Vy honest and relatable, an authentic aspect l share btw, the value of people in home country is telegraphed by the fact you wanted to split l learned this being away winters in tropics and having that seem to arise out of envy on returns. Although it has less to do with people than is inferred in earnest. I find relative malaise around me back winters via covid economic political effects. l failed at a visa attempt in a destination country where l planned to retire during covid. Now in hindsight it would have been a bad set evidenced how the country acted with lock downs which were draconian and now having turbo domestic problems, maybe dodged a bullet.

So a general truth regarding friends home in us is no one has enough feel good to share it gratuitously. Some do suck and it’s why l cannot count on the majority of them for squat. I shifted recently to recognize “shine it on” wish em well smile away for the good times and not feel loss as personal or with any spite. its better now and different it will get that way for you l imagine. day at a time if need be. good luck

I agree with Mex being a better closer shift and only caveat l will share is 3 years of no action in a bank acct there and the Gob can take your $ all of it

spanish learn that, budget get real on it, see numbeo for general cost assessments. Pare down anchors create exit strategies from them, otherwise you may get caught up w feet in both places. I personally strongly wave off panama as although it looks kinda good on paper it is miserably corrupt & in your face. That is not so crass an experience in CR although there too 22% of gdp is money laundering related last l looked… CR has a happier community feel hands down though, accepts gringos with gusto vs pa where getting directions many times gets you nowhere in a hurry. Lawyers are required to do anything which to be fair is true in CR as well. The difference is in Pa they have no conflict of interest legal constraints. They can represent both parties and what arises often is being cheated by complicit abogados and happens so often it really unchecks a big box on just feeling targeted. Pa also has no property rights even if you have titled RE. It can be grabbed up and the title can be disappeared by bribes and happens often as well. Search via internet anything panama too and pana city florida relentlessly saturates after a few weak links on Pa the country. They like to say in panama everything good in panama is secret! but don’t learn the hard way… that… everything bad is secret too.

only if he is not elected by hook/crook which he has espoused many times recently. embarrassing but true.

my exp is with emerging latin am world; language importance is first so spanish is pretty easy intuitive so it enables smoother learning curve on culture and resources. your kids have language in school and or easy learners. they are important factors as in adjustment is slow as it should be. As tech opens up pathways in fortunate communities world over you enter that space no matter destination country you live in. find value in reliable fast internet *verified* surprisingly competition exists and norms void of data caps exist! An economic rank is most significant as to what level of corruption you will know about and or experience there. usa has a “fear template” in my exp, unlike other countries increasingly so too, too much downside to list. more established cultures have clear traditional norms that do not denigrate peaceful life, super good in contrast w usa. and your position in pecking order equates to money. be carefully secretive about this though not to worry neurotically, that is endemic in usa as well