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I wouldn't characterize Puerto Rico's situation as a "hellhole". If you or your business depended on government handouts or contracts, then yes. But real private enterprise here have always found their way around government an actually thrived.
1 posted on 08/07/2017 5:01:15 AM PDT by cll
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2 posted on 08/07/2017 5:02:41 AM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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‘Hellhole’....maybe not.

But if you compared it with the population, and murders...679 for 2016...it’s probably not a place that most guys would want to settle into.


3 posted on 08/07/2017 5:12:15 AM PDT by pepsionice
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Opening a business a Puerto Rico...

They are about to get their heads handed to them.

This ain’t your safe space of college where pushing for socialism had no effect on your day to day life.


6 posted on 08/07/2017 5:19:51 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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did the unthinkable last summer: They ... moved back to beleaguered Puerto Rico
Yeah, "unthinkable," because no one has ever done that before. Sheesh.
9 posted on 08/07/2017 5:47:12 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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That almost makes me want to adopt PR as the 51’st state, but not quite.


11 posted on 08/07/2017 5:58:46 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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It’s not a hellhole. The leftwing politicians have turned it into a sad case, dependent on handouts from the federal government. Puerto Ricans come to the mainland to work. It’s leftist politics that have made the island a dependent underclass as part of the whole “Hispanic” victim group thing.


12 posted on 08/07/2017 6:02:56 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: cll

I don’t think there’s a lot of difference between these entrepreneurs and the original American settlers. Tackling a dangerous hellhole, a sense of “making their own way”, maybe equipped with some skills...a lot of unknowns.

I wish them luck and hope they succeed.


13 posted on 08/07/2017 6:29:08 AM PDT by moovova
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I’ve been to PR several times and believe it is a paradise. Of course they have the favelas and shanty towns (as does Wash DC), but the weather, ocean could make it all worthwhile.

All you need is a way to support yourself and a big guard dog. A work-at-home job? Commerce over the Internet? If you are already retired your benefits may cover your living expenses.


14 posted on 08/07/2017 7:04:11 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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They “moved back” to Puerto Rico, bringing their education with them. This is what should be happening around the world, come here and get an education, and go home and take your skills to improve your homeland.


15 posted on 08/07/2017 8:41:10 AM PDT by christie
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STOP letting them in here!


16 posted on 08/07/2017 9:58:13 AM PDT by montag813 (ue)
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Now that they finally? have food joints and bars i might consider going to PR. Yep.


17 posted on 08/07/2017 10:12:29 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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