I just don't get it, why do girls with such pretty blond hair dye their roots black???
Annie: did I mention I am artist? Totally different mind set. What applies to the average westerner, often does not even remotely apply to me. Don't have much in common with the sense(s) of the masses, thankfully.
I am a painter (primarily figurative with oils), illustrator (pen and ink, watercolor), and a photographer (primarily medium format film, landscapes, portraits, and street scenes). I would like to know more about Jarabacoa. Is it sort of like the Oaxaca of DR?What kind of Artist? Jarabacoa has a variety of artists, both tradition and not.
Criss: I get the feeling you are holding back...
Dangerous? So was Detroit... but there I was able to legally carry a gun....
Expensive... NOT a good thing.
"If you have enough money..." subjective. What constitutes a good chunka change there...50k? 100k? 200K? I ask
because I assume one cannot work if one stays for, say a year or so.
I appreciate you guys responding to my somewhat redundant and perhaps dumb-a$$ questions. Really.
Explorer 1, here's the difference: Yes, it's dangerous even in Detroit. But you have the option
of living someplace else in the US that does not compare to Detroit. You can't say the same
thing about the DR because it's dangerous just about anywhere you decide to live.
Explorer 1, here's the difference: Yes, it's dangerous even in Detroit. But you have the option
of living someplace else in the US that does not compare to Detroit. You can't say the same
thing about the DR because it's dangerous just about anywhere you decide to live.
Really? Than bad, huh?
Really, I don't believe that, other than on the road, that Jarabacoa is dangerous. My old boss, who was recently transferred to Dayton Ohio, said he felt safer in Afghanistan than Dayton.
I will give you one example: You must have someone "babysit" your house while
traveling outside of the country for any amount of time or you will come back to
an empty house. Not so in the US, You just lock up and go.
Actually, one of the problems I had when living in Detroit was the same thing, only worse: you might very well come home to find not only personal possessions missing, but the furnace, water tank, electrical wires and plumbing as well. There is a brisk cottage industry in Detroit these revolving around the theft and marketing of these items. Worse yet, because of the law in Michigan, for instance, you might find a squatter in your house, one who you will have to take to court to evict.
Actually, one of the problems I had when living in Detroit was the same thing, only worse: you might very well come home to find not only personal possessions missing, but the furnace, water tank, electrical wires and plumbing as well. There is a brisk cottage industry in Detroit these days revolving around the theft and marketing of these items. Worse yet, because of the law in Michigan, for instance, you might find a squatter in your house, one who you will have to take to court to evict.
In comparison, D.R. doesn't seem quite so dangerous... It will take more than a notion to scare me. Seriously.
That's fair. In some ways I am running from something - American consumer culture. But more to the point and more accuratly, I'm running TO my dream of a life less ordinary down in the carribean. I've managed it so that I can live down there a full year without working and if it doesn't work out, I have plenty of money to come back and start over. With no kids, mortgage and debt...now is the time to see if I can pull this crazy dream of mine off.
I dig your sentiment though, thanks.
-Dylan
PS: F* Idaho!