Originally Posted by BVF

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Puerto rican residents don't pay federal income tax...and their local tax collection system is inept.

I don't have to get my ex-wife's permission to bring my kids over here like I would have to do in Costa rica or any foreign country...Flying to PR is just like flying to Iowa..It's still considered a "Domestic" flight.

San Juan's airport is a "hub" so I can get good flight rates to any other country in the caribbean or in central/south america.

I didn't have to change my cellphone number since it works down here.

I like being able to put a 39cent stamp on my mail and KNOWING it will get to it's destination and I don't have to worry about shit getting "lost" if it's sent to me.

The roads are much better than other countries...There are highways here just as good as in the US.

I like being able to go to Walgreens and Walmart and Sizzler and Church's Chicken, etc. like I did in the states..

Nobody from the states needs a passport or visa to visit here or get back home...Cause I KNOW that my parents won't bother ever getting a passport.

Where I live, crime is low to nonexistent...I don't have to worry about a bunch of poor natives who are secretely plotting to stab me and take my money..Where I live in PR, everybody eats well...Especially since I live next door to a resort.

But the main two reasons is the tax advantage and the child travel advantage....If I didn't have kids, I would have moved to Costa Rica or Panama or even Guyana...But I don't want anything stupid happening to my kids over there...It won't happen here.