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j_d66

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Hispanola condo complex owners are irrate. Their Quiet Enjoyment is toast.


The Pedro Clisante strip is closer to them than this new district is. Can't hardly believe it will have any affect on them and they certainly won't even hear the new place.

Really there are very few homes in the immediate area of the new RLD complex.

Yes traffic is likely to increase in that area but again shouldn't be a very big deal for most that live in the general area
 

windeguy

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So the DR "Deep state" told Ilana to shut the bars don't then when Willy became the alcalde they told him to let them open up again? 😂😂😂
The DR deep state just changed from 16 years of PLD rule to the PRD. How that goes remains to be seen regarding the north coast. At the moment, everything being done is about Punta Cana and AI tourism there.
 

Cdn_Gringo

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Anhvee was raided yesterday don’t have full details but someone doesn’t like em....


link goes to a post I made earlier about the army turning up at Ahnvee.
 
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windeguy

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link goes to a post I made earlier about the army turning up at Ahnvee.
Not seeing anything about this in the local news yet.
 

slowmo

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Anhvee was raided yesterday don’t have full details but someone doesn’t like em....
According to the owner, when the police arrived the music wasn't loud and everyone was wearing masks. The police didn't exactly see what they expected to see so they didn't do anything.
 
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ctrob

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Here comes all the typical negativity. That place looks huge and I hope the guy is successful. One should expect some noise in a tourist townm

It will have a huge noise problem because of the building design. They cheaped out with the tops of the walls open so they wouldn't have to install AC. The ceiling is tin so there's nothing there to absorb the sound, All those rooms are built like giant speakers - aimed right at the neighbors. The sound will blast straight out those openings. Poor design. If they had gone all masonry/concrete, it would have at least kept the majority of the sound inside.
 
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The DR deep state just changed from 16 years of PLD rule to the PRD. How that goes remains to be seen regarding the north coast. At the moment, everything being done is about Punta Cana and AI tourism there.

The new President will stay focused for the moment on bringing Punta Cana back and then onto the southwest. The reality is that the north coast will continue to attract tourists much as as it has done for years, but that its glory days, like the Poconos and Niagara Falls destinations in the US,, are in and have been in........the rear view mirror for quite some time..

Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
 

Seamonkey

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Anhvee was raided yesterday don’t have full details but someone doesn’t like em....

I never heard anything about a raid, but if it's true it had no impact on today's business. At 4:45pm today the traffic in that area was extremely heavy and about 100 people in line to get into Anhvee. A total mess.
 

chico bill

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The place is huge - that may be it's downfall. It is too far from hotels (except Ahnvee. With little parking the noise of the motos alone will be obnoxious.
The furniture doesn't look very comfortable to sit there for long, even in the 'VIP' areas. Some of the mongers are not small fellows. But maybe they will upgrade furniture once they see money rolling in (that's a TBD though)
Like Big said - that's not my cup of tea. Looks like the Costco of hooker clubs.
Maybe if enough hookers show up you can buy in bulk?
At least it might concentrate the noise and spandex pavement queens far enough out of town central to bring back some of the old Sosua feel?
The one sad thing is as a sports bar it could feel the effect that sports viewing has cratered with Covid and the Pac 12 and Big 10 suspended and no fans in stadiums.

What I did not understand was the comment "We could open now if we needed to." No one needs this place but I would think they would be wanting to open as soon as possible?
Props to the investors who have a dream.
 

chico bill

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I never heard anything about a raid, but if it's true it had no impact on today's business. At 4:45pm today the traffic in that area was extremely heavy and about 100 people in line to get into Anhvee. A total mess.
15 minutes before curfew?
 

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I never heard anything about a raid, but if it's true it had no impact on today's business. At 4:45pm today the traffic in that area was extremely heavy and about 100 people in line to get into Anhvee. A total mess.
What do they do - stay until 5am?
 

cavok

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The new President will stay focused for the moment on bringing Punta Cana back and then onto the southwest. The reality is that the north coast will continue to attract tourists much as as it has done for years, but that its glory days, like the Poconos and Niagara Falls destinations in the US,, are in and have been in........the rear view mirror for quite some time..

Respectfully,
Playacaribe2
Sad, but I'm beginning to believe you're right.
 

jd426

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Blue Collar Town in New Jersey
Niagara Falls ( Canadian Side) as of last Summer ( i was there) was extremely Busy ..hard to get a good room, Lines at most good Restaurants .. and forget about parking you Car .... So if that is your best Example comparison for a destination that is in the " rear view Mirror" , you would be very very wrong , and perhaps many of you are also wrong about Sosua being in peoples rear view Mirrors..
Point is There are always NEW GROUPS/ Next Generation to replace the old ones who have moved on.
IMHO, You are seeing a Bad Slump is all .. it will return, possibly stronger than Ever ,, but it may not be the SAME type of Busy , busy , but just different kind of busy..
All it would take is 2 big Discos/ Clubs opening back up, that will be the Spark that sets it all in motion again.
Like when D' Latin first Opened . Many had never seen anything like it before or since .
 

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The DR deep state just changed from 16 years of PLD rule to the PRD. How that goes remains to be seen regarding the north coast. At the moment, everything being done is about Punta Cana and AI tourism there.
Which is nothing since there are no tourists🙄
 

chico bill

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Which is nothing since there are no tourists🙄
And even Punta Cana with its well known name is likely not going to be able to jump start this winter season. Best plan for October 2021 Boyz.
The Covid panic-demic put the wooden stake through the tourism industry's vampire heart. Now there is no blood to suck from tourists. And the hotel investors are looking pale.
The one 'bright spot' on the Covid death watch is no one is talking about the previous Dominican tourism slayer : the mysterious deaths of visitors from tainted alcohol / toxic air in Dominican hotels, nor the reported sexual assaults. Nor the sargassum seaweed fouling the once pristine beaches.
What's next shoe to fall on the Caribbean tourist industry?
Could it be world economic contraction?