On moving to Puerto Rico . . .

[Calamus]

Many posts by people wanting to move to Puerto Rico are now old. Not many were answered and they seam to be all over the forums. Discouraging ! So . . . here I am at least every other evening late to answer questions for aspiring " Escapees" who may want to make the big move. I moved here three years ago. I love it here, but at first I knew nothing about the necessities of getting started.

If you live in a situation that is stagnant, cold and unfriendly . . . first reconsider that your problems may be "you". If you are not happy with "who you are", then you may never be happy anywhere. We tend to take our problems with us no matter where we go.

Puerto Rico is not a "free lunch", but if you are self resourcefull and do not want to live like a king/queen, it can be as we all say here Encantado (enchanted). It is warm, the people are friendly (anyone can get welfare), real estate is still low in the small towns and one can live "happily ever after" on Social Security checks !

The very best option is for people who like to live with Nature. Not city folks. Living in the mountains or in the out of city locations where you can have a few fruit trees and a garden, living with Nature here is just great.

Questions ? . . . (in English please) . . . Logos

[Suki]

Hi Calamus---I am very glad you are here and willing to help with orientation questions for people moving to Puerto Rico. I also think it is important that people understand that San Juan is fairly expensive to live in compared to Maricao, Humacao, etc.

Puerto Rico is a great place to live in general for retirees and people with some kind of steady independent income. But if many stateside young people who have to work for a living think Puerto Rico is easy to get a job in without networking, and being bilingual at the least then they need a reality check. Expecting to find a job in Maricao without Spanish and without knowing anyone first is a tall order. Lol.

Thanks for being a good resource on this board Calamus.