Most remote workers orbit four bases. Climate, prices, and “noise” differ more than “just another barrio.”

Comparison

• CDMX (Mexico City) - mega-city, culture, coworkings, altitude ~2,240 m, winter pollution
• Playa del Carmen - Caribbean, beach-nomad, tourist pricing, hurricanes
• Mérida - Yucatán, heat, calmer, growing community
• Oaxaca - food and culture, slower pace, earthquakes

How to choose

• US East clients / coworkings / museums → CDMX
• Beach + short flights from EU/US → Playa / Cancún zone
• Heat without beach hype → Mérida
• Food, Spanish, slower → Oaxaca

Country-wide: housing, scams, transport, why Mexico.