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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1099405" data-attributes="member: 17953">That's what we were before we ended up calling South Texas home. We're 7 miles from the border into Nuevo Progreso which is an amazing place to shop, and get things done that you can't afford here in the states. As an example, we get 100 Amoxicillin tablets for $7.00, and I get my emergency inhalers, Bresaltec which is only $7.50 and the equivalent in the US is over $100. Dental work is less than 25% of the cost of here in the US and the work is quality+. I know people who actually come down here with their prescriptions from up North and spend up to 6 months here and get their meds while here and 6 months' worth for up North with 4 trips over the border and actually save enough money that it pays for them renting down here for the winter compared to US prices.Progreso is a safe environment. A lot of the border towns are. You just need to know which ones. In fact I know people who go over to Mexico and have medical procedures done where they stay in hospital for 2 or 3 days and the cost is under $200. Don't get me wrong. Every summer I miss Wisconsin. But, when it gets down to 40 degrees or colder and the snow is flying, I sit by the pool drinking iced tea and thank my lucky stars that I'm not out there trying to move piles of that white stuff around so I can get to my car.</blockquote>

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