yep...the St. Thomas folks know not to air their dirty laundry out in public The OP in the other thread asked for the truth. Should we lie? I thi...

I think both islands have about the same level of crime. They have better PR on STT. The thread on this forum is about STX because the OP specifi...

And don't forget, while crime happens everywhere and we should always be careful, you are 10 times more likely to get murdered here than in your avera...

More craziness. Is our government worth the overhead?

Most of the non-profit volunteer organizations THAT I KNOW OF are run mostly by "continentals'. Even though they only represent 15% of the population....

By suggesting that both Peter DesJardins and Bob Johnson's murders occurred as simply as you stated, you are overlooking facts that are important to u...

Neither of the two murders Rotor mentioned occurred as he described them. There were circumstances in both cases which cannot be overlooked if a fair...

I have lived on STX for 15 years, in the same house. We live on Beeston Hill which is just west of Christiansted, it's a nice neighborhood. Every few ...

This looks great. Would you have one for STT? map of St Thomas

Does the map in the Relocation Kit, list area names? Reading some of the stories online from people who have moved they said that it was difficul...

If you live in Christiansted town, you can get city water. Otherwise most homes catch rainwater and store it in cisterns. Some homes have large cister...

The road tax has already been paid on any used car that you buy on island. The only Doc that you need is an Optometrist. They don't have machines...

I have lived all over the US. Newark, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Detroit and Memphis. This is the first place that I have ever lived ...

US debt graph "RollerBall"? "Idiocracy"? Both? The national debt problem has been solved! All the president has to do is direct the Treasury to...

Actually what they said was "In March, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the companies had a sufficient presence in the state because of a...

Who pays? Primarily the "rich". Those subsidies come primarily from "income taxes" of which the top 25% of earners pay almost 90% of the income taxes....

People actually believe what politicians say? I don't! That's why I don't want to get forced into a government designed medical system. With addi...

Healthcare rationing is a fact of life in Canada, no doubt about that. But at least they don't bankrupt you and your family while you're waiting. Cana...

here is a question, you know that there was a fund raiser for a local person who had a recurrence of cancer. she had insurance but it was dropped afte...

My parents live in Florida, they have Canadian snowbird friends who come down every winter. One of them recently had cataract surgery. It seems that i...

I was trying to suggest that the two are alike. It is all about responsibility. You shouldn't smoke and drive or smoke and go to work either. But in t...

How is marijuana different from alcohol in this respect? Should we go back to prohibition? Or maybe treat them the same. AandA, reread your quest...

An interesting article about the "great" Canadian health care system and why many come to the US. Even though everyone doesn't have health care in the...

A friend of mine posted this on Facebook. I have zero opinion, but thought you all might want to add it to the discussion if you haven't seen it yet:...