Sounds so much like Detroit.
From the link:
“In most countries,” I said, “no one has to live in a slum. It’s difficult to get out, but it’s possible to get out. Here people get twenty dollars a month and a ration card and that’s it. They’re forced by law to be poor. Exile is the only way out.”
I’m about a hundred miles from havana.
Most of those who could have helped cuba got out. Communism never works. No better example than Kuba.
This reminds me of Communism all around the world - every dollar is available to hype the dictator yet no money is available for annual maintenance. Consequently, after years of neglect, buildings begin to crumble - it’s been common knowledge in Havana for years that it’s not safe to go to the 2nd or higher floor in any aged building because you’re likely to fall thru the floor. If you’re a foreigner and have to go to a hospital, be aware that Cuba’s celebrated health care system is not free TO YOU; they don’t take American Express, but they will happily accept Visa. PS: it ain’t that cheap or that good.
In Vietnam, want clean sheets? $1 please (American currency not local currency). Want an unused needle? $1 please. Insist on sterile, unused surgical instruments? Well, that’s extra.