Costa Rica IS a third world country in the classical sense. The only distinction that separates this fact is the lack of local production consumed by top tier countries early on. However, some foreign explotation did exist in small part due to the early banana cultivation and now in terms of man power you see utilized by companies like HP, Microsoft, Intel, ect.
So currently you have exportation of intellectual property which is fairly strong in terms of jobs and revenues. One could conclude this is a type of modern day explotation. This would further enhance the argument that CR IS a third world country dependant on stronger economies to survive. The other distinctions are factual; poverty, depenance, and high birth rates.
I personally believe the term is derogitory mainly because it comes from the French (third state) who I loath and in part because not every country fits squarly within its "classical" definition.
So currently you have exportation of intellectual property which is fairly strong in terms of jobs and revenues. One could conclude this is a type of modern day explotation. This would further enhance the argument that CR IS a third world country dependant on stronger economies to survive. The other distinctions are factual; poverty, depenance, and high birth rates.
I personally believe the term is derogitory mainly because it comes from the French (third state) who I loath and in part because not every country fits squarly within its "classical" definition.
hno:Nicaragua has beef with costa rica every now and than. Usually the Nicas are just trying to look hard but they have had confrontations at the border more than once. in fact its gotten bad before. Troops even came down for a couple months or more back in the 90's I think it was... and like 3 years ago they where holding tico police hostage over there and some other bs for a while...
Why most Gringos consider Costa Rica 3rd World
1. A Tico will stab his own siblings in the back to get a head, be it at work, relationship, in line at a bank
2. Ticos will rather fuck ya today outta a few bucks, than to earn off ya over the long run. Bars,Cabbies,Women of the night, Street vendors, etc,etc
3. You cant go into a bank unless ya have a hour to kill, I mean fuck one can wait in a line of 3 for 30 + minutes.....Ever notice how much paper is printed/used over something as simple as changing 50 bucks..WTF no wonder they looking for investors for reforestation
4. 90% + of the Cops on the take. Fact.
5. Fast food joints, it never fails round noon, or say round 5/6 they will have 4 registers, but one fucking open........Same at banks, the Ticos are on a coffee break during peak hours, LMAO, they just don't have a work ethic
6.10% service included in bills. So for the most part, the service is shitty, more so than any where else in the world I have been.
7. 8900 fucking colones the last time I had a burger at TGIF's......Thats round 17 bucks.............Now in the States that same burger goes for round 11 bucks.
8. The roads are shit. Smoother sailing if one was to drive on the moon. Not sure why, cause Nicaragua and Panama they are fine.
9. Movie house Popcorn....Shit is nasty, am I right?
10. Gallo Pinto
11. The women take Jealousy to the next level then some..LMAO
12. Ticos in general are always late, work, meeting for drinks, their own funeral you name it.
13. The mothers coddle their boys to a point they may as well were a diaper til they are 30....We all have a male friend there that still living with him mom into his 40's..
14. Worse commercials in the world...........
15. Cajeta....Now they call this pot? WTF tree bark is smoother.
16. Ticos cant drive for shit. Period.....
Now before ya all get ya panties in a bunch, this just applies to say oh 90% of the country. Spent many years there and have many I consider friends, and they always will be.
Like anywhere their are exceptions to the rule. But for the most part in a Gringos eyes, Costa Rica is and always will be 3rd World and thats fine with me
1. A Tico will stab his own siblings in the back to get a head, be it at work, relationship, in line at a bank
2. Ticos will rather fuck ya today outta a few bucks, than to earn off ya over the long run. Bars,Cabbies,Women of the night, Street vendors, etc,etc
3. You cant go into a bank unless ya have a hour to kill, I mean fuck one can wait in a line of 3 for 30 + minutes.....Ever notice how much paper is printed/used over something as simple as changing 50 bucks..WTF no wonder they looking for investors for reforestation
4. 90% + of the Cops on the take. Fact.
5. Fast food joints, it never fails round noon, or say round 5/6 they will have 4 registers, but one fucking open........Same at banks, the Ticos are on a coffee break during peak hours, LMAO, they just don't have a work ethic
6.10% service included in bills. So for the most part, the service is shitty, more so than any where else in the world I have been.
7. 8900 fucking colones the last time I had a burger at TGIF's......Thats round 17 bucks.............Now in the States that same burger goes for round 11 bucks.
8. The roads are shit. Smoother sailing if one was to drive on the moon. Not sure why, cause Nicaragua and Panama they are fine.
9. Movie house Popcorn....Shit is nasty, am I right?
10. Gallo Pinto
11. The women take Jealousy to the next level then some..LMAO
12. Ticos in general are always late, work, meeting for drinks, their own funeral you name it.
13. The mothers coddle their boys to a point they may as well were a diaper til they are 30....We all have a male friend there that still living with him mom into his 40's..
14. Worse commercials in the world...........
15. Cajeta....Now they call this pot? WTF tree bark is smoother.
16. Ticos cant drive for shit. Period.....
Now before ya all get ya panties in a bunch, this just applies to say oh 90% of the country. Spent many years there and have many I consider friends, and they always will be.
Like anywhere their are exceptions to the rule. But for the most part in a Gringos eyes, Costa Rica is and always will be 3rd World and thats fine with me
Adding
17. Try buying an XL T anywhere......LOL
18. Public buses for the most part would'nt pass inspection in Somalia let alone anywhere else in the World
19. Way to many sisters sleep with their sisters spouses, and or boyfriends.
20. Ever see a Tico reach for the bar tab? Think not
The list is endless, be back later with more, gonna go s get hammered now...........Love being retired, and back in the States
17. Try buying an XL T anywhere......LOL
18. Public buses for the most part would'nt pass inspection in Somalia let alone anywhere else in the World
19. Way to many sisters sleep with their sisters spouses, and or boyfriends.
20. Ever see a Tico reach for the bar tab? Think not
The list is endless, be back later with more, gonna go s get hammered now...........Love being retired, and back in the States
One little miserable motherfucker, either a fat dude or some frustrated bitch... de todas formas no se como alguien q no trabaja en un book en CR pase escribiendo aca, debe tener una vida muy solitaria o aburrida.
Either way a quien le puede importar lo que diga una cosa de estas, menos con semejante nickname.
Either way a quien le puede importar lo que diga una cosa de estas, menos con semejante nickname.
This is beyond wrong. I've been in over 45 countries in my life. I have lived in 4 countries outside the US. Traveling and seeing the world is part of what I do. I'd be interested to see where you've been that was so much better. Other countries were very nice, and I enjoyed living in the ones I did. All of the countries I've been to had their pros and cons, but nothing I have seen or experienced had made me make a misguided statement like yours.
Costa Rica isn't Third world
Very much like Mexico...2nd world or newly industrialized
When I go to the US to visit the family up in Rochester I get a lot of why don't you move here, Mexico's thrid world.
Then automatically I think about Mexicans laying 1000 dollars on booze in one of the best clubs in Monterrey enjoying Green Label and sorts.
Very much like Mexico...2nd world or newly industrialized
When I go to the US to visit the family up in Rochester I get a lot of why don't you move here, Mexico's thrid world.
Then automatically I think about Mexicans laying 1000 dollars on booze in one of the best clubs in Monterrey enjoying Green Label and sorts.
