re: Californians flee to Mexico to escape cost of living

Have a friend in Orange County that bought a small place in Mexico in 2006 as a vacation home that is right on the Pacific. It is a 2:20 hour drive door to door right off Mexico 1D. He said they never planned on moving there but now it is most likely what will happen within five years. The COL in California is getting to the breaking point for him, his last kid gets out of the house in two years and his family owned 4th generation company is going to move to Arizona. Changed his mind when a hospital was built a few miles away with a ownership from US.