and eduardo suggested a town in northcentral mexico called san miguel de allende, 450 years old.ich obviously in history, but also in culture and art, a place so desirable and so lovely that almost 10% of the population is composed of people who moved here from some other country. she rubbed shoulders here with other expatriate americans and canadians and europeans and fell hard for mexico. here, far away from the notorious crime of mexico city. >> we didn't feel threatened. i would say san miguel de allende, perhaps even now, is probably statistically is as safe or safer than many of our u.s. towns and small cities. >> and here they built a business in real estate, buying up old places, tidying them up, selling them again, and, of course, having children. >> it had been a big dream of mine to live in the country. and to have a big organic garden and fruit trees and horses and lots of animals for the kids to play with. >> it was luck when this place came up, or what felt like luck before that terrible morning. it was a rundown 1,000-acre ranch and it was in foreclosure. they boug