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[quote=”triumph04″]Social Security income tends to be a pretty significant portion of the monthly income that retired people from the US live on in Costa Rica and they have every right to be worried about how politics in the US affects that income …
I read and enjoy this forum so thank you for your efforts.
This above statement has been a real concern too me if/when I retire in c.r. that I would get stuck with a currency that I am counting on that may collapse and leave me hungry and stranded. My savings and pension could take me the six yrs before S.S. but if that becomes worthless, ouch!!! I’m stuck.[/quote]i hear you. i only hope then that you aren’t leaving the US over any political issues, because you aren’t going anywhere “mentally” if that is true.
i’m talking mostly to the disgruntled who leave the US in a huff over whatever US policies – foreign or domestic.
sure people care about loved ones left behind, however caring about whatever perceived negative policies that the loved ones are subjected to back in the homeland are a whole other ballgame. spin it anyway anyone wants, the message is clear. if you can’t leave at least most of it behind, you haven’t left, that is the bottom line.
many leave thinking “i’m getting out of this f’ing place” only to watch CNN and seek out US newspapers in their new place to live. sorry, just makes me laugh.
i’m not only speaking to people who leave for CR. i’m speaking to anyone who leaves the US in a huff to anywhere in the world, but especially to places that are 3rd world like and places where they can’t speak enough of the local language to complain (as they must have been doing in the US).
i know there are exceptions to the rule (everyone has the one-off story), but i can order utility services right from the internet without ever picking up a phone or standing in line. i can pay even more, including my property taxes over the internet. it hasn’t always been true, but if my cable internet goes out, a service guy is here same day or next day at the latest. i am hardly ever in any long line whether at the bank or anywhere else.
so just saying, people who venture into a 3rd world countries better be prepared to grab a number and wait for it to be called or just stand in line at nearly every opportunity when dealing with a utility, bank, the gov’t and more. these are the kinds of things people don’t mention on internet forums.
