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Message Subject Guatemala: What are the pros and cons of moving there please?
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I lived in Antigua for three years. 2007 to 2010. I love the country, weather and people. It is cheap there if you live like the locals, but if you live in comparable housing (3bdrm 2bth home) in a gated secured community the rent is about the same as the US. Utilities were about the same. Outside the City the internet sucks. In the city the crime is terrible. If you are white you stand out and are often taken advantage of by locals in that you are charged more when shopping and are often a target for local police to ticket and pull over. The police are corrupt and are easy to pay off. All in all I would live there again since I know my way around. It is a beautiful country.
 Quoting: kentoni1


Antigua is awesome, however, it was also buried by a volcano a few hundred years ago.

OP, if you are going into Guatemala blindly, you're probably going to be taken advantage of, especially if you're not fluent in Spanish. If traveling north to Copan, never travel at night or we'll never hear from you again. You will be plagued with children begging for a handout non-stop, some of whom will ingest diesel and breath-out fireballs at road stops for a few quetzal coins.

If you are marginally good-looking, you'll be seen as a worthwhile meal-ticket for local girls. If you're really good looking, it'll be 6 months before you're diagnosed with a really bad VD.

Or go to Costa Rica.
 
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