Why is Costa Rica Expensive? The Real Problem isn’t Gentrification – It’s Government Bloat
Why is Costa Rica so expensive? Blame the bloated government. Here’s why bureaucracy, not gentrification, is the real culprit.
Jackson Sirko
Jackson Sirko grew up on the edge of the Mojave Desert in California. He knows a lot about rocks, sand, wind and heat. Upon graduating from college in 1994, Jackson treated himself to what he thought would be a three week backpacking trip around Central America. He never went home. Today, Jackson is a naturalized Costa Rican citizen with a growing family, happily married to his Tica sweetheart, living in a home they built by hand and farming a small plot on the slopes of Poas Volcano accompanied by their dogs, cats, chickens and geese.