S1CAR1O previously said:

This is all true, many dominicans think that if you can get to New York you will instantly have a better life and live in a nice place. ive also seen so many dominicans here in washinton hegihts and beyond going through extreme hardships, living in studio apartments with 6 other ppl, getting robbed and not being able 2 call police bcuz their illegals, having their homes burn up in flames and then getting deported when someone finds out they were there illegally, and not being able 2 progress bcuz the older genaration cant learn english and the younger genaration in response to their situation turn to selling drugs.

its so much that i would advise ANY and ALL dominicans thinkin about taking a yola not to. why risk your life to go through the same amount if not More hardship here then you would back in DR. it might be hard in our country but it is OUR country and its up 2 us to make it better.

xwill7 previously said:


NYC is tuff for a first timer, but there are so many Dominicans that can help you find work. Other areas in the US might be better for first time Dominicans. There are many Dominicans in Texas now because in Texas most are illegal anyway. I don't recomend yola for anyone... The ocean is too powerful to die just to come to USA.
But I hear you, my cusins in NYC live in a tiny studio with like 300 people in that building... was punched in the nose in the stairs of his apartment building because the wanted his ipod... takes like 3 trains just to get to work... no car because there is no parking... that is not life man

MIRABUENO previously said:


DILE NO A LA YOLA!!!!! ES UN SUENO...

xwill7 previously said:


josean will be the captian

ojedamaggiolo80 previously said:


Listen those of us who were born in the states and want to stay in the states I dont blame you because it is all you know. But a Dominican straight from the Island needs to be in the island. It is the place he or she knows meanwhile you come to NYC for what? To work as a janitor or in a bodega or in a supermarket like my cousin making 7 dollars an hour? Is that really worth it? I dont think so. I was so upset at my parents for so many years for making me live in the projects in the bronx in the cold, poor, made fun of in public school because I did not wear brand name close and all that bull, man if it was me I wouldve been sembrando platano, yuca yautia y criando pollo bebiendo y al final del dia todo se te quita con una presidente bestida de novia! Dominicans from the island need to be where they are meant to be and if you want to progress carajo metete a la UASD and become something. Y depue coje un curso en Intec aunque sea a base de prestamo like my uncle did en la UNPHU n get a masters conio a ve si no cojen en el sector privado where they pay much better. It is all relative because my uncle is a doctor but he knew that public hospitals dont pay well so he got his phd and got a job in a private hospital making 200 mil pesos a month y ve a ve adonde vive ahora carajo pa que tu vea!

guillermone previously said:

I don't know about you, but when I am in the DR the last thing I want to do is patronize a US franchise.
What's the point? It was just like my first trip to Cancun, Mexico. Most of all the bars and restaurants were American or American styled franchises. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against them, It was all nice, fine and dandy, but I felt like I was in Miami Beach. I did not need to fly into another country to get the same experience I have back home. It is like going out to dinner for a special night out on the town and I end up ordering "la bandera'" arroz, abichuela y carne. Why in the world would I do that, get the same thing I have at home? Of course for some people, that is all they know or would care to eat. But in my case I would not miss it and can do without.

If there is something I hate is "cookie cutter" stuff. Same goes with urban developments. You go into a new housing project and all the houses look same. Like most places around the world, the DR is following and falling into the same trap under the name of "progress." I think there will be a time when everything will all be the same; you would not be able to tell the difference between one place or the other. Oh, how boring.........yuck!!!!

Then again I realize that change is good and had it not been for change, we would still be living in trees or caves and writing on stone. But that is precisely my point, "CHANGE" is good for something new and different, not change for something similar to the same thing.

xwill7 previously said:


I hear you... I had pizza hut once in Santiago and it was because I was buzzed and just wanted anything in my belly. I always love the empanadas and all of the street foods in Santiago. Why eat at papa johns when you can have a real plate by the monument in Santiago

This must be for mommy and daddy's kids that have enough pesos to eat here. I know that the average Dominican will not be able to eat at papa johns... Why spend 250-350 pesos per plate when you can buy a empanada for 30 pesos?