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Other than "it's fucking hot" and "the roads really suck," I can't really think of anything off the top of my head, beyond the fact that transit between Ecuador and the US isn't particularly convenient, so that can be a drag if you have family you'd like to see here (or there).
Whether or not it would ultimately be financially advantageous, I don't know. I know relatively little about the economics of Ecuador.It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
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The "fucking hot" part didn't add up when I checked that. I guess a fair amount of the country is at altitude. Two places we read about average 50-75 year round. You are right about the roads though. Looks like the country is going out of its way to cater to ex-pats. Health care is dirt cheap and highly rated. Dr. office visit $20. Night in the hospital $100.Originally posted by Adam View PostIf it pays, it staysComment
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Definitely if you get some altitude, it can be cool to downright chilly in Ecuador. Personally, if I'm going to retire to the mountains, I'm going to the Smokies or the Rockies. Plenty exclusionary up there and you can go months without seeing another human being in those places if you want to. The added travel isn't worth it to me.Originally posted by Frostbit View Post
If I'm going to retire to Central/South America, I want beach, something that makes the place more attractive to me than Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, etc. And in Ecuador, any coastal area is pretty brutally hot. If I'm going to retire to some place between the mountains and the coast, I may as well just stick with Tennessee.
I have to admit that despite the heat, retiring to a private island in Honduras sounds rather attractive.It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy nowComment
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They have no idea how to make a good cheesesteak.Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
Robert Southwell, S.J.
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Ecuador is only good compared to Venezuela."Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
-John Locke
"It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
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What about Costa Rica?May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worm, the spiderlings.
Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.Comment
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On the plus side, they probably do even nastier things to pig heads than mere scrapple, so there's that.Originally posted by phillygirl View Post"Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."Comment
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Looks like a business opportunity to me.Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
If you bank roll it, I'll do the start up.
Scott can roll out some software. Give him 5% for his efforts.
btw boss, I need an advance for the scout out.. K?
oh and we need to book my flights through Adam
I get a kick backRobert Francis O'Rourke, Democrat, White guy, spent ~78 million to defeat, Ted Cruz, Republican immigrant Dark guy …
and lost …
But the Republicans are racist.
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Actually, Frosty's relative is probably the guy to talk to about this...but I'm happy to charge you all a finder's fee.Originally posted by Gramps View PostNot where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
Robert Southwell, S.J.
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If Frosty's relative is the guy, why would we have to pay you a finders fee?Originally posted by phillygirl View Post
I wasn't born yesterday.
If Frosty agrees to your finders fee, I'm out.
Looks like a Philly connection to strand Gramps in Ecuador with a bill for 5,000 lbs of spoiled beef, three dozen cases of rotten green peppers, 3,000 stale buns that could be considered lethal weapons and a ton of 'cheese' of unknown origin.Robert Francis O'Rourke, Democrat, White guy, spent ~78 million to defeat, Ted Cruz, Republican immigrant Dark guy …
and lost …
But the Republicans are racist.Comment
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Because I'm the one that knows this and told you...Originally posted by Gramps View Post
The fee has just doubled...Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live...
Robert Southwell, S.J.
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Go ahead derail my thread you scatter brains. See if I care.If it pays, it staysComment
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