I miss Puerto Rico

[Protege5 Driver]

that too lol

 

[JoseProte83]

pussies..... PR Rocks.... lol.... Hey Richard. Long time no see you around Trujillo... Where are you?

 

[Chicoloco]

pussy

Oh wow, look who's talking. Watch out, it's tough guy!


It's a lot rougher on the economy. PR has been going through a lot of changes in the last 5 years. The 90s until ~01, PR was at it's peak. But now it's been a downhill. Eighty percent of the income goes into paying the public employee. And if they were efficient, ok, it's fine. BUT NO, process takes ages. Too much bureaucracy.

Government structure sucks, but when i say sucks it sucks BAD. Everything is political. The "medium" class, wich is the backbone, suffers the most. I'll put myself into example. My wife didn't work for a year (pregnancy + complications), she's a teacher. She applied for unemployment and food benefits. Our fridge was always full!! Easy cash on the side, maybe not as much as a full time job. But hey, if your fridge is full, what else can you ask for?

And then there's the cheating. People work on the side and still collect, and report taxes at their convenience.

And what may affected us the most is the corruption probably political the most.

If the money was managed correctly, PR would be in a lot better position.

Criminality spins around the world of Drugs, at PR. If you mess with something Drug related, you're dead, sooner or later. I guess it's the same for most places. And rule of thumb is not being at the wrong place with the wrong people.

I think the Dominican Republic perhaps Cuba are close to a *boom* in every aspect. More the Dominican Republic. The latter will take longer, BUT IT'S CLOSE I SAY!

Ok I'm rambling too much now.

/rant.

 

[Protege5 Driver]

i have been driving a jeep because my protege5 is out of service at least until july because the marbete expired back in 2007 so im gonna wait until july to renew it

 

[Protege5 Driver]

Oh wow, look who's talking. Watch out, it's tough guy!


It's a lot rougher on the economy. PR has been going through a lot of changes in the last 5 years. The 90s until ~01, PR was at it's peak. But now it's been a downhill. Eighty percent of the income goes into paying the public employee. And if they were efficient, ok, it's fine. BUT NO, process takes ages. Too much bureaucracy.

Government structure sucks, but when i say sucks it sucks BAD. Everything is political. The "medium" class, wich is the backbone, suffers the most. I'll put myself into example. My wife didn't work for a year (pregnancy + complications), she's a teacher. She applied for unemployment and food benefits. Our fridge was always full!! Easy cash on the side, maybe not as much as a full time job. But hey, if your fridge is full, what else can you ask for?

And then there's the cheating. People work on the side and still collect, and report taxes at their convenience.

And what may affected us the most is the corruption probably political the most.

If the money was managed correctly, PR would be in a lot better position.

Criminality spins around the world of Drugs, at PR. If you mess with something Drug related, you're dead, sooner or later. I guess it's the same for most places. And rule of thumb is not being at the wrong place with the wrong people.

I think the Dominican Republic perhaps Cuba are close to a *boom* in every aspect. More the Dominican Republic. The latter will take longer, BUT IT'S CLOSE I SAY!

Ok I'm rambling too much now.

/rant.

like some people who work but heir employer does not pay social security nor medicare etc. and go get unemployment. lthe other dy i was at the supermarket and this lady has like 200 dollars in food and stuff and i say damn see got a lot of stuff and when she goes to pay she payed with cupons. somestimes poor people are better off than middle class people because they get the government to pay for studies food housing etc.

 

[Chicoloco]

I agree, medium class are more tensed and worried than the low class.

 

[JoseProte83]

And that's why the working group is even more fck up. Cause parasites that depend on government and not go out to work and earn money.... PR has always been fckd up in my eyes. As far the biggest SPORT (POLITICS) continue to be biased and people blind, it will still be a third world country...

 

[Omar MSP]

My cousin sold hotdogs and other food on his little push cart.

He told me they were going to start taxing him for selling food.

I'm like, its just a friggin hotdog? So he quit and moved to the US and A before he had to pay. He's working here now.

 

[Protege5 Driver]

i knew of a woman who had 5 kids just to get exrea money from the government and has never worked in her life. she lives off the cupones and tarjeta de la familia which are government programs and dresses better than people who bust their asses working 8+ hours a day. i beleive if you want government help you should at least work 20-30 hours a week at least

 

[restored2x]

Wow - read all the way through this thread. Shame sh!t is sucking so bad in PR. I lived there in the 80s and then in the 90s. My son is still there (he's 25). I will NEVER forget PR! After living there for 10 years - it's in my blood. The culture is powerful and alive, and very distincy from other latin cultures. I'm in effin Oklahoma, and there is NO MOFONGO. No Arroz con gandules. No palm trees. No beach. No puertorriqueas. My lord, boricua mamis are incredibly hot.

Lived in Gurabo, Humacao, San Juan, Bayamn. Traveled all over the island. I left in 94 - guess right at the end of the "golden years".

Dios bendiga a la isla encantada. No hay igual.

 

[mazda_pro5_2nr]

Amen bro. My wifes friend just went back today. We'll see how that goes.

 

[Crazy D]

I have family in Ponce, Penualas, Juana Diaz, Salinas and Cabo Rojo... raised in the Island from 6 grade to College... and life was great all those years.

But in the late 90's things started changing and I ended up coming back to the states to finish college and live... and one by one my cousins have been finishing college and leaving the island too...

I miss the Borinquen big time...

The other day my daugter said how lunch sucked... I replied... next time get a empanadilla de pizza y un freeze pitufo... and while your at it pick me up acouple of Noels or Bimbo's... (uhm)

 

[mazda_pro5_2nr]

Lol. I don't really think they have enpanadillas here at the schools. Pero definitivamente, a lo que me dice mi esposa y my mother in law, PR has changed a lot, and in many things for the worst.

 

[Reyan]

I miss shopping in old san juan and partying in isla verde

 

[JoseProte83]

That's why when I finish my Aviation degree, I'm out of here.... I will miss the island but living here sucks as now....

 

[Protege5 Driver]

Wow - read all the way through this thread. Shame sh!t is sucking so bad in PR. I lived there in the 80s and then in the 90s. My son is still there (he's 25). I will NEVER forget PR! After living there for 10 years - it's in my blood. The culture is powerful and alive, and very distincy from other latin cultures. I'm in effin Oklahoma, and there is NO MOFONGO. No Arroz con gandules. No palm trees. No beach. No puertorriqueas. My lord, boricua mamis are incredibly hot.

Lived in Gurabo, Humacao, San Juan, Bayamn. Traveled all over the island. I left in 94 - guess right at the end of the "golden years".

Dios bendiga a la isla encantada. No hay igual.

i used to hang out in those areas

 

[mazda_pro5_2nr]

I just want to go back to Blue's or visit La Casita or Kaky's bar....dang....good times....

 

[Crazee D]

I am craving the chuletas ahumada at Metropol in SJ!

 

[Protege5 Driver]

i have gone to metropol but they take tooooooo long i remember last time i went they had the aprox waiting time for each plate and minimum 45 minute wait jaja

 

[Reyan]

I am craving the chuletas ahumada at Metropol in SJ!

Is it the Motropol at the Hotel Pierre (best Western) ? That resturant is the shizzle.