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re: Texas family dumps US for new, ‘safer’ life in Central American jungle
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:56 am to weagle1999
Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:56 am to weagle1999
Good luck to them. Compared to Amarillo, it looks pretty attractive. Time will tell though.
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:07 am to Camp Randall
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Who is dumber? These morons or the Russia morons?
Pretty easy answer to this one.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:12 am to CAD703X
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what a savings!!!
Anything they save on rent will be eaten up by pest control.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:15 am to Yakker
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Thanks, AI bot
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:15 am to goofball
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If I were moving out of the US, I'd probably go to Mexico.
That's a solid no. Even the tourist areas like Cozumel and Cancun are dangerous. I was there last week and saw military patrols around the resorts.
I've known a couple people who lived in Central America. Unless you live in the highlands, the heat and humidity are unbearable. Everything stays damp. There were armed guards in stores and the entrance to any 'nice' neighborhood. Every house had 10 foot walls with some type of wire on top. Anything you owned would be stolen if it wasn't nailed down.
I would let my kids wander downtown Atlanta alone before I let them out on the strets of a Central American town.
This post was edited on 8/4/25 at 10:26 am
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:20 am to SPEEDY
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in the jungles of Panama
Almost certainly an exaggeration by the author, who never specified their location. Panama has a number of places for expats to live comfortably, and with security guards. Maybe there is some rainforest nearby but I really doubt they live in it. Panama City is a mess that I would not live in but there are some decent spots on the outskirts, one expat enclave is several hundred feet up a hill that keeps things cooler and it's pretty nice.
Article is misleading, but that's expected for the internet.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:33 am to SPEEDY
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Though life looks different, Oberlin says she and her husband love it, and their kids are enjoying exploring their new home, meeting new friends and learning Spanish in school.
So these parents take their 14 year old 12 year old and 10 year old away from their friends and family to a different country where they don’t speak true language and I’m supposed to believe those kids are “happy”?
Fat chance…
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:47 am to RanchoLaPuerto
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What could possibly go wrong?
I am sure we will find out soon enough
This post was edited on 8/4/25 at 10:48 am
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:49 am to Adam Banks
Social Media and the 24 hours news cycle likely drove the parents to thinking they had to do this, and uprooted these kids lives and changed them forever.
Sad
Sad
Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:59 am to SPEEDY
Amarillo crime rate is pretty high for its size, but I feel like it’s the kinda place where it stays in certain areas.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:09 am to slidingstop
Do you know any that moved to Uruguay?
This post was edited on 8/4/25 at 11:09 am
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:09 am to SPEEDY
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They even grow their own bananas now — and you don’t see that every day in Texas.
Maybe in Austin
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:19 am to SPEEDY
Lots of Euros and Americans relocate/retire to Central America.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:22 am to Camp Randall
quote:Russia in a landslide.
Who is dumber? These morons or the Russia morons?
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:31 am to SPEEDY
He’s an idiot. Now that he’s advertised his family, he may get some unwanted visitors.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 12:01 pm to TheOcean
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Just need to watch out for the deadly diseases, narco terrorists, migrant caravans, and extremely dangerous wildlife. Lot safer than Amarillo
Almost none of the Central American countries have solid property rights laws, especially for outsiders.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 12:09 pm to SPEEDY
...never to be heard from again.
Posted on 8/4/25 at 12:10 pm to SPEEDY
All im saying is i wanna see what happens when it gets dark outside and they in the central american jungle
Posted on 8/4/25 at 12:10 pm to Pecos Pedro
Every story you referenced is terrible…but have you researched Latin American crime to compare?
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