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Ave. Tirandentes new Supermercado Nacional
It has two levels, the first below is for parking and some stores whilst the one atop is the supermarket...
The parking level hosts a Banco Popular branch, Farmacia Carol, Viva, Wind tel, Avanza, Cosas del Pais store, Cafe Barista, Helados Valentino and two more stores.
They employ 200 + people on this store, plus those by the stores within it...
seeing all these new and cool looking building/stores/restaurants is starting to make me consider a trip to santo domingo. looks like the place will beat the pants off sosua, puerto plata and punta cana in a heart beat as far as vacation money is being spent. i don't imagine there are many all-inclusives though.
The AI are there for a reason! There's very little outside those walls or perimeter to speak about!
Sosua? A one street wonder from the early 80's that catered to Dominicanyorks, which never grew out of it.
Puerto Plata? A few streets with something close to a city center, which became something after hotels and AI started to attract Dominican tourism in the 80's and 90's. After that it went downhill as they started to compete against each other for the foreigners, which was never their market's bread and butter to begin with. It's like trying to turn a mini cooper into a Main Battle Tank.
Punta Cana is a one man's dream still to make it a solid one in the real world. No matter how much you try, until there's a real local economy to support it at least 80% the dream will be dammed to keep suckling from foreigner' necks...
The coastal areas of the DR are great to visit and have fun to the fullest, but let's be real! If you want anything close to living in some aspects of modernity, head to the real cities inland...
That's why you see a looooooot of expats living in SD and Santiago nowadays unlike before. They learned that beaches and sand without the rest, is like a vacation that got stretched for far too long for comforts...
You can hit any beach in the DR in as much as a couple of hours with very good roads to link there and back. You can get 3 to 4 times what you get for housing for every buck in RE in the major cities compared to the coast. You can actually find good deals and fresh foods in real supermarkets that compete in the major cities, rather than become the local colmado owner's next to kin.
Whenever you want to experience the real DR, get away from the traps at the coast and head inland!
As to the naysayers, I for one think the RD economy is rising.
Good place to be.... on the upside of the curve.
Good place to be.... on the upside of the curve.
pichardo, i'm not sure about your post. i think that sosua, puerto plata and punta cana all suck. i've been to santiago and thought that was just alright. only spent a day there but calle del sol and the other touristy things sucked. right now i go to mexico city and havana for my holidays. mexico city has it going on. love the place. havana is like hoppin into a time machine and going back 50+ years. love it.
we are just tierd of getting burned on some crap holiday. we like the AI's because if one of us gets sick, its easier to deal with when going to a place like the DR. in mexico city and havana, its not too hard to look after yourself if you get sick. in peurto plata, forget about it
we are just tierd of getting burned on some crap holiday. we like the AI's because if one of us gets sick, its easier to deal with when going to a place like the DR. in mexico city and havana, its not too hard to look after yourself if you get sick. in peurto plata, forget about it
How much longer will you continue to be "SosuaJames" ?
Shall we accept your resignation now?? Never to return ??
Shall we accept your resignation now?? Never to return ??