It looks like retirees and others who move to Costa Rica may be able to live longer if the copy the healthy lifestyle locals. By Chistopher Howard

WHEN Robert and Jeannie Hidey went to Bachelor Gulch in Colorado three years ago, they figured they would ski five days and see their daughter who attended college nearby.

Costa Rica has become one of the most desirable places in the World to retire and will continue to attract newly retired baby boomers in the coming years.

Hmmm. You think it’s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries to have abolished its army, and it’s also arguably the happiest nation on earth.