Originally Posted by Webby

It is not hard to see where you are coming from Probono. I used to live in Florida and never regretted a moment of that time, but it appears a lot has changed since that time and getting worse - not just in the porn biz. It is the same in serveral industrialized countries - the lifestyle is getting crappier.

Throw this into the melting pot as an option :-) Ya want a country with a decent climate, good healthcare (cost for a family of four private insurance per year is about $250-$300) of a standard equalling the US. Nada taxes - you don't want to even get a tax form to fill in. Also a place where earned currencies (US$ and Euro's) are valued. An immigration policy that are not interested in aspects of your biz - only that you may set up a cheapo corp and never actually trade with it as "credentials" for residency. Also laws which are nada problem whatsoever as long as these two letters, CP are not involved. Finally, a lifestyle that is total hassle-free - that eventually means more than any money crap.

OK.. I did the selling pitch! :-) The country is Costa Rica. You can almost choose your climate - there are about seven microclimates. The law are excellent (least in my experience) and will to actually help when you need it - and courteous with it. Cost of living is... much lower than industrialized countries, but with a higher lifestyle.

The downside, tho does not matter so much when dealing with professionals, is the language is Spanish.

On labor, there are loads of degree level folks to provide help - average monthly salary is around $1200 for a grad with an IT degree. (The education system is reasonably high and plenty entering the labor market).

You won't have any legal problems with the biz - nobody cares what your biz is.

I think Juicy (hi Juicy! *s*) may have moved to Nicaragua. That is definately a very up and coming country and decent comms - again nada taxes and decent lifestyle.

Similarly, have a look at Panama - it is very similar to Costa Rica in many ways.

Dunno what your status is, but if a US citizen, there is still the problem of taxation irrespective where you live on the planet, but at least there is some compensation in IRS allowances (around $80K/year) while you are not resident within the US. I know nada of US laws, but understand the only way to kill US taxation is to relinquish citizenship. Again, dunno, but it may be that if you are a US citizen and, eg, violate code like 2257 even tho abroad, - they may be inclined to remember this :-)

OK.. Done my contribution!! Basically, it is as you said - lifestyle is more relevant than all the other stuff :-)