@daveb722 Subscribe & Save items don’t have a shipping charge here. Regular Amazon orders do. I often “subscribe” to an item I need and later canc...

Good insights already. To add: (1) There are two veterinarian offices currently on St Thomas. Good care is available, but you won’t find the level o...

If your license is suspended in the states or any other damn place, we don't want you driving on our roads either! vicanuck's advice used to work, but...

First, you'll want to live on STJ for a year at least before you decide that you want to build there. You won't find out all the reasons not to if you...

My last time here as a tourist, in 1998, I was in my 20s and could have afforded to buy land or rent. By the time I moved here in 2008, the cost of li...

@Gator's_Mom, I fell in love with the VIs in the mid 1980s and share your feelings toward its gentrification. Since I didn't mention what I love about...

This may be an unpopular sentiment but here goes. I no longer participate here because I have a hard time mustering the enthusiasm to help new people ...

There is one on St Thomas - and one on St Croix - both with very limited services.

Good day Uphostery Girl, The nearest VA hospital is in Puerto Rico, so they would have to arrange travel for services there, or pay out of pocket (or ...

Good day ashleyyy_333, Is it possible? Yes. Will it be the relaxing getaway that you envision? If money is not a concern to you, it can be. If you do ...

They had some broken windows, but the roof held fine.

Because the market is so tight on St John, you can pretty much name your price and conditions. For example, there's only one advertised rental in Cruz...

Yes, they still operate, although they are fewer in number than pre-storm. You may have to wait longer to catch one or for one to arrive that isn’t fu...

Why would there be a US embassy on US soil? I thought they were only in other countries.

Tid wrote: Thank fdr. Yes, and not a position I would care to be in for the most part. I do hear it is common to need to hold a couple of jobs in m...

It also depends on how many hours you are willing to work! It's not uncommon to find people working multiple jobs.

The situation Julie describes is far too common and has been one of the barriers for many to receiving disaster aid from FEMA. If you’ve lived somewhe...

Oh, and for what it's worth, in the last 10 years I've never met anyone who planned to stay for a year and actually did just that. Everyone's either l...

Good day michele327, Have you ever been to any of the islands? They are all very different. One-year leases are possible. Housing is in sho...

Good evening aeroballer, This topic has been covered a lot in past posts, so you might try searching the archives. Both FirstBank and Banco Popul...

dustin77 wrote: Hello, I've been offered a job on STJ and my girlfriend and I are planning on moving to STJ on December 4th. We have one cat a...

Wolverine888 wrote: In a related question, does anybody know what percentage of the registered voters voted yesterday? Plus I wonder how many of t...

Yes. I will say, I waited 10 years before voting here for the first time, because I needed to understand a lot more about who NOT to vote for. ...

If you're talking vacation? Or are you talking about a way-too-quick PMV?