According to CNN's online weather service, it is (at 10:30 pm in Dallas) 84 degrees Farenheit in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. That is hot. That is miserable. That is not comfortable at all. How can people live like that? It's probably a few degrees cooler in Ajijic, on Lake Chapala, and maybe a bit cooler, still, at the foothills surrounding the lake.
According to weather.com, it's 90 degrees Farenheit in Dallas, Texas. It feels hotter. And it feels more humid than the 36% that weather.com reports. That's not comfortable, but I can tell you from experience, it feels miserable when one goes outside.
Dallas is a big, unattractive, neighborhoodless city. It is not designed for people to live outdoors. It is not designed for people to know their neighbors. Ajijic is. It is much smaller. People who live there seem intent on learning about their neighbors. People in Ajijic seem to value the concept of neighborhood.
I really, really want to get out of the rat-race. I do not know how much longer I can last in it. I may not have long for this world...who knows how long we have...and I do not want my last breaths to express my regrets for having decided to live a life I do not like. If my wife would support the idea, we would move...whether to Mexico or to Falba or to Dubrovnik or Costa Rica. I do not know...this ugly world sometimes seems silly in the way it coops us up in places we don't want to be.
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