good point & point taken, phil - the geography is indeed different. also the population on the CR east coast is very small with way fewer tourists then AC. maybe the reef traps it closer to shore?
that said, they really do take much better care of their refuse there in general. more awareness of their environment. no trash on the backstreets, no trash on main, access roads or highways. if someone sees trash, they pick it up (how novel!!) rural PV had no recycling program, so they started a volunteer one on their own. offhand, even driving cross country twice and throughout san jose, i can't recall seeing trash there anywhere at all. can't say that about mainland bz. papa - i remember San Ig in 2000, and 2 guys looking at me like i was totally nuts when i picked up the trash i watched them throw on the ground at the park & put it in the bin. just saying....
i not implying i prefer one place over the other (i truly love them both, and each has + & -), they are just quite different.
ok, back to segways...