.Hope I can see you sometime soon.If I can ever get out of here. Aloha Janis Lee

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