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I don’t know if I really do agree with that. Last year when I was stuck in El Salvador for a week because of mechanical problems. We stayed in a gated community where many gringos had invested. One individual that I had a long talk with was from Colorado and was in communications industry. He stated that El Salvador had its problems (major crime) but if it ever became fixed he thought it would be just like Costa Rica and closer.
Here in Paraguay they are very open to foreigners, just like ticos (which i believe ticos will regret in the future) in many ways they are more advanced than Costa Rica but they are the poorest country in South America! However like all countries they still have the high class malls and terribly expensive cloths.
You are right that some countries can be much uglier than Costa Rica (politically).
Please take a look at the Costa Rican web site for residency information. You will find that you will not be able to work under any kind of residency unless you are married to a Costa Rican or a citizen of the country or a family member of a citizen and they will support you.
How ever you might just resort to becoming a illegal tourist working in Costa Rica like many others and that is risky! Costa Rica has kicked out many gringos for working illegally.
My understanding is that Costa Rica will not give permanent residency to anchor baby parents. They will accept aplications but they don’t give permanent residency status easly to people with children born in CR.
In our case we are in the oposit with our daughter, she was born in the states and she is also a Costa Rican citizen since we did the paper work. It was really easy and it only took two days.
How ever we dont have to worry about residency because my wife is a tica.
I am sorry to burst your bubble but the reason why they up the amount was not because of inflation but because the goverment wants to curb residency’s from foreigners
Well like my wife says, if crime is a big concern for you than maybe Costa Rica is not the place for you.
Costa Rica is not for everyone and it sounds as if you would not like to live there if you feel as if you have to keep looking over your shoulder. Even though this could be called paranoia.
Many people keep looking for the negative in every paradise and you won’t be able to enjoy it if you think that CR is a crime ridden place.
Maybe Venezuela our Columbia would be better fit for you.
Also you can add to your list Scott
Costa Rica Crime- Illegal gringos running away from the law in the U.S.
Costa Rica Crime- Gringos working with out CR permisionhahahaha
Edited on Jan 12, 2008 17:19
This is all pretty funny about crime, I have come to terms that people really don’t know how bad it can really get and beleave that where they live they have the worst crime.
Last August when we went to visit my wifes family in Tres Rios my mother in-law said don’t go out at night because it has become really dangerous. Well if you know my mother in-law she over reacts and listens to a lot of old wifes tales. Then I moved to Paraguay this last October and everyone in the embassy said don’t go down town because it is full of crime. Well then I found it it really isn’t bad crime just some small time pick pocketing.
Now if you really want to see bad crime try the counties of Hatie where they have people burning in the streets right in front of the embassy almost a weekly event or maybe places such as Brazil where they recently have caught police killing people tourist.
Where ever you go you will have crime, how ever I beg to say that if we take all of the U.S. cities and put them together and take a look at how much crime is commeted on a daily bases it will be much larger than small little Costa Rica. I could also say that every day that I look at the star and trib in Minnesota there has been a murder or crime since I have been gone.
So what about Costa Rica, are they sold out too? I beleave they have sold out to China and the Gringos!
Yes it is still much cheaper, how ever it is very expensive compared to other surrounding countries. I am finding out that Paraguay is really a diamond in the rough! Here it is far cheaper and the high ways systems are much better than in CR, plus you don’t have the crazy gringos here!
The reason why I keep harping is because it is a valid opinion. If a person is willing to move to a foreign land and set up shop because they are so oppressed from their home land and think that life is so bad then they will not return to the home land. Some Gringos like to make statements but they won’t back it up with action, why not give up your passport do you want to go back to the U.S.? Is it because you use it as a safety net just in case something happens in CR and you feel you are unsafe? Are you a fair weather fan like I am with the Vikings? Do you have your heart with the U.S. or Costa Rica? For me, when my wife and daughter and I move to CR after the next two years, I will be asking why do I want my U.S. passport since I will be setting roots in CR. If I feel I won’t be traveling to the U.S. I will give it up and just get a tourist visa or something because my allegiance won’t be with the U.S. it will be with CR. I don’t expect the U.S. to come and save me like the U.S. citizens in Lebanon a couple of years ago.
As for the U.S. school systems and health system, well there is no difference between before the war and now. In Minnesota the education system was eating up over 50% of the budget, today I believe it is down to 48% and it is the largest employer in the state. The school system is used to getting a blank check and funding retirements and benefits with out any opposition until recently because they are a large factor of the budget.
If you think I scare you look at the liberals and see what happened prior to 911, that scares me!
Sorry Aaron, but when I was talking about the passport it was in general. As for the other claims I know this because I know the people that are involved. I Know of many projects from wells, to the boats that were given. If it wasent for the U.S. military the ticos would not have the capabilitys to catch the large shipments that they have in the last two years.
Its cute that you think that Costa Rica is superior because of the issue of no army. How ever you forget that if any thing happens with the boarders from the north that the United States would step in to assist with Costa Rica which is in a treaty.
Many people will say that because CR dosent have a army, they have more money to put into schools and health system. How ever this is not true, the school system is badly needing funding and the health care system is over run with forigners and is draging CR down.
As for the military in general you don’t see how the U.S. military has help with programs in CR and if it wasn’t for them many projects would not haven gotten off of the ground. You don’t see how the boats, airplanes and many other tools have been donated to CR from the U.S. military for drug interdiction. If they didn’t have the U.S. helping them out they would just let the drug runners continue with out blinking a eye. You can think what ever you want, but CR is greatful for the support that they recive from U.S. military!
By the way, when will you render your U.S. passport?
No they were there, like thousands of them they were touched by the death squads as well, but lets get back to who the death squads were? Just because she is now giving tours to embassy members doesnt mean she has party lines.
I think you are really mis guided and don’t want to face the facts of what really happend..
Oh well just keep blameing the U.S. for all of your problems.. but don’t cry if some day you need the U.S to fix your passport or somthing.
I don’t know, it sounds pretty sound to me, when majority of people becomes a citizen in the U.S. they normally don’t move back to the country they came from.
In that case why would you keep your passport if you were not planning on moving back? One issue is taxes! Do you feel insecure and want to keep your options open?
If that is the case than it must not be that bad in the U.S. its not like Haiti where they burn people alive!
Ok, you got me, she was a history major in Washington state and went back to El Salvador after their family fled from the country during the war. So now she started up a company giving tours to embassy member in El Salvador.
I don’t think I would trust her as a source either!!!!!
Wow, brad after reading these web sites you really need to get some better sources! I really mean that because none of this is true. (im not trying to be negative but truthful) This is really a prime example of misguided journalism and spewing out misguided information. Really! Im just appauled!
I’ll stop talking about this but really I can’t beleive that this information is so way off course!!! To me it shows how people need to check their sources before they believe in them..
I like the picture of the runway… it dosent even look like this in real life. Paraguay doesnt even have any large airplanes to land on that strip.
Edited on Nov 10, 2007 19:05
