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Interesting that the USA isn't even in the top ten. Haiti has no clean water - not even bottled in most places. A friend of mine went there a couple of times before all the current trouble started and was ill both times.

That's more or less what I said, except I didn't add the word "sadly".

Only when they had that crazy round-up several years ago when many shocked and scared snowbirds were carted out of supermarkets and the like. It caused quite a panic at the time but was never repeated and who ever had the brilliant idea was probably fired.

Yes, they had a big purge in Callejon de la Loma yesterday, too.

Those condoms would be great for Haiti of the raping gang members were considerate enough to use them, but they wouldn't do anything to stop the thugs who are causing all the disaster there now.

if you are referring to my joking statement about me being highly intelligent being not true then for God's sake learn to see a joke. Unlike you, I do not brag about myself except in fun. If you are talking about part of the actual story of what happened to me being untrue, I would like to...

Well, one year I was going to Santo Domingo to renew my Residency and on the way my car had a puncture. To get at the spare wheel I took my bags out of the boot (trunk, to you Americans) and changed the wheel. I put my bags back in but somehow forgot the briefcase with my Residency papers...

This may well be true, but there is no evidence in the article.

But it's a long way from the East coast, which is what the OP is looking for.

They could start by having people go out at night and check all the non-functioning lights and get them repaired. Then the street lighting would be much better.

As Keepcoming says, that is not the "reality", it is your opinion. I think you are wrong that "most of us" have contempt for Dominicans. Most people on this site either live here or spend a lot of time here, and I doubt we would spend as much time as we do here if we did not respect the people...

Maybe it's a typo, but I don't know what "Candidage" means and I can't think of any other word like it that fits.

No, they wouldn't work as hard as the Haitians! ;):)

That's a pretty disgusting response to someone who just showed a little compassion for people who are suffering. You don't know what Chico Bill or anyone else here personally does to help people in need. What I know is that there are several members here who do so.

When I moved here to the DR I bought a small apartment building. With the building came two Dominican employees - a watchman and a cleaner and a Haitian gardener/handyman. The Haitian was legal at the time and I helped him to try to get "Regularized" when the process was taking place. However...

Are you actually here in the DR? If so, may I politely ask why you choose to be here, given that you don't seem to like it very much?

If you are referring to foreigners living in the DR, you are right, but as I have said earlier in this thread, the process is unnecessarily complex. I did what you said many years ago and it was fairly difficult then, but now it is worse. I know of many people here, British, Canadian, American...

This may well be true. The ones that we meet here are the ones who want to get ahead, work, earn some money and improve their lives. They have the motivation to speak Spanish and other languages.

I think that the risks of employing anyone, whether undocumented or Dominican citizens is about the same. If you have $6,000 in cash lying about you are always in danger of being robbed by someone you allow into your house.

Let's hope they do something to make it easier for people who want to live here legally to get Residency. Many countries in the region have much more straightforward Residency processes. And a friend just told me that further afield, you can now get a ten-year tourist visa for Thailand.