Do you feel that living in the RD has reduced your stress level? Do you think living there will add some years to your life?
They say that if you live near water as in a stream, a lake, river, or ocean that you add three years to your life.
Do you feel that living in the RD has reduced your stress level? Do you think living there will add some years to your life?
It is my own personal observation, that people living by the sea (ocean) are mentally more stable than those living in the mountains. I would not discount the stress factor (since fishermen also stress out...), but would tend to consider more the nutritional factor, including the fact that those who live in mountainous regions tend to have less intake of iodine and other trace minerals essential for proper brain function.
Then there's the report of a few years ago which talked about small villages up in the mountains in Ecuador and in Asia where lots of the residents live longer lives - 100 years and above.
So maybe the pampering of senior citizens in the Western world leads to early demise?
Sometimes I find it surprising just how little patience there is on the streets of Santo Domingo. I mean if you don't take off the second the traffic light turns green you'll get severely honked at. This kinda stresses me out. Mainly it's only the roads that stress me out because there are so many knuckleheads. New Yorkers have no patience in their car but Dominicans are not far behind.
On the other hand, my stress level has decreased considerably. Living here you learn to deal with small inconveniences like when the water goes out, the electricity goes, or both go out. There are countless other 'inconveniences' to count when dealing with the services of a 3rd world country. In this country you learn to roll with the punches and deal with what you got.
Sometimes I find it surprising just how little patience there is on the streets of Santo Domingo. . New Yorkers have no patience in their car but Dominicans are not far behind.
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I live in NY and have rented and driven in the DR on at least 18 trips in the last 2 years...and i think the dominicans are 10 worse than the new yorkers when it comes to driving and impatience....the dominicans start honking before the light turns green!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if they even waited for the light....
bob
I think your statement is closer to the truth than mine. I lived in NYC for several years and the impatience on the roads of the capital is worse-very stressful. I don't know why everyone is in such a rush. I mean, isn't this a tropical island?