Moving to St Thomas...

"I am from Detroit and would like to move to St. Thomas next year."
A PMV is always a great idea. I did it without one and would do it differently, had I to do it over again.

"I am a married, educated woman and would like advice for newbies like us..."
This is the place for that!

"I have done my research and realize that cost of living is high and pay low, but is it really that bad?"
No, it isn't so bad...if it were, we wuldn't have about 55K people living here! Haha!

"We will be starting over...new...when we come so we are a little nervous as to what to expect."
Then you will definitely want to make a Pre-Move Visit. It helps a lot.

"Some advice would be wonderful!
What are the predominant nationalities there?"
Approx. 80% of the populataion is born here. This includes mostly West Indian and French-decendants. The other 20% is widely varied. White, black, Asian, East Indian. Many from the States.

"I am America, but...are foreigners well accepted there?"
Yes.

"I would love some input...is there a chat-room somewhere for St Thomas?"
Not that I am aware of...but maybe!

~Marty

Welcome Toni, you have found the board for discussing living/moving to the USVI. If you have lots of questions - this is the place to ask them, so ask away!!

Ethnic breakdown; Blacks 78%, Whites 10% and Other 12%. The population includes people from all continents however people of Caribbean ancestry make up the majority at 81% (49% born in the Virgin Islands and 32% born elsewhere in the Caribbean). Persons from the US mainland make up 13%, Puerto Rican 4% and other 2%.

--Islander