im a 21 year old female wanting to move to mexico city?

Do you have dual citizenship? If you do not have Mexican citizenship, you cannot work in Mexico. It is really impossible for a foreign citizen to get a work visa in Mexico...except for highly educated, highly skilled specialists like petroleum engineers or nuclear power plant technicians, etc. You CANNOT get a work visa to work in a retail shop or an office. If you do have Mexican citizenship, you can work, but you must realize that salaries in Mexico are about 1/10th what they are in the U.S. Cost of living is lower , but it is not THAT much lower! Unless you have at least a 4 year college degree and are very skilled in a profession, you are barely going to be able to scrimp by , even living much more simply than you so in the U.S. If you are not a Mexican citizen, you will need an FM3 ( non-immigrants) visa with a work permit to live in Mexico.

Apartments in earthquake damaged buildings (1985) in the Colonia Roma, Colonia Condesa, Zona Rosa general area begin at around $700 USD equivalent per month with a one to two month deposit. You also pay a monthly maintenance fee for the building and this varies from one building to the next. I know about this area because I know a lot of people in that area of the city and my son lived there for a year. Colonia Navarte is about the same. It's farher from downtown and the buildings are in better condition. The safest neighborhood to rent an apartment in Mexico City would be Polanco, but these tend to cost several thousand dollars a month. Coyoacán is a nice area to the south of the Distrito Federal and is not Mexico City proper.

You say you are Mexican. In order to get work in Mexico you must be a Mexican citizen meaning you were born here or lived here many years and later became a naturailized citizen. The Mexican govt. does not consider a person born in SD whose parents or grandparents or farther back were Mexican to be a citizen. If you do not have Mexican citizenship you must apply for an FM3 visitor visa in order to work here legally. Usually to get that one must have an employer who is willing to write a letter of intent to hire you to do a job which cannot be filled by a Mexican citizen.

The job market is bleak for 21 year olds. It helps to know someone. Having connections is much more important than skill when looking for a job in Mexico. This is why so many young Mexican professionals are looking to other countries for employment.

If you would like to visit Mexico City I highly recommend it. I highly discourage coming here to look for a job, especially if you are not a Mexican citizen and have no family of friends here.

If you would like to

im going to "el df" on feb 23"

i love going there...rent is probably no more than 250dlls a month

all around mexico df is safe, just keep away from bad neighborhoods

ps.... us spanish will sound diff,,just like my ...cuz i speak TIJUANA SPANISH hahaha

I wouldn't go there now with the fighting going on