Where to Live in Mexico 2024 Guide: Oaxaca

Published July 17, 2024

Of many factors in your Mexico living deliberations, “authenticity” might not be on the list. It’s not even part of this rating system. Your attention is likely focused on more pressing concerns (medical care, connectivity, climate — all parts of a place’s rating). But when it comes to your new home and “How will you spend your time and find meaning?”, authenticity and a “sense of place” can (for some) percolate to the top of your ponderings.

Oaxaca State will challenge your cultural curiosity in ways that can awaken a deep desire to become part of a land of cultural and biological diversity unchallenged across the continent. Located in Southwestern Mexico with a long Pacific seacoast, towering cloud forests, and a central valley wellspring of human culture, Oaxaca exhibits and celebrates personal discovery at an elevated level. Once a part of the “fertile crescent” of the Americas, one of six places on our planet where human culture first emerged, Oaxaca’s quilt-like cultural patrimony attracts seekers of genuine authenticity from around the world.

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