Re: Inexpensive living draws US retirees to Central America

AndyS wrote:

Costa Rica is often touted as an "upper class" version of Mexico.
However, I have heard many stories such as yours, which leads me
to believe that the people are the same, the crime is the same, and
the main reason for the "upper class" is that prices are higher, so
your next door neighbors (obviously Yanks or Cannucks) are
better off.....
Around the corner, tho, is the barrio... But, I haven't been
there myself...


I'll never forget my first trip to a Latin country (Puerto Rico thirty years ago). My most compelling memory is that of eight-foot high walls studded on top with broken glass completely surrounding every house, and iron bars on every window. Not sure I'd want to live that way. And I wasn't touring the barrio.
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