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Thursday, 14 December 2017
quote [ Chasing economic growth gains us nothing but global warming. We should follow the lead of tiny Costa Rica, where life expectancy is soaring ]
I'd love to visit Costa Rica one day, been some time since I've gotten out of the States.
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Fish said @ 10:25pm GMT on 14th December
I worked there for a couple of years when I was with Intel.
The article paints a cutesy picture, but realistically - the roads are full of potholes that can swallow an SUV, the houses in the San Jose neighborhoods are literally fenced in fortresses because of the high crime rate, and they are constantly flooded with Nicaraguan and Honduran cartel and gang members. There is also a clear social stratification there as well as all of the real wealth in the country spread amongst a very small number of folks.
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One thing I thought was awfully cool though - they don't have a military.
Could there be a connection here? How ever could you draw a connection between these observations?
Fish said @ 10:25pm GMT on 14th December
I worked there for a couple of years when I was with Intel.
The article paints a cutesy picture, but realistically - the roads are full of potholes that can swallow an SUV, the houses in the San Jose neighborhoods are literally fenced in fortresses because of the high crime rate, and they are constantly flooded with Nicaraguan and Honduran cartel and gang members. There is also a clear social stratification there as well as all of the real wealth in the country spread amongst a very small number of folks.
and
One thing I thought was awfully cool though - they don't have a military.
Could there be a connection here? How ever could you draw a connection between these observations?
Fish said @ 10:26pm GMT on 14th December
I worked there for a couple of years when I was with Intel.
The article paints a cutesy picture, but realistically - the roads are full of potholes that can swallow an SUV, the houses in the San Jose neighborhoods are literally fenced in fortresses because of the high crime rate, and they are constantly flooded with Nicaraguan and Honduran cartel and gang members. There is also a clear social stratification there as well as all of the real wealth in the country spread amongst a very small number of folks.
and
One thing I thought was awfully cool though - they don't have a military.
Could there be a connection here? How ever could you draw a connection between these observations?
Fish said @ 10:26pm GMT on 14th December
I worked there for a couple of years when I was with Intel.
The article paints a cutesy picture, but realistically - the roads are full of potholes that can swallow an SUV, the houses in the San Jose neighborhoods are literally fenced in fortresses because of the high crime rate, and they are constantly flooded with Nicaraguan and Honduran cartel and gang members. There is also a clear social stratification there as well as all of the real wealth in the country spread amongst a very small number of folks.
and
One thing I thought was awfully cool though - they don't have a military.
Could there be a connection here? How ever could you draw a connection between these observations?
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Fish said @ 10:25pm GMT on 14th December [Score:-3]
I worked there for a couple of years when I was with Intel.
The article paints a cutesy picture, but realistically - the roads are full of potholes that can swallow an SUV, the houses in the San Jose neighborhoods are literally fenced in fortresses because of the high crime rate, and they are constantly flooded with Nicaraguan and Honduran cartel and gang members. There is also a clear social stratification there as well as all of the real wealth in the country spread amongst a very small number of folks.
and
One thing I thought was awfully cool though - they don't have a military.
Could there be a connection here? How ever could you draw a connection between these observations?
