THere is definitely a demand for the tourist areas more so than SD. However, like you stated Mr. Dom construction is not started until a significant portion of the apts are sold. My cousin built the last 4 story building in Alma Rosa (It is now zoned for taller buildings) and I remember that he didn't build until he sold most of the apts. The demand is definitely there for these type of constructions. I think Dominicans are starting to realize that owning an apt is the equivalent of owning a house. A change with the times.

Consuello, i am through talking. these guys are so impressed because one day their country will look like Houston, and, after all, if it looks like something american, it must be right. so we are building high rise buildings without fire fighting capacity, for example. MrDom, can you please enlighten us on the concentration of fire hydrants in Santo Domingo which are capable of propelling a suitable flow of water to a fifth floor of an apartment building? or how many cherry pickers the Santo Domingo fire department has? i mean, it is like buying a car and not knowing how you will put fuel in it. Oops! I forgot...we will cross that bridge when we come to it...

Don't forget about the proper geological studies, mr. dread, something that shines for its absence on every major project in the country. Because, from what I have read and heard, this island is located on one of the major earthquake zones of the western hemisphere, so imagine what might happen if an earthquake like the one which destroyed the cities of the island on 1842 were to happen today. The mental image of that is enough to makes me shudder to the core.

How about California... have you been there? do you know that California has more than a 99% chance of having a magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquake within a few years? and it is also located in one if not the major earthquake zones in the world... And look all the high rise buildings in los angeles.....

Regardless MR.DOM. California is the United States of America, and DR is Republica Dominicana, Hispanola. I do not mind progression and the every so often mid rises in some areas especially the tourist areas, but like I said those High rises took away the Island beauty that exist in the Caribbean what makes the caribbean the paradise like heaven it is.

Are we to mimic, emulate and imitate North Americans now in modernizing the Caribbean with skyscrapers thus us giving in to Foreign influence of what they deem or consider civilized? Come on bloque, open your eyes. Like Lautaro have mentioned, do you know that the Island may not be able to support all these major heavy infrastructure as I want to ask you... Do you even know how Islands are formed? Was is the ratio of Fire Hydrant per High Rise and City Blocks in SD? A Country like DR which do not have much irrigational infrastructure as do California, USA. You still have not answered any of my questions.

How many average Santo Domingueses can afford to live in Santo Domingo right now much less or leave alone in actually one of those expensive High Rise other than diaspora and foreigners and tourist who still find it way too expensive to afford and they have more means than those average Santo Domingueses local residents... how many?

FIrst of all Hispanolo, it's your opinion if you think the natural beauty of the island is at jeopardy. Personally I believe it adds to DR. However, I think it should be limited to some degree but overall I have no problems with having skycrapers (mid=rise or high-rise) in the Dominican capital. In terms of security, I pray that the engineers, builders, and fire dept are all working together to make these projects a success. I know they are competent enough to do so and I just hope they are working together.. Until proven wrong, I have the uptmost confidence in the engineers (performing geological studies), builders, and the fire dept for the execution of these projects. As far as who can afford it, it's definitely for the middle/upper class Dominicans, foreigners, and disapora. In the meantime, it will provide jobs primarily for the lower class who are laboring at these sites. In a sense, it's a win-win situation. More constructions equals more jobs. The poor generally speaking don't live in the areas where these builidngs are being built it's more like well established areas or families who have sold there home in middle or upper class areas so these can be builit or simply vacant lands that have been purchased for building. The poor will benefit with jobs.

Huh,

So with that being said as far as jobs those high rises do provide, so Dominicans have plenty of Jobs them, thus there should be no harassing some poor Haitian trying got make a living getting paid a way below minimum rate wages in the Country then and of whom who never seem to interfere with Dominican residents from those kind of jobs because the Haitians do not ever get those Jobs to begin with. So anything persecutions on the Dominicans parts are simply malfeasance and are being done so with greater personal motivation of / as racial profiling discrimination nuisances to those Haitians since all those Mid & High Rises are providing so much jobs as you said...

So it is all good then I suppose in DR for all Dominicans (l l)!

PS: By the way, who is Hispanolo?

Here is a video my sister shot in Santo Domingo, DR two years ago in 2006. She is taken losersand about to get married. No comments about my sister.


This one was shot by me that same year also in Santo Domingo but mostly were pictures I took with my Camcorder because I was on my Pacelo. You sill see my cousin and her white-Canarian-Dominican boyfriend. Now here is a weird and funny as hell white kid. He loves Haitian girls but my cousin do not like to be called Haitian even she is... yes you are part Haitian just like me girl if you are reading this but love you Cuz (l l)!

We are talking about providing jobs and you have to turn this into a HT/DR issue. It's Hispanolo at his best.

Please Hispanolo don't start talking about racism in this thread.... use one of the dozens you have created

Who is Hispanolo... Diablo, quien?