To Tony C,AZB,,Xman,LazyGirl and MissinDR
Chopeandooooooooooo!
Tony C: I know your feeling about being encroached by "La Chusma". Did you know we have a Dominican Chusma too? Coral Gables will be next. Maybe you ought to build a wall. The same thing could be done in Coconut Grove. Build a wall to keep the rif raf from the other side. By the way, the Cubans think the Dominicans are chusma, the Dominicans think the Salvadoran and the rest of Central Americans are chusma. But they are all chusma. The Dominican tourists from our upper echelons who visit Miami for shopping sprees at South Beach and Palm Beach want nothing to do with the Miami Dominican community.
Missing-Dr: Yes indeed, sell those two tacky jeepetas and buy yourself a Jaguar XJS for your grocery shopping and a BMW M5 for fun. Do not block other people's views with your monster jeeps and let people see your face in one of these beautiful machines that can also move you quickly in the highway exits and fast lanes. Just think, on an exit lane your jeepeta can at best reach 5-60mph in 9 seconds. The M5 will do it in 4.8. Save your life on a curve road, and ride with class. You worked too hard to be like everybody else. Pamper yourself. Life is too short. Plus, who wants to look like you are climbing a ladder when entering a vehicle. Sitting up is for truckers. Sit down on an automobile for a change.
Robert:Sell that jeepeta too. Don't get confused with a Diputado or Senator, or even worse....a construction engineer. Jeepetas are known for "bolas". Few white guys drive jeepetas. 90% of jeepeta drivers are dark skin, kinky hair, fat engineers or politicians.
LazyGirl:Yes Pop music in the United States is Chopo music. Those who listen to non-chopo music do not want their music to become popularized, but once it does, they abandon it with passion. There are many non-chopo music styles(Most European rock, industrial,trance,ambient, alternative rock,post-modern punk and all underground rock) and the best guide is to listen to a US college radio station. College students are not much into pop, especially Eastern universities. In the pop world, some groups like Garbage and No Doubt are considered non-chopo.
All Country Western music is chopo, so is Black Rap. Certain rap groups are borderline and accepted by a few non-chopos, like Eminem, and not because he is white.
ABZ: Just because you own a beat up Toyota does not make you a chopo. Even driving an old car you could have style. However, if your old car has perfumed pine trees, rosaries, or CD's hanging from the rear view mirror, plastic covers in your seats, license plate covers(specially chromed or gold or with car dealer names),seat belts cut off,steering wheel covers, aftermarket mismatched from original spoke wheels, neon lights, darkened glass all over. If your car is tuned to AM radio....If you listen to merengue or bachata in your car....If you carry three passengers in the front seats....if the color of your car is red or black or yellow, but is not a sports car...if you put Armor-all in your tires and they look newer than the car...then you better watch out. You may have overstepped the boundaries towards chopohood.
As to having lived six months in Puerto Plata, I can understand your feeling. Grahame Bush has been deeply affected by choperia too.
X-Man: Nerds are a higher class than chopos. They may be tacky, but chopos are unique. Dominican chopos are in a class by itself.
The only thing close to the Dominican brand are Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans. Central Americans are just plain chusma. Mexican poor people are just backward indian descendants with rudimentary manners. But chopos just have no class...ever!!!
TW