> It looks pretty good on paper, until you meet the grumpy expat American surfers who will be your pool of future friends
Why would you move to another country and not make friends with the (native) locals?
Why would you move to another country and not make friends with the (native) locals?
Puerto Rico, on the other hand does have towns full of Puerto Ricans all along the coast, so it’s possible to meet one of them who is not in the process of serving you a beer. That’s one of many reasons it ranks higher on my list of possible places to set up shop.
The locals also probably already have their own friend circles (or tribes or whatever you want to call it), and it might take a lot of effort to break in, especially if there is a group of expats that are easier to communicate with.