"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Indeed, and as you know, Canada is one of my favorite places, but...
it's a tad cool for my taste. I have a retired buddy who moved to Costa
Rica a few years ago, bought himself a small coffee plantation for under
$100,000, and plays at farmer and fishing guide. Costa Rica is pretty
stable and the weather is great.
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A buddy of mine, who has pretty well lived in the Caribbean since 1979
always said Costs Rica would be a good place to move to. At one time, all
you needed to immigrate was to show an income of $ 1000.00 per month. That
figure might be $2500./month or so now but still reasonable. I find the
January-March period very tiresome here. Maybe I should take up skiing or
snowmobiling.