And the winner is....

PoorButHappy says on Jul 5, 2009, 04:51:

http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-data/files/happy-planet-index-2...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/05/costa.rica.happy.nation/i...

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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 5, 2009, 05:00:

makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 5, 2009, 05:11:

Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jul 5, 2009, 06:21:

The DR is so so beautiful.. the problem is the Dominicans... jajajajaj

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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 5, 2009, 06:33:

Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jul 5, 2009, 06:46:

How is that? Every time im there I hardly see the appropriate recycling facilities..

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jul 5, 2009, 07:05:

The 3 Usual places I Have stayed in MDE.. You put EVERYTHING in a plastic bag.. walk by the trap door near the eleveator and stairs... Open up the trap door..and thats the end of it..

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 5, 2009, 07:16:

The funny thing about this happyplanet index is that it's not a survey, it's an academic exercise on how happy people in undeveloped countries should feel about living a reasonably long lives; wasting so little and using up so little of global resources. It says NOTHING about how happy people actually are or how happy they perceive themselves.

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 5, 2009, 08:23:

dwmte7 says on Jul 5, 2009, 10:30:

pcl...your comment reminds me of my son living in japan....he heads up a silicone valley dot com business in tokyo and apparently loves it. i recently told him imho that the problem with japan is that it's too japanese.

patriarch

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jul 5, 2009, 10:39:

Yes but I would be in Heaven in Japan going to Shibuya and hitting my favorite Sushi Bar...

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makopp5 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 5, 2009, 10:53:

Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jul 5, 2009, 11:05:

Mako, Between hitting the electronics district, eating soba, sushi, yakitori, going to the fish market, drinking and Karaoke.. I have a great time in Tokyo..

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geoff71 says on Jul 5, 2009, 11:39:

i think that happy planet index is smoking some crack !!!! the dominican republic ???? give me a fokin break

one day at a time

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geoff71 says on Jul 5, 2009, 11:40:

i agree with that 100 % desi

one day at a time

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Gator says on Jul 5, 2009, 12:09:

I took a look at CR years ago and found it relatively expensive and boring-maybe it has changed

"Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare" .

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dwmte7 says on Jul 5, 2009, 12:21:

sure has gator...now it's MORE expensive and MORE boring. got that?

patriarch

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lpdiver says on Jul 5, 2009, 18:24:

PCL...that plastic bag full of garbage that you drop down the poop chute at the end of the hall where you are living is then opened up by someone and gone through carefully and anything of value is recycled. What goes to the dump is purely useless.

ts

Remember what the monkey says, "Fuck money it's free"

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jimmycr1 says on Jul 6, 2009, 08:43:

You are correct. CR is expensive and has waaaay too many gringos there now. In fact one of the upscale suburbs of San Jose is called Escazu. It has now been renamed "Gringazu." Crime is rampant in all of CR, particularly in the Central Valley. I have a place in Cartago and it's still relatively calm there. But, I'm not 100% happy there either. It's much cooler than the valley and it rains every fokkin afternoon. Takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes to get to SJ centro. Depending on traffic.

jimmycr

The love of my life is in Barranquilla!

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