There is no "we" or "us": You speak for yourself and yourself alone. Period. Same for and with me.
What I know is one does not have to jump off a 20 story building to know one doesn't want to do it.
I do note that when the shitt hit the fan for you medically, you fled to the USA to get the problem under control, eh?
I've spent more time than I care to relate relative to Costa Rica and the entire out house of a dung heap that makes up what is commonly referred to as Central America. So what if I don't live in a scrub apartment, spending my days pretending I'm "young" and paying tarts to yank my junk? You don't know where I go or what I do when I'm in Costa Rica or even that region of the world and it's actually none of your simple simon business. Suffice to say it does not center around bragging about knowing the names of all the hags I've shagged or the money I've wasted; or the whereabouts of some obscure jizz room which was cleaned two years ago; or the ever dying soul that rots as one K*ds oneself that Costa Rica is some manner of paradise.
Again, big deal. To and for me? That ain't no legacy and no airman ought to be proud of it.
What you've written is simply your own rationalization for why you stay in the Grade D banana republic. Writing such dribble is cheap therapy for you is it, eh? Nothing more and nothing less. And Costa Rica's "growth" is only for the few:
However, inequality rose (Gini coefficient went from .422 in 2006 to .439 in 2009) as growth largely benefited skilled labor, and secondary education lags, especially among Costa Rica’s poor.
As a consequence of the global financial crisis in 2008 the country’s economy registered a decline of 1.3% of GDP in 2009. In response, the Government increased its spending in social and labor-intensive infrastructure, helping the economy recuperate to a 4.7% GDP growth in 2010.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/costarica/overviewVoting is a joke: What happens after Fric or Frac (they're all cut from the same cloth) "takes office" is what is meaningful: Try "participatory democracy" and watch how quickly you're rounded up and "dealt with". Since you have such disdain for the USA, why not renounce your citizenship and become a Tico passport carrying bona fide genuine like real deal?
Since you're in the "true Costa Rica" so much, I know that means you're not drinking the water, eh? Nobody I know who lives in this barrio or that barrio drinks the water unless it's from a bottle or taken from the employer's five gallon cooler. And that's just for starters. Some people think Syria is Nirvana just as some people believe Benin is great. So you *think* CR is "the bomb". Good for you. Still, *thinking* something and *knowing* something are 2 different things.
There are a lot of expats in CR that are S-T-U-C-K: They're in so deep they can't get back to the USA; stuck with property holdings they can't give away, let alone sell.....sold to them by North American real estate agent(s) who had their USA licenses yanked for one infraction after another so they come to "paradise" where there is no regulation in practice. And then there are those who are just simply stuck....with no where to go; no real family ties either due to deaths or estrangement; no motivation; lack of insight and/or the ability to act upon it; no money to set up shop back in the USA for 1st and last months rent + damage deposit and all the other expenses; blah, blah, blah.
Great for you that you *think* CR is a "....great place......". I think it's a great place to VISIT. And when you take off your rose colored glasses, perhaps your perspective might get modified such that a 71 year old guy begins to focus on something other than massage parlor pussssy or pretending one is Peter Pan.
BangBang57 wrote:
Steven1 wrote:
Don't do it. You'll (maybe) live to regret it. Just keep making the occasional flight down and throw caution to the wind (that's cash) for a couple more years and you'll have your own personal appraisal.
I am confident you will conclude making such a move is very unwise for a number of reasons.
"In YOUR opinion" should have been added to a comment coming from someone who has actually spent very little time in Costa Rica (has never lived here as for as I know) and only knows US propaganda and hearsay!!!
No, it is not the perfect paradise but then where is "the perfect paradise"?? NO, it is not for everyone, but there are many who are very happy here, myself included. Yes it has its problems, but SO DOES THE GOOD OLD USA!!! Yes I know you always "claim" to have some "inside info" but all we have ever seen from you is typical USA fear mongering with no true evidence. Yes there is crime, but outside of the gulch which is an area where most who live here spend little of their time after the first few months and the newness wears off, it is no worse than in many US cities!! Yes, the average level of income is less but so is the overall cost of living, and if retiring here the income level one can expect here should be of no concern for a person retiring here. Yes the infrastructure is a disaster but so is it in the USA (and getting worse everyday). Yes politics is crocked here BUT SO IS IT IN THE STATES (IMHO EVEN MORE SO!!!). And the people here seem to have spoken with their vote this past weekend!!!
Life is a risk no matter where you choose to spend it. I, and many others have choosen to spend it in a country of beautiful scenery, great climate, lower cost of living than in the states, beautiful women, and beautiful, nice, pleasant, NOT stupid nor dumb nor lazy people once you (again) get out of the gulch and other areas of heavy Gringo concentration (perceived money always [anywhere] draws the low life scum)!!!. A country growing economically, a country improving (slowly but at least not sliding backwards like some I know of), a country of people who are proud, proud of what they have, of what they feel they have accomplished, proud of who they are, and who feel they have a bright future!!!
Yes, you are right, I see a different country from what you and many who visit here see, but I live and spend much of my time in the "real Costa Rica" and have for 8 years. I also still spend a lot (too much) of my time in the gulch, so I very clearly see the difference between it and the rest of CR. I speak the language (not great but sufficient to carry on a conversation with the average Tico in the Tico neighborhood where I live), I am interested in and keep up with the local news, politics, and economic issues, I visit in Tico homes, have many Tico friends, and I hear what they say, how they think, and how the look at things - very different at times compared to the North American people. My neighbors speak and are polite when we meet while walking in the neighborhood (can't say the same for most neighborhoods in the States).
When I hear people say you need $2500-$3000-$4000 a month to live here I am totally amazed. I live in a very nice modern apartment (small but sufficient for my needs); have all the modern conveniences except for maybe a car but at my age, I probably should not be driving anyway; and if I did not spend a third of my income on pu*sy every month, I could live like a king on a lot less than $2500 a month!! But then when one is 71 and still able to pluck young, very attractive, chicas several times a week, have a nice place to live, plenty of food to eat, have good friends and neighbors, and the ability to travel around the country and to other countries, I THINK I AM LIVING LIKE A KING!!!! and in a country I concider a great place (not perfect, but great) to live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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