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The DR and the Recession of 2008
That's one of the cars of the actual monorail that is currently being built in Santiago. That thing is already getting tested. I wonder when it will finally leave Europe (I think they are being built in Spain, not sure though) for the DR and through which port it will enter the country? If through Haina, it will have to be taken by trucks to Santiago. In that case, many people will most likely stand by the Duarte Highway with cellphones ready to snap pictures and video as the trains are shipped to STI. I think they are too big to be inside the containers of tractor trailer trucks. If so, Dominican social media might be flooded with many photos and videos by amateurs. lol
The other options are through Caucedo, Manzanillo near Montecristi or Puerto Plata (which I doubt it will be through here.)
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Infrastructure: some malecones and big colorful kindergarten block letters for each town
Records tourists: sources other than LD and DL please?
Also idk if you're in the know but the peso has been devaluating since the pandemic and food costs are at record highs, supply is a big issue
I live here! Retired here!
Facts are easy to corroborate!
You're right. Confuse the place they are made with the extra cars to be sent from Europe for the SD Metro. lol Those will definitely arrive via Haina as all the Metro cars did, but the arrival of the monorails for STI is still unclear to me at least.
Probably on a specially prepared flatbed. It doesn't appear to be as long as the Metro coaches.
And your record is : In 20 minutes of responses...zero content, BS statements, negative comments. Congrats mi fren.
Is that what will go from Santiago to Santo Domingo in the center of the current highway?
I got ahead of today's La Información newspaper. lol
What I csn't figure out is why they used the same photo in the front page again in the article? They ran out of photos of the monorail? Right in this thread Pichardo shows a photo from a different angle!
The DR is now the country that is converging the fastest in Latin America towards a USA standards of living (aka, a developed country.) Before it wasn't that the DR wssn't up there, Panama and Chile were the only two Latin American countries converging faster than the DR. Now that new data is included is revealed that even those two countries are behind the DR.
Among the many things this means it includes a sharp drop of poverty and increase of the middle class (already most families now part of the middle dlass a generation or two ago were families living in poverty.)
This will not affect much Dominican emigration rates, which are very high, because emigration is more of a cultural issue. When it becomes that, it doesn't matter what happens economically. Dominicans are convinced the DR is doomed and there is no point in staying since it will never change. This is why it's affecting all levels of society including wealthier ones. Case in point, Dominican emigration (primarily to the USA) is much greater than most countries that are not moving faster towards a USA standards of living, but the people there in general don't gave emigration as a culture (people see emigration itself as an improvement, even if their new lives in the new country aren't that much different from what it was in the DR. It's somewhat common to meet Dominicans living abroad that think the DR is the worst country in the world, noteven Haitians think of that about Haiti which in reality is in much worst shape.
Among the many things this means it includes a sharp drop of poverty and increase of the middle class (already most families now part of the middle dlass a generation or two ago were families living in poverty.)
This will not affect much Dominican emigration rates, which are very high, because emigration is more of a cultural issue. When it becomes that, it doesn't matter what happens economically. Dominicans are convinced the DR is doomed and there is no point in staying since it will never change. This is why it's affecting all levels of society including wealthier ones. Case in point, Dominican emigration (primarily to the USA) is much greater than most countries that are not moving faster towards a USA standards of living, but the people there in general don't gave emigration as a culture (people see emigration itself as an improvement, even if their new lives in the new country aren't that much different from what it was in the DR. It's somewhat common to meet Dominicans living abroad that think the DR is the worst country in the world, noteven Haitians think of that about Haiti which in reality is in much worst shape.
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Funny.
I know a few who have been up to the USA for the first time since Covid (mainly NYC) and they hated it. Some people will always be convinced the grass is gonna be greener on the other side...
until they get a taste of it.
This thread is 255 pages long, is this an all time record?
I just realized this asking for a taxi price Sanchez at Caribe Tours to Las Terrenas. It’s now 50 usd almost 3,000 pesos and the trip used to be around a 1,000 pesos just two years ago.
The DR is doing reasonable well compared to countries like Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
It's doing better compared to countries like the USA, Canada, Spain, Itsly too.
For example, in the USA the economy isn't growing as much, the middle class is actually shrinking, debt is at a much higher percentage of GDP, inequality has been increasing for several years among other issues.