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It's definitely just as expensive, sometimes more
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Author:  Thirdworld [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:45 am ]
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Happy to be heading back to Costa Rica today, but after two weeks in the States I definitely have to say it is not really cheaper to live in CR. Yeah, I knew this, but have paid special attention to prices in the grocery store this trip. I still am happy to have daily access to good tropical fruit, it is not the cheap spot I bragged about to friends 12+ years ago. One thing I have to say is that the internet is probably just as good in CR than I had where I was in the States. All in all, still love CR, but days of living there year round are probably winding down. No matter what happens, I will probably always spend some time each year in CR and am not making a move soon. It is what it is and not a bad place to be in holding pattern until the next move comes along. :D
Author:  Red [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:53 am ]
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Hmmm, now where did I put my copy of Rosetta Stone Greengo?
Have to agree on living costs getting expensive in Costa Rica. They are taking their cues from the United States. Tax the shit out of anyone who has the ambition to make money, while giving constant raises to the govt. workers, while having to borrow money to do it. They think they have to bring the country up to the standards of a 1st world country (keep up with the Jones) all the time putting it on a credit card. Since there will be little advantage of living there (other than the hot Ticas and hot weather) I think property owners will start to bail out. Should have rented. Columbia or Panama anyone?
Red
Author:  Icantstayaway [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:51 am ]
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The main thing cheap here is the most important thing. :P

Some things are more expensive in Costa Rica as they collect more taxes on sales instead of income. Most things are 50% to 100% more in CR.

But really, things can be purchased in the USA cheaper than anywhere in the world.

My brother got a 60" inch Led TV for $999 on black Friday. They don't have sales like this in Costa Rica.

Cheaper things in Costa Rica.
ED drugs
Generic drugs not even available as generics in the USA
Dental/Medical care .
Fruits/ vegetables

Cheaper in the USA
Everything you buy at a store other than food.
Bicycles
Sporting Goods
Brand name clothing and shoes: Levi jeans $40.00 at Macys. $84.00 at Carrion (CR)
Kraft Parmesan cheese 24 ounce plastic container: $7.87 at Sam's Club.$14.65 at Pricesmart. (CR)
Vehicles about half the cost
Author:  Zunbake3 [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 2:58 pm ]
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I hear that Ecuador is very cheap to retire to, just not sure of the monger scene down there.
Author:  Scuba1 [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:32 pm ]
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Icantstayaway wrote:
The main thing cheap here is the most important thing. :P

Some things are more expensive in Costa Rica as they collect more taxes on sales instead of income. Most things are 50% to 100% more in CR.

But really, things can be purchased in the USA cheaper than anywhere in the world.

My brother got a 60" inch Led TV for $999 on black Friday. They don't have sales like this in Costa Rica.

Cheaper things in Costa Rica.
ED drugs
Generic drugs not even available as generics in the USA
Dental/Medical care .
Fruits/ vegetables

Cheaper in the USA
Everything you buy at a store other than food.
Bicycles
Sporting Goods
Brand name clothing and shoes: Levi jeans $40.00 at Macys. $84.00 at Carrion (CR)
Kraft Parmesan cheese 24 ounce plastic container: $7.87 at Sam's Club.$14.65 at Pricesmart. (CR)
Vehicles about half the cost



Don't forget rental apartments - with the exception of a few locations mostly in Escazu, a 2 or 3 bedroom place in the greater SJ area is far less than the vast majority of locations in the USA (look at the ad's on CRT even - $400/month will not buy you space in a housing project in S. FL for example - but in SJ, it buys a perfectly fine place)- and while electricity can be expensive, the climate is such you mostly don't need a/c or heat, which really drive up utility costs :)

If we had a high tax on consumption in the USA many on the left would be wailing how unfair it is to the less afluent - OTOH, if we reduced the income tax and instituted a consumption tax, we would capture revinue from the so called underground economy - appologies in advance for:

A slight hijack
Flirting with politics :lol: :P :lol: :)
Author:  Miamiheller [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:39 pm ]
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Scuba1 wrote:
If we had a high tax on consumption in the USA many on the left would be wailing how unfair it is to the less afluent - OTOH, if we reduced the income tax and instituted a consumption tax, we would capture revinue from the so called underground economy

Next time I see you I'll set you straight on this over a couple of beers, Mr. Forbes. :)

But not here - this heah's a MONGERING board, suh!

mh
Author:  Medellin Paisa [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:16 pm ]
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Zunbake3 wrote:
I hear that Ecuador is very cheap to retire to, just not sure of the monger scene down there.


One of the good things about Ecuador is that the currency is the American Dollar (just like Panama). But I have had several clients who are approaching early retirement age who have spent time down there & after only a few weeks in Medellin decided that Medellin is where they want to live! These clients were not only mongers! In fact one group was an American couple in their early 50s.

I have to agree that it is not only a function of cost when you decide to live abroad. It is definitley a function of the quality of your lifestyle. Even though the Colombian Peso has appreciated dramatically against the dollar Medellin is still a very affordable place to live. I love living here!!
Author:  Medellin Paisa [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:56 pm ]
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oops...double post!
Author:  Thirdworld [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:13 pm ]
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Stop with Medellin! :D No, seriously, I hear nothing but good things about there. And like you said, many of them come from people with no interest in mongering. I think a visit is in the cards in the not too distant future.
Author:  Hank Daman [ Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:23 pm ]
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Thirdworld wrote:
Stop with Medellin! :D No, seriously, I hear nothing but good things about there. And like you said, many of them come from people with no interest in mongering. I think a visit is in the cards in the not too distant future.



Glad someone said it, even in semi-gest. It is getting old, IMHO.
Author:  Medellin Paisa [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:34 pm ]
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Hank Daman wrote:
Thirdworld wrote:
Stop with Medellin! :D No, seriously, I hear nothing but good things about there. And like you said, many of them come from people with no interest in mongering. I think a visit is in the cards in the not too distant future.



Glad someone said it, even in semi-gest. It is getting old, IMHO.


I apologize if it comes across that I am hyping Medellin. But there are many members on this board who are approaching retirement age or others who are considering an early retirement & it behooves them to consider Medellin as an "expat option".

I lived in CR for many years & with the benefit of hindsight I can emphatically say that I wish that I had moved to Medellin rather than CR. I am so much happier in Medellin than I ever was in CR & to be honest I have considerably less financial assets than when I made the move to the beach in CR many years ago.

Obviously YMMV.

Medellin Es Una Chimba!!
Author:  Hank Daman [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:47 pm ]
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Medellin Paisa wrote:
Hank Daman wrote:
Thirdworld wrote:
Stop with Medellin! :D No, seriously, I hear nothing but good things about there. And like you said, many of them come from people with no interest in mongering. I think a visit is in the cards in the not too distant future.



Glad someone said it, even in semi-gest. It is getting old, IMHO.


I apologize if it comes across that I am hyping Medellin. But there are many members on this board who are approaching retirement age or others who are considering an early retirement & it behooves them to consider Medellin as an "expat option".

I lived in CR for many years & with the benefit of hindsight I can emphatically say that I wish that I had moved to Medellin rather than CR. I am so much happier in Medellin than I ever was in CR & to be honest I have considerably less financial assets than when I made the move to the beach in CR many years ago.

Obviously YMMV.

Medellin Es Una Chimba!!


It does not seem like your hyping Medellin- I work there from time to time, and love it. To be straight up, it seems like your hyping your "services- that is the part that is getting old. I love Medellin, great place. It just gets tiresome when it seems you are pitching our business on every post, regardless of the topic. We had a guy here Frank Casio that did the same things for a while, a few years ago.

I think folks like you and you have become part of the in crowd, so I am not sure you will hear the same feedback, but that is my opinion.
Author:  Icantstayaway [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:11 pm ]
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Ok. Done. No more post unless you have a fact about what is "just as expensive" or less expensive.

Coffee is cheaper in San Jose, Costa Rica. And a naked girl to serve it to you is 50x times cheaper.

So, one answer is the price of pussie makes up for the price of Parmesan cheese.
Author:  Mugsy2010 [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:53 pm ]
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Greengo wrote:
even middle class ticos are subsidizing and phucking lots of those real cheerleader quality babes on the bus youre wishing were hookers for a pittance...the average monger is paying quintuple for substandard worn out gash.... :shock: same withstolen or appropriated houses cars condos ..why pay good money for it ..when you can fuckup a gringos mind with a little cheappussy or the lure of a relaxed gentrified life on a pension ...and then take his savings ..piece of mind..health..a good percentage of his later years..with just a few adds in a local rag...jacos a good example..you think youre in paradise ..when all the time youre swimming in the entire load of shit from millions of idiots that couldnt wipe their ass with a flamthrower and a firehouse..wake up amigos... run all these shitbirds up into nicaland ...with the chinx leading the way.then one builds a few sewage treatment plants..youre fighting and dying for a decent life all over the world...while libtards everywhere hold their nose and step over your corpse..proclaiming superior motives..and taking credit for propogating the freedom you gave your lives for.. fuckem... and the pale nags they ride in on...:shock:

I've always wondered what gives Jaco beach sand that dirty greasy look. I think its the only beach in Cr that I've seen like that. So a sewage filled river empties into the ocean nearby? Damn I knew that MA is a turd pond but it sure doesn't look anything like Jaco. 8)
Author:  PacoLoco [ Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:08 pm ]
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Yes Mugsy Costa Rica is not really an eco-paradise but a sewage filled shit-hole, :shock: you must have missed the Wikileaks cable- http://wikileaks.c4ss.org/cable/2007/04 ... SE653.html
Just take a look over any bridge in SJ at the garbage and sewage filled water below, it's sad. http://www.usexpatcostarica.com/2011/04 ... verywhere/
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