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the glory days of SPM were back in the 20s...Even in Trujillo's times the city was alive because of the sugar mills.(It used to be surrounded by sugar mills) . As sugar declined, so did the city. While it has a rich tradition of "cocolos" (Blacks brought from the English-speaking islands to work in the sugar mills), they are dying out, as are the mills themselves. The city is dirty, smelly and has very little to offer, I am sorry to say.
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As far as UCE goes, well, let's just say it is a "for profit" business and carries on as such.
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There are NO beaches in SPM. You have to go out of town for that..
If you gave me a list of places to live in this country, SPM would be near the bottom.
Everyone on this board knows I live in Santiago, but you will notice I put forth three universities in Santo Domingo first. ( I am presuming that your husband is going to study medicine>?)
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Intellectual stimulation in SPM is nearly non-existant, and even the people that own the baseball team and the UCE don't live there...they live in Santo Domingo...of course.
Sorry, but you asked.
HB