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I would love to retire early, looking like another 10-15 yrs, liekly then, CR out of my price range…..but, one can hope and my needs are not that high (not needing a pool, fancy house, etc….)
[quote=”maravilla”]after being here 7 years, there was an incident not too long ago where i said to myself “‘that’s it, i’m moving” but reality soon set in and then i started thinking about WHERE would i move, since moving BACK to gringolandia is out of the question. when i went through the check-list of other countries, they were sooon disqualified for a lot worse reasons than the complaint i had that particular day. every place has its warts. some worse than others. i think success in living here is predicated on whether you are happy MOST of the time, and I am. if i were to leave, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay are at the top of my list.[/quote]
What was the incident, if it is not too prying to ask…..and where are you from….
[quote=”Camby”]Preventative care is almost un heard of in the States, well worth the perhaps shabbier building.
Costa Rica is tough on immigration-good for them, would that we were in the USA.
The USA is a vacuum of cutlure and hence, no wonder why so many, like Pavlov’s dog, expect more.
Would that I could retire now ( I am only 40 and have no marketable skills in CR what-so-ever). As a Catholic that is turned off by the USA culture, I would be much more open minded and less upset over a few gadgets CR does not have, nor would I miss the cookie-cutter, blah neighborhoods and shopping centers.
Just today, reading the comments in our local news, people are cheering hte urinating-on-dead-bodies soldiers, making excuses for them and calling on the USA to dictate to the rest of the world and “turn the Middle East into glass”…..would I miss that immoral, fascistic crap? Not at all……Whatever problems CR might have, I can learn to over look them and deal with them……..[/quote]
“Politely asking generally will get a response. Sometimes it is simply that they are following rules. This is a Latin culture and things move at a different speed here…and if you give it a chance you will find it refreshing. ”
Problem-Americans in particular, but I am sure too, Candadians and Europeans, are not used to being polite. AMericans are used to dictating to the rest of the world and when lecturing and finger pointing fail, bombing and staging violence……hence that arrogance does not lend to being polite…….The attitude? We are Americans, Gods gift to the human race and you will listen, obey or die…..AMericans feel superior in their number of bathrooms, TV’s and gadgets…..that is all they have, no real culture……CR would do wise to distance themselves quick…Preventative care is almost un heard of in the States, well worth the perhaps shabbier building.
Costa Rica is tough on immigration-good for them, would that we were in the USA.
The USA is a vacuum of cutlure and hence, no wonder why so many, like Pavlov’s dog, expect more.
Would that I could retire now ( I am only 40 and have no marketable skills in CR what-so-ever). As a Catholic that is turned off by the USA culture, I would be much more open minded and less upset over a few gadgets CR does not have, nor would I miss the cookie-cutter, blah neighborhoods and shopping centers.
Just today, reading the comments in our local news, people are cheering hte urinating-on-dead-bodies soldiers, making excuses for them and calling on the USA to dictate to the rest of the world and “turn the Middle East into glass”…..would I miss that immoral, fascistic crap? Not at all……Whatever problems CR might have, I can learn to over look them and deal with them……..
