[Andras Nagy]

All I know is that there are a lot of architects from Uruguay who live and work in USA.

Now why would they all abandon their homeland if things were so good for the "normal" people?

Does anyone realize, at the beginning, that if one were to move to Costa Rica or Uruguay, that you are moving to a remote place, akin to an island? It's like living in Florida - you have to drive hours, or fly, to get anywhere else.

I think these places are all over-rated, and the reality sets in after months of being isolated, unable to go anywhere unless you've retired with LOTS of disposable income, etc. for traveling out of the place you just bought. Hell, I'm sure we could buy the same house in Africa for 1/10th that cost.

Our family had a chance to reclaim our property in Budapest that the Russians had confiscated , but we came to the conclusion that even Hungary was too far from the mainstream, and how many times in the year could we fly there for a holiday in our own property? So we left it to the squatters, and never looked back.

The reality is sometimes harsher than the longing.