Icantstayaway wrote:
The main thing cheap here is the most important thing.
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 USAEverything 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
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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...
