tomgallo said:Which place is better or more civilized???
tomgallo said:Which place is better or more civilized???
I totally agree. Costa Rica IS much more civilized and it doesn't have an army and very few police. You don't see the garbage thrown out of cars by Ticas, Ticas pissing on the side of the road, Dirty beaches after a Tica Weekend and a whole lot more. They have way more pride, self respect and respect for others.xxeonzz said:"Better" is subjective.. You will only hear opinions... Some will say DR, some will say CR...
HOWEVER, Costa Rica IS much more civilized and thats a fact!
If you think that the infrastructure was better in Costa Rica you have never been there so why lie?Snuffy said:The beaches here are much nicer. Costa Rica is more civilized. I thought the infrastructure was better in Costa Rica...but I could be wrong since I never lived there for a long period of time.
Huh?BigCity27 said:-Costa Ricans are lighter skinned.
Escott said:If you think that the infrastructure was better in Costa Rica you have never been there so why lie?
Snuffy said:Escott...I don't know you and you don't know me. There is no need to label me a liar.
I did qualify my statement by saying that "I could be wrong...". Obviously there was no intention to mislead. It is difficult to compare since I have never lived in Costa Rica. I have only visited as a tourist for several months. I have lived here in the DR.
What do you consider relative infrastructure....blackouts, the Ozama river, cratered roads, contaminated water, stinking garbage lined roadways, the waste dump just west of Puerta Plata...don't you just love driving by that mess, wonderful postal service, excellent health care system here, doubly excellent education system here. There is a great public library in Santiago...problem is there are no books. But of course soon there will be the wonderful Metro and the Artificial Island.
Some interesting comparisons....
ITEM Costa Rica DR
Population: 3,956,507 8,833,634
Airports - with paved runways: 30 13
Airports - with unpaved runways: 119 18
Pipelines: 242 km 0 ZERO
Highways: 35,892 km 12,600 km
paved: 7,896 km 6,224 km
unpaved: 27,996 km (2000) 6,376 km (1999)
Railways: 950 km 1,743 km
Internet users: 800,000 (2002) 500,000 (2003)
Television broadcast stations: 20 25
Telephones - main lines in use: 1.132 million (2002) 901,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 528,047 (2002) 2,120,400 (2003)
Exports: $6.176 billion $5.524 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Electricity - production: 6.839 billion kWh (2001) 9.186 billion kWh (2001)
Public debt: 56.1% of GDP (2003) 59.4% of GDP (2003)
Unemployment rate: 6.7% (2003 est.) 16.5% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line: 20.6% (2002 est.) 25%
Literacy Costa Rica
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 95.9%
female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
Literacy DR
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.7%
male: 84.6%
female: 84.8% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2003 est.) 88,000 (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births 33.28 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 76.63 years 67.63 years
Population: 3,956,507 8,833,634
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Escott said:If you think that the infrastructure was better in Costa Rica you have never been there so why lie?
I thought the infrastructure was better in Costa Rica...but I could be wrong since I never lived there for a long period of time.
tomgallo said:- Better message board and forum. No time for sankie related topics = more class
ok, look at the relationship to paved vs. unpaved. Even though you give Costa Rica an Extra year the relationship in the DR is about half of the roads are paved and in Costa Rica only 1/7th of the roads are paved. Not only are these roads unpaved they are almost UNRoads. I have never been on roads that bad.Snuffy said:Escott...I don't know you and you don't know me. There is no need to label me a liar.
What do you consider relative infrastructure....blackouts, the Ozama river, cratered roads, contaminated water, stinking garbage lined roadways, the waste dump just west of Puerta Plata...don't you just love driving by that mess, wonderful postal service, excellent health care system here, doubly excellent education system here. There is a great public library in Santiago...problem is there are no books. But of course soon there will be the wonderful Metro and the Artificial Island.
Costa Rica DR
Population: 3,956,507 8,833,634
Airports - with paved runways: 30 13
Airports - with unpaved runways: 119 18
Pipelines: 242 km 0 ZERO
Highways: 35,892 km 12,600 km
paved: 7,896 km 6,224 km
unpaved: 27,996 km (2000) 6,376 km (1999)
Snuffy said:Escott...I don't know you and you don't know me. There is no need to label me a liar.
I did qualify my statement by saying that "I could be wrong...". Obviously there was no intention to mislead. It is difficult to compare since I have never lived in Costa Rica. I have only visited as a tourist for several months. I have lived here in the DR.
What do you consider relative infrastructure....blackouts, the Ozama river, cratered roads, contaminated water, stinking garbage lined roadways, the waste dump just west of Puerta Plata...don't you just love driving by that mess, wonderful postal service, excellent health care system here, doubly excellent education system here. There is a great public library in Santiago...problem is there are no books. But of course soon there will be the wonderful Metro and the Artificial Island.
Some interesting comparisons....
ITEM Costa Rica DR
Population: 3,956,507 8,833,634
Airports - with paved runways: 30 13
Airports - with unpaved runways: 119 18
Pipelines: 242 km 0 ZERO
Highways: 35,892 km 12,600 km
paved: 7,896 km 6,224 km
unpaved: 27,996 km (2000) 6,376 km (1999)
Railways: 950 km 1,743 km
Internet users: 800,000 (2002) 500,000 (2003)
Television broadcast stations: 20 25
Telephones - main lines in use: 1.132 million (2002) 901,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 528,047 (2002) 2,120,400 (2003)
Exports: $6.176 billion $5.524 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
Electricity - production: 6.839 billion kWh (2001) 9.186 billion kWh (2001)
Public debt: 56.1% of GDP (2003) 59.4% of GDP (2003)
Unemployment rate: 6.7% (2003 est.) 16.5% (2003 est.)
Population below poverty line: 20.6% (2002 est.) 25%
Literacy Costa Rica
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 95.9%
female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
Literacy DR
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.7%
male: 84.6%
female: 84.8% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2003 est.) 88,000 (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 10.26 deaths/1,000 live births 33.28 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: 76.63 years 67.63 years
Population: 3,956,507 8,833,634
Berzin said:Costa Rica is a different beast compared to the DR. I noticed when I was walking around San Jose-I did not stand out as I looked like any other young tico. So I felt that I could blend in Costa Rica, which made me feel less like a tourist and more like just anyone else. This changes the experience of visiting another country by a wide margin.