Hi all,
i am a new member and i finally decided to join the forum. i always read and follow this forum for about 1 year. lots of useful info and funny stories. i am dominican born and raised in DR. i came to the US in the earliest 90s. i been here since then and sometimes visit DR. things had changed since i left, some are good and for the most part some are bad. im planning on moving there in 5 years but i am not sure yet. i have a 5 year old and i want him to be at least 10 years old plus i need to raised money to support myself. i know about the corruption and violence there. i lived that life for a while. of course, i think crime had gotten worse since i left. i do have family who lives there and even a cousin who is a police officer in the DR white house. my cousin tells me that as long as you dont go to bad barrios, make friends with those kind of people and dont flash then you should be ok.
i read a lot about the crime in the news and some people in these forums talk about the bad schools and so on.
i am planning to move to "campo area" in la vega called maguey. i know people who live there part time and come here half of the year. they tell me barely anything happen over there and it is quite. my questions are as follow:
1. will it be a smart move to move out to DR with wife and 10 year old kid? the reason for moving is that i am tired of overprice NY, snow, cold, tired of working for someone and take their ****. i want to enjoy life , be in warm weather, affordable place to stretch my dollars, travel and do whatever i want with my time. i cant seem to do all that in the states paying over $1500 in rent only
2. in regards to school, my cousin tells me there is an excellent private school in santiago. im planning to put my kid in private school english only. no public, no way. are these private school any good? i want my kid to go to college in the US. i want to make sure that his grade are accepted in the US without repeating courses or something.
3. i hear you can buy good insurance but doctors are not good, dont take chances and so on.
i know public hospital are horrible. but are there any good hospital/doctors in DR? things like this scare me
4. anybody know how much approx is a good health insurance for family of 3? husband,wife,kid
i had done some research but my only concern is the crime really and maybe the doctor topic. i am not going to be in the capital but crime could happen anywhere. my plan is to stay there during school session and when my kid goes on vacation then i can come to US for those 2-3 months of vacation he gets. any suggesstions/opinion on my idea of moving? do it ,dont do it? why? why not?
i am a new member and i finally decided to join the forum. i always read and follow this forum for about 1 year. lots of useful info and funny stories. i am dominican born and raised in DR. i came to the US in the earliest 90s. i been here since then and sometimes visit DR. things had changed since i left, some are good and for the most part some are bad. im planning on moving there in 5 years but i am not sure yet. i have a 5 year old and i want him to be at least 10 years old plus i need to raised money to support myself. i know about the corruption and violence there. i lived that life for a while. of course, i think crime had gotten worse since i left. i do have family who lives there and even a cousin who is a police officer in the DR white house. my cousin tells me that as long as you dont go to bad barrios, make friends with those kind of people and dont flash then you should be ok.
i read a lot about the crime in the news and some people in these forums talk about the bad schools and so on.
i am planning to move to "campo area" in la vega called maguey. i know people who live there part time and come here half of the year. they tell me barely anything happen over there and it is quite. my questions are as follow:
1. will it be a smart move to move out to DR with wife and 10 year old kid? the reason for moving is that i am tired of overprice NY, snow, cold, tired of working for someone and take their ****. i want to enjoy life , be in warm weather, affordable place to stretch my dollars, travel and do whatever i want with my time. i cant seem to do all that in the states paying over $1500 in rent only
2. in regards to school, my cousin tells me there is an excellent private school in santiago. im planning to put my kid in private school english only. no public, no way. are these private school any good? i want my kid to go to college in the US. i want to make sure that his grade are accepted in the US without repeating courses or something.
3. i hear you can buy good insurance but doctors are not good, dont take chances and so on.
i know public hospital are horrible. but are there any good hospital/doctors in DR? things like this scare me
4. anybody know how much approx is a good health insurance for family of 3? husband,wife,kid
i had done some research but my only concern is the crime really and maybe the doctor topic. i am not going to be in the capital but crime could happen anywhere. my plan is to stay there during school session and when my kid goes on vacation then i can come to US for those 2-3 months of vacation he gets. any suggesstions/opinion on my idea of moving? do it ,dont do it? why? why not?