I want to move to Costa Rica.......

move to canada, we can do some serious GFY posting from my house

too cold and too many moose

If you want to come check it out, I have an extra room, a vehicle and know all the best spots. You're welcome to come for the grand tour whenever.

You'd be a walking botfly community within the week.

Come on down
Any advice - help - information - hit me up.

to tell you the truth, i havnt seen a moose in my entire life

i have land on a mountain there yo.

ynot bob
roger
i got a treehouse land plot there.

bring ernie, lets just drink on the beach everyday.

its near mexico isn't it ? I heard they kidnap people down there

You got a sense of humor spanno...

Give me 2 years and I reckon that's where I'll call home.

But now coke and grass are legal in Mexico ...

Great place, great people, right price.

2c

if you go for residency in another country how are you going to explain on the application that your job is to post all day on an internet site called Gofuckyourself.com?

Before you up and move someplace, make sure to spend a few months there. And I mean without going back to the states. Dont go for vacation. MOVE in for a few months. You may not like it.

only someone who hasnt been to thailand would say something like that...

or i should say, only a single man who hasnt been to thailand would say that

Looks awesome there..me too

lindsay fuck offf, you are coming to live in CR with us and you know it.

don't play.

no you dont bro

just lots of two headed people

I'm single, been to Thailand, and I prefer Costa Rica. Whores isn't a way of life for everyone.

People watching can be interesting. Especially watching "escapees" from other countries arrive and think they are five years olds who just entered ToyrUs and immediately embark on a whoring rampage as tho pussy was just discovered in the "new world".

We had a session of "people watching" last week - they guy could not stop thinking about pussy and it gets more embarassing when they think they can proposition women in public, assuming they are all whores in a candystore - sheesh

Yo first thing i will do it get a few guns

i might take you up on that offer bro

I have a company registered there, so it wont be issue

If that was a method to joke or a attack you can do better...

Yo Juicy! - BTW.. your corp can be used for residency - tho it's another matter whether you may want residency - there are pro's and con's

I want to get a place down there.

Don't do it, this country is boring and its always cold.

Just let me know .. You still have me on ICQ? Hit me up anytime.

Maybe too cold but I could hire you as the director of lithing...

Come to my house, I had an exterminater over last week and haven't found a moose in the cupboards since!

So what can everyone contribute as being an advantage of costa rica?
How is the weather? How is shopping for food? How are the movie theatres? How is the internet? How are the roads? What is typical cost of cars there, what cars are available?
How hard is it to find hookers, and are they clean, look good?
Is it common for foreigners with money to have maids, cooks, etc as in other countries?

me too. I wanna live there..

Costa Rica is grate !

Let's build a GFY Costa Rica trailer park.

heheheh can we a community jacuzzi?

We'll build a small pool hall too, and pimp CTB out for lap dances.

Any answers?

Mwahahaha !!

do that!

How is the weather?
6 months of "high" season and 6 months rainy season. The capital city is some 2000 feet or something above sea level, temperatures vary up to about 30 or so in the high season. 4 months of the rainy season is characterized by sunny mornings, rain in the afternoon, and drying off for the evening. 2 months it rains most of the day. The temperature drops a few degrees in rainy season but is mostly noticable at night. The beaches are obviously sea level, and usually up to about 5 degrees hotter or so on average.

How is shopping for food? How are the movie theatres?
Food shopping is pretty normal except for a few things. Quality meat is difficult to find in supermarkets, but their are some "export" quality butchers in the nicer suburbs. Booze, fresh vegetables and fruits and bakery products tend to be very cheap. Prepared, or canned items (such as campbells soup) is substantially more expensive than you're probably used to.

We have something called The VIP theatre, with leather reclining chairs, and waiters that bring you drinks and food (sushi, among other things). It's an awesome experience. Other theatres vary in comfort and quality, but all in all it's not too bad

How is the internet?
Pretty good in most parts of the capital city. Slow or simply not available yet on most beaches. It is improving on the beaches, but it'll be a few more years probably. In the city I have 2mb/256K cable modems for about $70 a month.

How are the roads?
Fucking terrible. If you can, you'll want to buy an SUV. Pothols are everywhere and some of them can swallow your vehicle whole. Also, people steal man hole covers and sell them for scrap in some places, so you have to watch out for that. Things only get worse as you get closer to the beach. Locals drive like fucking idiots, wherever you can fit a car on the road. Streetlights, reflectors and even lines on the road can be rare. Good luck, you'll need it.

What is typical cost of cars there, what cars are available?
Most types of cars are available here and expect to pay somewhere around 60% more than in the US.

How hard is it to find hookers, and are they clean, look good?
I guess, but try being a man, you don't need to pay for sex. That's desperate.

Is it common for foreigners with money to have maids, cooks, etc as in other countries?
My maid works 3 days a week and costs $50 a week. My gardner comes once a week but has to clean up after 3 Rottweilers, so he gets paid $20 per week. It's quite common and most nicer houses will have built in servant quarters.

how did you get pictures of my cottage

Webby, can you tell us more about that? I was looking into the rentista category since apparently the $60K for a husband & wife is going to double after August 12th. I don't like the idea of having to leave every 90 days in case they do start cracking down on the perpetual tourists & decide to deny entry.

use Puerto Rico as a jump off point so you can get your feet wet living around this area without having to miss out on any of the american comforts. It's cheap to fly here from NY, cost of living is cheap, and it has plenty of uncrowded beaches...

Earlier this week, I was on the off island of Culebra between pr and vi. Plenty of shit around here like this...If you want, you could just get a small boat and go all over the place.

Canada is better variant

juicy wants some latino heat

Just got into Jaco, enjoying free wifi at a bar on the beach

Hola! You seem to be more aware than I am - I never knew of plans to double the $60K for rentista residency.

At the moment a quick summary of the rentista program is:

(a) Proof of US$1000 per month (the level the govt deems a person can live on for a month here - possible, but not recommended ) for at least five years, guaranteed by a banking institution, - alternatively a US$60,000 deposit in an approved Costa Rican bank. In real life this requirement falls into oblivion after 2 or 3 years living here and is not enforced.

(b) Cannot work as an employee, but can own a business/company and take whatever profits/income from this.

(c) Be living in CR for a least four months a year - tho who's counting.

OK.. On the 90 day visa, the *actual* circumstances are that a good number of folks have been living here for 15 years and more on this basis and without formal residency.

It is also legal to simply have a 72 hour departure and have a tour around Panama or Nicaragua and then enter CR for a further 90 day visa term. Visa's can also be extended outside the 90 day term (but not too familiar with that).

Generally, there is no desire to stop entry from anyone who is obviously going to be spending money in the country and the main concern of immigration are folks from Nicaragua where they enter basically similar to the scenario with Mexico and the US.

It is most probable that there will be changes in immigration requirements in the near future - so prob best to get a foot in the door now before that starts.

This is only my experience so far - basically residency is "flexible" depending on who you know and who your lawyer is blah. I've been offered residency by lawyers in the govt for just having a car as an asset. Other lawyers are exteremely rigid. Others in between can arrange residency based on a company being formed. The "official" view is in the various forms of residency published around the next - and the rentista program is one of them. Bottom line - it's basically down to who you know here.

I've not found it to be a big deal with residency - all they need is a current and clean police report (dated within six months), passport details, fingerprints for an Interpol check and around $1500 in fees and company formation stuff.

You may have a lawyer already for this, but recommend being "all ears" with him and seeing what he has to offer. If that does not suit - change the lawyer until you get one that presents a scenario for residency near to what you want.

Once your residency application has been lodged with immigration, they will take time (a long time! ) to process this and you are free to leave and enter CR without problems.

Another factor is... you will not be paying any taxes in CR for any income or funds pulled into Costa Rica. Example.. you may have a net company in Panama and withdraw revenue from that company and pull it into CR has no taxes applicable. (And neither does the Panama corp).

Not sure how familiar you are with CR, but it's not rigid as with industrialized countries and *almost* anything is possible one way or other

Hope this helps!

I move there in 6 weeks bro, I'm PUMPED!!!!! You're welcome to come chill and look for a place anytime ;)