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Where You Live Matters - How Geography Contributes to Wealth
2025/1/15
Money For the Rest of Us
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David Stein
我作为节目的主持人，在哥斯达黎加一个月的旅行经历中，深刻体会到地理位置对经济发展和生活成本的影响。哥斯达黎加山区地形和基础设施建设滞后，导致交通不便，增加了运输成本，限制了经济增长，虽然生活成本只有美国的67%，但收入水平却远低于美国。
发达国家的完善基础设施，例如美国，为亚马逊等电商平台的快速发展提供了便利，降低了生活成本，而哥斯达黎加缺乏完善的地址系统，使得电商物流效率低下。
此外，我反思了过度消费的问题，并尝试减少消费，提倡购买更少但更高质量的商品，以减缓消费对环境的影响。
最后，我还谈到了人工智能技术发展对能源需求的巨大影响，以及地理位置对数据中心选址和能源成本的影响。
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This chapter explores the high cost of living in Costa Rica compared to the US, despite its developing nation status. It examines factors like global food and oil prices, inefficient transportation infrastructure due to geography, and government priorities.
- Costa Rica's cost of living is 67% of the US cost, but average income is much lower.
- High gas prices due to global oil prices and government-set prices.
- Inefficient transportation (lack of roads and railways) due to geography hinders economic productivity.
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