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I did a quick perusal of Costa Rica. Land prices certainly are not what they are in Kalifornia, but they ain't cheap either. Apparently, the cheap days are long gone with the Europeans having discovered Costa Rica too. More power to you if you can pull it off. Wish I could. BTW I also read that crime is becoming rampant, with the influx of money. The havenots are stealing and burgaling from the haves. If there is one thing that I fear, it is someone robbing my castle.
 
I imagine that was about to happen... with my luck Id start a business and have the local gangs want protection money
 
You know comiso, it is a different world outside our borders. A buddy at work took a two year assignment in Indonesia. He was set up in a house and was expected to have a maid/cook and security. He didn't want any, neighbors informed him that there was not a security issue, but it was a custom in their country. So he did it.

Well come time to move, he hired some local help for $0.15/hour or some such ridiculously low rate. He was told to expect this, since bartering is a daily ritual apparently, but at around lunch time, they went on a sitdown strike refusing to work. He said he was willing to pay them MUCH more, but was told that they would lose face if he didn't go out and argue with them about the raise in wage. He said he felt like such an ass for faking his reluctance and then relenting. The workers were ecstatic with their new wage of $0.20/hour and he said he will never forget his own humiliation of his perceived portrayal of the stereotypical boorish american. Apparently he did no wrong in their eyes though.
 
comiso90 said:
I imagine that was about to happen... with my luck Id start a business and have the local gangs want protection money
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Heard that is happening to people who start companies in Bulgaria from Western European countries. Evidently, the gangs come in and start asking for protection money. As a consequence, the companies are starting to move back home.

The grass is always greener...
 

Not gangs but Mafia. The Mafia over in Bulgaria runs everything. When I was deployed to Kosovo we had a 4 day R&R type thing in Sofia, Bulgaria. My wife flew down to stay in the Hotel (top floors reserved only for Army Personell and a MP squad deployed to the Hotel). Anyhow the Hotel was run by the Mafia (if you have money and the money does not stop coming they will do business with you), our personal taxi driver had ties to the Mafia. It was crazy...
 
I have read that Bulgaria is one of the most corrupt places on the planet. You have to grease everyone's palms to do anything. Bribery is the name of the game.
 
Matt308 said:
I have read that Bulgaria is one of the most corrupt places on the planet. You have to grease everyone's palms to do anything. Bribery is the name of the game.
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I remember getting pulled over by a cop in Sofia, Bulgaria for a traffic violation. We gave him some US dollars and he left us alone. It is every where you go.
 
A good friend of mine, who is Hindi, just moved back to India after living here in the U.S. for 20 years and he said the same thing about India. If you want to get anything done through any government type you got to grease a palm.
 
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