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Originally posted by venomX I have no clue where your getting your information from, but we are definitely not one of the poorest country in the western hemisphere. In fact, in the last three years we've had one of the strongest and fastest growing economies in Latin America. Word of mouth is a terrible thing. True enough, the trash collection system needs improvement, but that depends on which town you go to. So back to your cooked dog market, no, we don't cook dog because we have very very affordable food in our country. And to tell you the truth, I am quite insulted by your post. The poorest people in my country can still afford to buy decent food in the form of tubers. So to tell you the truth I would recommend you actually research into what the country is like instead on relying on 'oh my friend told me this'. And just to substantiate my claim: Source

data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

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Originally posted by nchs09 data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

Those numbers are by purchasing parity, ie. how far your money goes, not by raw GDP which is not indicative of anything anyways. They are taking from the CIA Factbook, 2007 which is widely used for citing this type of data. But if you are that skeptic, check this link . We are still ranked higher than most latin american countries in data from the worldbank for 2007.

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Originally posted by nchs09 data seems a bit off on those numbers.. you honestly believe hati is in better shape than belize?

Those numbers are deceptive: they give total GDP of the country, not GDP per capita.

To give an example of how they're deceptive: Barbados, near the bottom of that list, has a per capita GDP of $13,605, far larger than that of most Latin American countries.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Those numbers are deceptive: they give total GDP of the country, not GDP per capita.

They give you the GDP of the country in PPP. There is no point in looking at GDP per capita if its nominal, and I couldn't find it by PPP.

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Originally posted by venomX They give you the GDP of the country in PPP. There is no point in looking at GDP per capita if its nominal, and I couldn't find it by PPP.

There's no point in looking at total GDP, either, even at PPP, if you don't consider how many people each country has and how the wealth is distributed within the country.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles There's no point in looking at total GDP, either, even at PPP, if you don't consider how many people each country has and how the wealth is distributed within the country.

Sure, I agree. The point of the data was to prove CONNERMAN wrong in that we are not even near to being 'one of the poorest countries in the continent'. As far as my intention goes, the data is useful.

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Originally posted by venomX Sure, I agree. The point of the data was to prove CONNERMAN wrong in that we are not even near to being 'one of the poorest countries in the continent'. As far as my intention goes, the data is useful.

You quote "one of the poorest countries in the continent" like I was the one that said that, when I never did.

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 And in a country that has some of the worst trash problems ever and is bordering the poorest nation in the western hemisphere,

Key word: bordering. Meaning Haiti. Haiti is known for being the least developed country in the Americas.

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Originally posted by venomX So to tell you the truth I would recommend you actually research into what the country is like instead on relying on 'oh my friend told me this'.

What part of "I've been there several times" didnt you understand? I'd kick my own ass if I pointlessly made this shit up. How do you know that some individual villages arent taking matters into their own hands and doing things unlike what you may have personally experienced? Realize that the Chinese regularly eat and torture domesticated animals, too.

I apologize for the insults, but its a THIRD-WORLD country, and unfortunately, fucked up shit happens in third-world countries. I'm speaking from personal observation and nothing more, I'm not trying to declare a geographical thesis here, and I'm sorry.

Ill add that the DR is also home to some of the most spectacular scenery this planet can offer, and the beaches are gorgeous, which compensates for any economic shortcomings from my perspective.

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Originally posted by venomX Those numbers are by purchasing parity, ie. how far your money goes, not by raw GDP which is not indicative of anything anyways. They are taking from the CIA Factbook, 2007 which is widely used for citing this type of data. But if you are that skeptic, check this link . We are still ranked higher than most latin american countries in data from the worldbank for 2007.

compare the countires in latin america.... in both the first post you made about this and the current link given in the post above....

like i said the numbers on your first post seemed a bit off....


now i am not saying the dominican republic has a bad growth rate, but you cant deny the ammount of poverty in the country, my dad was a country director there for CARE and iv seen first hand as i am sure you have the maldistribution of money in the country and the poverty levels.

i still love the dominican republic though.. cant wait to go back



ohhhh how i miss it

Our resort:






The beautiful beach:



Moi (take note of how pale I am):

you really were in the jungle

you are not pale, you got a good golden tan

damn those are some beautiful pics.

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Originally posted by chucho you really were in the jungle you are not pale, you got a good golden tan

That is pale compared to what I am now...

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel damn those are some beautiful pics.

More pics uploading right now.

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Originally posted by Theresa That is pale compared to what I am now...

my gf is paler than you

Wildlife:







Monkey on my roomies head:



The country:




Massive church in Higuey:



On the catamaran:



On the paddle boat:



For some reason, the animation guys on the resort thought I looked like "Supermans sister".... ???? So the very first day I got there they all started calling me superman, and for the rest of the week, whenever they would see me, they would do this:



Progressive changes in shade:





On the plane leaving:



On the plane arriving home:



I have A LOT more where those came from.

Sand-snow is so depressing.

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Originally posted by Frenchie Sand-snow is so depressing.

When we started coming down to land and I saw that, I was thinking "fuck this, turn the plane around... I want to go back!"

Yuckkkkkkkk!!!

Me no gusto.

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Originally posted by Theresa no me gusto.

fixiado!!

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Originally posted by nchs09 fixiado!!

Gracias senor.

My Spanish is abhorrent, but I tried. The Dominican people seemed appreciative of my efforts, and most of the time were incredibly helpful with teaching me.

Como se disay (I know I am spelling that wrong), en Espanol?

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Originally posted by nchs09 reparado!!

reparado

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Originally posted by chucho reparado

What does that mean?

That last picture made me cringe

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Originally posted by Theresa What does that mean?

the real spanish meaning of fixed

i would hate to fly home from such a warm and beautiful place to snow. fuck that. looks like you had fun!

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Originally posted by *~*Angelblue*~* i would hate to fly home from such a warm and beautiful place to snow. fuck that. looks like you had fun!

I almost started crying the night before we left. We were sitting in an Italian restaurant, the Dominican men singing a beautiful song to us, and I was thinking about how I would have to leave such an awesome place and come back to Canada.

I enjoyed the Dominican better than I enjoyed Mexico.

The thought of moving to a place like that and becoming a tour operator went through my head many times. I mean, why not? Even if it is only temporary.

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