Thanks for covering the Walking ATM thing! Also, I like that more of your vids are coming out to run for 25 minutes or less. Much easier to sit down and watch all the way through in one shot. ✌
Dude!! Always such great videos!! So accurate! I appreciate you, Scott! I watched you before going to Nicaragua. I thought I would stop after I got here. But I can’t. Always so much good info! Even though I have a year now in Nicaragua! Appreciate all the great information you give out for free!!
I really enjoy your videos Scott. They are so interesting and informative. I have been thinking about where I might retire to as a dual US/Canadian citizen. Nicaragua wasn’t really on my list as I had a lot of misconceptions about the country. I was considering Panama or El Salvador - but now I have added Nicaragua for consideration.
it depends where you are. Earthquakes are mostly on the western coast whereas flooding and hurricanes occur further inland and on the Atlantic coast. Another factor to consider is that the resilience of the built environment varies much more widely than it does in the "developed" world, where zoning and building codes (with accompanying enforcement mechanisms) make it less likely that people will 1) build in areas particularly prone to regular flooding or fire, and 2) where people do build close to those areas, the building codes compensate for the increased risk. In Nicaragua, until relatively recently, you didn't need to get a permit to build, so people just built according to what their albañil (mason) was used to doing. The reason that most of the structures are cementitious doesn't have to do with seismic resistance - masonry, concrete, and prefabricated concrete are all very popular inland, where there's little seismic activity. It has more to do with longevity and resistance to semitropical rot, decay, and insects. It also has to do with the fact that, historically speaking, people's wealth has been stored in the family residence, not in banks or in other financial institutions such as the stock market, so the family residence is often a continuous work in progress as wealth is accumulated and then solidified in additions or expansions to the house. Another consideration, perhaps less relevant to expats with presumably more disposable income than Nicas is that cash savings are often quite low, so if there is an extreme weather event, there's little cushion by which to recover. Finally, I must be said that countries such as Nicaragua, due to both its geographical location nearer to the equator and to its position in the world economy as an exporter of raw materials and agricultural products, are particularly susceptible to the changes engendered by global heating. Crop yields will fall, one of the main exports, coffee, will decline, and extreme weather events will increase. It's one of the many global injustices that these countries, which have contributed negligibly to filling up the global carbon sinks (rainforests, oceans, etc) are likely to be much more affected than the wealthier countries whose citizens have dumped and continue to dump orders of magnitude more carbon and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere that Nicas and others must unfortunately share.
I'm about the only gringo in Boaco and I do get some stares, but not that many, and it dosn't bother me. I have been pan handled only once by a drunk outside a bar (almost an ugly altercation -but avoided)
Those are not "natural disasters ". those are nicaraguan nature. Geographers call Nicaragua the ecological center of the Americas. There is the convergence of ecological events and systems that I recommend you to look at. The disasters are the nicaraguan who never learned to live in harmony with their nature. I'm nicaraguan as a matter of fact.
Climate in Nicaragua receives the cold fronts from norteamerica, the tropical waves from the Atlantic, tropical waves from the pacific, the passing of the intertropical raining season, the species of flora and fauna of the south hemisphere go up to nicaragua, the same from the north hemisphere, nicaraguan territory is the lowest land of the continent, even the indigenous population from the southamerica by the Caribbean went up to Nicaragua, the same, indigenous people from northamerica went up to Nicaragua by the pacific and central regions, etc. etc. There are more events and natural features to include in the list.
Hello Scott, could you touch on the topic of besides Managua and Leon? What other cities do you know of to have similar Internet availability. Because basically you know you continue to reiterate over and over and over in the video how you’re gonna have to have remote work like from the US to come over to Nicaragua to make your income work and what everyone Coming from the US and Canada other places is going to need is going to be Internet like that hands-down the first thing that you really need wherever you’re gonna go cause you’re gonna make money. And I’m wondering, could you possibly make a video talking about what major citiespeople could consider based in the fact that there’s definitely like similar availability of faster, speed Internet so that you could do your work remotely? Thanks! This channel continues to be an amazing resource for someone like me who is planning to try out living there, but my wife and I are expecting a baby so we’re gonna be living in New York still until around May to June of next year and then we’re planning to move to New Hampshire to get residency/get our drivers license and get established there first and then sometime probably over the winter time into 2026 that we would book a flight to come over and have a virtual address in New Hampshire.
Honestly, ALL the cities have great Internet. Leon is actually on the remote side. Even San Juan del Sur has good Internet these days. It's probably the worst of the main population centers (it's just SO much farther and smaller than everyone else.) The only places I'd worry about are the east coast towns (very small pops, very remote), but the fiber from Miami lands out there, so it might be amazingly good. Anything in core Nicaragua is going to be excellent. Even Boaco, Jinotega eta. As long as you can get a good carrier (Teko is best, Claro is next...) you are set.
I m in southern Louisiana watching Beryl, still, we are under heat advisory the next few days. Heat index 108-113* brutal, looking forward to rainy season!
LOL!! All true... 💯🤣😂 Excellent piece, and dropping some facts 😎 You answered without addressing directly the one and only reason there are no vertical structures (skyscrapers) in Nicaragua... I gotta say, being Nicaraguan I found "odd" that all roof structures are metal (not wood rafters) [they bend] and ... For all hotels, apartment buildings, malls over 10 stories, in Managua at least... I wondered, why can I see the "skeleton" of the building before it's finished??? 🤔 Here in the US, you build foundation up... Mind you, I'm old enough to have seen the antisismic steel structures of the Metrocentro Intercontinental, the Hyatt, and one of the Holiday Inns 🤠👍 Excellent content Scott 💯🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮
Scott , any Spanish school to recommend in Leon for 2 seniors @intermediate and advanced level for next November With living in a family home experience thanks
Not every year, but so far, most years we stay here for Christmas. Honestly my favourite thing here is just hiding at home and having a much more "family focused" CHristmas rather than a Christmas focused on presents and customs.
The risk of disaster is substantial. That's just one of the many reasons why Nicaragua is so cheap. Risk management is possible, but nevertheless you can lose your life.
In what way is it substantial? That makes no sense that that makes it cheap as it is a very low risk. Much lower than the US. And where, in the US, risk is the highest, so are the prices. So that logic doubly fails. What risk are you ever perceiving in Nicaragua? lol
@ScottAlanMillerVlog Apparently, you have never lived through a serious natural disaster in a foreign country as an outsider. We are talking about foreigners living in Nicaragua, like the Canadian who lived in the Philippines, not locals. When the SHTF, you'll see the difference between being an American in America and being an outsider in a country that's not on good terms with Washington. Of course, even living in America as an American is very dangerous during a natural disaster in many places. Just look at New Orleans for example. Of course, it is also true that America parts thereof is becoming a third world shithole that's very dangerous. I happen to live in a place not subject to any natural disasters as part of my criteria for choosing wisely. I'm not saying it's a bad idea to live as an expat. I had a very good life as one. But when the SHTF I also know that I better have some local friends who are worth a damn.
Hi Scott we finally made it to Nicaragua
Very accurate, for the exception of hurricane Mitch which mudslides devastated much of the Country. Thank you.
Love your videos, ❤❤Scott
Thanks for covering the Walking ATM thing! Also, I like that more of your vids are coming out to run for 25 minutes or less. Much easier to sit down and watch all the way through in one shot. ✌
Love watching you and how do you explaining Nicaragua with honesty and truth. Thanks for that. Saludos. 🎸🎶👍✌️
Dude!! Always such great videos!! So accurate! I appreciate you, Scott! I watched you before going to Nicaragua. I thought I would stop after I got here. But I can’t. Always so much good info! Even though I have a year now in Nicaragua! Appreciate all the great information you give out for free!!
Thank you so much!
I truly enjoyed this topic, Scott. Yes, the risk of natural disasters is low.
Thank you Scott! 🌠
I really enjoy your videos Scott. They are so interesting and informative. I have been thinking about where I might retire to as a dual US/Canadian citizen. Nicaragua wasn’t really on my list as I had a lot of misconceptions about the country. I was considering Panama or El Salvador - but now I have added Nicaragua for consideration.
That's great and thank you very much.
"Let me hear ya now, I don't know
I don't know
I don't know where I'm-a gonna go
When the volcano blow" - James William Buffett - 1979
Great episode Scott. Could I email several questions in regards to relocation in Nicaragua?
sure. and thanks.
it depends where you are. Earthquakes are mostly on the western coast whereas flooding and hurricanes occur further inland and on the Atlantic coast. Another factor to consider is that the resilience of the built environment varies much more widely than it does in the "developed" world, where zoning and building codes (with accompanying enforcement mechanisms) make it less likely that people will 1) build in areas particularly prone to regular flooding or fire, and 2) where people do build close to those areas, the building codes compensate for the increased risk. In Nicaragua, until relatively recently, you didn't need to get a permit to build, so people just built according to what their albañil (mason) was used to doing. The reason that most of the structures are cementitious doesn't have to do with seismic resistance - masonry, concrete, and prefabricated concrete are all very popular inland, where there's little seismic activity. It has more to do with longevity and resistance to semitropical rot, decay, and insects. It also has to do with the fact that, historically speaking, people's wealth has been stored in the family residence, not in banks or in other financial institutions such as the stock market, so the family residence is often a continuous work in progress as wealth is accumulated and then solidified in additions or expansions to the house. Another consideration, perhaps less relevant to expats with presumably more disposable income than Nicas is that cash savings are often quite low, so if there is an extreme weather event, there's little cushion by which to recover. Finally, I must be said that countries such as Nicaragua, due to both its geographical location nearer to the equator and to its position in the world economy as an exporter of raw materials and agricultural products, are particularly susceptible to the changes engendered by global heating. Crop yields will fall, one of the main exports, coffee, will decline, and extreme weather events will increase. It's one of the many global injustices that these countries, which have contributed negligibly to filling up the global carbon sinks (rainforests, oceans, etc) are likely to be much more affected than the wealthier countries whose citizens have dumped and continue to dump orders of magnitude more carbon and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere that Nicas and others must unfortunately share.
I'm about the only gringo in Boaco and I do get some stares, but not that many, and it dosn't bother me. I have been pan handled only once by a drunk outside a bar (almost an ugly altercation -but avoided)
Those are not "natural disasters ". those are nicaraguan nature. Geographers call Nicaragua the ecological center of the Americas. There is the convergence of ecological events and systems that I recommend you to look at. The disasters are the nicaraguan who never learned to live in harmony with their nature. I'm nicaraguan as a matter of fact.
Well said
Climate in Nicaragua receives the cold fronts from norteamerica, the tropical waves from the Atlantic, tropical waves from the pacific, the passing of the intertropical raining season, the species of flora and fauna of the south hemisphere go up to nicaragua, the same from the north hemisphere, nicaraguan territory is the lowest land of the continent, even the indigenous population from the southamerica by the Caribbean went up to Nicaragua, the same, indigenous people from northamerica went up to Nicaragua by the pacific and central regions, etc. etc. There are more events and natural features to include in the list.
Hello Scott, could you touch on the topic of besides Managua and Leon? What other cities do you know of to have similar Internet availability. Because basically you know you continue to reiterate over and over and over in the video how you’re gonna have to have remote work like from the US to come over to Nicaragua to make your income work and what everyone Coming from the US and Canada other places is going to need is going to be Internet like that hands-down the first thing that you really need wherever you’re gonna go cause you’re gonna make money. And I’m wondering, could you possibly make a video talking about what major citiespeople could consider based in the fact that there’s definitely like similar availability of faster, speed Internet so that you could do your work remotely? Thanks! This channel continues to be an amazing resource for someone like me who is planning to try out living there, but my wife and I are expecting a baby so we’re gonna be living in New York still until around May to June of next year and then we’re planning to move to New Hampshire to get residency/get our drivers license and get established there first and then sometime probably over the winter time into 2026 that we would book a flight to come over and have a virtual address in New Hampshire.
Honestly, ALL the cities have great Internet. Leon is actually on the remote side. Even San Juan del Sur has good Internet these days. It's probably the worst of the main population centers (it's just SO much farther and smaller than everyone else.) The only places I'd worry about are the east coast towns (very small pops, very remote), but the fiber from Miami lands out there, so it might be amazingly good. Anything in core Nicaragua is going to be excellent. Even Boaco, Jinotega eta. As long as you can get a good carrier (Teko is best, Claro is next...) you are set.
I m in southern Louisiana watching Beryl, still, we are under heat advisory the next few days. Heat index 108-113* brutal, looking forward to rainy season!
LOL!! All true... 💯🤣😂
Excellent piece, and dropping some facts 😎
You answered without addressing directly the one and only reason there are no vertical structures (skyscrapers) in Nicaragua...
I gotta say, being Nicaraguan I found "odd" that all roof structures are metal (not wood rafters) [they bend] and ...
For all hotels, apartment buildings, malls over 10 stories, in Managua at least... I wondered, why can I see the "skeleton" of the building before it's finished??? 🤔 Here in the US, you build foundation up... Mind you, I'm old enough to have seen the antisismic steel structures of the Metrocentro Intercontinental, the Hyatt, and one of the Holiday Inns 🤠👍
Excellent content Scott 💯🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮
Thanks!
Scott , any Spanish school to recommend in Leon for 2 seniors @intermediate and advanced level for next November
With living in a family home experience thanks
There are definitely schools around, but I'm not familiar with them so can't recommend one unfortunately.
Hey Scott, did the census takers came to your house?
No, I've never had them come by.
But they already have my info, including address, so that might be why?
Let's go Scott keep it coming good videos... Do you like Christmas 🤶 in nicaragaua? And if yes what you like about it
Not every year, but so far, most years we stay here for Christmas. Honestly my favourite thing here is just hiding at home and having a much more "family focused" CHristmas rather than a Christmas focused on presents and customs.
yay.
Didn't you have some kids yelling "one dollar!" at you just the other day 🤔😂?
Always
The risk of disaster is substantial. That's just one of the many reasons why Nicaragua is so cheap. Risk management is possible, but nevertheless you can lose your life.
In what way is it substantial? That makes no sense that that makes it cheap as it is a very low risk. Much lower than the US. And where, in the US, risk is the highest, so are the prices. So that logic doubly fails. What risk are you ever perceiving in Nicaragua? lol
@ScottAlanMillerVlog Apparently, you have never lived through a serious natural disaster in a foreign country as an outsider. We are talking about foreigners living in Nicaragua, like the Canadian who lived in the Philippines, not locals.
When the SHTF, you'll see the difference between being an American in America and being an outsider in a country that's not on good terms with Washington.
Of course, even living in America as an American is very dangerous during a natural disaster in many places. Just look at New Orleans for example. Of course, it is also true that America parts thereof is becoming a third world shithole that's very dangerous.
I happen to live in a place not subject to any natural disasters as part of my criteria for choosing wisely.
I'm not saying it's a bad idea to live as an expat. I had a very good life as one. But when the SHTF I also know that I better have some local friends who are worth a damn.
Send good vibes to Hog Island Grenada, friends sailing are hunkered down in the mangroves….but….tiny things in the ocean are tiny. 🥹