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So, Who's Lived in San Juan, PR?

  • I'm not worried about language barriers, just a solid place to live. Do those places come with the huge traffic jams I read about?

    Thanks again!

    mentalstate

  • There's a ton of places on Isla Verde Ave, it's close to the airport and all the hotels for dining and entertainment (hit the El San Juan bar). As SJK said, just contact a realtor since they handle the rentals anyway. Are you single? Work paying your rent? You can find places ranging from $1000/mo up to over $3000/mo, so it's up to you how much you want to spend. And the prices are negotiable.

    SanJuan

  • I went surfing in PR when I was about 20 and had a great time even though I stepped on a sea urchin. Awesome place but I don't know if I'd want to live there

    RCMB Premium Poster

    Count gHostula

  • Count gHostula said...

    I went surfing in PR when I was about 20 and had a great time even though I stepped on a sea urchin. Awesome place but I don't know if I'd want to live there

    Between living in New York, & Miami, I feel like I've already lived there.

    The majority of my PR peeps miss the island like crazy and would move back tomorrow....if it got better there in a few areas.

    I'm looking at a year or so if I go. Want to do the whole Carib if I go, spend the year exploring everything, including hitting Rancon to surf.

    mentalstate

  • mentalstate said...

    I'm not worried about language barriers, just a solid place to live. Do those places come with the huge traffic jams I read about?

    Thanks again!

    The infamous "tapons".No m in there.

    That's why Isla verde is ideal.You are literally five minutes from the airport and you don't have to deal with the Baldorioty which can be nightmare.

    A great area for rentals too.A lot of the condos are rented for snowbirds in the winter.a long term lease will allow you to negotiate a better deal.

    Most are also furnished.

    San Juan Kid

  • SanJuan said...

    There's a ton of places on Isla Verde Ave, it's close to the airport and all the hotels for dining and entertainment (hit the El San Juan bar). As SJK said, just contact a realtor since they handle the rentals anyway. Are you single? Work paying your rent? You can find places ranging from $1000/mo up to over $3000/mo, so it's up to you how much you want to spend. And the prices are negotiable.

    the bar at El San Juan has some of the hottest women in the world.

    San Juan Kid

  • Count gHostula said...

    I went surfing in PR when I was about 20 and had a great time even though I stepped on a sea urchin. Awesome place but I don't know if I'd want to live there

    Living here is a big adjustment depending on where you live on the island.Isla Verde is a great place to ease into it without being overwhelmed.

    For a gringo that spoke no spanish at all when I got here it was interesting.I have lived in Panama and Europe so that helped.

    If you are the kind of person that embraces other cultures and likes to dive in with the locals you will love it.And the women will love you.And that is a whole other thread.

    After Michigan winters and walking across the frozen tundra I was ready for palm trees, beaches and girls.

    The Puerto Rican people are some of the warmest you will meet anywhere in the world.

    Oh,and did I mention the girls?

    San Juan Kid

  • San Juan Kid said...

    Living here is a big adjustment depending on where you live on the island.Isla Verde is a great place to ease into it without being overwhelmed.

    For a gringo that spoke no spanish at all when I got here it was interesting.I have lived in Panama and Europe so that helped.

    If you are the kind of person that embraces other cultures and likes to dive in with the locals you will love it.And the women will love you.And that is a whole other thread.

    After Michigan winters and walking across the frozen tundra I was ready for palm trees, beaches and girls.

    The Puerto Rican people are some of the warmest you will meet anywhere in the world.

    Oh,and did I mention the girls?

    I hear ya - I prefer Spain, love it there been twice in the past 3 years. People are awesome. Great chicks too. The nicest people I've met while traveling were in Spain.

    RCMB Premium Poster

    Count gHostula

  • Damn ,now I want some shrimp mofongo and a Presidente and I am stuck in Texas!

    San Juan Kid

  • Thanks for the info! Isle Verde sounds ideal, though I would like to know about renting a house outside the city- is it a nightmare? Also would want to island hop...

    mentalstate

  • Renting hoses is no different than here.the fact that it is technically part of the USA helps.

    I love renting a place in the mountains or out on Culebra.Culebra is a small barrier island off the coast that is old school laid back Caribbean.No big hotels or chain restaurants.really cool.

    San Juan Kid

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CqJezbBETIs

    Culebra,Puerto Rico.The El Conquistador hotel is on the bluff:22 in.

    This post was edited by San Juan Kid on 4/5/2012 at 6:29 PM

    San Juan Kid

  • mentalstate said...

    I'm not worried about language barriers, just a solid place to live. Do those places come with the huge traffic jams I read about?

    Thanks again!

    Where are you working? If near the airport the Isla Verde or the Condado area would work for you. I was there for 18 months and lived not far from the Condado Marriott. Was in the federal building in Hato Rey and sometimes the CG Base in Old San Juan. Traffic was not an issue to OSJ because it was so close, and not bad down to Hato Rey either.

    This post was edited by FIJI239 81 on 4/5/2012 at 6:49 PM

    FIJI239 81

  • FIJI239 81 said...

    Where are you working? If near the airport the Isla Verde or the Condado area would work for you. I was there for 18 months and lived not far from the Condado Marriott. Was in the federal building in Hato Rey and sometimes the CG Base in Old San Juan. Traffic was not an issue to OSJ because it was so close, and not bad down to Hato Rey either.

    Would be right around the airport.

    I also want to see the entire island from the local view, and then hit the antilles.

    mentalstate

  • San Juan Kid said...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CqJezbBETIs

    Culebra,Puerto Rico.The El Conquistador hotel is on the bluff:22 in.

    Went to Culebra and Viueques a few weeks ago. Beautiful beaches.

    Big Bank Hank

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