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torrzent
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1 minute ago, jackdd said:
You have no idea what you are talking about
You have less than zero idea what you are talking about.
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4 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:
so what do you think it is??
e) none of the above
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2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:
'But John was determined to fight. His father was a lawyer and he'd learned every trick in the book.
He learned every trick in the book yet he was penniless. Sounds like he missed out on a few of the tricks in the "book".
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13 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:
current rates:
- bar girl / farmer: 50k to 100k
- university graduate from region: 150k
- high class university/ general bachelor degree education maybe 200k
- medical professional / dentist: 500k upwards
this is total nonsense. Where did you get those rates, from cnbc.com?
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13 hours ago, ubonr1971 said:
dowry is all a saving face exercise for the family. tell them you will pay it but give it back for your family. if they do this you know they are solid.
Just to be sure hand them a briefcase of cash which is chained to your hand.
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5 hours ago, Jingthing said:
Addressing people's skepticism.
Murder rate in Orlando Florida USA (hardly a Chicago or St. Louis in high murder rates for the USA)
2015 -- 12 per 100,000 population
http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Orlando-Florida.html
Murder rate in Merida, Yucatan, MX
2017 -- 2 per 100,000 population
https://yucatanexpatlife.com/yucatan-homicide-rate-10x-below-national-average-in-2017/
Picked close enough years to compare.
Ignored the 2016 spike in Orlando because that was the year of the Pulse nightclub massacre.
Orlando, a city not even thought of as any kind of "murder capital" about six times higher murder rate.
There is some merit in what you say, but there is alot more to crime than murder. Willing to bet that ATM kidnappings (secuestro expreso ) are way higher in Merida (and almost non-existent in Orlando)
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9 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:
Tell you a bit of my story getting started overseas. Surfed CR all thru the 80-90s just 3-4 weeks at a time and loved pretty much everything about it. Along about 1996 I bought a little 62 acre farm with a great view of the ocean just north of Quepos. Built a house bigger than I need 5500sq/ft but then it only cost about $35 per sq/ft.
I segregated out two lots and sold them for $65K each. I bought the entire piece for $65K. After selling the two lots I had less than $130K in the project. Along about this time I met my GF from Brazil who had just divorced a local Tico. I had many friends and associates back in Florida who surfed and others who came down for the ladies. We started buying ocean view farms and at the height in 2002 we had over 1500 acres and were flipping many other farms to developers, Sold and traded much of the land over the years. Ran the house I built as a B&B for two years and sold it for seven times what I had in it. We still own about 450 acres there and just completed another smaller B&B. My girl and I got bored with the isolation and moved to Brazil so she could be closer to her family around 2008. Looking back I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Especially meeting my beautiful GF going on 20 years.I guess what I am saying is that whenever you ask people about a place two things for sure come out. First thing is most of them have never stepped foot in the country. Second is these same folks will be quoting other people who will be quoting other people that haven't been there either but are sure it is a bad idea. I only speak about places I have been. Don't know squat about Europe or most of Asia, never been there, read about it, not the same. Main thing is to complete your due diligence by at least hanging out where ever you choose a year at least. There are many great places out there, great opportunities, but you need to tune out all the negativity and pull the trigger. People that have actually experienced a place first hand will have good and bad things to say. CR is a great place, still love it and visit regularly. People who actually live in Nicaragua swear by it. Same for Panama and more recently Columbia.
I sold my house to this couple from Idaho, they have done well for eight years and have it on the market for $1.6M, a nice profit!
Unless you spent time at the Hotel Del Rey, then you do not know CR. That's where all the movers and shakers hang out. Quepos is mainly a sport fishing town and there is no decent surf in Quepos. Either spend some time in Guanacaste or if you are an adventurer surf the Salsa Brava south of Limon.....that's where the real surf action takes place.
The real money to be made in real estate in CR was in the 80s and 90s, so you missed the glory days there as well.
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43 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:
Hua Hin is certainly not dead , silly thing to say. Of course there are more options in Bangkok but the metropolis also has its drawbacks.
If entertainment were the only consideration then we would all live in London or New York.
I spent a month there one afternoon.
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9 hours ago, Juan B Tong said:
Keep your wife in Bangkok and move to Hua Hin with your partner.
Classic strategy!
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13 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
Why isn't the road fatality rate in Vietnam higher than Thailand then ?
It is higher but it is communist and government controlled stats...they can state it is as safe or dangerous as they want.
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6 hours ago, webfact said:
south-eastern Asian
Used to be Southeast Asia, is this a geographical rebranding?
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14 minutes ago, JAZZDOG said:
The " City of Peace " Barrio de Paz gets my attention. In Salvador Brazil that is the name of one of the largest favelas. Ask my girl about it and she said if I were to drive in there it would be 50/50 if I made it out alive. Always got a kick out of the name.
There are currently over a million expats living in Mexico but personally I would seek out another country without the stigma.
I lived in CR for over a decade and went on surf trips up to San Juan del Sur just above the border in Nicaragua. Much safer and cheaper than CR. Beautiful beaches and clear water. Very close to some of the nicest parts of CR in the north. All the property rights one has in the states and close to Int. airport. The only place in Central America I would consider.
More fake news, Nicaragua is extremely sketchy and in addition to the history of violence and overthrowing of law by communist zealots such as Ortega has very murky property deeds...don't believe me???Ok, read these posters then,
Stick to stocks and portfolio investments which can all be self managed online without all this wild west horse trading based on fake news
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Vietnam is way more dangerous on a mini-hog...go there for the advanced crazy course carnage with no helmet up Highway 1, then come back and enjoy the peaceful thai style roads.
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2 hours ago, Jingthing said:
OK, I'm gonna go there (here) again about Merida.
I'm seeing info now that Merida has the lowest murder rate than any city it's size (about a million) in all of North American (including U.S. and Canada).
Yes, sounds too good to be true.
The weather in the hotter season is not only super hot but also very humid.
There are lots of insects.
Hurricane risk in season.
It is flat.
There are plenty of large stores and shopping malls (suburbs).
Not sure how realistic to be without a car if not living in the Centro area which presumably being touristic wouldn't be the cheapest housing.
There has started to be high rise condos in more recent years, but locals don't like them. Mostly for Canadians, Americans, and Mexico City imports. Curious about the cost because I like condos.
Many expats in either the Centro or northern suburbs. The southern suburbs are the "bad" part of town.
Sketchy info on this -- maybe a way to buy into the Mexican national health system and in this area at least one top rated hospital.
As the Mayan origin culture in the Yucatan is so very different than most of Mexico, I think it might be fair to say general assumptions about what Mexico is like might not hold up in the Yucatan (and possibly in a good way).
No offense as I know you mean well, but it isn't this like saying Basra Is the safest city in Iraq, so it must be safe.
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7 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:
Anybody have any comments or thoughts about Reunion or Mauritius in the Indian Ocean?
Both nice places, and great surf, but need to beware of sharks when swimming.
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12 minutes ago, Hummin said:
I am still considering Portugal for future, since as an Europeen, you have rights, health care, close to family and other relatives, and it is a good center point for travelling west and east especially nice weather of the coastline of Brazil. Only 7 hours away.
But, so far as long I am happy here in Thailand, and the situation stays the same as now or better, life is easy in Thailand. It is mind of state as always.
Have to agree on portugal although not sure i would move somewhere because it is " only" 7 hours from somewhere else; better to move to one place full stop
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22 minutes ago, jerry921 said:
I will say that in my nearly 2 years here I've not heard a single story about a foreigner committing "suicide"
Fake news....one of the highest rates of illegal drugs for foreigner suicides on the planet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/world/americas/21tijuana.html
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51 minutes ago, mogandave said:
Theft and vandalism in our Mexican plants is a daily occurrence, and fights happen monthly, sometimes weekly.And one Japanese senior exec was kidnapped and held for ransom!
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15 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
Yes, it is true that Thailand does feel safe compared even to much of the U.S.
To add, there is a lot of media that Merida is considered one of the safest areas on Mexico and Mexicans are moving there from Mexico City for that very reason.
OK, enough of my shilling for Merida as I haven't even been there!
Another city that some expats seem to like is Oaxaca. I did visit there and recommend it for that but it didn't click as a place I'd want to live.
"They say" if you eat a spicy fried grasshopper in Oaxaca you will return. I passed on the insect.
Oaxaca (the state not just the city) is best for a Mezcal themed tour, some regional cuisine or for surfing. Just beware of the sharks. But sorry, as for Merida , there is no way Chilangos "are moving there from Mexico City for that very reason." Totally different people and family/social networks and Mexico isn't a geographically mobile place like the states. It would be like a Bangkok native moving to Roi Et. Happens, but not so common methinks!
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1 hour ago, AYJAYDEE said:
I know and I've even learned to click on the "quote" box of the guy I want to answer. lol. I'll be glad to help you out if your having a bit of trouble finding the right box if you like! lol
You say you have mastered the quote, but still do not know what a nested quote is.....Think of it as Quotes 102, after you graduated from Quotes 101.....LOLOLOLOL
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11 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:
no excuse for answering the wrong guy either! lol BTW, did you ever figure out how to contact him??
No interest in "contacting" someone as you put it. You need to get up to speed from your snail mail post office mentality; this is the internet and you are on a forum not in a queue at the post office or phone company
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Just now, AYJAYDEE said:
youre excused
You are not! No excuse for ignorance
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8 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:
nobody mentioned a PM
Busted! Guilty as charged
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16 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:
perhaps but at least I post to the right person lol
One freebee for you and then i am done educating you. Not my job to educate the great unwashed masses
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