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I'm strongly considering moving to Costa Rica...

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  • BankwalkerBankwalker Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    There would be no crime. The financial union woukd be legit. Why do you think gay marriage is now legal? The case that set the precedent was over retirement benefits, not just some rightful desire to be in love with whomever you please. It’s a real thing. Why do you think the LGBT community wanted legal marriage? It wasnt just so they could wear rings in public and have pictures made together. There are legal financial and medical benefits to be gained.

    I expect this to be a growing future trend once dudes figure it out.

  • tiger_62082tiger_62082 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    All of the places I listed fall into that category and offer a bigger bang for your buck. The fact that Belize is English speaking and you don't have to deal with panhandlers makes it very nice to me. I lived in Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 5 years

  • how2fishhow2fish Posts: 3,893 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Was there for two weeks in 2016, great fishing, beautiful country, women are beautiful and sex trade is legal and the rum is cheap.Roads **** and there is some crime but the folks I met mostly liked American expats..you could **** sure do worse and from what you said about feeling like your waiting for the end..Go , go for six months to feel things out or just go now and jump in with both feet... best of luck, either way.

  • amjadawgsamjadawgs Posts: 1,546 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Not going to chime in on the negative posts here. Best of luck @WCDawg

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,813 mod

    could you move to Hawaii instead? I know it's expensive there, but it is beautiful and then you wouldn't have to worry about being an expat

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    tiger. from my research so far it's harder to find good real estate/rental deals in Belize. Some of the countries you listed have far more violent crime than C.R.

    Where I see the best packages so far..Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua. Nicaragua has an undeserved reputation carry over from The Sandinista days. Heck, even Daniel Ortega got moderate decades ago.

  • bronconagurskibronconagurski Posts: 3 ✭ Freshman

    26 years retired in costa rica uga GRAD IN 67

    SEE site orbitcostarica.com

  • bronconagurskibronconagurski Posts: 3 ✭ Freshman

    real facts about living in costa rica --from someone who lives in Costa Rica for 26 years

    $600 month rent in super safe gated secure 2 bed 2 bath condo with olympic pool, lake, tennis, supermarket, restaurants, pharmacy, inside complex

    farmers market on weekends 70% less expensive food than publix or kroger

    15 mg internet $20 month

    120 station cable tv with lots of english channels including SEC network $25 month

    private room in private hospital = Northside hospital $250 night

    almost all doctors speak english

    several malls = best of states in the central valley

    most important is climate like hawaii to live without heating and AC in the central valley of escazu, santa ana

    i spend $15 month on my cell phone in costa rica 88271314

  • DvilleDawgDvilleDawg Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Gas was around $4 per gallon last I checked. I plan on buying a small truck and a 150cc bike. I'll run most of my local errands with the bike in dry weather.

  • DamnYankeeDawgDamnYankeeDawg Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Have you looked at or considered any part of Europe? Portugal is one of the top places to retire for expats. It isn't as cheap or as warm as Central America/Mexico but the trade off is less crime, great healthcare and lots of cultural stuff to keep you occupied. Lots of British expats live there as well. Temperatures are pretty moderate in the winter. Spain is next door. Madrid has one of the top museums in the world. Plus, the country is European football crazy.

    Southern Italy is a spot that I'm considering although more expensive than Portugal.

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    DYD. Europe is too far away, I want to be a 200 dollar plane ticket from Atlanta. Also, I want the cool weather and adventure of the mountains in Central America.

  • KaseyKasey Posts: 29,813 mod

    and explains why no Hawaii...that 11 hour flight from nyc to Hawaii was a long one

  • WCDawgWCDawg Posts: 17,293 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Kasay. Hawaii is too pricey and too far away.

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