I would bet there is only a small percentage of us that visited JA once, twice, thrice and didn't think we were going to retire there. I guess my question is what opened the eyes of us who decided against doing so? In my case, I watched dear ***** build her home, then see she had to have a REAL person to run it while she was away.... just because you hire or trust someone doesn't mean they are going to do you right. Then, I looked at the numbers, and said "self, for the amount you are thinking about spending on buying/building , you can rent monthly when/where you desire, and do so for 20 years and still be money ahead". Then, after my Andy passed, and the 1.5 hours it took for medical to arrive, with him long dead, I said (again) "Self, this medical community sucks". Open eyes ..... prices went first world high with no health department to inspect the rats I saw slowly walking along cupboards in restaurants, and where were the washrooms the cooks use to wash their hands??? ... and then.... most importantly, I spoke with ... someone who told me how cheap it is to live there, but opening my eyes I saw that his experience is because he too depends on us "tourists" to buy him breakfast, lunch, dinner, cocktails and some cd's to boot. I want to be a tourist; a traveler. What's the big head that comes with "As a person living in Negril". Yup, so? Sorry, anyone I've offended, though actually no one on here has ever taken that attitude with me. So, my take is, put me on the beach/cliffs in a resort, let me relax and/or party on vacation, and I am happy. Make me live there and my vacation "paradise" turns to a place my ancestors helped overcome so I might have a better life. I respect all of you who live or visit there.... if you are lower middle class like me, it's not so easy. By the way, it rankles me to think that because I might say "no no No to offers of ????, that that person would dare to rob me.
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