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In reply to the discussion: Tampa Bay has dropped 5 feet since this morning. Its gonna get backhanded hard [View all]LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)As a retiree you have to have income of $2000 a month.
So many lifestyles it hard to cover all.
Mountain, savanna, rain forest, gulf coast, west coast, mountains, city, country
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We live on a continental divide. The weather makes it much drier on the other side of the mountain we live on.
Goods are expensive, labor is inexpensive.
Government is liked at the moment.
History of Costa Rica is interesting. Disbanded military in 1948 in favor of infra structure and education.
Fairly native in that Spanish ignored CR because no quantities of gold. Left many pristine areas.
We moved here site unseen. Read books and there are a zillion posts on YouTube about good and bad things about living in CR. Most are geared to living on a coast. That environment and life style is much different than where we live.