Originally Posted by GreyWolf

CR is prob not bad - in reality it's cheap to live (unless you frequent casinos every night).

One thing that is noticeable (tho may depend on the circles ya move in) are young folks doing degrees and doctorates - got a couple here and, hell, more than impressive, but modest with it. One young lady already has her degree (marine biology) and almost finished her term for.. can't remember - either Ph.D or similar. Another guy is doing his Ph.D at the moment - it sure shows in the quality of what they end up producing and very little need to tell em what is wanted - they just do it.

Not sure how relevant this is for a foreign student - but was asking how much it costs for the extra Ph.D years - silly money - it's only around $250/year.

Other aspects - nice weather - it's 72 in the cold area tonight and prob around 76-80 near the coastline. Food is cheap - most stuff is grown locally and plenty fruit - mango, banannas, melon - prob over 100 fruits. There are no relevant taxes and none on net earnings.

One relevent element may be the language - Spanish, but it's fairly normal for students to speak English as a second language.