One of the reasons expat retirees and others come to Costa Rica is that there is more freedom here. By no means is the list completely authoritative or even legal, it comes from our collective experiences of living in Pura Vida.

• You can have breakfast by the Pacific, lunch in San Jose, and dinner by the Caribbean Sea.
• Attend university for free or only a nominal fee.
• Live in a community that is older than the United States or Canada.
• Drink water from the tap without feeling as if you would drink water from a swimming pool.
• Not be bombarded by news from the USA unless you turn on the television
• Go to a restaurant without a calculator (tax and tip is included in all prices).
• All prices include sales tax.
• Go to university for many years, fail, and still have no debts.
• Go by public transportation anywhere in the country cheaply.
• Know very little or no Spanish at all but still get by perfectly.
• You can walk down the street, see the police, and not be afraid of them.
• Have casual conversations with high-power businesspeople, and government officials, even take a photo-op with the President.
• Visit the President at his/her home, and may even get invited inside.
• Even foreigners have the right to use public spaces.
• Have one extra month's salary a year. It is called “aguinaldo” in Costa Rica, the equivalent of one month’s salary paid in the first weeks of December.
• Buy eggs and milk that don’t have to be refrigerated.
• NOT go bankrupt due to poor health.
• You can stay longer than 30 minutes in a restaurant/cafe without getting pressured to leave so they can turn the table over.
• Do not be hammered by drug advertising on television (unless you watch the American channels).
• Walk to all the necessary social infrastructure, i.e., parks, schools, transport, and groceries from your house, in any urban center.

Courtesy of QCostaRica

Pura Vida!

Christopher Howard
Live in Costa Rica Tours

Your Guide to the Real Costa Rica for Over 30 Years and the #1 Authority on Retirement and Relocation to Costa Rica and columnist for the Tico Times and QCostaRica newspapers.

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