ojedamaggiolo80 previously said:

Well I am just going to give you examples of my own family. My mom and dad left DR for good (supposedly) in 1985 and relocated in NYC. Have you seen statistics on how many Dominican children actually make it through college in the USA? It is embarracing but true! My parents are professionals in DR but in USA had to settle for cab driver and home attendant. These jobs barely was enough to get us by. Rent, electricity, gas, cable, credit card bills, car bills and insurance etc and on top of that feed a family of 5. We would have never ever made it in the USA. I graduated college with a bachelors degree and so did my sister with a degree in English literature. My sister taught elementary school and I was working for a Marketing firm making what we thought was good money but when we saw ourselves making money we did not want to live in the projects anymore right. That meant buying a condo, purchasing a car etc and also paying uncle sam for everything he has done for us. At the end of the road we were sooo broke it wasent even funny. It is most Dominicans reality. Most of us when we go to the USA we do not live in a beautiful home in Long Island with 150 thousand dollar job a year therefore we work to get by, to survive. Meanwhile in DR my uncle who was a doctor and decided not to leave the island, got a Doctorate in anesthesiology and was hired by El Centro Medico Nacional currently Centro Medico UCE. Right away he was making good money for Dominican Standards and mortgage a house in Arroyo Hondo. To the whole family it was like wow look at that the ones in NYC how they live and the ones here in Arroyo Hondo. Today im in Dominican Republic and I would never recommend anyone to leave the country. My cousins are young professionals, one is working in a call center making 35 mil pesos a month. In USA its not alot of money but here its enough for a bachelor who lives at home to live comfortably with a car and nice close. Eventually he will get his masters and grow but why go to a country where you do not speak the language, you are not wanted and everything is made soooo much more difficult for you because you are not meant to be there. Dominicans in NYC struggle alot, I lived it. In DR people struggle but they know the struggle and they know the juggle. Why go somewhere where 95% of your kind never makes it?

xwill7 previously said:


I see you point, but NYC has the highest cost of living... That might be why Dominicans are spreading out into other states. Some of my uncles and cusins work crapy jobs but they have saved and built their homes in DR in just a few years. Its like they come here and work and send all of the extra money for their home in DR. I know one that built his home and now is about to build a car wash, that will help him have income in DR. He would not have ever done that so fast if he never left DR.

I guess it works for some and it does not work for others

cibaeño75 previously said:



The part highlighted...that's the natural scheme of things...every group that established themsselves initially in NYC before us eventually fanned out into the rest of the country or are in the process of doing so. It was only a matter of time before we followed the same pattern. No hay nada nuevo bajo el sol.

xwill7 previously said:


I see you point, but NYC has the highest cost of living... That might be why Dominicans are spreading out into other states. Some of my uncles and cusins work crapy jobs but they have saved and built their homes in DR in just a few years. Its like they come here and work and send all of the extra money for their home in DR. I know one that built his home and now is about to build a car wash, that will help him have income in DR. He would not have ever done that so fast if he never left DR.

I guess it works for some and it does not work for others

perlurdom previously said:



When you change your mind...come here to California, we have eternal sunny skies (except for gloomy May), mild winters and spring like summer. However. state is broke and a soaring unemployment that just hit the12.5% mark. Besides we are going through a housing market nightmare...does this sound common to you?
Invest back in DR, it may serve to cover your retirement needs.

ojedamaggiolo80 previously said:

I totally with you. CA is just a vacation spot for me.