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Mexico Retirement Turned Into Paradise for Waco Couple
Saturday, February 28, 2009
By LAURENCE ILIFF / The Dallas Morning News
liliff@dallasnews.com
BUCERÍAS, Mexico – Harold Sokolove and Susan Fornoff knew that retirement from long careers in Waco was going to change their lifestyle. And so they went for radical change.
With little investigation but eyes wide open, they found their place in the sun – a once-sleepy fishing town that is drawing baby boomers looking for a life they could never afford in the U.S.
"We decided we were going to make one change, and we might as well make it a big change," said Fornoff, 55. "We can walk from our house, three blocks to the beach, something you can never do in Waco."
She took early retirement from M&M Mars three years ago. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
They sold their home in Hewitt, outside Waco, and were able to buy into what Sokolove, 61, called "Americans in paradise" for about the same amount.
Their new home's value has risen, thanks to the arrival of foreigners and their dollars. They've bought a second rental home as an investment.
Before the move, they visited the area, made friends and felt safe.