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To: lifeisgood who wrote (98404)	12/25/2007 10:01:46 PM
From: hdl	Respond to of 306849

some people i know have great places in tuscany and on riviera and in paris. some are rich. some are supposedly starving artists. some are retired. now, it is expensive to go to europe. you could buy villas, estates, castles cheap. but upkeep was high. some times, some places, you couldn't let the helpers (serfs) go - they had places on the property and were on the payroll.

To: lifeisgood who wrote (98404)	12/25/2007 10:33:32 PM
From: alanrs	Respond to of 306849

"Funny, I don't remember Americans rushing to Europe to buy houses when the USD was at .88 Euro." I was in Costa Rica some years back and everything was 'Se Vende'. Talked to a real estate guy there and he said that Americans (meaning U.S.) don't buy, just look. Germans, Canadians, Dutch, etc. buy, but Americans don't. There must be something going on that makes leaving the country problematic. Like maybe this is a pretty good place. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I don't see anything going on in Europe that would entice me to leave here. At least Costa Rica has nice weather. ARS