TULUM: Expat Revelations. Why People Swap US for the Mexican Jungle | @BORDERLESS_Vlog

This documantary is well done- one correction its pronounced too-loom NOT two-lum

So you're telling me it's been ruined very quickly. It's a crazy sad trend.

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I am from Germany and I moved to Tulum BEFORE pandemic. I have a working permission visa. I didn't come with money. Even if Tulum was growing a lot it was more about tourism. After pandemic a lot of people moved there to make business. Before they all came all ceremonies or yoga classes were donation based. Later it said "minimum 500 pesos donation". And it increased. When it's a donation people can probably work (or think they can) without working permissions. People in Tulum still work for less than 500 Pesos/day. Rents went up. Because the people from the states thought "wow only 600$ rent - thats cheap". It wasn't and isn't for the locals. Rents are higher than in Germany now. I had to leave Tulum because I wasn't able to effort it anymore because of that kind of people. But enjoy our home...

neocolonization and gentrification encarnated in tuluminatis. You come and pollute this wonderful ecosistems that you claim as your paradise and at the same time you make prices go up making it unafordable for locals to live were they used to. This happened to a friend from Bacalar who couldnt move from her mothers hose when she finished her studies because with her salary she cant aford any place in her own natal town. Maybe not all of you , there might be respectful ways of migrating but it is a true probles. Even the water tests made recently show how its been seriously polluted in the years all this has been ocurring to tullum.

There’s exactly zero chance that Tulum is the future. It’s way, way overpriced, it’s elevation is too low and susceptible to flooding, and the sargassum is a stank problem that won’t go away. The sewer infrastructure is a joke. The entire area will destroy the ground water in short order. Place is a mess overrun by annoying narcissists calling themselves influencers 😂😂😂

Why dont you crush the glass back to sand

Son inmigrates no expats ...they should should speak spanish ....hablen español !

They no expats, they digital immigrants

Its going to be over soon for them. The usa is falling as we write...

Lo que mas me preocupa es que nuestro gobierno no cumple las expectativas de nuestro pais, se preocupan mas por generar riqueza y no por promover el crecimiento organizado y sustentable de nuestras tierras, que al final seran la herencia de nuestros hijos y nietos.

you guys are ilegals immigrants in Tulum

Hopefully they decide to BUILD A SEWAGE SYSTEM since it doesn't have one! Most of the sewage goes straight to the ocean or dumped in the mangroves. The first year of COVID was great!! Hardly any people...All the animals started coming out again. The water was clearer and it was more quiet! But then the 2nd year people flocked here like flys. In Tulum it was so awful and they were partying and not thinking about the locals or others. People were getting sick...And the cost there is ridiculous! It's become extremely gentrified. I don't go over there anymore. It's become an Instagram destination. They even turned one of the sacred centoes into a party drinking and techno music...I couldn't believe it. We went there to relax. These people have lieterally destroyed Tulum!

Anyone know about Haciendas Coba development?

Sigan vendiendo a los gringos su propia libertad, parece que ni mirando sus pirámides entendieron su mensaje, no lloren después!

My husband is Mayan, I’ve been telling him for years let’s go visit the area, his dad grew up in the area, had land with a house & grew avacodos, he passed & we are unsure what happened to his land.

City of the Future...PULEEZE! It's a messed up over-priced Mexican Beach resort with lots of problems. Get real!

Let's make Tulum and Merida great again

Expat? Cute how North American alien immigrants are not called that. Aliens.. legal or ilegal but Aliens. Stop calling yourself a ‘expat’

Thanks

Talk about expensive. Holy cow. You better be rich to live here. The place is crazy more than the United States and the new government is very scary now be careful things are changing in Mexico

Great video, however, the cell service and internet connection in general are not great there. I lived in Playa del Carmen for a year and spent a lot of time in Tulum on longer trips, but had to come back due to unreliability. You also need a car in most parts of Tulum to get around. The taxi prices are insane compared to other parts of Mexico including Mexico City and Playa del Carmen.

Tulum is an over priced shjt hole

5 min was enought....😂

Mexico entire is a paradise 'cause we have amazing places.

Bienvenidos a Tulum, otra cara de México que conecta con la historia, playas, naturaleza, una gran y rica cultura para conocer

They are not freaking expats please stop promoting this privileged white migration as if it is different from any other. It's problematic, racist, and classist. They are not expats they are immigrants, and if they are not paying taxes they are illegal immigrants. Call it like it is.

Please stay in Tulum, but for god's sake don't do into the mainland.

Build all the luxury houses, buildings, commercial skyscrappers, and villages that you want, but do not touch our culture.

Don’t forget about narcos asking for money for local business, the call it floor payment. Remember, Mexico = corruption good luck with your investments

tulums cenotes and aquafiers are literally filled with cocaine thanks to gentrifiers. don't let the images fool you Tulum is a cartel runed money laundering "paradise"

Such a great job ! Who managed the production, recording and post prod ? 😱

Gringos quieren vivir en mi pais con todas las comodidades, trabajando como nomadas digitales, ni si quiera hacen el esfuerzo por aprender español y adquieren propiedades sin que el gobierno haga k

Well done

They ruin it for the locals. Dorado Puerto Rico....that's all... they come and think they own the beaches

Tulum is a shithole. City with no infrastructure, nothing futuristic about it. Overpriced, overhyped primitive life marketed to trust fund neo-hippies & faux-shamans

Tulum is heading to what happened to Cabo San Lucas.

Los gringos sin conciencia son clásicos, nos ponen un muro kilométrico en el norte, saben ustedes cómo ha impactado ese muro en la migración de los mamíferos, incluyendo al jaguar? Ustedes no tienen conciencia social, no aportan nada , sus mente privilegiada está no cambia. Es más nunca aprenden a hablar español aun viviendo en Mexico.

Anyone that has ever visited Mexico knows my people are kind, welcoming and respectful, so we expect the same back if you’re gonna live here. Calling yourselves “expats” because the word immigrant now has a bad connotation and association that Americans made sure to turn into and have been using it as an insult too over the years is just straight up funny and disrespectful to my people, My people have endured being called all sorts of things over the last decades so NO we are not allowing you to come here and call yourselves “expats”, you are an immigrant and should wear it proudly.

I truly hope you all digital or not, but immigrants in México, come to improve, respect, learn and embrace nature... enjoying and helping our land and each other, to contribute with mother Nature and native people, not to explote them. Welcome if so... blessings.❤

I have been going down to Playa Del Carmen every winter and a few time to Tulum. Then after Covid it seem like the scams picked up as well as the humidity was year round . So many Americans started coming . That’s when I said enough . I look forward to Island hopping in Greece with better food, weather and safety .

I have been going down to Playa Del Carmen every winter and a few time to Tulum. Then after Covid it seem like the scams picked up as well as the humidity was year round . So many Americans started coming . That’s when I said enough . I look forward to Island hopping in Greece with better food, weather and safety . I must say I’m drawn to the architecture in Tulum.

Killing nature for stupid buildings you guys really think you did something good. So disgusting! Destroying Mexicos real beauty and kicking out all the locals 🙄

I wish all this immigrants could stop gentrifying my cities.

Yo this place sounds like hell. A bunch of rich, self absorb, lost, camera carrying dickheads!!!😂😂😂 I’m good, I’ll pass on that 😮😮😂😂😂😅

Yeah! 🤪expats🤪 = 😏european americans INMIGRANTS 😉

Oh, how convenient that they can just move there. BS
Stop ruining the jungle 😡

Cringy people running their mouths

"anyone seeking a close connection with nature".... L O L.
You mean the people who want to "live in luxury in the jungle".... the ones ACTIVELY destroying the eco-system.
The ones whose homes destroyed the NATURE for their conveniences.
Give me a f*** break