I was open to either island yet my situation is different as I am not retired. However I keep hearing more and more bad news on STX. Hovensa, a larg...

Now I just got an email from a classmate in PR who is from STT. He said they fired the LPNs and CNAs and now they are hiring more RNs. That is good ...

East Ender I looked up the hospital sizes and there is not much difference. JFL is 188 beds and SRMC is 169 beds. There was an article in the D...

Hi all, From what I've read so far, the cost of living in the V.I. is about 1/3 to 2/3 higher than on the mainland. I've read some older posts o...

Aveda most definitely ships to the USVI, via Priority Mail, and for free. The Kingshill post office delivered my last Aveda shipment to someone else (...

There have been numerous threads with these types of lists in the past few years. /blockquote> Thanks that gives me an idea but the thread is...

Wow it may be earier to just use a company to ship my stuff because they will insure the whole lot. Anyone know anything about using barrels to ship?...

Wow it may be earier to just use a company to ship my stuff because they will insure the whole lot. Anyone know anything about using barrels to ship?...

You'll quickly get into the habit of conserving electricity in the USVI, so your bill probably won't double. I read my electric meter every day s...

USPS packages that transit the islands experience a high rate of theft. Buying Insurance and/or Delivery Confirmation will reduce the chances of theft...

Multiple the numbe of kwh of usage on your bill by 0.46. That's how much that amount of usage would cost here. I just realized on my bill here th...

Islands are so funny. So in Puerto Rico we buy gas by the liter and the distances on the freeway signs and the freeway markers are in kilometers yet ...

Which is why I suggested the USPS parcel post option - and which I would suggest whether you were relocating from PR or mainland US since your main sh...

Apparently the NCLEX-RN isn't given in PR? That would be a problem. Yes the NCLEX is given here. I actually did a test run and drove to the buil...

My daughter doesn't speak Spanish, although you said the program is 100% in English, how is it living there without knowing much Spanish? I will ask m...

I'm one of the slowest drivers in the world, never in a hurry but when I occasionally notice the speed limit signs of STT I see that I am technically ...

Well at least your tax dollars are being used. I really have no clue what the police here do. I remember shortly after I moved here 18 months ago th...

Like all government-run organizations, they are very heavy with employees who shuffle paper around, but do little to actually advance the mission. If ...

And maybe next year you will be on St John for the 8 Tuff!:D Oh sorry I misunderstood. I thought Tuff Miles was someone's user name and they wer...

no the cops do not drive around with their lights on all the time. and yes the roads are bad. once you know where the pot holes are, you can try to na...

And maybe next year you will be on St John for the 8 Tuff!:D Oh sorry I misunderstood. I thought Tuff Miles was someone's user name and they wer...

Re: hospital size. I can't address Juan Luis, but at SRMC, there are actually more like 60 something actual beds. The last CEO said that there were 60...

Ha, ha! 8 Tuff Miles was yesterday. Seems like every runner or walker in the VI was there.. Today is a day of rest! Good luck in the race, though.:D ...

Are the roads that bad? Like cottage cheese potholes? There are a lot of potholes in San Juan but I know where they are and in unfamiliar territory ...