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same thing happened in greece. locals demanded two US military bases out. The US said ok. (we needed to close bases anyways) The politicians expected resistance not an agreement but it was too late. The bases are gone and their ecconomy suffered.

I actually went on a vacation to Crete and stayed about a mile from the old base there. I walked up to the beautiful sandy beach and saw just an empty shell. No one lives in base housing. No commericial venture has moved in. And the locals all look back at the good years at all the money that rolled in. There are tourists in the local area but its not the same. At least the Americans were there all year round.

Puerto Rico probably will feel more of the pain as Xmas rolls around and less money in the pockets of the locals. The politicans will be stuck trying to figure out how to bring in more business and there really isn't anything they can do. The Caribbean is a dead-zone except for tourism and there isn't much to see or do in Puerto Rico.