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That sounds promising! Maybe Scott can one day leave the San Jose area for more open spaces and breath clean country air again if this comes to pass.
This is one area of development in CR which I feel has a better chance to improve probably more quickly than most others simply because so little is required to set it up and there is an increasing market for the service with every foreigner that immigrates. High speed internet has become a ubiquitous necessity for most of the developed world.I accessed a wireless signal from Grecia last week when I was in Naranjo. Of course, it was in and out all day long and slow as molasses.
If it costs 7k and a monthlhy of $120, AND it is reliable, I would go for that. I would hate to have to rent an office and drive to San Jose to do this.The idiots in charge are the idiot citizens who continue to vote into office the politicians who are bought and paid for by big pharma and the healthcare system for profit. There have always been choices to move away from this one party system we have of the Democrat-Republican political machine. But the american character is just not there for that kind of bold experiment.
It is easy to rail against corrupt politicians. It is harder to take the responsibility for their existence. I am not at all hopeful for the U.S. situation and so am apathetic.
I currently have an account with BCR and I am glad to read this news. Sure makes things simple, doesn’t it?
I will say, though, that it is quite a bother to have to go online every 30 days to update passwords,,,,and the site appears to have a few bugs. It always takes me several tries before the new password is accepted.
Other than that, I have always had a good experience while at the bank…no long lines so far and relatively quick service.
Google earth is one I have looked at. The terrain map shows the low creases but is not clear as to where the river has it source area. It looks like it could be in any one of three directions from the town of San Juanillo.
The satellite map for that area is incredibly detailed and I can even make out the flat build site on my property but is not much help finding the river source area. The river is mostly covered by large tree tops and further north the path to the river gets lost.
I am assuming the river gets its water from mountain streams in a wide general area so water sources would be many springs. I also note that most of the mountain rivers and streams have water with a bluish-greyish tint. I read that this is due to volcanic rock particles disolved in the water.
There are no roads near it from that point forward. I suppose that is a good thing since nobody would be dumping trash from the road as they have done around the bigger cities.
I do not know anything about import tariffs in effect in other economies. They must be quite high. The U.S. rate for industrials is about 2%..agricultural products about 7%…both at half the rates quoted for CR.
As for an efficient customs system, from what I have heard, I am pretty sure it is much less efficient than the U.S. system but perhaps more efficient than the Mexican system.
Plus,there is a new disease coming for the cavendish banana and the big companies are not spending much at all to prepare for this.
Good advice, Lotus, but I don’t think people are made in such a way that they can experience the world completely in the present. Our brains will not let us. We have to resort to meditative techniques to temporarily escape the awareness of time passing. Ultimately, that may be the one thing which differentiates us from many other animals. I do think it gives us an advantage in some areas. I can appreciate the intrinsic value of my dogs’ attitudes precisely because I live in a more dimensionally complex world of past, present and future.
It;s just that there is a negative side to this kind of knowledge about the future….we can’t avoid knowing the certainty of our own deaths. On the other hand, we can’t get our minds around the concept of not existing any more. Perhaps that saves us from insanity. It also explains why, when someone we knew dies, that we are so taken aback and have a hard time accepting the truth of that person’s exit for ever.
I am the same age as Mr.Russett was. No matter how hard I try to live in the moment, I cannot do it. Should I envy my dogs because they can? I don’t think so. Since they don’t contemplate or comprehend their own deaths, they cannot appreciate their lives.
The older I get, the more I think about this matter. I’ll betchya it’s supposed to be this way.
Miles,
Please don’t interpret my words as a direct attack on you. It is just that I have a problem understanding the mentality of fence sitting on such dramatic issues as war and death and morality. I believe that mentality is what elected Bush to office.At a certain age, a man or woman has to have developed strong opinions about the world. This has to be so because as adults we are required to take actions and we must have a clear idea as to how and where to apply those actions. Open minds are great for the classroom but we are not talking about classrooms here. We are talking about serious life and death matters that require a action. I don’t have to respect any position that opposes mine. I only have to tolerate it. I respect it only if it wins me over.
After lifetimes of self absorption and the pursuit of wealth to the exclusion of of the truly important aspects of life, I am sure many retired Americans welcome the opportunity to offer something of themselves besides their money to their host country. The problem is that too much money injected over a short period of time has to upset the social order and all the volunteer English teachers in the world won’t be able to offset the strong negative effects that new sudden money will have.
I have given up. Goodbye USA, hello Costa Rica. My move has more to do with a desire for some adventure with the Costa Rican experience than with disgust for the U.S. but……
Who says our constitution still stands?It only ever stood intact for a very short period after its adoption anyway. Important bits have recently been tossed out…again. They can be replaced again, too. We know this because it has happened many times in the past. (Presidents John Adams, Roosevelt, Wilson, etc) So the sanctity of our constitution is repeatedly violated and americans for the most part have always accepted this. Like I said, we deserve the governments we get. Relative morality and relative governing principles seem to be what people want. After all, according to some, morality, and justice, is just a matter of opinion
Trickle down foreigner resident spending doesn’t seem to have much of a winning track record elsewhere as far as helping the overall economies.
Costa Rica has one huge advantage for its economy over much of the developed world; its power supply is mainly hydro and wind and is less dependent upon oil. I don’t think any other factor will have a more beneficial effect on the relative wealth of the Costa Ricans for the immediate future. Increased Chinese investment could be another factor but there might be a heavy environmental price to be paid which the ticos may or may not be willing to accept.
Costa Ricans are living in interesting times which, by the way, is the main ingredient in an old Chinese curse.
Anybody who supported the Iraq war is culpable of either duplicity in the name of self serving political gain or of stupidity or of being naive or apathetic.
I am not angry at any individual. I am disappointed at having to come to the conclusion that my country is a floundering empire populated and governed by greedy, uncaring and mostly ignorant citizens. People deserve the government they get.
