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New Website for Expats in Costa
Rica Offers Clever Ways to Stay
in Touch
A new website launched this week
that brings "expats" one step
closer to their friends and
families via the Internet.
Yourville.com, a free
online community, enables its
members to meet online, share
information, and stay connected
throughout the world.
In addition, Yourville provides
its members the inside scoop on
great fun places to enjoy in
Costa Rica, as well as
resources, classifieds, and
services listings from a
multitude of Costa Rica
locations.
“The idea behind Yourville was
to create a community for
Expatriates so that they could
keep in touch with their family
and friends in their home
country, and meet other
like-minded folks in their new
country,” said Chris Mullins,
yourville.com founder and
website developer. “This all
came about for me when I was
researching moving out of the
country and noticed a lack of
communities for this
demographic.”
According to Mullins, social
networking on the Internet has
become almost a daily way of
life for many worldwide. Where,
initially, the Internet was used
primarily as a research tool by
many, today it has become a
social fixture of global
cultures, allowing Internet
users instant communication with
friends and family, and a
valuable tool for bloggers whose
postings include viewpoints on
thousands of subjects.
“I firmly believe that the
growing number of expats in
Costa Rica are an underserved
genre and, hopefully, we can do
a great job of helping people
communicate better and faster
while, at the same time, make
their social networking more
fun.”
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