This amount is more than enough to support my lifestyle south of the border in the central highlands of Mexico.

It's not so much that IL is rough with drug laws, Oak Park while affluent borders the high crime Austin neighborhood.

Short term threats are 1) subprime auto-loans 2) Student debt, 3) foreign policy 4) risk of trade wars/closed border for trade, and long term threats include 5) growing U.S. debt 6) low productivity growth etc.. there are many more but these come to mind. 1) Subprime auto-loans were 16% of all car loans in the U.S. and the amount of subprime loans is increasing rapidly by 14%.

Marysville/Arlington could be a good area for you depending on how much growth they will receive from the commercial flights out of Paine Field in Everett and the new MIC on the Marysville/Arlington border.

I myself grew up in what some would consider a "C" neighborhood (some, a "B") but was bordering some "A" neighborhoods and also very close to some "D" and even "F" neighborhoods (high crime, very unstable local government, dilapidated homes, huge loss of residential tax revenue) but it allowed me learn and know these neighborhoods and also become more comfortable, and "used" to them. 

It is just instead of having a Japanese gardner now the gardner is from south of the border is about the difference. 

Anywhere in the Valley is a great place to invest right now - the growth is tremendous and the sheer number of people crossing the border each day at the limited number of entrance points is staggering and driving the local economies.

(Original reservation May 25-July 8th.)The tenant is refusing to leave, and sent me a text message this morning that borders on blackmail.

It is showing up in migrants coming across the Mexican border.

If you want to see impact, look at death rates, they tell an honest story.Sweden Deaths - 2,200Finland Deaths - 177Norway Deaths - 199Denmark Deaths - 400People aren't falling over in the streets in Sweden, but they never had a highly concentrated epicenter in their borders, and are 5 to 6x the death rate of their neighbors when taking into factor population.