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#1 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:27 PM
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DR : Should the capital be move?
I have come across many here who also think having Santo Domingo as the main city and the capital is actually hurting the country as a whole so my question is should we change the capital to another city with less atention and that would end the funnel that we are seing today. Which city should it be. Many have told me Punta Cana but that would be almost the same as we have now in years to come.

I would like to know what you guys think and where should it move. I think it should be a small city and enforce Zoning laws ASAP when changed.
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#2 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:35 PM
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I have come across many here who also think having Santo Domingo as the main city and the capital is actually hurting the country as a whole so my question is should we change the capital to another city with less atention and that would end the funnel that we are seing today. Which city should it be. Many have told me Punta Cana but that would be almost the same as we have now in years to come.

I would like to know what you guys think and where should it move. I think it should be a small city and enforce Zoning laws ASAP when changed.


I think it should be moved to Azua, Barahona, or any other place of our south. God only knows how much that zone is requiring of our attention.
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#3 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:39 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?
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#4 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:41 PM
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I have come across many here who also think having Santo Domingo as the main city and the capital is actually hurting the country as a whole so my question is should we change the capital to another city with less atention and that would end the funnel that we are seing today. Which city should it be. Many have told me Punta Cana but that would be almost the same as we have now in years to come.

I would like to know what you guys think and where should it move. I think it should be a small city and enforce Zoning laws ASAP when changed.


I think it should be moved to Azua, Barahona, or any other place of our south. God only knows how much that zone is requiring of our attention.


those are very good choices and think Constanza is a good choice too for its easy access it would create to all other cities.
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#5 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:44 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


The point would be to break from the present pattern of concentrating all the money/investments on the southeast, and bring so much needed attention to the neglected parts of our country, i. e. the southwest and the northwest (the so called Linea Noroeste). A neglect that is the chief cause for this island to be divided in the first place.
Edited on 7/19/2009 8:45 PM by Lautaro.
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#6 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:46 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


The point would be to break from the present pattern of concentrating all the money/investments on the southeast, and bring so much needed attention to the neglected parts of our country, i. e. the southwest and the northwest (the so called Linea Noroeste). A neglect that is the chief cause for this island to be divided in the first place.


For that? Moving the capital just to invest in other Southern areas of the DR would not be necessary. BTW, I have heard of new touristical projects taking place in Bani and Barahona and Monte Cristi so I don't see the logic in moving the capital for that matter.
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#7 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:51 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


If we move the capital we create opportunities for other areas a good example is Chile who in 1990 moved the capital from Satiago to Valparaiso to pretty much avoid the funnel that was cheated by having the capital being also the main city and avoid a civil war because of to much attetion being on only one small area of the country. Is not like we are talking about moving all the buildings and progress is only the Capital.
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#8 - Posted 19 July 2009, 8:55 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


The point would be to break from the present pattern of concentrating all the money/investments on the southeast, and bring so much needed attention to the neglected parts of our country, i. e. the southwest and the northwest (the so called Linea Noroeste). A neglect that is the chief cause for this island to be divided in the first place.


For that? Moving the capital just to invest in other Southern areas of the DR would not be necessary. BTW, I have heard of new touristical projects taking place in Bani and Barahona and Monte Cristi so I don't see the logic in moving the capital for that matter.


Of course it's necessary, haven't you noticed that the farther to the west one travels on the country the poorer the landscape becomes? moving the capital to the west would help to break this dreadful economic dynamic, cuz' in centralized countries like ours, everything tends to gravitate towards the capital or the areas surrounding it.
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#9 - Posted 19 July 2009, 9:02 PM
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Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


If we move the capital we create opportunities for other areas a good example is Chile who in 1990 moved the capital from Satiago to Valparaiso to pretty much avoid the funnel that was cheated by having the capital being also the main city and avoid a civil war because of to much attetion being on only one small area of the country. Is not like we are talking about moving all the buildings and progress is only the Capital.


Chile's capital is Santiago, not Valparaiso. Valparaiso is the second largest city of Chile.
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#10 - Posted 19 July 2009, 9:05 PM
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Eriliza previously said:

Move the capital? For what? What would be the point?


If we move the capital we create opportunities for other areas a good example is Chile who in 1990 moved the capital from Satiago to Valparaiso to pretty much avoid the funnel that was cheated by having the capital being also the main city and avoid a civil war because of to much attetion being on only one small area of the country. Is not like we are talking about moving all the buildings and progress is only the Capital.


Chile's capital is Santiago, not Valparaiso. Valparaiso is the second largest city of Chile.


A case that is worth studying is the one of Brazil, in which they moved the capital from Rio de Janeiro on the coast to Brasilia on the interior. This move haven't hurt Rio in the least, and it helped the brazilians in the colonization of their vast interior.
Edited on 7/19/2009 9:07 PM by Lautaro.
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