My friends and community don't have to live RIMBY. They can live anywhere in the world. With the internet and cheap airline tickets, we are pretty much all neighbors!
A female native speaker of English, unrelated to race. Gringa is often defined as disparaging slang for a foreign female in Latin America. But that's no longer true in Costa Rica, if it ever was. We are gringos, the locals are ticos.
"The gringa needs a ride from the airport."