fulloflife
11/19/2016 21:21 EST
Which mountain town has the best infrastructure, schools, movie theatre, restaurants. I have been to Nicaragua, just not the mountain towns. Also, anyone familiar with living in Chinandega. I know it is not a mountain town but interested in knowing what it is like to live there. Thanks.
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KeyWestPirate
11/19/2016 22:44 EST
" ..Which mountain town has the best infrastructure, schools, movie theatre, restaurants . . . jeh,, jeh,, jeh ROFL
Well, they did finally pave the road to within 6 KM of my farm . . .
Good luck on the rest.
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fulloflife
11/19/2016 22:59 EST
Wow, that is a plus! Then a mountain town in Nicaragua is a great place to ride out the storm!
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novato1953
11/20/2016 10:28 EST
If you want fully-developed, tourist-oriented infrastructure, you need a place that draws beaucoup tourists. None of the mountain towns do. Matagalpa is the biggest of the bunch, a very nice place, and certainly worth visiting -- but it's Peoria more than New York.
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mate31658649
11/20/2016 18:35 EST
If infrastructure is your biggest concern, you may not be happy living in Nicaragua. I live in Esteli,
a city of approx. 120,000 people located in the mountains.
We have movie theaters, shopping, good medical care, restaurants and beautiful weather, but many of the streets are unpaved. Nicaragua is poor and most of the country does not have good infrastructure.
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fulloflife
11/20/2016 20:44 EST
Thank you for the informative responses. I know how the towns are generally, just not specifically. I lived in a small town in Costa Rica and there was no theatre, few restaurants, and one very small, very expensive grocery store. I am used to that type of living but it gets quite boring after a while. Plus it is an advantage to have some nice expats around.
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fulloflife
11/20/2016 20:45 EST
The theatre, restaurants and doctors in Esteli are a real plus! What is the expat population there?
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iguanalover
11/21/2016 08:07 EST
There are mountain towns in the north but there are also mountain towns a little south of Managua, like Jinotepe. Many expats like in that area plus you have the convenience of living close to the capital. Good weather and close to the beaches. Visit that area before making a choice.
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elduendegrande
11/21/2016 11:10 EST
Ditto, the infrastructure is in mga and the masaya corredor.
Jinotega and matagalpa are "mountain" but fairly close to mga which will make up for their lack of infrastructure. Folks seem to like the mountains south of mga, even closer to mga.
Esteli and the cow towns of the Segovias are a 2 hour plus drive to mga on an increasingly bad road. Yes, money is running down the streets from the boom, but chopping has not caught up. People who can go to mga or have relatives in the states ship them stuff.
Keep in mind that restaurants in a small town get boring quickly wherever you live.
Where ever you live, an occasional trip abroad will do much for your morale.
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fulloflife
11/21/2016 15:53 EST
I think you are right. A trip abroad, whether going North or South does wonders for morale. I think ideally people spend half the time in one and half in the other. That is why countries like Chile seem a bit far for the back and forth. I do like Nicaragua. Costa Rica has gotten so expensive but people are constantly moving in and paying the high prices.
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