re: Bugging out to a different country - permanently

Just got back from two weeks in CR. Six pack away from tourist spots was $10 for the locally brewed swill, Imperial. Groceries were way more expensive than in the US and we visited the local Pali and MaxiPali which is their Walmart.
Visited with a Canadian ex pat and health insurance is "free" but if you have a non life threatening procedure needed, then the waiting list is 3 months out. He had cancer several years back and was life threatening and he said the care was awesome and you are moved to the front of the line for these things.
He was getting a filling that day and said it would cost him $40 from a young, female CR dentist who he said was great. He told me anyone can buy property in CR and you don't have to worry about shenanigans with property rights. You do need a lawyer though to accomplish this. He said there was no tax on income and everything was taxed at the business level and not individual level. Of course this is probably why things are expensive there, someone has to pay for it.
We visited several beaches which were awesome, but we decided that the higher mountain areas would be where we would live if we were to move or have a second place. This was idle chat as we wouldn't do either. When we drove from the coast just an hour later in the higher elevations, the temperature dropped from 33 Celcius (91 F) to 22 (71 F).
The locals are fantastic and never seem upset about anything. We drove through a lot of small towns that were mostly likely poor and the school kids were clean cut, respectful and cheery. We did have interactions as we walked through towns to find little Sodas (cafes) to eat at so we weren't just viewing a Potemkin village in the tourist areas. You see these poor kids and their behavior and it makes you realize we definitely have a cultural problem with our supposedly marginalized, poor yutes in our country. I forgot to find out if they have a similar welfare system in CR but I highly doubt it.
With all of that said, it is still a 2nd world country. Impossible to find a public bathroom when you have to go, and there was trash everywhere around the beach towns. One day while cruising around just outside of a tourist beach a gentleman was taking a dump in a vacant lot about 10 yards from the road.
If you made the move to CR, it would definitely require some adjusting.