The future of Sosua
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how ever long it was closed, it was not going to transform Sosua into a family destination, neither is closing a few bars like they are doing now. The chicas will just shuffle around as before.
It actually was nice when they closed it down...taxi mafia and moto concho hated it cut off steel swing gate arm off at one point... nice if they block off again...
She has everything to do with this.............It's her plan from the beginning..
She just got the SD folks on board her blunder bus..
I agree, it was great. It was peaceful without all those bikes zipping around you.
No business will allow girls in for fear of being perceived as part of problem, would you as business owner..
Your right...transitional times now...someone will have great idea of opening pizza joint soon enough
Not sure I agree with you. MANY folks stopped patronizing that whole strip on PC because there was no close-by parking. I know that was true for us and others we know. Having to park blocks and blocks away, and trying to navigate the "sidewalks" back to the strip was not agreeable to many. It had NOTHING to do with not wanting or needing the exercise :knockedou: Lots of folks like to be able to see / hear their vehicle.
Im gonna have to contradict myself or correct my previous opinion ,and respectfully also disagree with you at this time ..
I think This time they mean it . and its coming from up TOP . it was a long time coming.. but imho at this time, they are going to SHUT down Sosua as we know it .. no more IN YOUR FACE Hookers .
Iliana is just a silly poster girl for " Saving girls ", which as we all know is complete BS... no one is saving anyone.
Businesses will be completely destroyed , especially Hotels now.
And as to moving the Bars to the OTHER end of town .. only a Complete FOOL would invest in such ridiculous foolishness.
I would rather burn a bag of Money than invest in Sosua .. This is a lawless town right now . and THEN eventually it will get NICE ... perhaps very nice , but before that happens IMHO, all heck will break loose.... some of us been saying Crime will skyrocket for a while .... now you will get to SEE it . I am staying far Clear or this town .
You are correct on other points , but this one you are 100% WRONG on ..
give it less than a month , crime will skyrocket ..
The closure of the street was successful. The stopping of the street closures had nothing to do with them being a failure.
There were a group of owners that felt slighted because of where the music was being played and protested to City Hall and the street closures were abandoned. There were business on the list who protested the street closures who were not even open at the time of the closures. I suspect those closures might make a come back, but who knows on that.
Back to last night: I am not surprised there are still a few who keep posting how this is like what happened before and it will be back to normal in a couple of weeks. I doubt that very much.
Then LOGICALLY , if it took only 30 Signatures to UNDO a "GOOD thing" for Expats and Bobby and Suzy ??
one has to wonder ... How many signatures would it take to SHUT DOWN the "new Places" on the Other End of town which are trying to comply with the ever changing Rules ?
Kind of makes you think .
as some of you have said , and I concur 100% only a complete fool would try to open up a business in this climate , and more specifically any type of Bar ACROSS the street from a Police station no less, and hope to not get hassled and shut down. its absolutely ludicrous .
LMAO... this post almost deserves a thread of its own.
I'm trying to fully understand why Sosua is so important to the expats. I'm not exactly naive about what Sosua represents to the male population but.... Look at in this light. If you are not a bar or restaurant owner, why does this "shutdown" bother you? If it is because you will lose your favorite watering hole, there are a gazillion others. If you think hoes will be wiped from the face of the earth, read the history book. That being said what is the over riding factor that has made Sosua so important that here on this tread 152 pages have been generated because a mayor wants its shut down.
I'm only addressing the expats because when the iconic image of Sousa changes the Internet will let the world know " the old Sousa has been buried ". I can understand if you bought a home there thinking that lifestyle would last forever. Well, nothing stays the same. Maybe you will like the new better? In the meantime, I'm still confused about what is the big deal about closing the old down.
I'm only addressing the expats because when the iconic image of Sousa changes the Internet will let the world know " the old Sousa has been buried ". I can understand if you bought a home there thinking that lifestyle would last forever. Well, nothing stays the same. Maybe you will like the new better? In the meantime, I'm still confused about what is the big deal about closing the old down.
johne. It is so simple. Whore mongers do not like the change. That's it.
Some insist nothing will change, nothing has changed, etc. They will say that next week everything will be back to what was normal up until last night. They will insist that if things are not back to normal that all of the 50,000 people living in Sosua will riot on the streets to bring back the hookers to a small part of Pedro Clisante. I think not
Some insist nothing will change, nothing has changed, etc. They will say that next week everything will be back to what was normal up until last night. They will insist that if things are not back to normal that all of the 50,000 people living in Sosua will riot on the streets to bring back the hookers to a small part of Pedro Clisante. I think not
Every dog has it's day, and today they closed a few bars, please come back here in two or three years and tell me how Sosua has changed, cleaned up, can't even do it with a big tanker full of bleach... ! (all that corruption goes on here...)
Remember how they put all the overstay grannies on the school bus and shipped them to Puerto Plata and you guys screamed that is the end of overstay, well, this is DR and we have seen all this before in Sosua, hell, an old guy told me they closed 13 bars in 1998 in one night raid...! you got that, 1998, now they are still closing bars in 2019, let me see, if we are still alive in say ???? we may see some more bar closures... ! lol
And for your info we are not against change/clean up, but we are against this unruly approach that is going on for so long, we want organised, planned and managed approach to benefit all, not the few. What places closed and what left open last night, what rules or regulations they followed...? I bet those left open were the ones with deep pockets and connections and who managed to wink at the mayor last night at dinner... !
Enjoy the circus, time for the beach, they haven't closed that one yet.... !!!?
Remember how they put all the overstay grannies on the school bus and shipped them to Puerto Plata and you guys screamed that is the end of overstay, well, this is DR and we have seen all this before in Sosua, hell, an old guy told me they closed 13 bars in 1998 in one night raid...! you got that, 1998, now they are still closing bars in 2019, let me see, if we are still alive in say ???? we may see some more bar closures... ! lol
And for your info we are not against change/clean up, but we are against this unruly approach that is going on for so long, we want organised, planned and managed approach to benefit all, not the few. What places closed and what left open last night, what rules or regulations they followed...? I bet those left open were the ones with deep pockets and connections and who managed to wink at the mayor last night at dinner... !
Enjoy the circus, time for the beach, they haven't closed that one yet.... !!!?
Nope - it's not just whore mongers who do not like the change. We're not whore mongers but are very concerned that 2 or 3 HUNDRED people working in these establishments are now out of work. Forget the girls. These displaced workers are now desperate people with families to feed. Forget that Christmas is right around the corner. Remember a couple of years ago when the 3 or 4 bars/discos were shut down ? Street crime and violent crimes escalated alarmingly. And BTW - we first heard of this shutdown this morning from a very well-respected Dominican business person in Sosua, who was almost distraught not only about the family suffering but also about the upcoming crime wave and ensuing chaos that this will once again cause.
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