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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by AdrianB1 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:24PM (#28183679)
In 2013 kidnaping and robberies were quite common; a colleague escaped a kidnaping attempt after a car chase with AK47 fire, some colleagues were extracted covertly from the country when they were incidental witnesses to a gang shooting in the restaurant they were having dinner, I saw in the shopping mall all security guards carrying big, bad shotguns on they back - this is the only country where I saw that, even Israel has less obvious security in place.

No idea how is it today, it may be a lot better.

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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by reillyse on Saturday August 14, 2021 @06:57PM (#28184661)
this doesn't stack with my experience of the country at all. Sure Guatemala or El Sal but costa rica is super safe.
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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by el-salvador on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:38PM (#28183750)
This sounds more like El Salvador, Honduras or Guatemala than Costa Rica.
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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by AdrianB1 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @04:48PM (#28183821)
The place was San Jose, Costa Rica; the mall is Multiplaza Escazu.
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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by silverpepsi on Saturday August 14, 2021 @05:48PM (#28184201)
Worth mentioning San Jose is reputed as the one dodgy place of 0 interest you should avoid. I was told exactly this by an expat who has been there 20 years and have heard similar elsewhere.
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Re:Costa Rica signs law to attract digital nomads by el-salvador on Saturday August 14, 2021 @07:20PM (#28184769)
I've heard this from expats and guidebooks written by foreigners, and even some Costa Ricans too

If a normal tourist only sees the blocks around the Ticabus bus station at 11pm and the blocks around the bus stop to their tourist destination then of course it's an ugly city.

However the Escazú, Sabana and San Pedro neighbourhoods are quite nice.

The downtown is functional (while not beautiful), compared to any other of the Central American capitals.

And the downtown main street has wide sidewalks for walking (unlike San Salvador), grid style streets (unlike Tegucigalpa), nice weather (unlike Panama), government offices, hotels, nearby (unlike all the others), and accessible by public transport.

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