Everyone here makes good points, and i agree with most of them. But, again, i'm down here in the trenches every night, working at a bar on the beach--down on the grass roots level--eye to eye with the stray dogs, donkeys, politicians, and prostitutes.
For every 25 guys i meet who come down here looking for love or a wife, maybe 1 in 25 is in the Millionaire club. Most of the others are just blue collar workers and glorified rednecks from the east coast, midwest, and Canada--down here looking for a good time. They go to the church of Passons in Sosua. Of the blue collar workers that do come down here, many--but certainly not all--are state workers from the east coast--firemen, policemen, transit authority workers, etc; they come down here from New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, and many places along the east coast--all the way down to Miami--looking for a good time in the church of raise your legs up to Jesus. In Europe, most are coming down here from Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and England. Why? because that's where the direct flights are coming from. And now of course, we got the Russians; Russians have jumped "Into the Fire" (one of my favorite Nelsson songs) and brought here with them their own version of rednecks and hillbillies. Not pretty.
Yes, there are some truly stinking rich millionaires coming down here, and many are living down here as well--on the northcoast, but in Cabarete in particular--you need look no further than Velero, Millenium, Ocean Dream, Ocean One, Harmony, Sea Horse Ranch, Ocean Village, Beach Palace, Perla Marina, etc--there are too many rich condo resorts and gated communities on the northcoast to mention all of them here...Sorry if i left yours out. Sosua has plenty of places as well--Infiniti Blue, Hispanialo, Casa Linda, Lomas Mirona, up in the Mulata, etc--again too many places to mention right here. I know my share of millionaires--as anyone who works in the service industry down here would know--however, most of them are already married and live down here with their wives. Very few are single. Fewer still are looking for a wife. Most of them are just looking for a good time. Ok, a nice girl who is both honest and trustworthy is a plus--and she will get treated like gold by the single millionaires--new phone, new scooter, new hair, new nails, new jewlery, new boobs, etc. But most of the single millionaire men down here are not looking for a wife. Not even remotely...they're looking for a good time. Don't confuse the two.
I'm no expert on relationships, horses, or even heterosexuality--far from it--but i don't want anyone here getting the impression that there are millionaires flying down here by the plane loads looking for a wife to take back home. nothing further could be from the truth. Most of the people coming down here looking for a wife to take back home are dysfunctional alcoholics and psychologically challenged and impaired adults who could not get a good woman back in their home country if their lives depended on it. It's not some freak accident that they are down here looking for a wife or husband; they're socially retarded and mentally challenged.
And before the expats on this site burn me at the stake...remember, i'm mostly generalizing here. Straight up generalizing. So, this may or may not apply to you.
Here's another blatant generalization, but with some truth: from the east coast--and from Washington DC in particular--we tend to get a lot of African American males (very few females)--they are numerous, and one look in Sosua on any particular night--or inside Platinum gym in downtown Sosua will confirm this. Most of the males come down here for the Dominican women. period. They're not down here for the cuisine. Is there anything wrong with this? No. They help stimulate the economy, so more power to them. Many men from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Austria come down here as well; they too are looking for Dominican and Haitian females--the darker the better. Nothing wrong with that; it's what makes the world go round and it helps stimulate the economy. Good for them and good for us. A few of these will turn into long lasting relationships and families.
We also get a lot of white male and females from Canada and America as well; they're mostly rednecks and hillbillies looking for a cheap rum drink and a good screw. Most of them--but again, certainly not all of them--are blue collar workers with little education and live for nothing more than getting drunk every night and sitting at the bar singing profound, philosophical, and intellectual songs like these: "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and "Let's get drunk and screw."
The Canadians and Americans--particulary from the Ohio Valley and Toronto/Ontario area--tend to be glorified rednecks and hillbillies that recently got a windfall of money thru either 1.) an insurance settlement, 2.) a work related accident, 3.)inheritance money, 4.) a retirement check, 4.) or a large sum of money which they have no way of explaining but manage to drink up faster than they can put a condom on. These are not MacArthur Grant candidates. yes, i was one, but its a long story, and at the end of the day, i'm just a glorified Dominican redneck from Bonao...that's another long story (You can read it in my book when it comes out in January).
Naturally, i'm just generalizing here, and numerous examples that i've given can be easily contradicted and challenged. Nevertheless, there is some truth here, and my experience is this: after several decades of living and working here, my casual, unscientific, particulary bias--and sometimes sober observations--is that many of the well educated, financially secure, MacArthur Grant geniuses coming down here are not looking for a wife..they already have one of those at home--and she's usually from another planet or galaxy where the women have horns. No, instead, they're just looking for a good time. However, the other geniuses coming down here--you know--the ones that can't budget a dollar, balance a checkbook, tie their shoes correctly, put on a condom correctly, unable to learn Spanish, and unable to find a compatable mate from their home countries--but coming down here looking for a wife...they are not right in the head by any stretch of the imagination--many are alcoholics, many use drugs on a daily basis in order to self-medicate their anxiety, depression and other hang-ups...and many, well, they've just come into a windfall of money and are so dysfunctional, so socially retarded, so psychologically challenged, that they give rednecks and hillbillies a bad name.
Yes, we have are share of dysfunctional Europeans as well...many are from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and England, but recently, we've been getting more than are share of Russian hillbillies as well. They're no different then Jed Clampett, Grandma Moses, and Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies--the only difference is that they drink more, eat more Borsh and drive more expensive cars; most of them have just recently came into money as well, and as a direct result, act like glorified rednecks when they go out. Remember this...never trust a Russian...they're KGB.
Love Frank