Haiti - Why are the Haitian border cities and towns so far from the border?

Haiti Dirt Roads - Boc Banic, Near The Dominican Border

"Sometimes you have understand to the history of your country in order to better comprehend why things are the way they are," my friend says. "When Haiti won its independence, our forefathers feared that the enemy would return. So, they decided to locate Haitian cities further inland to better protect them."

I understand that it may have been good strategy back then but i am wondering... Will it work for Haiti in the 21st century?

A Haitian person living along the Haiti-Dominican border can get all the goods and services he needs by walking across the border to the Dominican Republic including food, fuel, banking services, medical care, building materials, etc...

For that same person to get the same goods and services from Haiti would probably require him to travel an extended distance inland on UNPAVED roads...

Would it not be financially beneficial to our Haitian economy if Dominicans could cross the border into Haiti, have a good time, enjoy our goods and services for a brief moment, then go home leaving their pesos behind? Haitians do it all the time since their Colmados are right across the border, loaded with cervesas (dominican beer) and waiting for us...

The "maronage" is over folks, and Government leaders... It is time we place a welcome mat at our front door... And by that i mean each and point of entry a foreigner will use to enter our country, by land, sea or air...

What do you think about that?

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