As to why people persist in going to third-world armpits...I simply cannot understand it.
"As to why people persist in going to third-world armpits..."
Aruba is not supposed to be like that though. It's a very low crime place, actually part of Holland. Or something like that, but who knows?
Aruba's had a fine reputation as a vacation spot. They've enjoyed a low crime rate for years, one reason the local cops are somewhat out of their element with this case. Heard that the FBI was crawling all over the island, and that was Friday.
It's not a third world armpit. I have been to Aruba many times, it's not a problem. Have you ever even been on an airplane?
Aruba is hardly a third world armpit. Stop being an ignoramus.
Just a guess, but maybe because they can do things they couldn't do back home in Podunk Junction without their family and friends knowing about it. After all, Las Vegas plays up to that kind of hypocritical moral standard with their "What happens here stays here" advertising slogan, and it certainly appeals to a great many people.
This girl was last seen getting into an old beater car with two local men after leaving a nightclub with them at 1:30 AM. Even a naive teenage girl should have known that was a very risky thing to do in a foreign tourist resort, but it's likely that by that late hour her better judgement had given way to too many rum and fruit juice concoctions.
I hope and pray she turns up OK, but it's hard to imagine a good outcome for this after her going missing all this time.
She was there on a high school senior trip with 40 adult chaperones at the party, looks like the took every precaution known to man.
Aruba's per capita GDP is the same as Japan's.
As to why people persist in going to third-world armpits...I simply cannot understand it.
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Most definitely Aruba is not a third world armpit. This is one beautiful country...and it is surrounded by some of the most pristine, blue/green waters you have ever seen. The island itself is very clean too. Someone said you could perform brain surgery on the streets in Aruba...that's how clean it is. Is there poverty? Yes. But nothing like what you see in parts of Africa, for example. Heck, some neighborhoods around where I live look more third world than any poor section of Aruba. Most people in Aruba do their best, even in poverty, to keep their homes and streets looking good.
The country has done very well economically with the tourist trade. And according to statistics, while there is a thriving drug trade, violent crime against tourists is very low. I would rather vacation in Aruba than in Jamaica or Mexico.
You're safer in Aruba than you are in any city in the US.
Yeah, nothing like this ever happens in the good ol' U. S. of A.
Aruba being described as a 'third world' armpit nation, couldn't be further from the truth ... we are not talking Somalia or Haiti here. This incident is certainly an exception on this very affluent, clean, law abiding island in the southern Caribbean. Had this happened in Jamaica, for instance, it would hardly be news. A walk in New York's Central Park is a hell of a lot more dangerous than strolling on a beach in Aruba.
I would hazard a guess that this is probably the first violent crime that has occured in Aruba in many years. Aruba is hardly a third world armpit. It's a very small island, with little to no crime, and it's only industry is tourism. When I was there, they had a big sign in the middle of the town celebrating 900 and some odd days since even a fatal traffic accident had occured. The island of Aruba is very clean and neat, no serious crime at all, and probably the only crime they deal with are drunk and unruly tourists and maybe a little shoplifting. I can tick off half a dozen horrendous crimes right off the top of my head that have occured in FL just this year alone.