How's the standard of living in Corozal?

The standard of living in Corozal, for Belize especially, and for the Belizeans who live there, is pretty middle class. Corozal has apartments.  People don’t make a lot of money in Belize but then again it doesn’t take a lot to live if you live simply. If somebody were making US $500 that would be a good living in Belize.

 

The gringos tend to have a better standard of living than anybody. They have nicer cars and nicer homes because...

The standard of living in Corozal, for Belize especially, and for the Belizeans who live there, is pretty middle class. Corozal has apartments.  People don’t make a lot of money in Belize but then again it doesn’t take a lot to live if you live simply. If somebody were making US $500 that would be a good living in Belize.

 

The gringos tend to have a better standard of living than anybody. They have nicer cars and nicer homes because it’s so inexpensive to live here.  I did an experiment in which I went down to Corozal with US $2,000 in my pocket and I did not skimp on anything and had to eat most of my meals out because my house wasn’t finished yet and, after one month, I still had money left over.

 

(Outdoor restaurant in Belize, pictured.)

​Corozal isn’t right for everybody. If you want to be able to run 5 minutes up the street to a big mall, Belize is not for you. If shopping for high dollar fashion, appliances and automobiles is important to you, Belize is not going to be a good fit.

 

The standard of living is a little lower than those communities in the States we’re accustomed to, but Belizeans don’t really realize that they are sub-par or below our standard of living...

​Corozal isn’t right for everybody. If you want to be able to run 5 minutes up the street to a big mall, Belize is not for you. If shopping for high dollar fashion, appliances and automobiles is important to you, Belize is not going to be a good fit.

 

The standard of living is a little lower than those communities in the States we’re accustomed to, but Belizeans don’t really realize that they are sub-par or below our standard of living because they’re just so happy, and if you’ve never been exposed to anything different, you don’t know anything different. It’s certainly not a standard of living that we’re accustomed to with respect to health care on demand, and things of that nature. The Belizeans are the ones who are living, while we just exist. The Belizeans are happy; they embrace life. They really do. 

 

In Corozal, we’re gong to have a comfortable home, we’re going to eat well, we’re going to entertain, we’re going to relax and enjoy the weather. And if we see the need to go to the Big Box store, then we’re just going to go across the border to Guatemala.

 

I have photos of my wife with the manager and the assistant manager of the Home Depot in Guatemala. It’s just like here in the States-- everybody’s speaking Spanish. They have Sam’s Club, they have TGI Friday’s, they’ve got Chili’s, they’ve got all the franchises.

 

Here’s an important thing-- there is not one single American franchise restaurant in all of Belize. Not one. No fast food.  No McDonald’s, no Burger King; not one. If you go into a restaurant anywhere in Belize, you are going to be eating at, more than likely, a local, family-owned, family-operated operation. I love it because it’s always different. There’s always something different to sample. You can get a hamburger, but it’s going to be Belizean.  

 

(Home Depot in Chetumal, Mexico less than 20 minutes away from Corozal, Belize, pictured.)