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Americans that have moved to Puerto Rico, what's it like and would recommend it?
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I had a friend move there a little after COVID because he was learning Spanish and his job permitted remote work. He's a naive Missouri boy, makes decent wage, and makes for a perfect mark. Yet, the people were very kind to him, a landlady kept an eye on him and he enjoyed it a lot. It helps that he got to live in a fairly affluent neighborhood, though, and certainly aims to make mainlanders comfortable.
His main complaints were mostly comfort-- boy didn't comprehend how bad plumbing was there and his giant Missourian shits did not jive well with dated plumbing. It's typical complaints of anyone living outside their upbringing, though.
I don't think he could have made it if his company didn't illegally force him back to the US, though (they cited taxes, but they signed a contract and just guilted his easily conned ass). I have a native PR friend who survived Maria and the grit to do that, I don't see many Americans able to handle 6 months without power.