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Town vs Gated community

As a new member in your forum, and with inclination of moving to Boquete, I was wondering if anybody out there will like to tell me the advantages and disadvantages of living in a private community / town.My husband and I are contemplating the idea of moving to this Beautiful town of Boquete. We had visited, but we didn't get a chance to interact with the expat community.Thank you in advance for your help.

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  • I have lived in Caldera three years and my experience is quite different than the map explanation. Indeed it is lower in elevation and therefore warmer, as opposed to hotter. It is not windy in most parts of Caldera. It is also not dry except in summer. I think we get as much rain as most places in the area.

    I find it to be the most tranquilo town I've visited in Panama. Everyone knows everyone here in this small town. For me it's pertect. Half way between Boquete and David.
    • Thanks for sharing your experience.
  • Sorry, I just re-posted from someone that lives in the area.  I don't, so offer NO guarantees of any of it.  I thought that for nothing else the detailed MAP itself was worth something.

    • It is worth posting it, thank you for taking the time, I have saved the map in my files. Thx.
  • The map describes South of Boquete based on a few months out of the year when the winds are out of the North. The rest of the year it's the best climate in Boquete.
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    The author of the information below wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission for this post.  I thank the author very much for sharing this.  It will help so many of us newbies and wanna-be's.
    The map below the information is from Casa Solutions, cropped to allow for a larger image.  It clearly shows each area mentioned in the discussion.
    In reply to a question I asked regarding the 13 distinct micro-climates of Boquete:
    As an example: We live in Alto Lino, (straight up noon on a clock face), north of town and about 500 feet higher. As such, we get the Bajareque, a mist that comes over the mountains to the east from the Caribbean. Thus, it's always green and cool in our micro climate. Palo Alto, to the east a little bit, at say, 1:00 on a clock face, REALLY gets the Bajareque (more than us) and receives more fog and rain than us. You have to be from San Francisco to tolerate that weather. Continuing clockwise around the downtown area (2, 3 and 4:00 on the clock face) are the areas of the Jaramillo Mountains. Various places on that mountain have different climates. But I'm pretty sure most of them have more sun (west-facing ridge) and more wind than us. Moving south and out of the "bowl" that Boquete sits in is the area (4, 5 and 6:00 on the clock) around Caldera. Very dry, hotter and windswept. Same thing, continuing clockwise, (7:00 on a clock face) and you're at Alto Boquete and further environs south of there, including Boquete Country Club, Las Ruinas Restaurant, Los Molinos neighnborhood. Dry, hot, windswept and even more so, the closer you get to Dolega, etc. Gotta love the heat if you want to live here.
    Moving back up the clock towards 9:00 on the clock face, you are in the mountains west of town, in Volcancito. So many curves, nooks and crannies in these mountains (like the Jaramillo mountains on the opposite side of town), that there are many micro climates here. You might have a house that catches a downdraft of a constant wind current that blows you and your yard out of your socks, but I might live down the street and in a geographically shaded part of town and I'm fine and even a little warmer than you.
    Moving further around the clock to 10 and 11:00 is the Los Naranjos region north and west of town. Not too familiar with this area, so I'll withhold comments. Haven't really met anyone from this part of town. I guess we're back to our place, at 12:00, directly north of town. To add a finer point to the whole deal, our little neighborhood within Alto Lino, is in a "carved out side" of a mountain. Winds seem to pass right over us, as we sit in this little alcove in the side of the Alto Lino Mountain. It's pretty neat, actually.
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    • Great detail, thank you so much.
    • How informative!  Very detailed.  So much to consider with a potential move like this.

    • What a great explanation of the micro-climates here in Boquete.  I had not seen this before.  Thanks for sharing

      • I can't take credit for it, I just saved it when someone posted it because I thought it was a great aid for anyone considering the area in and around Boquete.

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