I "WAS" a "TOURISTA" HERE FOR MANY YEARS!
Before I moved here 12 years ago. I was a "Single Guy" and made the MOST of a good situation! I lived in Boston,and came here several times a month! I was "Head-Over-Heals" in "LUST"!! I thought the girls were fantastic! The music,food,weather,beaches,"Presidente" were unbelievable! I lived like an "International Playboy"!! I ate "Dominican"! Hung out in "Discos",and Colmadoes all night long! I thought the people were the nicest in the World! You know; "Poor",but "Happy"!I was a "Dominican Wannabe"! Just like so many of you are now!!!!
That was "then",and this is "Now"!!!
After I moved here,got married,went to work,and had 4 kids,I had a "Stroke" of REALITY!!
I,"AM NOT,and NEVER WILL BE A "DOMINICAN"!!! ....Nor do I ever want to be!!!!!!!!!!!
I have since learned how difficult life here really is! Not so much for me and my family,we have money,but for the "average" Dominican!
No money for school,health care,housing! Everyone will "Steal" from you! They may call it something else,but everyone is always "On-The-Take"!! It is their way of life. Starts at the "President",government,business,families,down to the "Limpia Bota'! One way or another you will be taken advantage of,stolen from,ripped off! Or whatever you want to call it!
In fact, my "Right Hand",doesn't trust my "Left"!!!!
The DR may be a "Paradise" is you have a million dollars a year to spend,or if you come here for a vacation,or even once a month, BUT: Until you live here "24/7" you never can,and never will begin to really "Understand" the DR,or the Dominican "Mind Set"!
When you live,work,and raise a family here,you will not only have all the same problems you have if you live in the USA,Canada,England,or Europe,you will be, "On Your Own"!!! "ZERO" government services to help out! No Police,no Fire dept. No "Real" first class medical care. (I KNOW!!) No water,lights,or sewers! Garbage Everywhere! You are on your own to provide all the above! And believe me THAT costs a small fortune! Many of the people who are extoling the virtues of the DR are "Flying Solo"! No dependents to provide for. THAT is a piece of CAKE! I worry everyday if I am doing the "right thing" by raising my children here????? I still don't know! The only person who may is "Hillbilly"! He did it,but "Believe me I know "Hillbilly",and I a no "Hillbilly! He is my "ONLY" roll model in the DR!
"Somebody please kick that "soapbox" out from under me before I
go on any farther!
Cris Colon
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