If this island didn't attract foreigners ,rich and poor, we would have still been the neat little Caribbean Island with neat little houses etc.........
They were attracted because of the big bucks that were pouring on SXM. With progress came also all the ills that go with it.
We went from stoneage to modern world almost overnight. We were not educated to handle the change . Our infrastructure did not follow. And we all know about the big mess we are in today.
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Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 2007-10-25 18:43
If this island didn't attract foreigners ,rich and poor, we would have still been the neat little Caribbean Island with neat little houses etc.........
They were attracted because of the big bucks that were pouring on SXM. With progress came also all the ills that go with it.
We went from stoneage to modern world almost overnight. We were not educated to handle the change . Our infrastructure did not follow. And we all know about the big mess we are in today.
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