Based on health, education, economic environment, quality of life, and politics. Jamaica is ranked ahead of economic powers like Russia, China, Brazil...... Well, to make a long story short - Jamaica is in the top 50 in the world!!!! I would love to see that formula!!!
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Based on health, education, economic environment, quality of life, and politics. Jamaica is ranked ahead of economic powers like Russia, China, Brazil...... Well, to make a long story short - Jamaica is in the top 50 in the world!!!! I would love to see that formula!!!
So does this means that the brain drain will now stop? Jamaica has so much economic potential. Just that most of us are not willing to take the chances or take advantage of the opportunities presented. The "get rich quick" mentality still exist or as some say "catch and kill". I recently visited Jamaica and I already have a plan in mind.
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You forgot to finish the sentence: Jamaica Ranked 47th on Newsweek Best Place to Live IF YOU ARE RICH!
Right you are! There is no absolute truth to these surveys because it all depends on the individual perspective. Big Mountain also hit the nail on the head with Jamaica...nuff nuff fear to the point of stagnating things. People think of the bad that could happen over the good that could happen and would rather lose an opportunity than possibly have a gain. Because of fears of money laundering you need links just to get a bank account! But like BM says there are plenty opportunities some minds just need to open up so that Jamaicans are the ones who take advantage.
I'm really wondering why was Serbia left out the list? I know we are not Switzerland, and we would not be ranked as high as maybe Greece, but was this just an overlook or something else?Actually, Bosnia, Macedonia and Montenegro are missing too!
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blah, blah...tell me something I dont know...
A nuff a oonuh nuh realize seh Jamaica is not Kingston and Kingston alone... years ago i bout a piece a land a country and its the best move i ever made....loving yard - cant wait to return full time.
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A nuff a oonuh nuh realize seh Jamaica is not Kingston and Kingston alone... years ago i bout a piece a land a country and its the best move i ever made....loving yard - cant wait to return full time.
Jray, in your case this is the exception rather than the rule.
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Why is this the exception? Southern St. Bess full a people like me. I know quite a few people who have returned to JA either part time or full time and are quite happy with their decision - some more than the other. The one common thing is none bought a home in Kingston or return to Kingston or Spanish Town in the case of my family members) to live.
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So does this means that the brain drain will now stop? Jamaica has so much economic potential. Just that most of us are not willing to take the chances or take advantage of the opportunities presented. The "get rich quick" mentality still exist or as some say "catch and kill". I recently visited Jamaica and I already have a plan in mind.
Jaro, as usual mi boss u lick the nail pon di head. I dont give a damn bout an American visa, I love Jamaica and this will be my home till i die. Most Jamaicans however just like things renovated, dem dont like to build from the ground up. But what hurt mi most about dem, is that as dem put foot pon the plane, dem brighta and betta than evry body who live pon the rock.
I want to stay here and build my country. At the end of the day i will get a great sense of achievemnt that just partake of what a next man build.
Jamaica will get betta. Yes Linc, it is correct. As a matter of fact we shld av been ranked higher.
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A nuff a oonuh nuh realize seh Jamaica is not Kingston and Kingston alone... years ago i bout a piece a land a country and its the best move i ever made....loving yard - cant wait to return full time.
Jray a nuff mana farin a buy land and a build dem dream home a yard. Mi boss mi love the move, another Jamaican is enlightened and a return to help fight the battle. Respect mi boss
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Zilla - mi feel the same as you about Jamaica.... love it baad - not just its football team or its sprinters but the whole vibes that is Jamaica. Everytime I go I see progress and people trying...thats the Jamaica I care to see. Yes we read bout Dudus and all that stuff but thats just a portion of Jamaica.
I end up buying the land from someone who wanted nothing to do with Jamaica - practically give it weh...now my uncle live there and doing some yam farming - he pays me "rent" and in 10 years have not missed a payment - thats how my family lives. I tried to buy one of the house over at Twin Palms but for whatever reason that did not work out....it bun mi to this day when mi former boss told me he bought a condo over Palmyra....yes yard sweet.
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The biggest obstacle is the crime. There are others but they can be circumvented. It isn't possible to circumvent random, depraved killings...no matter how a man love yard.
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1. Legislate and rigorously enforce against Acts of Lickie Lickie (won’t happen caus politicians main income stream would dry up) Politicians lickie lickie, Everybody follow suit “IF dem a dweet mi need fi mi cut to”
2. Legislate and rigorously enforce against Acts of Nyamie Nyamie (won’t happen caus politicians woulda dead fi hungry)
3. Secure World Bank funding to invest in a modern reliable hi-speed commuter railroad infrastructure to reduce expenditures pon resources fi maintain di 4-cylinder mode of transport in a likkle beenie country (won’t happen caus di fat neck car dealers would get rid a every politician weh vote fi dat)
4. Educate di massive an show dem seh PNP an JLP don’t care squat bout dem so stop run falla di Orange truck and di Green truck caus Politicians Only Sworn Duty is to see to the continual amassing of wealth by the ruling fat neck families on the hilltops (won’t happen caus dem born Labarite/PNP an dem a dead Labarite/PNP)
5. Switch from a banana republic/ oligarchy( a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes) to a democracy with for starters MPs living IN their constituency
(won’t happen, a better chance exists for Madonna to perform sans restriction at one of Cuba’s annual Revolution bashment than see true representative government a yard)
The biggest obstacle is the crime. There are others but they can be circumvented. It isn't possible to circumvent random, depraved killings...no matter how a man love yard.
Yeah Carver, and if the crime rate spike in America and u cant get no work, u wld bawl seh u want to come bac to Jamaica. U dont sound like the person who wld fight to tek bac u block from the criminals and tun u hand and mek fashion ( be innovative) when the economy is down. No disrespect intended.
Most Jamaicans just wnt to run where the opportunity to get money quick exist. Most dont want to create opportunities for demselve and others. They want somebody fi create it fi dem and dem jus fall in, mek some money and boast how dem successful.
What hurt me abt dem, is that wen dem want to return to Jamaica cause dem fall on hard times in America, dem feel seh dem must be a shoe in for big posts in government, government contract etc. If dem dont get it, dem write how government dont want dem to help build the country and how much dem want to contribute. No dem dont want to contribute sh!t. Dem just want to loot and plunder jus like the politicians.
Simply put, MOST JAMAICANS ARE JUST OPPOTUNIST AND A BUNCH A BANDWAGGONIST. Thats why it hurt me so much wen dem over critisize. Most also exemplify the word is wind saying. If u ask dem if dem love dem country, dem be the first one pon the Camera
Even out yah, wen u do good a di olympics, every body a wave Jamaican flags, wen the hype dun, the flag dem disappear.
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The biggest obstacle is the crime. There are others but they can be circumvented. It isn't possible to circumvent random, depraved killings...no matter how a man love yard.
But you see Carver, the killing is not as ramdom as you may think. I lived in NYC when when they had 2,500 murders per year and even then nuff man claim seh it was better than JA even though JA had significantly less murders per year than the current numbers...like Zilla said a nuff a wi claim seh wi love yaad and will only come back if things get betta...not even to help just to reap the benefit. I long ago hold the theory that much a who weh deh a farrin and a criticize JA nuh deh pan nutten themself a farrin and have no foundation or base to return to Jamaica.
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There are perhaps a dozen or more things that I could have given as obstacles for why Jamaica isn't more appealing than it is for some people. But I only gave one: "crime."
Yet, you guys appear to have a problem with that.
That, to me, epitomizes the problematic aspect of any discussion we as Jamaicans have about about our country.
Many of us simply do not talk about Jamaica objectively!
In all honesty, that isn't the easiest thing to do. We love our country, so any observation or comment, no matter how factual or benign, is viewed as an assault on yard that should be snuffed out forthwith.
From a personal perspective, my initial post could have gone something like; "Yeah man, yard nice nuh rahtid." But such an utterance would have done nothing to illuminate any issues we as Jamaicans are facing on the ground, and would have contributed nothing constructive to the discussion.
I'm not going to claim to love Jamaica more than anyone else, likewise I will not concede to loving it less than anyone.
My only desire is that Jamaica be the best it can be. But that will not happen if we deny the very obvious problems with which we are confronted.
Again, crime for me, is at the head of that list.
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I welcome the objective and passionate discussions regarding Jamaica; and recognize that, unfortunately any conversation about Jamaica must include its incredible crime rate. What gets me is the focus on only the negative - not just crime - but every likkle nit picking thing. Too many pretend like only bad stuff happen in JA when the same crap going on right at their door step ah farrin. I never forget the coversation I had with a yout after his return from Jamaica, man complain bitterly about paying equivalent of 1.15 US for a beer in Negril - but was feverishly plucking down $6 plus tip to buy a Red Stripe at a club in NYC - sadly he could not recognize the irony....
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Carver yeah fine, Crime is our number 1 problem plus a lot more. What are u willing to do about it? How can u help to solve one or more of the problems?
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