On the other hand, Costa Rica struggles economically, with 25.5% of its population living in poverty, compared to 18% in the U.S., according to 2024 World Bank data. Living in Costa Rica: The takeaway ...

Online database Numbeo, as of February 2025, shows potentially cheaper costs for the average retiree living in Costa Rica: Restaurants ranging from inexpensive to three-course sit-downs can be up ...

I once lived in a traditional rural Tico house. There are not as many around as there once were, but they remain a cheap and efficient way to build, for a person on a limited budget. My 93-year-old ...

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Anyone who has lived here more than a few months is well aware of the myriad problems present in 21st century Costa Rica: Violent crime (our murder rate per capita is not far behind that of Chicago); ...

In Costa Rica, pura vida is a way of life. There's a guessable translation – "pure life" or "simple life" – but it's only by visiting the country, with your feet on the ground and your senses ...

Living costs in Costa Rica are rising even as inflation plunges and the local currency, the colón, continues to strengthen — an unusual combination that has puzzled economists. The inflation rate fell ...

“We can figure this out somewhere else,” CoCo Bates told her husband, Deitrick, after he went on unpaid medical leave from his job as an air traffic controller in 2021. They found peace in ...

In all, they identified 53 species of bats, hundreds of birds, including five of the six toucan species living in Costa Rica, dozens of mammals, and a plethora of insects. Students used the data they ...

The moment Wenji Zhang saw photos of the No Footprint Wood House, in April 2023, she was smitten. The wood-slatted house in the rainforest of southwestern Costa Rica was for sale — and its ...

On the other hand, Costa Rica struggles economically, with 25.5% of its population living in poverty, compared to 18% in the U.S., according to 2024 World Bank data. (Image credit: Drew Limsky ...