Hey DR1 people! I guess I am not new here as I have been on the forum occasionally browsing for 10 years or so. However, it is time to start posting. Having lived here in Puerto Rico for over 15 years, I just can't anymore. It is a beautiful Island but my last straw was they came frightengly close to voting for independance. An Island where 70% live on welfare and beyond that, the chaos that would ensue. Granted it was mostly liberal college kids following Bad Bunny, but they have powers in numbers and coirdinating via social media. I expect in four years or 8 they could get the vote through. That is just one of the reasons I want to leave but probably the biggest is the past 5 years or so they have moved towards the Gringo go Home attitude. Yes they are all American citizens by birth but it is just to backwards to explain. Basically, a handful of Americans bought some expensive properties here and now they think real estate prices are up because of the "dirty gringos". I actually do not know how to explain it but it's extremely uncomfortable living here at this point. If they could round up the Americans here and throw them in a camp they would 100%. NOT all, but way more than one would be comfortable with. They are all jealous of each other as well, you live on the beach? They protest your house with the other hippy friends out of jealousy that they can't afford it. I think todays protest under the guise of protecting the beaches and envirnmonet is some politican has a house on the water that is to close to their beach however house has been there for 50 years. IT's ridiculuous, so much so it is hard to clearly convey just how ridicyulous their thinking has become here. So, let me stop and ask my queistion, the D.R. from when i was there long time ago was opening and friendly, is it still the same way or is there Gringo resentment/Xeonophobia like there is here? Little bit, no biggie but I can't for the life of me get stares and feel like it's 1939 Germany happening again which is how it seems to be progressing here. Thanks for any replies and BE HONEST! I know how it is when a bunch of outsiders see somewhere on social media and quickly move somewhere and try to bring their culture and are not willing to adjust to local culture, so I give people points for that, the locals. Has that somewhat happened in the D.R. as well?