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Sosua Beach Unions Want More Involvement
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Lemme Guess .
Each Beach Vendor who maintains his Shack looking nice , will be assigned 2 Spots, double Decker , they get double , so 4 spots ... those who have not painted in a while get only 1 spot, and the ones who are Raggedy , will be forced to Renovate or face the Bulldozer
. something along those Lines ?..
Hope this turns out to be true as I do not want to see anyone's livelihoods destroyed but if hotels or condos are to be built near the beach I would not be surprised to see these businesses/ shacks permanently removed.
One plaza could not possibly fit more than several of the vendors. My question remains what happens to the rest of them, and I think I know.
I have a little doubt that most of the businesses will no longer exist. I never had doubt about that. But let’s see what happens when they can fit only several of those current vendors in the plaza along with two other restaurants and that’s it…
The beach vendors as some of the toughest of tough entrepreneurs.
Running a restaurant is not easy.
Fighting hard is in their interests
But like another active thread in the North Coast section (lot of mouth up north)
I doubt if anybody here posting about the subject has any skin in the game (including me).
But I do happen to like Sosua beach as it is.
It has a certain vibe to it.
That being said...
These entrepreneurs will close up shop and move on to their next opportunity if the CAT 352's (that was nice post, I might have to give it a like) show up.
Running a restaurant is not easy.
Fighting hard is in their interests
But like another active thread in the North Coast section (lot of mouth up north)
I doubt if anybody here posting about the subject has any skin in the game (including me).
But I do happen to like Sosua beach as it is.
It has a certain vibe to it.
That being said...
These entrepreneurs will close up shop and move on to their next opportunity if the CAT 352's (that was nice post, I might have to give it a like) show up.
Please post when this starts, because it could get very ugly very quickly.
Are you coming to watch the festivities with us?
Bring a lawn chair.
And some body armor.
Nope, when the PN used tear gas and heavy equipment to eliminate the houses at El Rocon in Cabarete we went in the opposite direction until the gas cleared and the houses were demolished.
My plans remain the same and would avoid that area for a couple of days. And it seems the time is near.
They didn't seem to consult anyone before tearing up the hillside across the road from the Charamicos entrance, so don't expect them to listen to anyone's input about maintaining the quaintness of the beach.
Everything has to be modeled after something "modern", or in other words the poorer people are making some money, that draws some attention from the wealthy and so the vultures decide they want to profit off those ideas, expand on it and make it more expensive and force those peasants out.
Like taking The Blackhills from The Lakota Indians when gold was discovered there.
Maybe this will result in Abinader's Last Stand ?
Where will be left to go for the Non-AI crowds or those that don't want to wear a plastic bracelet ?
Everything has to be modeled after something "modern", or in other words the poorer people are making some money, that draws some attention from the wealthy and so the vultures decide they want to profit off those ideas, expand on it and make it more expensive and force those peasants out.
Like taking The Blackhills from The Lakota Indians when gold was discovered there.
Maybe this will result in Abinader's Last Stand ?
Where will be left to go for the Non-AI crowds or those that don't want to wear a plastic bracelet ?
You might want to bring lots of food and drink just in case things develop in Dominican time. Never can figure out the obvious joy some of you people get out of hard working locals losing their jobs. Must be a subsection of the gringos thing.
This is the part that amazes me. Here we have people who work for a living. Many revel in the fact people will lose those jobs and be drawn into the corporate cogs. The joy is palpable.
I don’t think it’s joy…just stating the obvious..
Silliness. Everything comes to an end. We live in a world of impermanence. Everything we have is on loan. We think it's "ours". We feel good because look at all "my stuff". Well lo siento mucho. One day we get the call and we'll inevitably have to turn it all in.
People lose jobs. People go through tough times. Other opportunities almost always come along. It's like this dirty beach front shanty row is a sacred cow. Its time is up. Let's all move on. No one's revelling in others' misfortunes.
People lose jobs. People go through tough times. Other opportunities almost always come along. It's like this dirty beach front shanty row is a sacred cow. Its time is up. Let's all move on. No one's revelling in others' misfortunes.
"Seem" being the operative word. We don't know. We don't even know what we don't know.
I read joy but maybe it's just me. Stating it once is fine but over and over....well.
I for one support people who are working for an honest living, too many are not.
Maybe it is just support for big business over small...it is what it is.
It's sad. We've known some of these business owners and their families for almost 20 years and many of the businesses were handed down within families.
Some say "the business owners have no rights", "They don't own the land", etc....but of course, the people who do own the land have allowed people to parcel off the lots, have a beach business association, collect "rent" from the businesses and control who gets to have a business and how much they are charged, etc... This is not at all a case of people squatting, or in any way taking advantage of the owner of the land. They've just put in a few levels of control and management.
If the actual owners now choose, and of course the Gov't is involved too, then there's really nothing to stop the inevitable, but it's a damn shame. I'll wait and see what happens and give it a chance, but I anticipate the worse as has happened many times over in the DR. Sterile, boring design, too much concrete, and absolutely none of the ambiance, the atmosphere, the sounds of the treefrogs, the wind through the beautiful trees, and cows falling through roofs LOL
I doubt I'll return there after 1 miserable visit. Thankfully I'm almost never there now anyway and have many other beaches to choose from.
Easy for you to say. A little empathy and sympathy are called for. Not the usual cliches and callousness. People's livelihoods and fortunes are at stake, as are hundreds of jobs that will not be replaced. There's virtually no chance for most of the vendors to be allowed, even if they could afford the new investment and what will almost certainly be much higher rents for the new businesses. The cronies of the politicians and those in control of the project will all get rich and our friends, their staff, and families with get screwed over.
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