First, I'm sorry to hear about Randy's passing. May he RIP, and may those who killed him be caught quickly and handled.
It's both unfair and not productive to label an entire group of people. We all know shady expats, and Brent was killed by an American, but nobody on this board states that all gringos (including themselves) are scum.
Same goes for Dominicans. There are great folks, and there are people who should be put under the prison.
Sometimes I think the main problem with the super-negatives folks (we all know who they are) is misplaced expectations. They worked their jobs for years dreaming of their own "paradise," read and heard about how you can Live Like a King for 50 bucks a month, which includes a maid, a caribbean guitar player, and his impossibly fine 20 y.o. sister, who's been waiting for them her entire life (when she's not studying to become a doctor, that is).
Then, they got here, and learned that $1,000 isn't very much money at all, many things are - shockingly - more expensive and less reliable on a caribbean island, and the dirt-poor people they are hanging out with see them as an ATM machine with legs.
And suddenly, based on inaccurate expectations and a too-light-for-the-load budget, they find themselves fully, truly experiencing a "Milton Moment."
After all, paradise was lost because of poor choices, based on taking bad advice from shady characters. Such is life.
It's both unfair and not productive to label an entire group of people. We all know shady expats, and Brent was killed by an American, but nobody on this board states that all gringos (including themselves) are scum.
Same goes for Dominicans. There are great folks, and there are people who should be put under the prison.
Sometimes I think the main problem with the super-negatives folks (we all know who they are) is misplaced expectations. They worked their jobs for years dreaming of their own "paradise," read and heard about how you can Live Like a King for 50 bucks a month, which includes a maid, a caribbean guitar player, and his impossibly fine 20 y.o. sister, who's been waiting for them her entire life (when she's not studying to become a doctor, that is).
Then, they got here, and learned that $1,000 isn't very much money at all, many things are - shockingly - more expensive and less reliable on a caribbean island, and the dirt-poor people they are hanging out with see them as an ATM machine with legs.
And suddenly, based on inaccurate expectations and a too-light-for-the-load budget, they find themselves fully, truly experiencing a "Milton Moment."
After all, paradise was lost because of poor choices, based on taking bad advice from shady characters. Such is life.
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