Assisted living for $1,100 a month

By LAURENCE ILIFF / The Dallas Morning News
liliff@dallasnews.com

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico – Laredo native Alice Edwards and her helicopter pilot husband have an active lifestyle in this picturesque town popular among retired Texans.

But the 60-somethings are also the new owners of a townhouse in Mexico's first assisted-living development aimed at the U.S. market, Cielito Lindo.

With 75 million baby boomers heading toward retirement and the cost of private nursing care in the U.S. outstripping hammered retirement funds, Mexican developers say they have an irresistible product in the works: active senior and assisted-living facilities in a warm climate full of friendly people for as little as $1,100 a month.

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I know a few people who could really use assisted living, but it's so expensive they'll just have to wait until they physically deteriorate even more so they can go into nursing homes.

It was a long time ago. Just getting started as the ex-pat/artist community.
It was nice back in 1980. I bet it's changed a lot.

However, it sure would be a nice place to retire.

Some of them are unbelievable. I can't wait to get my own place in one of them.