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I’m thinking about moving here. Trying to do my own research any information would be helpful.
For Mexico, sadly we cannot help you as that isn't our focus. But for Costa Rica, we'd encourage you to watch our videos and read our blogs (www.yourpuravida.com/links) and also there are tons of other great content makers. If you want to connect, feel free to set up an introductory chat on our website!
Yes, please do a episode on retiring in Costa Rica. My family will be visiting Tamarindo during my daughter's college break to scope out the area for retirement.
Why would you want Columbia when Costa Rica is a postcard of beauty?
That retirement question (#4 or #5 question I think on your list) is way too of a broad of a question. I think the answer to that question is that person needs to do more research. I have been researching Costa Rica for months and love your channel. One of many that are so devoted to relocating to Costa Rica that I watch and research.
We appreciate your insights and viewership. Reach out if we can be of assistance!
Colombian mountains are beautiful , many of my friends are very happy with their houses in Colombia , next to lakes, rivers+ the people are always willing to help.
How does one support yourself? If you don't do KZread videos and vacation planning?
As expats from the US and from a marginalized group, I'm surprised there was no reference from a minority and/or woman perspective. There must be good sources that you could reference for your viewers. In your links maybe?
Mexico vs Costa Rica??? Costa Rica by a freaking landslide. I have LIVED both locations .
What about bringing 4 dogs, and 2 cats
I'm not sure if there are any restrictions to the number of animals one can bring - you'd need to check on that. And be prepared for the cost...
Very lucky white men (2). Y'all looking for another partner? I'm cheap, just 5% is good with me. Very knowledgeable on home maintenance and my Espanol is good enough to make any Tico smile! 👍🏼 My mantra is Pura Vida!
Yes ❤ , help the community!
Panama was part of the Colombian federation until the USA needed the canal. And in fact it was the CIA’’s first covert operation inciting a civil war and Panama gained independence and the canal was built!
I know the guys say that they're just talking about their experience, it's their opinion, etc. But the video would have been far more useful if it was one person who moved to Panama over Costa Rica, and one person who moved to Costa Rica over Panama. What we got were totally biased "opinions" from two residents of Costa Rica who are comically uniformed about Panama climate and deliver only anecdotal opinions and hearsay about other key details. They somehow completely omitted details about the Riviera Pacifica, Panama's huge resort playground and community, along with the temperate and cool mountain communities, two of which are teeming with US expats. I urge you to find your info elsewhere.
Love these comments - we make it very clear we are the CR side of this equation, and that we look to our viewers like you to help balance out the conversation. We have nothing against Panama and we hope that if people are truly looking at the 2 options they look at a TON of on-line sources. Thanks for being part of the discussion!
That’s craaaaaaazy about how long Ticos have to wait for USA visas!!!
bums me out - it makes no sense to have a visa requirement from CR to US
If Ticos were always showing up with wads of cash and an aversion to social services they would be treated differently. Likely they are paying the price for the 60-million illegals that generally look like them. That’s the real answer.
Isn’t it amazing how dependent we are on the Jeff Besos creation??? We ALLLLLLL need the rehab😬
I. AM. CRACKING. UUUUUUUUP!!! The bug bite location after swimming in the pool “sans clothing”!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I mean ... the truth (literally) hurts (or in this case itches!)
Always live your videos. I’d love for in the future you two possibly do a video on upcoming places in Costa Rica’s that you two can see getting bigger and more tourist heavy
will do - have a 2024 update video we are filming that will talk about this.
Wife and I will be moving to CR within a year. Would love to see a video about this because we are trying to avoid areas that are getting too big and expat saturated.
Costa Rica has a proportionality principle in what legally enables you to use what violence to defend yourself. You can't shoot someone at range that is not themselves armed with a ranged weapon. You can't shoot to kill unless they are about to imminently kill you or someone else. This means you can't shoot someone you find armed with a knife in your house. If they charge at you, you must not shoot to kill but to incapacitate. Only until they have you within reach AND raising their hand or coiling their lunge can you legally shoot to kill. However, it also means that if you find the same person in your home with an automatic rifle, you can immediately shoot to kill because if they bring it to bear you are more than likely going to die. But this scenario is only likely if you are a narco yourself and probably not that worried about the legality of your actions.
Costa Rica is NOT a 3rd world country. There's a place between 1st and 3rd, 2nd. Costa Rica is certainly not a developed country, nor an underdeveloped country. It's a developing country.
Absolutely NOT a 3rd world country - we would never try to imply that. Agree fully - it's a developing country.
To participate in the CCSS (Caja) you must report an income. Your contribution is proportional to your reported income. If you fulfill your quotas, you get a pension from the CCSS, and it too is proportional to your reported income.
This isn't always the case. I for one have an investor visa - I am reporting on my investment, not my income.
The US is the only country that taxes income from other countries.
These are some funny questions that y'all are fielding.
If you live like a local, it will be less expensive than living like a USA expat. It's just that simple.
200% agree!
Exactly
Thank you for doing these videos! These are great to a lot of those quick hit types of questions. I have two questions. Other than being able to access CAJA, are there any advantages to obtaining residency? If I recall correctly from previous videos, you were able to buy homes and a car without being a resident. I'm struggling to see the advantages. Second, have either of you experienced a football (soccer) match there? If so, how was the experience?
There are many benefits to having residency, some of them might not be important to the average person, but by having it you often times get better pricing on certain things, and also if you care about obtaining a second passport in order to diversify a portfolio of passports for whatever reason, getting residency starts the clock toward the six year process of obtaining your costa rican passport.
Q: Can you guys shed some light on having people come to work at your home as a maid, nanny or lawn care worker? I hear all kinds of chatter regarding having to pay these people's Cajas or having trouble ending the service when it is no longer needed.
There is an official and an unofficial answer to this - we will for sure explore on an upcoming Q&A!
México is now (post elections) very unstable. Foreign investment is rapidly descreasing and local investment and money are fleeing the country like there's no tomorrow because we don't have legal security any more. The justice system is almost non existent because it's flooded with corruption. Yes, Mexico is a giant country with one of the largest and most cosmopolitan cities in the World where you can get anything you might desire and think of at any time, but with 25 mill people (in Mexico City) there's horrible traffic jams ALL day, EVERY day. Plus, crime has been steadily going through the roof for years throughout the whole country. Housing prices are at an all time high, making it difficult even for expats. Earthquakes can be devastating, and not only in Mexico City (which is famous for them). You can get exceptional health care services in the private sector, but they're insanely expensive, but the public health system is hell, so getting sick or having an emergency here is a luxury unattainable for most of the 130 mill people that live in the country. We have the best food on the planet and some of the best landscapes in the world. Tourism can go from incredibly cheap to insanely expensive, but your safety won't be guaranteed in any regard anywhere in the country. Education quality has fallen to the deepest pits of hell and the ignorance and resentment of the general population is appalling. If you want some cultural experince (arts, museums, shows, concerts, architecture, history, etc) you're in the right place, that's a given... Water is contaminated and scarce in many regions. Quality of life is incredibly low, from the biggest cities to the smallest towns because OC *owns* at least 30 % of our territory with the blessing of the government. And to top it off, we now have a radical left and populist government seeking to establish a dictatorship. Mexico is in no way, shape or form what it used to be 6 or 7 years ago. Sadly, this "paradise" is no longer. DO NOT COME HERE. I'm currently looking to move to CR with all my family. Sad but true.
Q: Do you guys still vote in the US? If so, how? I plan to fly back in November to vote because I don't know of a more efficient way to do so. If you know of a cheaper 😀 way for me to vote, I'd appreciate the advice.
Check out www.votefromabroad.org/
Hi, i m from india, currently i lives in mexico from 3 yrs, from my expect in latin america Mexico, Costa rica and Panama is real good for business and living, in carribean islands i used to lives trinidad and tobago for 8 yrs, its good for business for sure... But dominican republic is also good for living and doing business 🙏🏻
Atenas, good place, especially Bar Punga
Thank you for mentioning that it’s LGBTQ friendly.
A lot of the your comparisons are Costa Rica v. Panama City, which would not be in the hottest area if it weren't for the canal. Same goes for health care - try living in NYC unless you're rich you have to join the lines etc. even in great hospitals.
Tylenol is acetaminophen. You can buy it in every street corner store.
I'm living in Japan rite now, sometimes I forget to lock my car overnight, I always leave my child's iPad in the car and some valuables. Never had a single issue. It is very safe here. It's funny and horrible how Americans try to adjust their perspectives to justify safety issues in CR. CR is not safe anymore, sadly.
Just one note. The "h" in Spanish is silent.
I have lived in San Rafael de Heredia for 25 years. I do alot of hiking and walking in the high country of this province. Get in touch with me if you want to learn the possibilities.
a beautiful area!
COSTA RICA DO N O T HAVE POLITICS BECAUSE THEY DICTATE THERE ! AND IF YOU SAY N O THEY DON'T YOUR SMOKING CRACK ! !
No one is forced to watch the news. Don't worry about what you can't change. Don't blame others for your stress.
I'm hoping nobody is blaming... what we see from the comments is that people are going on with life here and NOT confronting. Thanks for the comment!
Great video! I agree with all you said and I read a LOT of local Costa Rica politics and news to remain aware of the happenings. I really enjoy living here.
We love hearing this - thank you!! Pura Vida Mae!
I'm a Costa Rican. I've lived my whole life in Costa Rica. I have known no peace since someone decided to come down certain stairs. The only distance you can find here is the one you can make between political content on the internet and yourself. If you cannot make that distance in your home turf, I don't know why it would be any easier without that home advantage.
such great insight!
Soo.. This yr, in July, we're going to RV thru Canada to see the Great Lakes. We're already planning our trip to Costa Rica for summer of 2025 for the purpose of moving
Please let us know how we can support your goals!
@@yourpuravida thank you. We've been watching your videos for a while and we're definitely not the "I Got pulled over so I'm leaving my state" kinda of ppl. We live in Jersey and genuinely need a different life that we feel we can't get here in the US no matter what state we move to. We've slowly been prepping to "live off the grid" so to speak. Learning to farm and fighting a school system that has slowly been designed to cut us out of parenting. We'll reach out as soon as we know that we're ready to visit and see 1st hand what life is like there.
@@yourpuravida and btw, we don't have cable/regular TV so we don't watch ANY of the news outlets. I don't have Twitter or the gram. We don't need any of that BS in our lives. We don't wake up every morning and check what nonsense is being shoved down our throats.
As always, I have enjoyed yet another one of your videos. My two cents: Costa Rica is called "Little Switzerland" partly because of its political stability and also because it has no army. As someone married to a Costa Rican, I can tell you that the neutrality I experience here in Costa Rica is very similar to the neutrality I experienced living with my Swiss roommates in Boulder, Colorado. However, if push comes to shove (Or shove back to push), most Costa Ricans will take a position and defend their beliefs, just as my Swiss roommates once defended Germans/Germany and how they behaved during WW II. Now that I'm older and living here, I usually limit myself to "platitudes +" (Using a flat, disinterested voice and sticking to facts that most everyone agrees to) when interacting with anyone here. And finally, did I move here in 2019 to get away from the division that had become the United States? Well, what do you think? Again, thanks for all you do and have a lovely weekend.
Thanks so much for your thoughts!!! Love the "platitudes +" approach
We have a friend who has a trump flag flying at his house in CR. 🙄 We have never uttered a word about politics to anyone here in CR and don’t intend to. I feel most of our gringo friends feel the same way as we do. Thanks for your videos.
I also have a neighbor here in Escalante with a Trump flag. Nobody will talk to him about politics.
I think you have the right idea!
My -lans are to leave Canada for the weather as I’m sick of winters,but the woke liberal mess this country in ,is another reason I want out. I’m not sure of a spot yet but coming down for a month to check out Tambor beach 1st then to Cachi in the central area. Looking to rent then buy later. Thanks for the info.
We look forward to seeing you here!!!
I prefer C.R. for a stress free life, Panama looks to be too much like Miami.
Pretty fine presentation, thank you
we appreciate your comments!!!
A friend asked me to watch your video, and boy, was he right! As a tico, I've traveled a lot and even lived abroad for a while in Bogota, and I can relate to that fleeting feeling of loneliness you describe in your note. Still, as you say - it passes when you realize you have support from friends and a firm conviction that wherever you are, you create a home for yourself. Great initiative, and looking forward to seeing more content :)
Good info. I am North American USA and my wife is Colombiana, we have a goal to buy a place in Santa Marta, that would double as an Airbnb. I feel safe in Col, however, last year we rented a super nice place with ocean/beach views, on our way back one night after shopping we were almost to our building when this guy stopped us and said where are you going... He advised us not to continue it was pitch black and he said you guys are not locals, and will stand a chance of being robbed etc... I love Colombia and the people and it is on the cheap compared to USA, but there is a safety concern or just need to be very aware of your surroundings and where you walk, just use good judgment. But then there are places in the USA, that are just if not worse. I would like to check out CR before dialing in a house purchase.
Really? roads are way better in Panama, our main haighway have 4 lanes. Temperature? relocate to Boquete or Volcan. We have the dollar and import almost everything, so briging Amazon stuff gets very cheap and you do NOT pay US or PANAMA taxes, if item is lower than $1000. Supermarkets are full of US items. Panama will offer you senior citizen discounts, at the banks, you get priority service. MOVE TO PANAMA. Panamanian society loves to bark but we dont bite.
Really love you guys!
Thank you so much for opening this conversation. I’ve vacationed in Costa Rica now for the last 5 years (except during Covid) We’ve enjoyed ourselves immensely and recently had the opportunity to purchase a condo. Because we purchased the condo, the suggestion to apply for residency came up. With current research I’ve done I’ve been trying to balance the benefits of doing so. I plan to spend 5 months of the year in the country for now, but as I get older may opt to stay longer. My main concern is the difference in health care costs as a resident or buying travel medical for the months I’m in Costa Rica. I’m very happy with the Condo, it’s in an area where I have access to most of my needs ( shopping etc) and I’ve stayed as a vacationer in the same condo so I know this will work well for me. In fact looking through the points you discussed in this video was reassuring for me! Thank you!