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Originally Posted by WarChild
Good points for me:
- Low personal tax
- Friendly people
- Different culture and language than I grew up in
- "Wild West" type of atmosphere. Money and who you know still mean a lot in Costa
- Excellent weather (warm) and beautiful beaches
- Excellent food
- Low cost of living
Bad points for me:
- Bad infrastructure (slow internet, bad roads, etc)
- Slow and cumbersome bureaucracy. It's hard to get stuff done in Costa, and nothing is ever done quickly.
- Polluted in the Central Valley (main city area)
- Too many fucking hookers always buggin' ya
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Low personal tax is good. I don't like what I have to pay in tax...but I can afford to pay them so it does not affect my life style. So that is not a selling point for me.
Friendly people is good. I don't associate with people...but if I did the people in my AO seem friendly enough. So that is not a selling point for me.
I guess living in a different culture could be interesting...but I have never found it to be so. So that is not a selling point for me.
I guess a "Wild West" atmosphere could be exciting...but I have had enough excitement to last me a life time. So that is not a selling point for me.
Exellent weather is good...but where I live the weather is great except for alittle to much rain in the winter. I live about three miles from the bay and a long...long stretch of white sandy beach. Many lakes and rivers in my AO...with great fishing...beautiful scenery. So that is not a selling point for me.
Excellent food is good...but I am pretty much a meat and potatoes type of guy. The restruants in my AO are not great...but I am not really into eating out that often. So that is not a selling point for me.
Low cost of living is good...but I own my own place outright and can afford to buy what ever I need...so that is not a selling point for me.
In my AO the roads are good...the internet service I have is fast...I have great premium cable TV...with hundreds of channels...fortunately I am retired and do not have many dealings with bureaucracy anymore...the air could not be better...and I don't get bugged at all by hookers.
The only negative that I can think of for my AO is I live in a Tsunami zone...if it happens that could be a big negative...I am thinking.
Bottom line is I think I will rule Costa Rica out...but I hope it works out for you.