what is Costa Rica turning into?!!

truthteller · Jul 9, 2004

Poker, good post. However, in CR the crime is everywhere. It's not only in San Jose, but Escazu, Alajuela, Limon, Guanacaste, everyhwere.

I just came back from Fort Myers, Florida. I left my doors unlocked, my car unlocked all night, you think I could do that in CR?

I have had my car stolen, house robbed a few times. Only last week, a friend in Ciudad Colon had his house cleaned out after leaving just for 1 hour.

It's not all pura vida here these days.

American · Jul 10, 2004

When I was in CR, I had locals constantly telling me how they or a family member got robbed or assalted. CR is especially tough on women, who are often viewed as easier targets. One former employee of mine was robbed of her purse and cell phone while she was walking the 300 yards from her bus stop to her house. Then after getting a new phone and all her ID's replaced a few weeks later, she was going to be robbed again, so she threw her purse with the cell in it over the gates of someone's house. The thief, seing that he was outsmarted, proceded to beat the shit out of her right there in the street. Nice story, huh?

One of the things they could easily do to ease the crime there would be daylight-savings. People are constantly getting robbed on the way home from work because it's dark already at SIX O'CLOCK in the afternoon. I would like a Tico to explain to me why it is that they don't adjust for daylight-savings to improve their lives down there.

PowerGroupSports · Jul 10, 2004

yes it is. thats what i ment. and i lived in NYC aswell. and safe my ass. Manhattan is full of terrorists and crazy bicyclists and mugers !

VinnyDaShark · Jul 10, 2004

i have been robbed a few times once on the beach
backpacks right outta the tent.... and a few others walking down the street, right out side of mall san pedro.... But ill be back.... i love it there i know that this is something im gonna have to face no matter where i live. I'll just keep my head up!
see you soon!

wolfie_cr · Jul 10, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR> One of the things they could easily do to ease the crime there would be daylight-savings. People are constantly getting robbed on the way home from work because it's dark already at SIX O'CLOCK in the afternoon. I would like a Tico to explain to me why it is that they don't adjust for daylight-savings to improve their lives down there <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Explanation: a country located so close to the equator is relatively unaffected by changes in sunrise/sunset through the year

san jose
January 10, 2004 5:56 AM 5:31 PM
July 10, 2004 5:21 AM 6:02 PM

Tallahassee
January 10, 2004 7:35 AM 5:54 PM
July 10, 2004 6:43 AM 8:42 PM

In Costa Rica the variation is 31 minutes while in FL is more like 2 hours and 40 minutes so the variation in CR and Panama and Colombia and such and such is too small to get any significant advantage in use of daylight during the year, that's why its not used (and I supose) its the same in countries located close to the equator

WildBill · Jul 10, 2004

I do have to say it wouldn't hurt to change in the summer just because the sunrise is so damn early. Or change time zones. I was stunned when going to the airport, had a 7am flight. In the cab at 5:15am and the sun is already there and by the time I am at the airport the light makes it feel like 8am, even though it was more like 5:40. And poor Ticos, there were quite a lot of people out on the road, both cars and walking at that hour. When do you guys sleep???

BeatPete · Jul 10, 2004

i used to help my friend on saturday en la feria selling potatoes, carrots, and brocolli. it was in curridabat and we would get there at like 4am and set things up. it was a cool experience

PowerGroupSports · Jul 12, 2004

hmmmmmm

PowerGroupSports · Jul 12, 2004

its funner at the mercado central in San Jose. allot of hookers and bad girls go theire !!

UberTout · Jul 12, 2004

Originally posted by truthteller:
Poker, good post. However, in CR the crime is everywhere. It's not only in San Jose, but Escazu, Alajuela, Limon, Guanacaste, everyhwere.

Truthteller is right, and THAT's what has changed. San Jose hasn't changed much, same old assaults and thefts if you do stupid things, but the property crime in Alajuela, Escazu, and Guanacaste has DEFINITELY increased.

If you talk to a Nica, she'll tell you that most people in Nicaragua see Costa Rica as soft and lax. It's like Cuba and Florida, except there is a jungle instead of the sea to cross.

I personally feel very safe in populated places. Very late at night, in suburban areas where all the houses are gated, you must be on guard, and you must stay sober.

UT

costaricamouth! · Jul 12, 2004

whoever mentioned N.Y as a comparison to crime in Costa Rica is insane.N.Y. is a dump filled with low-life trashy people.I've lived in TX.,OK. and KS. and have never had a problem involving violence.I saw a DVD called "Banned from Television 3" were some cops were found shooting a thief in the head after surrendering.If things don't get better back home,we'll be hearing about cops and civilians doing the same thing.....AND YOU WON'T FIND ME FEELING ANY PITY

costaricamouth! · Jul 12, 2004

Oh yeah, that scene on the DVD was filmed in Brazil.sorry

odogg25 · Jul 12, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by American:
When I was in CR, I had locals constantly telling me how they or a family member got robbed or assalted. CR is especially tough on women, who are often viewed as easier targets. One former employee of mine was robbed of her purse and cell phone while she was walking the 300 yards from her bus stop to her house. Then after getting a new phone and all her ID's replaced a few weeks later, she was going to be robbed again, so she threw her purse with the cell in it over the gates of someone's house. The thief, seing that he was outsmarted, proceded to beat the shit out of her right there in the street. Nice story, huh?

One of the things they could easily do to ease the crime there would be daylight-savings. People are constantly getting robbed on the way home from work because it's dark already at SIX O'CLOCK in the afternoon. I would like a Tico to explain to me why it is that they don't adjust for daylight-savings to improve their lives down there.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

what a dumb b!tch

American · Jul 13, 2004

That's very sympathetic and compassionate of you to say, kid.

UberTout · Jul 13, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by costa rica mouth !:
whoever mentioned N.Y as a comparison to crime in Costa Rica is insane.N.Y. is a dump filled with low-life trashy people.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

How long did you live in New York to acquire that opintion, crmouth? My guess is that you haven't lived there...

UT

AB_O.G. · Jul 13, 2004

I'd rather get robbed 20 dollas out of my wallet from a street thug than thousands by the most corrupt politicians, businesmen, lawyers, etc that exist is the US. And compare compton, inglewooe, southcentral LA with Leon xiii, el infiernillo, las gradas... the hoods in costa rica are a walk in the park compared to us hoods.

American · Jul 13, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by AB_O.G.:
And compare compton, inglewooe, southcentral LA with Leon xiii, el infiernillo, las gradas... the hoods in costa rica are a walk in the park compared to us hoods.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Newsflash...You don't have to live in Compton or Inglewood if you want to live in the states.

The arguement that there are worse places in the world is weak and is merely a deflection from the main point of the discussion which is that Costa Rica has a crime problem. Because it might be better than some other toilet doesn't mean anything.

You make it sound so casual being robbed of "20 dollas". Being robbed for any amount is not normal and is unacceptable. That's part of CR's problem. The people have come to accept this crime as a fact of life, and that's horseshit. And how do you know it's not going to be 20 dollas and your life one of these days?

pokerr · Jul 13, 2004

can it american

we who choose to live here accept the good with the bad, if there are those that live here dont accept the bad that comes with the good, LEAVE

your talking as if we are stuck here and miserable.....

NIGGAH PULEEZE

i have lived very well here and yes we always run into some bad, BUT DOESNT THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING IN LIFE???

wolfie_cr · Jul 13, 2004

street smart lesson 1: if you think you can outsmart the person that is trying to assault you there will be consequences

as far as this poor soul that got robbed twice I feel bad for her

now lets supose someone is pointing a gun at me and I say "**** you mother****er low life" and he pulls the trigger in anger......well I guess I asked for it

crime problems there are everywhere and trying to make it sound like its only in CR its what doesn't mean anything, its better than almost any country south of the States in case you ever been to a few of them

AB_O.G. · Jul 13, 2004

You think that in the nice neighborhoods in the US crime doesn't happen? I went to HS in a city where that is home to various baseball players, to brain surgeouns, to rich stars, large business owners. The cheapest house you will find in that city is about $400, 000, which is expensive enven for Cali. And i that same city there were rapes, shootings, house break-ins, three high school/junior high teachers have gone to jail for sex with students. Racists cops shot an unarmed black man who was only speeding, did not try to get away, and did not treat the cops disrespectfully. All this in the rich neighborhood where "nothing happens." A dominantly "white" city (considered to be the better cities in the states by people in the states) is house to all this crime. It happens, it just doesn't get media coverage because god-forbid people find out about it. People are lied to, kept in a crystal bubble where they don't realize everything that goes on around them. All this is the "good neighborhoods;" this is the neighborhood I went to school in. If all this happens in the nice neighborhoods, I won't even need to talk about the neighborhood I LIVED in.