What’s going on in Puerto Vallarta?
“What’s going on in Puerto Vallarta?” Before I start answering that, I think Jim Scherrer’s sort of history of the past ten years in Puerto Vallarta is an excellent summary of where the Bahia de Banderas has come in that same period.
During the past decade, Puerto Vallarta, known as PV or Vallarta by the local residents, has changed dramatically. The population has exploded to 350,000 inhabitants, most of which are now speaking or at least understanding English. We have many new businesses and stores including a Super Walmart, Sam´s Club, Office Depot, etc with all the latest in electronics, hardware, and building supplies. The many new huge and modern grocery supermarkets are equal to the finest in the US with a complete selection of frozen foods and most of the other food products that we 50,000 Americans and Canadians are accustomed to, all of which are imported from the States.
Scherrer is an excellent source for knowledge – not only about the city, but about fishing and a wealth of other intriguing stories.
As to the crummy swine flu, all of the statistics that I am reading on swine flu still are nowhere near being of any more concern in Puerto Vallarta than they are anywhere else on the planet. There are new and still serious outbreaks in other parts of the country as there are in countries all over the world – but Puerto Vallarta is not in the line of fire more than any similar county on the coast of California.
And in addition to what has been generally a good response from the Mexican Government, all of you investors should consider that Mexico is far better accustomed to picking itself up and dusting itself off and slogging on - far better accustomed than some other much bigger countries that may or may not border Mexico to the north. And the future is going to belong to those who keep going.
And don’t forget, Puerto Vallarta is very much a developed economy with a full first-world infrastructure, albeit a first world economy that is part of a much bigger Mexican economy with it’s own set of considerations and pitfalls. And lots of people want in on the action that is Puerto Vallarta.
So - what is going on in Puerto Vallarta? Everything – exactly as you expect it.
Well – the expat happy hours are anounced for August 4th and 18th. That’s just for starters, Banderas News lists a whole slew of events coming up in the next month and I am not sure it’s complete.
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Hi, We are a group of expats scattered throughout Colombia and some wannabe expats still living in the States and Europe. We wondered if someone from Mexico could come to our site and answer some questions about being an expat in that part of the country. Please contact me if you could answer some questions. Thanks, Robert