Money talks: Haiti is losing big money by not accommodating expats from the United States and Canada

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An American expat living in the Dominican Republic was being interviewed and was asked why did he choose to reside in the Dominican Republic and not Haiti. His reply is worth thinking about.

"I love the Haitian people," he said, "but Haiti is not designed to accommodate people like me."

"In Haiti," he continued, "either you are rich or you are poor. They are only accommodations for these two types of people there is no middle ground."

"Consider hotels, for example, it costs anywhere between $100 to $200 U.S. to get a decent hotel with running water, electricity and WiFi in Haiti, or you get a cheap hotel for like $10 U.S. and you get nothing, maybe you will have one light bulb in the room and no running water. There is no middle ground," he said.

Because there is no middle class in Haiti there is no middle class amenities.

Because there is no middle class amenities, there are no places for middle-class tourists, expatriates and lower middle-class American and Canadian retirees who would love to spend they thousand-dollar-or-less retirement income in sunny Haiti to come to, live and enjoy.

Many of them choose the other side of the Island of Hispaniola to spend that money, and you wonder why the Dominican Republic is moving forward and we're not...

Something for the Haitian government to think about.

There are lots of foreigners with money in hand looking for a decent living environment in the Caribbean. Isn't it time we created a Haiti for them too?

What do you think about that?

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