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New concerns about living in Costa Rica
I will be able to keep my money and I won’t be able to pay my unfair share of taxes to support moochers and unneeded regulation not to mention bailing out too-big-to-fail institutions.
I won’t be able to build the biggest government in the world any bigger and provide a bunch of overpaid government workers a great heath plan and a bloated pension.
I won’t be able to go to court to pay my traffic tickets and sit in the waiting room watching an archaic racist NAACP (BTW I have pigment, aint I colored thank you very much) bitch about the fringe elements of patriotism.
I won’t be seeing any condescending police officers around town.
People will expect me to actually greet them and I won’t be able to sit in silence as I will have to talk and maybe even laugh with people I don’t consider my intellectual equal.
Considering all this, I think I will apply for a government job. It is the only industry that is growing in the US anyways.
Corruption in the sense that the useage has corrupted the original meaning.
I rarely here Ticos use Pura Vida when something goes wrong (sarcastically). I hear it as a greeting. Funny, I guess they are trying to warn us that many things go wrong here with out being aware of what they are saying – if you consider the Clavallo useage.
Hey the lights went out again – Pura Vida
No regulation to the imegration law yet – Pura Vida
The line is out the door at the bank – Pura Vida
Insurance cost twice as much as in the states – Pura Vida
Some one changed the title of my property in the registry – Pura Vida
My dog got out for a moment and came back without a collar again – Pura Vida.
The maid stole the good silveware one spoon at a time – Pura Vida
The mechanic switched out some good parts while he was tuning up the car – Pura Vida
From what I have gathered the phrase was used by a Mexican comedian in his stage act. When something would go wrong he would exclaim “Pura Vida.”
The book later explains that the comedian went on to star in a movie titled Pura Vida loosley based on his act. Things were constantly going wrong in the movie and he was constantly exclaiming “Pura Vida!”
Sounds like Costa Rica alright!
So I guess Pura Vida was a phrase used to show exasperation when things went wrong. I see why it caught on here.
I wonder how it was corrupted to become an ecological solgan.
Wagonerr41,
Excellent reply/perspective
It is man’s nature to consume, but in moderation. There is a huge difference between use and abuse. The US economy is based on unsustainable consumerism. Its an abuse.
Now here comes China and the second huge wave of consumption. Glad I have my hunk here. Why do you think the want of so many material items became so great? I think it is from peoples desire to occupy there time from birth to death; a lack of security.
The only real thing is education and strong relationships. These are the things that last. What is real is what cannot be taken from you, that which lasts. Free your mind and your ass will follow is another 60’s saying that has a lot of truth to it.
If you don’t educate yourself culturally, philosphically and practically, it is a sure bet that just like the multitudes of young Ticos one will fall into the consumerism trap.
I also think it has to do with women selecting mates. The nest thing. They look at it like the man with the most material comforts is the best mate. I guess I can see the logic if it is done as family building, but most of them seem to choose this on vanity, self agradizement/ Look at my clothes and car; and it promotes abusuive consumption and materialism.
The effect womens values have on culture is profound. How many women out there want to start a family with a farmer?
kevin,
tell us why you have a backyard garden? Enjoyment, food production – please elaborate. I am thinking of starting one even though the feria here has stunning produce. tell us more. Why do you think the post is impressive? In which way do you resonate with it?
Be resourceful.
Look do it this way: hire a nica, send the money to an account that is not in his name (family member that gives him the pin#). Get a simple contract from the person that owns the account stating in Spanish that they are providing you the worker for X amount. Have it notarized.
If your Nica has problems then tell them to take it up with his employer – the one you send the money too. You now have a contracted employes through a third party. Be sure that you have all the third parties info and make it clear to your employee that if he makes trouble, then all will participate (suffer).
I pay 1100 for the gardener and he is fantastic. I have paid much less for slouch work.
I pay the maid 1200 and she is OK. I have paid less for the same quality and paid more for less quality. Finding a maid that doea not stael is nearly impossible. You have been warned so keep all valuables under lock and key. Better yet only allow here to clean sensitives rooms when you are there and all other times keep these roomed locked out.
This is why the country should have voted out the Arias residue. The party in power keeps leading us to closer ties with the US and less independence that leads to cultural degradation.
I came here to get away from the US its greedy people and consumerism culture. They keep catching up to me and I am now on my third move. I just want to be around genuine people, live humbly and not hear about all the trouble and anger in the US.
Father into the campo for me.
Professional incompetence, including doctors especially lawyers, vetinarians and pharmacists.
The gap between the haves and the have nots
Western materialism corrupting traditional values, disconnecting more and more Tico from their historic ties to agricultural, and living off the land.
US feminism and the degradations of motherhood.
Rampant uncontrolled development that has degraded the environment through unfinished inappropriate projects that stand as testimony to greed.
Well put Sofloudoug. David’s response obviously showed that you touched a nerve. Maybe things are not so good in marital bliss land. His prison guard condescending attitude was well rebuked on your behalf and deservedly so.
As far as the article goes:
Perfect illustration of fathers demeaned. The domestic violence laws here are ridiculous and the police here are mental midgets. At least in the states the police know what is going on with domestic violence law abuse. Here they blindly follow the law. Costa Rica is far from perfect. My advice is to get a vasectomy. Maybe the vicious women will solve the overpopulation of the planet. It’s time men stood up to these types of women and the damage they do to their children by removing the men from the family, and doing so they create effeminate children.
The boys grow up and the women say what ever happened to real men that can make me feel like a women? These male children are not at fault. Mommy ran out there role model when they were young. Now I hear women belly aching that there are no real men anymore. Duh… wonder why.
The importance of motherhood has been demeaned.. by the mothers. They are not honorable enough to keep the family together, furthermore women now a days are so selfish its unbelievable. In general, their arrogance is nauseating. They think that they are god’s gift to the world when all the time most are nothing but overconfident and under accomplished. Its all a bluff but the power of the puff keep men coming back. If it was not for the puff, they’d have gone the way of the dinosaur by now.
Whatever happened to honorable women and femininity? Women want masculine power and no longer understand feminine power. Sad. I had an older Tica say that she thought gringas behave like men. Now I see that they are spreading their disdain for men to Costa Rica. US culture – that’s an oxymoron. USA – the culture that brought you the cougar! Shameful. There are very few honorable women. For that reason chivalry is dead – and deservedly so.
“The mosquito infested mangrove swamp-view salesmen”
That includes about 90% of all sales people in Costa Rica that I have met anyways.
Have you ever read the part about real estate salesmen in [i]Costa Rica Now[/i]? The author points out that are so few principled and educated ones. Most will dupe the developer into developing and then dupe the buyer into buying, when most of the time the buyer and the developer have no business owning and developing in Costa Rica. The empty white elephant tower in Jaco and now Jade resort in Manuel Antonio stand as testaments to their greed and lack of real estate ethics.
The author goes on about the duty of the real estate salesmen to see the community develop with continuity and about the fact that most salesmen have never studied real estate ethics let alone the principles of real estate at all.
He goes on to point out that there are [u]no disclosure laws[/u] here and that salesmen, sellers, and attorneys have no legal, let alone ethical, reason to disclose any defects in title or the physical property. That is why the author is correct when advocating that a third party professional that does not stand to make money on the deal closing should be hired to investigate a potential property purchase. He also gives great advice about having a “property market” appraised before you buy. That is interesting, a “market appraisal” rather than a property appraisal (value).
So these “mosquito infested mangrove swamp-view salesmen” have no problem giving misleading ideas regarding property value, and potential appreciation over events that most likely will never occur. As you might put it, they are spreading pure “rubbish.” I would choose a less dignified term. Watch out and verify everything.
All I can say is that anybody that does not know how to use a gun, should not own one. Many times they are taken from the owner and used on them. Also if you are not willing to shoot someone you should not own a gun. I am more than willing BTW. No one hurts my family on my watch. That’s a hill I would choose to die on….
I disagree with you completely.
There is a huge difference between collateral damage and targeting civilians.
Please don’t play the holier than thou part about harm’s way. That’s like saying you can’t have a say on the black experience without being black.
I was just trying to be respectful for the service man’s sacrifice. Can you say the same? To me you are denigrating it by saying their service was in vain.
[u]I think that our troops protecting and policing the world are appropriate to this forum. [/u]We provide the peace that allows many nations to thrive and it is at a great expense to us taxpayers (which I pay a bunch). When you pay six figures in taxes, you will understand my right to comment on how it is spent. The money is one thing, the service and life lost is another. I think it is right to respect and appreciate both.
Maybe your topic is too sensitive for you and others, but I believe that appreciation (my topic) is not an overly sensitive one. That was all I was trying to convey. And I do not apologize for that. You read other things on your agenda into my post and basically high jacked it. You also denigrated my intentions. Now you insinuate it is too sensitive. Nice try to close it down.
I think our troops deserve more than you are willing to give them as far as their personal motives for fighting. I think you have transposed your motive to theirs. Appreciation is the highest form of awareness. Try it sometimes. One size fits all.
