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Like that lady in the first post said, ‘he deserves what he gets’. Peace and quiet, beautiful countryside, friendly people, easier life, lower taxes; yes, he deserves just what he got 🙂
Well, Aguacate must be ‘out-of-the-way” because there is a one room school house here with 11 students, and its right on the bus route.
Hey David, I like your tag line, but here’s a variant:
…never assume malice when arrogance remains a possibility
I guess I’m back. We were in the States for a week.
Ah, “following just rules”. That must be why the CR phrase book includes: “Can I pay an on-the-spot fine?”
Can you imagine a tico being fined c350.000 for a traffic violation? At least a month’s salary for some, more for others.
What about declaring the value for that carrying-more-than-$10,000 out of the US and into CR? Do you fudge and think of the coins as collectibles and not money?
It was pointed out to us before our move that: there is no law against rolling back the odometer in CR; cars in the US are cut into pieces, shipped cheaply to CR as scrap and then put back together; equipment that is standard in the States (like side air bags)doesn’t always make it to CR but the car is the same price. We shipped a car down to avoid possible problems.
OK got it now. The original “original” post was under “Crime in Costa Rica”.
(Then we experienced ‘topic drift’ and were vaccinated by Scott.)
and also i remember that my ex-father-in-law used to let his servants drive his new BMW to the store in East Hampton.
“Servants” (plural), “new BMW”, and “East Hampton”. Thanks for the info, Maravilla. That explains a lot.
David, things have changed since the 70s – and since my experience in the 90s. I think the thing to note here is that you were an employee who could disallow ‘the welfare’ and I was bound by confidentiality. I couldn’t do anything about welfare cheats so they didn’t hide things from me (as much) like they did from you.
All public assistance has grown so much since initiated that government social service agencies can’t keep track of cheating. It is rampant.
[quote=”costaricafinca”]Many living here only on their SS or pension, especially a low pension from years ago, rely on buses and/or taxis. With there being six in your family, most taxis will not accept all of you at once, so this also needs to be taken into consideration.
[/quote]Six in the family? I thought this was a couple living on social security.
jmi is correct. But, if your income is $1500 a month, you can live well here. Take a look at some of the posts titled: “Crime” and then read other posts on this site about living in CR. You will find that the area you chose is very important. We love the Lake Arenal area. Lots of expats and housing.
I used to work in social services but for the Catholic Church. I met a lot of people on welfare and other entitlements. Since everything was confidential, they told me things they would never reveal to employees of state or federal agencies. Among those confidences (and this was in the 90s – don’t even remember names):
“I got pregnant because “Jeremy” is going to be 18 and off the welfare. I picked the father because he gets veterans benefits.”
“I get benefits for me and my seven kids under my maiden name. My husband makes too much for us to get the welfare.”I could go on, but you get the picture.
