Hi,
My family is planning on living a year abroad in Puerto Rico. We are an active young family (7 years, 5 years, and 1 year old).
We are looking for the area to live that best fits our family needs. We would be renting a place. Our goal of the live abroad is to have a relaxed pace away from rat race of the US. We would like to be come bilingual especially the kids and also experience a different culture than the US.
Here is our priorities in order
Safe and family area with interacton with locals, not just Expats.
Near or on safe swimming beach for kids with nearby snorkeling.
Bilingual international school close by
Nature activities close by (hiking, swimming, mountain biking, snorkling)
As a side note, we wound not be working. We also have traveled as a family to several Latin countries (Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua), so we are aware of the petty crime, slow customer service, etc of the poorer countries.
I haven't found much info with regarding families living abriad in PR. Also wanted to know how the housing crisis and economy has affected life regards to crime, businesses closing, etc.
Thanks for any info you can provide.