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**TeveVikep** · 06-05-2006, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by Onions&carrots
The amount of suicides is saddening though. People would think that all dominicans are generally happy go lucky people. These facts state otherwise. I always thought that the suicides would be higher due to the level of crushing poverty, boredom, and alienated families.

Just imagine doing, eating and being in the same ole same ole year after year. Mosquitoes, platanos, and tin roofs for the rest of your life. I think I would have jumped into the sea along time ago if that was my plight. What you said is so true, in the last four years that I have visited my little campo the only thing that changes are a couple more people have died, and 100 more babies have been produced. It wasn't until about 1 1/2 years ago that they got electricity, and so at least people are more focused on making enough to afford a fridge to make ice in, or a blender, even an iron. Most of the times though there isn't enough wattage to run anything.

They only in the last year got a solar powered cell phone that people can receive calls for free and pay cell phone prices like $13 pesos a minute to call out. But at least when there is an emergency people can be reach quicker than sending a motoconcho from the pueblo which takes 1/2 hour.

Day in and day out the same thing. I love going back to visit, because it's as I'd never left.

06-05-2006, 08:00 AM	#11
TeveVikep Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 483 Senior Member	Originally posted by Onions&carrots The amount of suicides is saddening though. People would think that all dominicans are generally happy go lucky people. These facts state otherwise. I always thought that the suicides would be higher due to the level of crushing poverty, boredom, and alienated families. Just imagine doing, eating and being in the same ole same ole year after year. Mosquitoes, platanos, and tin roofs for the rest of your life. I think I would have jumped into the sea along time ago if that was my plight. What you said is so true, in the last four years that I have visited my little campo the only thing that changes are a couple more people have died, and 100 more babies have been produced. It wasn't until about 1 1/2 years ago that they got electricity, and so at least people are more focused on making enough to afford a fridge to make ice in, or a blender, even an iron. Most of the times though there isn't enough wattage to run anything. They only in the last year got a solar powered cell phone that people can receive calls for free and pay cell phone prices like $13 pesos a minute to call out. But at least when there is an emergency people can be reach quicker than sending a motoconcho from the pueblo which takes 1/2 hour. Day in and day out the same thing. I love going back to visit, because it's as I'd never left.
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