life style..is what u make of it..lot of gringos..come down..buy a beach front place in a gated community..70miles from managua..and go crazy..becuse all the grocery shopping is in mga..and so is everything else..i live in a regular community..nothing fancy..but nice..now up on the farm..is different..but when i was younger..it was great..im getting a little too old for the farm..but for me..i wouldnt go back to the states for nothing..