Great suggestions, especially Paso de Cortez. Gracias

There are plenty of small towns with country-like atmosphare yet close enough to the city for needed medical care. The community of La Marquesa sits in between Mexico City and Toluca; it’s a well-forested area that boasts in culinary goods and outdoor anemities. It’s somewhat touristic among the capital’s residents. Another less touristic place is Amecameca which is roughly in between two large volcanoes: Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. The town is about 31 thousand so there are medical services around. I bet you can find cheaper living in Amecameca since is less touristic. One cool thing is that close to it you can find a place call “Paso de Cortes” which is a road that goes exactly in between the two volcanoes! It’s called Paso de Cortes because that was the route the conquistador used to travel from the coast of Veracruz unto Tenochtitlan (Aztec capital), which is now Mexico City. Another place I can think off that should not be expensive either is Atlixco, not too far southwest of the city of Puebla. But like I said, there are plenty of small places in the central highlands; the places I mentioned are a little more humid than highland towns north of Mexico City.

You might like to try Pátzcauro, in Michoacán.

There are countless towns like that. Zinapecuaro is a great small town with hot springs and water parks all around it, and like other such towns: DIRT CHEAP. I live in Morelia and we always go there to the water park, Reino de Atzimba. Great place.

It’s true that it can get quite cold in Patzcuaro overnight and early mornings during the deep winter months, but many homes have fireplaces and/or electric space heaters to take-off the edge of the cold. Hotels I’ve stayed at offer space heaters and additional blankets during the winter.