Trimologist wrote:
RockinRob1 wrote:
I m retiring in a couple of years and would like to consider a move to CR. And I want to live the Pura Vida like you K*ds.[/q
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Think it was Netgems in another thread coined the phrase......It's to live the "Puta Vida"
That would be me.
Before anybody makes the move, I would recommend getting an airbnb or something like that for 3 months if possible, your 90 day allowance, not a hotel room. See what it's like to live here, there's numerous annoyances and inconveniences living here, you're doing without a massive amount of things you can get, do, eat, etc. in the USA.
I know many people who came here on a whim and soon afterwards high tailed it home, tail between their legs, blaming Costa Rica.
In my case, I was visiting here since 2003, and got a job at an international company running a call center here 2007-2009, earning per month less than what I was earning in a week in my glory years in the USA, yet loved it.
If you don't have lots of money, lots of pu*sy is the next best thing and the older you get, the lots of pu*sy takes top position, lol...
I lived out of town as I do now in Escazu, away from the madness, but an easy cheap quick ride in, and learned what life would be like if I chose to retire here. I discovered in my case, I could endure the headaches, of which there are many, but they're mostly small, petty and annoying issues, to get the cheap pu*sy, cheap rent, beautiful weather, more relaxed less hurried lifestyle.
Also, in my case, family and friends are all in South Florida so a jaunt home is quick and cheap. For me it was a no brainer, remain in super expensive hot sweltering hurricane prone S Florida and rare to none hot puss, needing like 6k a month to live like I do now on less than 3k, and puss falling off the roof on rainy days, step over 'em, walking out your front door, they're everywhere...
It was a no brainer...