Santiago = "Mini" SD and Nothing More?

Lucas61

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I'm a city person -- eighth time in Santo Domingo. (Probably explains why I've never been to Boca Chica, Punta Cana, Puerta Plata and all the "hotspots.")

Yet when I read my trusty Lonely Planet about the Republic's second largest city, Santiago, the authors leave me with the impression of "Meh!"

Is there more to Santiago than just a "mini-S.D."?
 
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Lucas61 said:


I'm a city person -- eighth time in Santo Domingo. (Probably explains why I've never been to Boca Chica, Punta Cana, Puerta Plata and all the "hotspots.")

Yet when I read my trusty Lonely Planet about the Republic's second largest city, Santiago, the authors leave me with the impression of "Meh!"

Is there more to Santiago than just a "mini-S.D."?
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why not just go there and find out for yourself?
 
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Much more civilized. Travel,safety and a sense of community are much better. I know some people wont want to hear this, but the chicas are the hottest sexiest babes on the island
 
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I agree, Santiago home to the hottest dr babes.....
Go Cibao!!!
 
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I Agree with Harley in regards to vacation time in Santiago, but in regards to quality of life (for extended stay or living) Santiago has everything you need and a vibe that's hard to explain. If you just "pass thru", you will never see Santiago's charm.
 
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pauleast said:
Much more civilized. Travel,safety and a sense of community are much better. I know some people wont want to hear this, but the chicas are the hottest sexiest babes on the island
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Criss Colon said:
BUT, they are all working in the "Tourist Areas", NOT Santiago!
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They left plenty of beauties behind.................
They are still on every street...........everywhere.............
Beautiful eye candy........

B in Santiago
 
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Unfortunately never spent time in Santiago. My wife always says that the most beautiful DR women are from el Cibao.
 
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Lucas61 said:


I'm a city person -- eighth time in Santo Domingo. (Probably explains why I've never been to Boca Chica, Punta Cana, Puerta Plata and all the "hotspots.")

Yet when I read my trusty Lonely Planet about the Republic's second largest city, Santiago, the authors leave me with the impression of "Meh!"

Is there more to Santiago than just a "mini-S.D."?
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Yes, just as you said. Don't come here to SD.
 
Luperon

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Santiago has nothing to offer, stay in the capital. Just more meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, meh, ...


Lets keep the truth our secret boys.
 
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They are not at all alike, Cap and Santiago. Expats (I say expats as the story from natives is very different) from Santiago seem far more content, generally more pleasant and community minded than us miserable bastards from the big smoke. Yeh, I do believe opinion is most of the hottest girls are coming from Santiago, but that is a matter of opinion, none of them work in Santiago and so it is a difficult one to figure, but the pale faces are more often from there, for sure. I personally prefer my chocolate slightly darker and so I head to campo to find my hotties, f-ck blonde extentions, pale faces, banana fingers and glass platform slippers for a laugh..............no I literally pi$$ myself laughing!!
 
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Quote from pauleast:

Travel,safety and a sense of community are much better.

@pauleast --

OP: Now this sounds like a good reason to visit. From the top of my head, I would say that Caribe Tours would be the best means of ground transportation?


Can you give me a name of a sector or principal street I should investigate as opposed to just wandering around and looking?
 
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Calling Santiago a "mini-SD" is like calling Philadelphia a "mini NYC". They are nothing alike whatsoever, IMO. Apart from a few high-end condo towers, there are no tall buildings in Santiago, In the city itself there are only a few hundred thousand people (up to a million more in the surrounding areas), vs. several million in SD. There's no real commercial/corporate center or tourist areas, very little cultural offerings in the form of museums, concert halls, etc. To me, it's more like a large town vs. a small city.

None of that is meant to make Santiago less desirable, to me it's a much nicer place to spend time in than SD...apart from the Colonial Zone, Palacio de Bellas Artes, and some of the great restaurants in the Capital...
 
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