Something has changed about where developers choose to live. The traditional tech hubs (San Francisco, Austin, Seattle) still pull talent, but a growing number of engineers have quietly stopped asking which city has the best job density and started asking which city makes their actual life better. For some of them, the answer turns out to be a 500-year-old colonial city in central Mexico.
San Miguel de Allende was already a well-known destination for artists, retirees, and American expats long before remote work made relocation a realistic option for developers. Those buying property there frequently work with international agencies; Berkshire Hathaway has had an established presence in the city’s real estate market for years. For anyone thinking seriously about the move, reading the Architectural Guide to San Miguel de Allende early on gives a concrete sense of what each neighborhood …















