[Jueqelyl]

i said this in some other thread that what keeps people here is love.no, no, guys, i am not thinking romance, sentiment and warm glassy eyed looks.

gringos come here for various reasons from business to cheap juicy toto. but they will only stay if something else catches their heart. they certainly love their parejas (i am not going anywhere without miesposo and that's a fact) but they love the country too: warm climate, happy autochthons, freedom, business opportunities and so on.

it is a fact that DR is difficult to deal with at times. it regularly slaps you in a face with ripe wet noni (anyone who's ever smelled noni fruit knows what i'm talking about): power, police, water, theft, manana. even one of those factor separately can seriously ruin your life, let alone all of them together, day in, day out. yet people stay...

and those, who leave? they are tired. they lost all their patience. they cannot take anymore.
they get older and sicker, they mistrust dominican health services, they leave to be treated and die in their home countries.
their GF/BF is cheating on them, robs them of all monies, gets them into trouble, they run away from that.
they got robbed/cheated one time too many, they get very, very pi**ed, they lose the sense of security, they want out.
their business failed, dream hotel/restaurant went bankrupt, they have no more money, they need government help and support, they go back.