There ARE places around, but as several have suggested you really need to literally visit neighborhoods to find them. For example... my suegra has lived in the same house on a main street in SD since the 60s, and it has become a very commercial place. Lots of noise and traffic - and the exhaust from the cars and trucks is awful. [she spends weeks at a time out at our house in Najayo Beach just so she can 'breathe'] Big house, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, large rooms - and she's 89. The first time I went there in 1975 it was a quiet and rather empty area - massive empty field across the street that is now covered by a well-known commercial building. We put it up for sale about 18 months ago to get her out of there. Lots of commercial interest in it, but no sale yet. Recent events have us feeling positive about selling ....and my brother-in-law has started looking for a house for her to rent, and he found a really nice one right in his neighborhood with a nice yard [momma loves to be outdoors] for 12,000 pesos a month. There was a small sign outside. Bear in mind, he's Dominican, and I think if an American or Brit even found that house the price would probably double. Sad but true.