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There are a few high end kitchen/bath stores in Escazu between the Hipermas and Scotia Bsnk you could try.
One thing you won’t have to worry about in CR like you do in Reno….100+ temps or 3′ of snow, but the roads are worse than the Mt. Rose Hwy.
Total BS is right. The prime pieces of real estate in the southern Nicoya Peninsula area have been flat at best over the last 2 years with most foreign owners taking big disocunts or terms because they often overextended themselves in the US.
Gold and silver present a transportation issue, but silver has been a good play lately. Your are safer buying the following currencies: Swiss Franc (still gold based), Australian and New Zealand dollars. Both of these currencies have gained 16% or better on the dollar in the last year. If one is gutsy play the Yuan against the dollar. The chinese have been deflating their currency for so long and the pent up demand of 1.4 billion people is bound to drive it up at least double in next 3-5 years. Food commodities will also be active. If you have not noticed, grocery prices in the states are going up at triple the rate of inflation.
EverBank has an attractive foreign currency CD that guarantees you will not loose your principal.There really are not any “campgrounds” per se like we are acustom to in the US. In CR it is more like pitch a tent where you feel like it on the beach, since nobody owns it. The beaches between Montezuma and Cabuya are absoultely crazy during Semana Santa. There is no camping allowed in many of the National Parks.
The bus system even reaaches the smallest towns on a daily or more frequent basis, even Cabuya at the end of a dirt road at the end of the Nicoya Peninsula.Needing a lawyer seems to be the typical knee-jerk reaction for something that is not researched on your own or simply understood. Why a lawyer for something so simple ticorealtor?
Will a blood test screening at a US lab count or is it necessary to get the blood work done in Costa Rica?The irony of the whole issue is that marijuana is the largest cash crop in many states, even states with a huge agricultural base. The taxation source would have to be extremely tempting for many near-bankrupt state governments. In the US it is treated as a criminal issue, where in Europe it is treated as a health issue and as a result there are no greater numbers of users per capita, but the associated violence borne by obscene profits is largely removed. The number of people in the corrections system as a result of the “war on drugs” is what is obscene at 18% of the total prison population with no real impact on the overall flow of drugs.
Even California, the most liberal state in the nation, who actually voted for Jerry Brown 30 years later (most of who voted for him were probably not there 30 years ago) defeated legalization of recreational use of marijuana on Tuesday.
As a statistical comparison Vancouver is only 31% larger (2.1 million) than San Jose metro (1.6 million), but the overall crime rate is 6 times higher than San Jose or 10/1,000 vs. 64/1,000. That was the point. Additionally, Vancouver has the 3rd highest crime rate in Canada and #1 in drug related offenses. Just some statistical perspective.
If given the choice of walking the street at night in Tibas or east downtown Vancouver, I would chose Tibas.
Food & water (self-sustained), guns, bunker of ammo., libations (numerous), computers(music, video and the web via satellite). Scott would not disagree especially if there were cases of single malt.
There is no need for a ward, stake or temple (# of wards to a stake and # of stakes for a temple I believe) to have LDS missionaries as far as I know. I am not LDS, but like to stay informed on the various quirks of the religions of the world and have visited Utah and Idaho, the two most Mormon populous states, many times. The only “door to door” missionaries I have ever had an interface with were either LDS or Jehovah’s Witnesses and I live in “rural suburbia”, 12 miles from the nearest town. LDS are always the best dressed.
Well said Sprite, but there are too many other countries tied to our debt and hence the dollar. There will be more bailouts to come, but on a more international scale. The Chinese own trillions of our debt and they won’t go down without an ugly fight. Good reason to sell out here, pay for something 100% elsewhere and have $0 debt.
