Posted on 01/20/2012 4:26:10 PM PST by wildbill
even though it's technically part of the US, it truly is a third world down there... i am a Mason and met everybody i really needed to meet on the island at the first meeting i went to and they all gave me the low down in their various areas of endeavor
if it weren't for Cruzians, it would be paradise
I always preferred St.Thomas as a nicer place with nicer, friendlier people although I’ve noted a change in atmosphere there too.
I’d still like to live down there.
What were you doing there? Working or living the life of a wealthy expat?
i was a civilian contractor for the Navy... but that is all gone away now
Chode - I used to work there too! from 1977-1979 or so...
Was a mathematician/programmer. Left when after a friend who worked there got murdered - it really ruined the whole atmosphere there... Was Peter Burton still around when you where there? I figure he would be the one to turn off the lights for the last time when it shut down for the last time.
i was there in 2000 and left for the same reason, tooo damn dangerous... i felt like a fugitive from the law of statistics i don't remember the name though
We used to fly over from the Naval Hospital Roosevelt Roads for an occasional lunch from 1983 to 86. It felt safe enough at that time. Things must really have deteriorated.
there were 15 or 16 murders on STX in 1999... assaults and robbery? off the charts they even lost the cruise ships for a LONG time due to same on the boat tourists straying more than a block or two away from the strand
Peter M. Burton Dies at 75 By Source Staff — March 12, 2012 Peter M. Burton, formerly of Estate Prosperity, died on March 7 in Johns Creek, Georgia, at 75 years old. Peter Burton was a long time resident of Fredicksted. He was the Commander of RCA Underwater Tracking Station and an honorable member of St. Croix Rotary. Peter is survived by his wife of 46 years, Gloria Gomez Burton; daughter, Dorothy “Joanna” Burton; sons: Pedro “Ricky” Richardson, Mario Richardson and John Labeeb “John-John” Alexander Jr.; daughters-in-law: Yolanda Richardson and Tracy Alexander; cousin, Robert W. “Chip” Burton II; sisters-in-law: Aurea Gomez Stamatakis and Maria Gomez VanPutten; grandchildren: Justin Robinson, Yasitu Richardson, Savitri Nguyen, Shaenna Stephanides, Damari Johnson, Victoria Aldwinckle, Antares Richardson, Carlos Prunty, Orion Richardson, Amira Alexander, Peter Prunty and John Labeeb Alexander III; great grandchildren: Brenna Stephanides, Piper Robinson, Osayuki Richardson, Callie Robinson, Uyiosa Richardson, Enzo Nguyen, Massimo Nguyen, Kendall Robinson, Allora Stephanides, Alsosa Richardson, Barrett Johnson; as well as nieces and nephews too numerous to mention. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 16, at St. Bridgit Catholic Church in Johns Creek, Georgia.
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