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Reading an article about salaries in Costa Rica going up and it got me wondering about something again. I always hear about how the salaries are so bad and the citizens don't make any money here. Where do all these nice, new looking shiny cars come from? They are all over the place. To the point they seem out of proportion to the supposedly small percentage that make a decent salary. Are people do some ridiculous financing?

I wonder the same thing about fast food restaurants. They are expensive relative to the salaries in CR, yet they are usually full of people fattening up.

True, and these are just a couple of examples. I wonder the same thing about lots of things from time to time. How so many people can afford them. I know the actual money paid must be astronomical, but I'm guessing a lot are financing the autos like they do with appliances and such. At usury rates of interest.

I have no idea about the underworld in CR but, it seems reasonable that there is a flourishing stolen car market.

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Well I drive a 10 year old Toyota 4 runner, because I'm stingy. What people also should understand is there is a growing upper class that consists of both ticos and foreigners. While the average wage earner, makes less than $12k per year, there are plenty that make between $50-100K. I work with some of them and yes some drive new BMWs, Mercedes, Audi's. There are some decent paying jobs down here, but you have to be high-up in the org to be making a decent coin.

It's not just down here Greengo. I see so many people back home that get in over their heads with leases on 80k BMW's while they struggle to pay the rent on their $750/month shithole apartments. All for the illusion of affluence. Muy estupido...