[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by Andras Nagy

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

They went from a country with 3.5 mill people to one with 300mill people, lot more jobs here.

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

Why do you think they "abandon" their homeland, lots will eventually go back.


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.

The capitol of Uruguay is close to the capitol of Argentina and not that far from the capitol of Chile, not big flites. I live in California, everything is hours away.

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.

If you chose to think you are isolated you are isolated in Florida. Full of retired folk with disposable income. What's the difference except these people that go to Costa Rica or Uruguay aren't quite dead yet. You can buy cheap worthless places anywhere, Salton Sea comes to mind here.

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.

You did what you thought was best for you, I don't think I would have done that.


The reality is sometimes harsher than the longing.

Your life is what you make it. I think I can make it lots of places, I love the US but I like the adventure. I drove to Costa Rica and loved every mile of it.