Sandy , what do you do for medical care?

We've been here 8 years. Never leaving

I have the same question about medical care. And, would you be willing to share your attorney's name Sandy? Gracias!

Would be possible for you to share the lawyer's contact info?

Do you own a car? If yes how is driving there? What do you do for healthcare and are you satisfied?

Exactly... 👍

Nice comment man, I currently live in the Netherlands and you summed up what I want to escape from. I guess the US and Northern European life style are pretty similar. I'll move to a Caribbean island next year, but Costa Rica is on my radar and I will definatly check it out when I'm living in the region.

I'm glad he left CR

this guy should shut up and move back to the US

Very well said. You've expressed my sentiments precisely.

How can anywhere be more expensive then Canada?

Exactly. He sounds like an entitled teenager who just traveled for the very first time in his whole life.

yeah go back to Canada and live under dictator Trudeau ! lets see how fantastic and free that life is over there

i mena the food does suck

An example of person who would never be happy anywhere he goes. As for me, who think about retiring there one day, none of the silly reasons he mentioned bother me.

Cry some more. The guy is right. Your whining has no impact on that. Grow up already

True. Once people know Hawaii well,, they often move to CR

Well said!

Life is pretty expensive, Costa Rica is a rip off, there is no value for money here.

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I love u ur defence

Love your kind response!

I've lived in Costa Rica and I am not picky. Don't do it, you'll regret it sooner. The rivers are dirty and contaminated, most beaches are unsafe, and drugs are rampant. The infrastructure is deteriorating, as stated by Costa Ricans themselves. The prices for everything are absurd, poverty and violence are everywhere... Save yourself a headache, don't move there without having lived there for at least 6 months... because 90% of those who do regret it sooner rather than later. Don't even think about getting married, you'll lose everything. And if you're American, the embassy won't help you, and you'll end up with local lawyers paying them gringo prices. Add to this the disregard for time, which is life itself. Don't be fooled. The Costa Rican government spends millions and millions on propaganda to attract you. Believe me, look for another place.

Sounds like you are in a bad place after a failed marriage?

@@4kambiosound like America

@@4kambio thank you for sharing. Praying and wishing you all the best.

Yeah it’s seems like a Google search would explain most of these things before arrival

he came for the hookers at the Del Rey... then he realzied he couldnt afford it long term

Hearing about something and living it are not the same thing. Sometimes you don't know how it will work for you until you try!

This video will help do exactly that for others.

I’m visiting right now and all i can think is how we’re not living life right back in the states. Growing up in California in a coastal town definitely translates well if you can get over having certain luxuries

Your life sounds AMAZING!!

Usted es cktaricano?

I moved to a more tourist oriented place in Nicoya near the beach we bought 1 acre and hope to do the same, while renting extra casitas but the process is costly and long, pura vida ...😂

I would tend to agree that Costa Rica has become the MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTRY IN THE AMERICAS.From traffic gridlock to a growing violent crime wave to terrible roads with kamikazi drivers,look elsewhere.

tell us how it is when you get older

You are so right about the people. Very warm, sweet, and chill.

You should reconsider your decision. You'll soon find yourself regretting it. The rivers are polluted, the beaches are mostly unsafe, and there's a rampant drug issue. While most people are good, don't expect straightforward answers, especially if you're dealing with any business or legal matters-it could be a nightmare. I strongly advise against moving there without thoroughly testing the country for at least six consecutive months.

@@4kambio which country would you recommend?

best answer i have read.

Violence, high cost of living, drugs permeating all levels of society, corruption, prostitution... I speak Spanish too. I can assure you that many comments on KZfaq are part of a propaganda campaign. There's a concerted effort to downplay or deny the very real problems I've mentioned. Don't do it. Don't move there without spending six consecutive months in the country. Only then can you make an informed decision.

But you need to live in a guarded community or isn`t it such unsafe?

Tell that to all the immigrants coming to America and not learning English 🤦🏼‍♀️

​@specialspring and living in the USA becomes a lot more difficult for those individuals.

really? Para Español... marque numero dos - literrally every company (especially government) telephone answering machine. @@applegoosemen2346

Makes a video about a country and can’t pronounce it correctly lol Costa Rica, NOT Casta Rica

Typical American behavior

Very insightful comment. Thanks! 🙏🏻

Which towns outside of San Jose have the best roads and internet?

very helpfull ! thank you ! what about buy a place and create an eco project ( work with tourism) ?

He wanted a KFC and McDonald s on every corner

You are too picky about Costa Rica. Nothing is perfect in this world or any country .doesn't not exist. Be humble man .

What do you love most about Costa Rica?

@@OffshoreCitizen the people and the much slower pace of life

Wow! Good for you... where is this paradise located, by the way? Haven't you experienced violence, a high cost of living, drugs permeating all layers of society, corruption, and prostitution, truly?

Right? That discredited the video right away.

Cost of rica lmao

It’s his own accent..

My Dad has been married to a Costa Rican for over 40 years, been to the country several times, and STILL . . . STILL says “Casta Rica!!” PLEASE! Just say “COAST-Ah”, Dad!

@@jucxox he said the word “coast” and “road” with how the “o” should be prounounced in “Costa” . Thus it’s not an accent issue, but rather ignorance.

I dated a norwegian girl who totally failed understand this you pointed

Exactly it's a Latin country what do people expect my family is from San jose

Hi there, do ladies ever wear jeans or track pants etc due to it being cold ( not for fashion) but the cold in Costa Rica? @@half.breed83

“Get down your horse” 😂😂 you kill it!!

And naturally it is silly to think it will be the same as the US or Canada

The rivers are polluted, the beaches are mostly unsafe, and there's a rampant drug issue which exacerbate violence. It is nice you are fine with it.

Really good breakdown that never gets discussed

Thanks for your honesty. I am panamenian same thing as Costa Rica. Living in USA but planning to return back to my country and thinking of those things you just mentioned.... need to buy a lot of patience I don't know where......

@@buentaste Panama has much lower prices than Costa Rica. I have not been there but I am certain the beauty is as good as Costa Rica. My search took me to Brazil, Columbia and Costa Rica. I also explored Nicaragua but that is a no go for many reasons. To this day Nicaragua requires a vax card to get in. Clearly we know the WHO and the globalist run that country.

You judge a peoples by how they treat their animals

I saw the animal issue too, the monkeys were tearing apart a puppy . I felt so bad & wondered why someone would do that. The beaches were full of large dogs digging for food. At least they were playing together. That was nice. It was beyond expensive to have dinner somewhere. We had black blended beans & veggies in a quesadilla, 1 margarita. = $80.00 Breakfast? 2) egg & Cheese croissants, 2 blended strawberry smoothie = 78.00 ouch . Felt ripped off trying to eat a romantic dinner. Even the little store charged 14.00 for milk. This was much more than I ever expected to spend.

I know, right? This bothered me too. He even says the word "COAST" later in the video. Maybe he sees the word "COST" and thinks of it in terms of COST and PRICES like that. Since he hates the COST. Maybe he is doing it on purpose??

⁠@@michaelgood9218 better say BAD. Well coast is costa in Spanish wich "IS" the same meaning in this country name Costa Rica SO it is understandable IMAO since both words has same meaning be so close in sound pronunciation........AND Spanish language has not the sophistication that English language has on pronunciations....

He was probably just the kind of North American who hangs around Jaco with prostitutes and still can’t speak any Spanish after several years 😅

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British people pronounce it like cost and Canada probably also does since they have kind of a mix of British and American words in terms of pronunciation. It's not wrong, just a variation.

True! What values do you appreciate most?

Our pleasure! Are you in Costa Rica? How is your experience?

I am fluent in Spanish, so you know. There is a group of individuals attempting to persuade others that the rivers are not polluted, beaches are mostly safe, and there is not a rampant drug issue. Refrain from relocating there until you've spent six consecutive months in the country. Afterward, make a well-informed decision.

Thanks for your input. Never thought Mexico is safer that Costa Rica or Panamá since narcos control lot of government agencies...

We have been living on the carribean side of Costa Rica. We now have streaming video, more stores and houses everyday. If your looking for fast food, or all the frozen food. Don't come. We eat most of our meals at home. The cost of clothing in Puerto Viejo is less than California. We paid 300 grand to build our house overlooking Cahuita National. Roads suck, but it's better than going so slow on freeways. Property tax in California was 5 grand a year and here it's 500 for our house. Don't forget that the US puts tariffs on everything shipped. We do pay lots more for cheese, or any item shipped in. $60 to have our AC just in our master bedroom. We got a whole new engine rebuild for 3 grand. If you choose to use the medical system it's a pain, but all the equipment and Dr's are top rated. When I got covid, one call and an ambulance came, took me to the local clinic, then on to the hospital where they found out that I had the worst pneumonia you could get. The locals are so friendly. Yup the power goes out and usually is out for less than a day. In the California mountains, our power would go out so much that we had a generator. When we got it here have only used it once. We have streaming video. The reason it takes so long to get residency is because of the volume. We transfer money from our California bank as we live on our SSI checks. The food is really really good. Yea lots of restaurants are no good, but what restaurants that are give you a discount. On our little street, we have Canadian, US, France and Germany. We are on well water and we dug a California deep well, so we have water. My meds are free, about 500 a month if I had to pay. Yes some systems aren't so good, like their usage of paper and when you buy something you do have to go to 3 places before you leave. Where can you have iguanas, sloths, capuchin monkeys and howler monkeys. Plus the birds will make you a bird watcher. Lots of times we just go to the beach to watch the beautiful sunsets. Everyone hates San Jose, but if you need anything you can find it. We have a network of people to call for everything that we can't fix ourselves. The gas here is about as,expensive as California, plus no mass shootings. Why they make you take classes when you are a permanent citizen. Jump through hoops just to get a gun. Yes we have the columbians shipping drugs through Costa Rica. But if you stay away from druggies, no problem. I hate the roads, but the beach road is pretty good, but in PV it has been torn up as they are building a new water treatment plant. We are godparents to a Tico family who are so poor but happy than any US people that I ran into. A smile will go a long way. We volunteer at a kitty rescue as they have no animal shelters from the government. We have the best coffee place right across from the beach. Do we have problems, yes no country is perfect. So I'll continue to sit on the terrace watching all the wildlife. 10 years ago, no one would visit or even stay here so the beaches are beautiful. I love CR with all its problems, it's no Canada or the US which are all about convince😂, which is not what CR is all about. Actually stay away, it's getting crowded on the Caribbean side. I love my adopted country. ❤ Because we cook our food costs for 2 people is about 10 dollars a day. 😅😊

@williamcastner23 Love it, hope one day I'll have the opportunity to live there. Just need a job that allows me to work and live there, haha.

The fact is the majority of the local tico population,farmers/ coffee farmers are very poor and they live on $500 or less,A month, it is not a rich country. The government was close to broke before covid.Its a miracle that it hasn't collapsed.

@@williamcastner23Caribbean sucks ass, go to lake arenal.

It must be the congestion, the construction noise, and the pollution

Sometimes being on the ground is the research. This is fine because you aren't making a permanent decision you can always change

Typical colonist.

The part when he said “I was trying to teach them how to cook, it was so frustrating” gtfoh

You haven't been to Belize then. I have visited both. Costa Rica was a hit or miss as far as friendliness but in Belize everyone I encountered was very friendly! Belize had better food and far more cheaper too.

Exactly. It makes no sense. If Frozen fruit and Amazon deliveries are so important to him, he should stay in Canada. It is cold 9 months of the year, lots of frozen fruits (mostly imported from Costa Rica) you can still get packages quickly.

100% true!

True What place is a good mix of both in your opinion?

My u.s. city's infrastructure is being spent on a new stadium...our city's government's attitude is do anything you want all the time

@@OffshoreCitizen I haven't been there yet but Dubai looks amazing. I think you've got a place there. 😁

I'd suggest you read some of the comments giving feedback. This video is very subjective and a lot of what he says is easily fixed by making different choices.

Or "want" /get real; enjoy each day with is readily availabel 🫠

Thanks! Definitely agree with you

the more primitive a culture/ppl is/are (everyone represents also its own culture) the more they get triggered by sceptics even if every idiot should have learned that not the ones who idealize odd things are the ones who help to progress/make things better. some ppl just dont get it (learning resistance).

People say its the same all year round in the wet season or the dry.

Our pleasure! What is on your list of countries you'd relocate to?

If you were in a town bigger than 6-10,0000 or any bigger one within an hour or 2. You were NOT in Costa Rica

Go to puerto jimenez or limon.

it's regrettable that there are people dedicated to denying or minimizing real problems. Violence, high cost of living, drugs that have permeated all layers of society, corruption, prostitution... unfortunately,. There is a group of individuals (an ARMY) attempting to persuade others that the issues don't exist.

how comes that US-Americans are often criticized by not knowing foreign language while especially Spanish speaking countries (who are among the worst in the world) are not?

There are basically three types of countries. Developed countries, emerging markets, and frontier markets

@@torontovoice1 true that’s more correct

Sure, add "third world" to the list of millions of other words that offend someone, somewhere, somehow.... I'm offended by your post. Change it.

Five years from now, "developing country" will be considered derogatory and people will be advising not to use that, and use [something] instead. And five years after that, [something] if derogatory and we need another term.

@@lightworker2956”Developmentally different.” 😂

thats why life expectence in Costa Rica is much lower than in the US? And please be aware that most markets in costa rica (or almost everywhere in Latin America) would immediately be closed in Germany, Switzerland, Netherland or Scandinavia LEARN at first something about food technology. For instance: on what temperature and how long has a fresh Tomato to be cooled to keep long enough fresh and healthy. Same goes for all other vegetables, fruits, meat and stuff. Same goes for tap water quality (Costa Rica has no good tap water). Keep in mind that most people (like you) are stupid, know nothing about food but eat rather 'idealized stereotypes' (or sometimes even things which are more healthy they thought - again due to idealogic copy-paste stereotypes from other idiots (and as I said: most know nothing about that. everyone here in the comment section giving bla bla about 'healthy food' just tells they are idiots. Same goes for weather: static hot weather is neither healthy nor intellectually interesting - its part of the most boring setting (only idealized again: by idiots). and just in case you did not notice: in most cases only 'low cultured/esoteric/superficial' people consider to live in such countries longer (while trying to sell the opposite story - for their likeminded bubble and self-inspiration). thats why really skilled migrants/ppl move to totally different places. (actually from the south to the north globally - quite the opposite way). most people are also not aware about the nonsense of most stereotypes/idealizations ....

Stay where you are or go somewhere else 😊

@@intrigantina which countries do you recommend?

The rivers are polluted, the beaches are mostly unsafe, and there's a rampant drug issue. I strongly advise against moving there without thoroughly testing the country for at least six consecutive months.

Hello Im a 23yo guy from Poland and I would love to leave slowly rotting western civilisation and live off grid is it easy to get a job in Costa Rica?

Most of the people here are clearly either lying or blind. This guy is 100% correct. Haven't you experienced violence, a high cost of living, drugs permeating all layers of society, corruption, and prostitution in CR, truly?

Coconut oil is great for your skin🥰 cant wait to process my own💃🏿

You get back the same as you invest🫠happy people get happy results🥰

SE Asia is the planet Gideon (Star Trek ref). I like Vietnam, Thailand, Malasia, Singapore. Singapore is terrific but difficult to move there unless you are hired by a heavy hitter or have serious teaching credentials. Vietnam and Thai both have a history of giving expats a hard time during economic or disease crises.

@@anonymousdonor8084 Thanks, yeah I'm going to try out Vietnam because my friend is going to be teaching there. I'm going to get an investment visa, I think you can renew it, thought still figuring that out. I'm a little worried what will happen when the shit hits the fan, but I've decided I'd rather live somewhere a little risky than not be happy to begin with haha. I was living in Paraguay, super safe, super bored, no beaches. They like to pretend rivers are beaches.

Hello there, I am from Australia and will be visiting CR and just wanted to know if ladies wear jeans or track pants there due to the cold, not for fashion sakes but the cold, thank you.

I watched a few videos on couples building in CR and it is as expensive like America. So they are building their own tiny homes themselves to save money. You could get a basic home built for $200,000.

Please don’t come here it’s over saturated with gringos

A pleasure! What are your thoughts?

Not to my taste personally. Do you like it?

Why not

Why couldn't you? Family and friends or something more?

Yes you can 😊I stayed in PV for three months, living 15 minutes back from the malecon. An amazing time. It is possible. 🌾

For those of u complaining you 'knew' it was a 'third world' country! What did u expect! I got an idea, why dont you Stay in ur own countries with all ur pretentiousness! Trust me, nobody will be bothered about that!

You cant go to costa rica n try to teach them how to cook! I've never heard anything so ridiculous!

Good suggestions, thanks! How did you like this video's topic?

The video was great. Its the honesty we need to hear. We don't want to hear about the rainforests and rainbows, there is enough of that. We want the ugly truth, so we can make informed financial and well being decisions for our lives, thank you. @@OffshoreCitizen

So where to live and where not to go? The Ticos know. Please share what they said.

Thanks for sharing your insights! What countries/places do come near to perfect in your opinion?

@@OffshoreCitizen philippines?

@@TroofNews Have you lived there? My partner is Filipino but he wasn't born or raised there. We think about retiring there this year.

He’s trying to minimize his lisp.

Haven't you experienced violence, a high cost of living, drugs permeating all layers of society, corruption, and prostitution, truly? No? ok!

Moved to Dubai. You can check out our videos on both the UAE and Bulgaria. Let us know what videos you enjoyed most :)

@@OffshoreCitizen I like both places, one has better taxes, but you can't get banitsa for breakfast, so swings and roundabouts. Will you do a video on why you left BG?

lol, he will if his father is the King of the castle 🏰

Amen, he won't survive any SHTF catastrophe...

Should of made some anti black/brown remarks 🤣 oh wait, they will throw you in jail for racism 🤣🤣🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

Thanks for watching! What would be your perspective?