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Originally Posted by VikingMan
Costa Rica
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I love Costa Rica so hard. would have probs ended up living there a few years back were my ex not so adverse to learning Spanish
instead we ended up in Belize (my choice), which was amazing. before JA the best time of my life. wouldn't rec it now though, my little home 10 feet from the shore where the birds flocked every morning with a walk out gazebo onto the ocean was torn down to build a monster home for an expat
broke my heart to see that ish
@Forest I'm thinking about this too. my mom is bizarrely happy up in the freezer of northern Canada ("whee it was minus 30 today and I had to chip off ice and bang the hood to refill the brake fluid"-what?) but she is very old and there will be a time when she can't do that stuff anymore
I really want her to come live with me here but she finds JA too hot and as much as peeps love her during her visits (they actually really do, dare anyone to not love my mom 'pon meeting her), she does not fully understand rural Patois, of which there are 10 diff variations at least
vicious circle thing, if she spent enough time here she'd stop feeling like a tourist, but it's too hot for her to feel comfortable here
she's tiny/slim, not a weight thing. just as peeps get older the ability to regulate temp diminishes. plus I think the care they show her as an 'elder' she sees as condescension
sometimes she's right, but the rest she doesn't recognize as respect as she's not familiar with it
so long term I'm looking into a place for her in Uruguay. she is very clear about not wanting to move into some condo when her home gets too big for her to manage and this is the most interested I've seen her in any idea I've proposed
have visited passing through in my 'jump in the car summer long tour through South America' a couple years back. super beautiful, bank machines work, nice people (but people are nice wherever if you approach openly), pedestrian-friendly
plus really good scores on the overall quality of life stuff
tl;dr Uruguay. have been scoping stuff there for momsie in Punta Del Este but still preliminary
suggest you check it out, also Montevideo