Comment by werrett

While appalling I don’t think you would find it 'crushing', even ignoring the jibe about expat conclaves.

Costa Rica’s 17 in 100k is ~2.5 times bigger than the US’ 6 in 100k people killed by homicide.

Thanks to gun crime, the US’ homicide rates are at least 7x the rest of the first world, anglophone, countries where rates are sub 1 in 100k.

By that measure it is 2-3x more confronting, to move from the United Kingdom to the States than it is from the US to Costa Rica.