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I have been reading my Newmexico stockman and I enjoy the ads and articles. Interesting country y'all live in . There's some big spreads for sale out that way. The biggest though was in Mexico. 114,000 acre ranch for 30 bucks per acre. I'd imagine it'd make a great coyote ranch or lizard farm but probably wouldn't run many cows. It was around Chihuahua Mexico
 
I used to get that mag and always liked it. I would visit with the one lady that worked there and got a lot of insight to current events in NM. They were real good about keeping up on the events in NM. There used to be a guy that wrote an article that I always read. Luther Broadhas(sp)
 
Ranchero said:
I used to think like you until purchased a 30,000 acre spread of my OWN here in Mexico. No government Leases with BLM & G&F FS & State knowit alls here tellin' me what to do. I can grow a calf for a lot less here and ship calves north to people willing to pay a premium for our hearty cattle. The people in the US don't own any land you're all tennants. Try not payin your property taxes for one year and see if they don't kick you out and put in a new tennant. I'm origanally from Wyoming. I came here to be free like it used to be in the U.S when my grandfather was a boy. Land of opertunity and property rights all gone now. I wouldn't trade you my 30,000 acre deeded spread for one of 100,000 leased in the U.S. Oh ya my annual property taxes run me about $50 a year and if I don't pay it nothing happens the government can't take it away like the U.S. Mexico is the best kept secret I know. This Wyoming boy aint going back to put my boys in harms way and pay for rediculus wars everywhere. Used to see a lot of lizards back in Wyoming to but mostly in light green trucks. Down here we still use our horses for transportation. It's been a great move for my family. Mexico is what the the US used to be. And If you think you're a real cowboy come on down and see where it all began. Cowboy'n that is.
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Nice to hear the Mexican perspective. It sounds like a good deal. How about water? Cost of realestate in AU ? Thanks for the info.
 
We received a little over 30 inches last year at my place, but the average is between 21- and 26 inches.
 
When I was a student at Kansas State Univ. back in the '60's I had a friend , Rafael Sotomier ( don't know if spelling is correct ) from Sonora, Mexico who was studying at KSU also. His dad was a large farmer in Sonora. He said the government would confiscate their land every so often and divide it up among the peasants. It would take his dad a few years to get it all back and the cycle would repeat.
 
This was a practice of creating ejidos (common lands for the poor people) The government hasn't done this for many years and it was only done with some of the HUGE land holdings e.g. 250,000 acres plus. They don't do this any more. Mexico has been changing just like the U.S. Some things for the good and some for the bqad. But in my experience they have become much more friendly to foreign investors. They need and welcome foreign money to help continue the rapid development of the country, as we are seeing today.
 
Ranchero, do you see a difference in the crime rate?

Can you get along well, if you are not fluent in Spanish?

My oldest son spent 10 weeks near Mexico City and would love to move there. He say's he may retire there when he is ready.

He claimed one of the biggest differences he saw was that here, people are not afraid of the police, but there, they are.

I've thought of selling out here and moving there, but I am afraid I am too old to adapt.
 

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