Are Puerto Ricans being pushed out?

[@BiancaGraulau]

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[@RLopez-oo9iu]

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[@vvdramavv]

BenBohmer - reflection

[@Inlawwetrust10]

My grandmother owns land in Puerto Rico. People lied to her. My family was supposed to still have land we’re is it i still have family over there but nobody telling them the truth people going over there taking advantage of people that don’t have western education sad

[@Inlawwetrust10]

I want my land back now

[@christopherhernandez4524]

Thanks for this Bianca. Good reporting.

[@Amanda-rt3bq]

We visited Puerto Rico and fell in love with it. I actually thought about trying to buy a vacation home there. Then I heard from one of the locals how difficult it is for them to find housing with outsiders coming in and buying. So Puerto Rico will stay a beloved vacation destination for us, only using hotels and Airbnbs run by locals. Your land is beautiful and I will educate my peers as much as possible to stop the destruction of your homes.

[@floriderllc6862]

Oh come on. The destruction of their homes? How is investing in PR destroying their homes? Their land? Are you an American? Its your land too then. They don’t give 2 shits about buying up land here in the states. Their xenophobia is ok but ours is not. Lol People like you are pitiful. Lol

[@IBreiKeL]

@@floriderllc6862 "Are you an American? Its your land too then." Typical colonizer mentality. You think you own everything, push people out and them call them savages when they can't take it no more. I feel bad for you. Only a heartless monster would go into an impoverished land in need of help after multiple catastrophic natural disasters and kick the poor people out of their homes.

[@floriderllc6862]

@@IBreiKeL you don’t understand what colonization is. Its no different than moving anywhere in the US. A monster? I pity you. This video is racist and I call them out.

[@carlosencarnacion9667]

@@floriderllc6862 Racist? So is the wall between USA and Mexico. "Are you an American? Its your land too then." is precisely what we are fighting, the mentality that you have a right to this stolen nation as is Hawaii another stolen nation.

[@carlosencarnacion9667]

@@floriderllc6862 The local Cuban exiles government of Puerto Rico calls this progress, now tell me how do I benefit from being pushed out like the Indians with all this development. I can not benefit if there is no progress for me. We have enough with the Cubans running the government, we do not need more gentrifiers.

[@jamiecumba]

He’s surprised that they were paying $600 when minimum wage is $8.50/hr?

[@jamesgiko9482]

Shows how much he doesn’t give a damn about the people there. all he saw was dollar sign. Typical of them.

[@williammcbroom6158]

Slave wages!

[@보모]

@@jamesgiko9482 capitalistic tax evader 🟥

[@oaktownA]

And the fact that his ass owes taxes in Rhode Island is ridiculous. He should not be able to purchase anything there and live while owing the state all that money. He is a piece of shit and I don’t expect him to pay that back with any profits he makes from this.

[@theoriginaljohngalt2450]

Minimum wage rates are just that and nothing more. They often do more harm than good. Just like maximum wage rates have done in history. Also the military bases that were on the island did a lot of good for the economy and many jobs for civilians. I use to live in Puerto Rico and saw how it helped with jobs.

[@Savannah-]

hearing that guy that bought the building talk is infuriating. He seemed almost personally offended someone wasn't being overcharged for rent. He decides to call himself a puerto rican while having no respect for the people, it's just disgusting. I wanted to move, but after hearing what native and local Hawaiins have said is going on I knew I had to find out if that was the case for Puerto Rico. There is so much greed.

[@floriderllc6862]

It was sickening he just expects people to be paying high rents everywhere, but thats why CA and Florida are going up in price so much. Its hard to feel sorry for those people when thats been the story of our lives as Americans. Everybody from the 3rd world has moved here and it has artificially driven up the prices for years.

[@Savannah-]

@@floriderllc6862 I am from Florida. I'm facing the reality of insane rent prices and I may not be able to live where I do very soon due to it. I grew up with people from Puerto Rico and other South American countries. I can tell you with certainty they are not the cause. They're the scapegoat the same rich Americans who are causing this will use to keep you from being against them. I'm watching it happen - rich Americans buy properties, kick out the tenants, and either renovate and increase rent or turn it into an airbnb. Those who immigrate here due to poverty don't have the money to drive up prices and they're the ones who stand next to me facing the same reality of being priced out of our community.

[@floriderllc6862]

@@Savannah- I live in Florida too, and all my neighbors are from PR and south america, including my wife. Yes, they do drive up the prices because they require housing driving up demand. I also own rental properties in Florida. What would happen to prices if all the PR’s and South Americans suddenly left Florida? When you own properties the more you generate from rents the more your property is worth. You don’t invest money to lose it. But, you can only charge what the market dictates and that price comes from supply and demand.

[@radrook7584]

Believing that another person cares about you or holds you in high esteem, and will not intentionally harm you simply because you were both born and raised in the same country is a big mistake. Predatory people do not allow themselves to be hindered or limited by such trivial things. In fact, they use them to their advantage since it causes the gullible to lower their guards.

[@eduardoaguiar3233]

Why he saw a financial opportunity that Puerto Ricans living there did not care about. He made an ethical business decision. Why didn’t the tenants petition the local state government of PR, also PR banks like Banco Popular to come up with a creative financial plan to acquire the building in a firm of co-op to ensure they could be in control of their future, rather than just complaining. #DespiertenBoricuas

[@haileyaelawson]

This is horrible, I can’t believe he pushed all those people out of their homes. This is happening all over the Caribbean :/ The region is becoming increasingly expensive for local residents.

[@dlyatruby7444]

they welcome American way of life, and that sort of thing comes with it.

[@lah1743]

These American buyers are really disconnected and have no conscience about what they are doing. You are displacing people, damn it, for your own greedy gain. Get a clue. You are hurting people.

[@tobinnfrosst9841]

The problem isn't the people coming in and buying no no no it's the Puertorican government if they stop being corrupt and lining there pockets they would make it difficult for foreign purchases so yea not the foreign buyers

[@RescueAlwaysOfficial]

Lol. The Puerto Rican who sold the complex is the one who is pushing the people out.

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

100% creep

[@jf8461]

This same BS is and has been happening in Mexico for years now. And it is not right! I blame the local governments for allowing, or even facilitating this. The local governments should be PROTECTING the people they represent; not selling their land out from under them! It is very irritating!

[@wolfheart2443]

@Ash Hegde So why not give the same privileges to all, outsiders and locals. That's the way it should be.

[@jf8461]

@Ash Hegde Which market? The Local market? Or the world market? Do you understand the purpose of trade protections, such as tariffs? If I am permitted to go from a wealthy country to a less wealthy country and buy out prime real estate from under the feet of the local people, simply because I have more money than them, and perhaps special tax breaks, would you call that fair market practice? This is not an even playing field. And apparently that is fine with you, so long as the odds (and laws) are skewed in your favor. It takes a very special conscience to be okay with that.

[@zulmakarnacha]

siiii yo soy mexicana tambien....los vendedores de veneno d rata, narco traficantes, llegan y te ropan y no quiere q t quejes x q si lo haces te matan x q ya esta comprobado q ay pliyicos del narco como lo ay narco cantantes etc....o vienen chinos communistas o espanoles o elites con corporaciones pa usarte como condons desechables

[@zulmakarnacha]

@Ash Hegde hola....no entendi

[@elim2826]

@@zulmakarnacha si ves madrilenos por el mundo edicion puerto Rico(KZbin), viven en las mejores partes de la isla y con aires de superioridad.

[@Suyi_305]

This made me so angry! He says he “Puerto Rican” but he’s putting the TRUE Puerto Ricans out! What a POS

[@davism3800]

Define "true Puerto Rican".

[@lp1652]

He is a slime ball!!

[@lp1652]

@@davism3800 you know exactly what he means dummy

[@davism3800]

@@lp1652 No, I don't. Define it.

[@nancygonzalez9177]

If he’s Puerto Rican he has very right to purchase property there.

[@Chifilife]

This makes my blood boil. He's 100% a colonizer. Not everything needs to be a disgusting, concrete-filled tourist trap.

[@joemama6906]

The Puerto Ricans themselves are colonizers. Americans are doing to them what they did to the Indians.

[@EllieM_Travels]

I know of multi millionaire business owners who just moved to San Juan, talking about how great it is for them. What about the locals, I asked? No answer.

[@willowclay3137]

Puerto Ricans are warm people. I grew up with Puerto Ricans and Cubans. They love to live it up! Stick to your values and your families!

[@HeyHey-dl9jt]

This is so disgustingly disrespectful to the tenants and people in this area. They all should file an injection and suit.

[@Yandel21ableify]

Gentrification ruined NYC culture too.

[@evarodriguezalequin5705]

Yesss, they should sue and take this case to court. Make sure this doesn’t occur again. People make sacrifices to buy a place to live. Creating jobs? Ummm, and taking the money gained from Puerto Rico and invest it some where else. I’ve read and seen it in the news. It’s about time people be pro-active to go against those that attempt against their peace in life.

[@evarodriguezalequin5705]

@Ash Hegde I mean to say if the people that are living in are the owners.

[@Yandel21ableify]

@Ash Hegde New York doesn't have a soul, its too commercialized. Times Square looks like Disneyland now.

[@solidsnake8331]

@@Yandel21ableify omg new York is so different, it's not the place I lived in when I was a kid, and I'm not talking about covid or any political stuff. I use to live by flatbush ave. I stayed on ocean Avenue, Beverly rd. Back then, it was pretty bad. Now, after 16 years, a lot of buildings that were they're are not there, new apartments, my old apartment was remodeled. I went to Manhattan, and I only felt like a tourist visiting my own home. I can't describe it

[@russelltakemoto230]

I'm from Hawaii. The same thing happened to us Hawaiians in the 80's. Rich investors from Japan and North America swooped up houses. It hurt our housing market. Prices soared and the rest is history.

[@reaccionapr]

Why didn’t you buy a property?

[@russelltakemoto230]

@@reaccionapr In the 80's I was in grade school. But my parents always talked about it and as I got older I realized they were right.

[@reaccionapr]

@@russelltakemoto230 did they have a house?

[@russelltakemoto230]

@@reaccionapr yes, from my grandmother who passed

[@juanmanuel9822]

Same in the Canary Islands and now is worse than ever.

[@michaelhillyer6618]

My grandmother lives in Puerto Rico and my Father is from there. It hurts me to hear about the difficulties the Puerto Rican people are having finding a home. My father and Brother help my grandmother rebuild after Hurricane Maria and one day I would love to help out the island.

[@JULIOCESAR-wb9pk]

I'm not Puerto Rican but my blood boils just seeing how people get displaced in a blink of an eye. Lo siento! 😡

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

While I feel sorry for these people, Puerto Ricans need to be realistic. They've got a ton of debt and their own politicians are allowing this to happen, as a means to try and solve that debt issue. If they were smart, they would have banded together to buy some of these properties. If you've got a solution that solves their debt situation AND allows these people to stay in their homes, I'd love to hear it.

[@profitsoverpeople7178]

It's not being stolen the land and property is being bought nothing different then buying property in the United States

[@earthandwind820]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 A lot of the debt comes from local politicians’ corruption of course, but also how dependent PR’s economy was made on American corporations and their low paying jobs. If you go to PR, you’ll see more US corps bunched together than even in some places here in the states. The American corps literally destroyed local PR run businesses… I do comprehend the failures of some better off PR’s though. So many of them move to NY, LA or Miami after becoming wealthy in PR instead of staying and contributing to the island. They’ll literally claim there aren’t any opportunities there (colonial mindset), and then the stateside Americans come in or even people from abroad and say “we see A LOT of opportunities”…. But many of them could care less about the local population. That’s on the better off PR for being so short-sided and refusing to see the value of their own island and how they should contribute back to it.

[@marialogan8786]

I am Puerto Rican, born in the states....but I will roo for my people!!!

[@icarris1]

@@earthandwind820 this is the dumb and makes no logical sense - "If you go to PR, you’ll see more US corps bunched together than even in some places here in the states. The American corps literally destroyed local PR run businesses…" How can u find more US businesses in PR than in the mainland? Do you understand the concept of economy of scale? have u ever tried to shop 100% small local business for everything? i have and it's way more expensive for arguably the same stuff you get at a box store. 90% of the shit in local shops is made in china, just like the box stores but costs twice as much. There are stores here literally called "China Town" and the locals love them cause it's cheap. They don't care where it came from; that child slaves had to mine the materials, or about the sweatshop workers that churn out that disposable trash that ends up in landfills or the ocean. the only thing that matters to them is that it's cheap. "But many of them could care less about the local population." I agree a lot of pr's don't give a shit about anything but themselves. when pr's leave the island, they do the exact thing they bitch about when people go to PR; entitled hypocrisy. I don't hear anyone talking about the people selling their property to foreigners. She mentions that LOCALS say they prefer to work with "gringos" (somehow gringo isn't racist?) cause they are money smart and actually pay the rent on time or early. yeah, so why aren't the local landlords on blast? why is it the foreigners problem when a PR SELLS their property? Shouldn't they be allowed the FREEDOM to sell their own property as they see fit? Let's say you actually did something to own a house and then wanted to sell it. Offer #1 is asking price but the buyer is a family relocating from outside PR Offer #2 is $10,000 below asking price but is a local What offer do you take? those saying they'd turn down an extra $10k are probably lying. believe it when you see the proof. Capitalism and free markets aren't prefect but it's a hell of a lot better than the alternatives. The fact that we can sit here and have debates in the youtube comment section is proof of that. It's in this capitalist free market and thru the freedoms granted by the constitution that all who are lucky enough to be under it's umbrella has an opportunity to become wealthy. It's for this exact reason that there's more pr's on the mainland than on the island. What if all of a sudden mainlanders started telling pr's to go home and stay on their island? 100% pr's would play the race card.

[@christianmalave5342]

“You’re not reducing poverty you’re just pushing it around” this is so true

[@patmarco2251]

Okay nothing wrong with pushing poverty from beach front areas! This way wealthy people can spend some money and build homes which creates jobs, like construction, housekeeping, Airbnb, furniture stores sell merchandise, local government collects property taxes and tax employees etc. I think most people are confused on how wealth is created and basic economic principals. The poor becomes middle class by working not by getting government support and halting growth and progress! Monaco, Singapore, Dubai and so many of these super wealthy crypto places opened their doors high and wide to foreigners and look at them now. But in Puerto Rico the mentality is let’s block everyone including natives and locals etc. It’s bizarre!!

[@jseahmed2432]

And Soon those Foreign Investors will buy it all and Triple the Rent and cost of buying your Dream House in P.R Will be just a Dream might have to relocate to Dominican Republica, and the cycle just keep on Moving the Poor out .

[@TheWrestlingUniverse]

@@patmarco2251 it’s sad that people are close minded about progress in Puerto Rico. However leaving someone without a home is just as wrong.

[@patmarco2251]

@@TheWrestlingUniverse agreed.. No one should be homeless.

[@patmarco2251]

@@jseahmed2432 cost of living is going up everywhere, but those who are close minded think it is only affecting their community and caused by foreigners! Guess who is selling these buildings? The locals, and you can blame the brokers who are also locals and the bankers who are locals, you get the idea..

[@tsunshine]

Sad part is that some of the buyers don't even care about what they're doing to the people that are from there. Sad

[@CarmenReyes-jf7to]

That's how colonization works!

[@RescueAlwaysOfficial]

Neither do the Puerto Rican sellers. They should be more concerned. You can't expect an outsider to care more about the locals than local sellers themselves.

[@joethornton3852]

OH PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE ILLEGALS MOVING INTO THE USA!

[@gsconceptx2131]

I’m Puerto Rican and we need to stop selling everything we own! We do this everywhere we live in NYC for example we used to own every grocery store in NYC and we sold them all we sold Bacardi,and sold many other rich corporate companies selfishly

[@pedrofelicianovega4625]

I understand, but many of the buildings that the government is selling have been abandoned for years without proper care. Every commercial building, house, apartment, or property in any area that is not well maintained will depreciate the surrounding real estate.

[@Tritone]

Puerto Ricans historically owned few stores and few homes in NYC. They were mostly renters.

[@comm2531]

Exactly what lo que pasa

[@RescueAlwaysOfficial]

Exactly. People want to blame mainland Americans who have the money and smarts to take advantage of a business opportunity. Yet isn't it Puerto Ricans selling out their own people?

[@TWE_2000]

Imagine being so arrogant and xenophobic you think you're entitled to what other people do with their own property. Puerto Ricans are selling their property because they want to make money. If you have a problem with non Puerto Ricans owning property, then you can buy it. And if you don't have the money, then go ahead and beg the Puerto Rican owners to sacrifice their own wealth so you don't have to deal with foreign neighbors.

[@longbeach225]

Puerto Rico needs to do what most countries in Southeast Asia and that is limit property ownership to citizens of that country. Thailand for example a foreigner cannot buy a condo unless 50% or more of the building is own by the Thai citizens. Foreigners can buy a house but cannot own the land which can be taken away. Therefore it makes property buying less attractive to investors. They do this to protect the people otherwise they would be priced out like Puerto Ricans are.

[@A3215-y3e]

This video has so much wrong with it to cover. But first, Puerto Rico has plenty of homes and not enough people, most of Puerto Rico is inhabited by older Puerto Ricans leaving the workforce. The racist woman who has European features and speaks colonial Spanish tells Americans not to come or stay in Puerto Rico. There are more Puerto Ricans living on mainland US than on Puerto Rico itself and the island is losing population rapidly. There are many issues with PR, but people like this woman are hateful racists.

[@erstwhilerambler]

As I understand it, PR doesn’t have that kind of sovereignty to make and enforce such laws. It’s more or less “owned and operated” by the USA government, right?

[@longbeach225]

@@erstwhilerambler Yes. That is one of the reasons why PR wants to break away from the US.

[@A3215-y3e]

Breaking away from the US is not possible, Puerto Rico has low population of aging people who do not work, do not contribute to the economy, and also require assistance in the form of government funded social programs. Most of their working age citizens live and work in the United States. Puerto Rico already has mountains of debt and is in the midst of a fiver year battle with bankruptcy, they are literally bankrupt. It’s a nice thought, but not possible and never going to happen.

[@stayingfitandfocused]

@@A3215-y3e that's bullshit. IT's also like that because of the current situation/

[@tfresh99]

Told my wife years ago this was starting to happen. High end condos selling like crazy, high end malls being built, all which doesn’t fit the native demographic means money is from the outside. It’s been planned for years, shown just through observation

[@zaidacrechel4459]

You can observe and see what is coming. The majority of the people here are sleeping and that is what is causing all this.

[@mariabardo6420]

The Mall of San Juan is an example and they have been planning to eliminate the Residencial Nemesio Canales to expand Plazas Las Américas but there's other interest involved.

[@taferntole]

@@mariabardo6420, my goodness. That would be horrible. Where are they supposed to move to??

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Yeah but that’s in every country

[@TheCastedone]

They are doing this everywhere

[@kalokuholt1603]

Look at what colonization did to Hawaii. I pray Puerto Rico can create the necessary laws to protect that beautiful country and it’s beautiful people.

[@QuickBulletin]

Yes it turned it into a wonderful place to live.

[@NYCmob79]

Lol, is not the same. Hawaiian are natives. Puerto Ricans are descendants of the Colonizers.

[@777jones]

Puerto Rico is not a country at all. It is a US island. The residents are US citizens just like me. It helps to understand the context.

[@truthseeker6377]

Diversity is your strength!

[@darlenegattus8190]

It ruined it

[@yeseniacabrera3770]

Es la segunda vez q veo este documental y sigo sintiendo la misma impotencia, coraje, y mil otros sentimientos más.

[@JayDeeOfficialx]

la entiendo completamente! pero no es injusticia mi gente, es falta de educación , ese tipo sabe muchas cosas que ustedes no saben. es un tipo educado que sabe como se mueve el dinero, sabe de inversiones, sabe de taxes! LO UNICO QUE LE PUEDO DECIR A GENTE JOVEN DE PUERTO RICO ES QUE SE EDUQUEN, Y NO ME REFIERO IR A UNA UNIVERSIDAD APRENDER UNA CARRERA ESTUPIDA QUE AL FINAL DEL DIA NO DA PARA VIVIR COMO UNO MERECE, LEAN LIBROS DE FINIANZAS, COMO PADRE RICO , PADRE POBRE DE ROBERT KIYOSAKI Y SE VAN A DAR CUENTA DEL LA MENTIRA Y EL SUENO QUE LES VENDE EL GOBIERNO!!!

[@psemilanceata]

The way my body cringed when she started crying and then said “I guess it’s because I care” bitch, please

[@sandysimpson4785]

I know right?! Talking about "that's the way the world works" no, just where you're from Karen, where the Almighty dollar and greed is king.....very, very selfish woman...

[@MosaicHomestead]

I live here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, Yes I agree it looks ugly , outsiders coming here buying our land...but I don't see nobody talking about Puerto Ricans selling their property to outsiders...behind every property sold to outsiders, there is a Puerto Rican seller...This is the problem that needs to be fixed, without my home being for sale, I was offered more than what the asking price was...I declined the offer, Puerto Ricans have the obligation to value what they own, because when they don't, Someone else will, and this is what will happen...Its too late right now, once a outsider buys a property, it will never belong to a Puerto Rican again.

[@pavelzaro1471]

@@MosaicHomestead very smart response.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@pavelzaro1471 it's a honest response

[@misslarry8505]

Very good idea. Land and house are top of the line investment. If you are living in a very much attractive area and not looking out for best interest. "A share of the pie "

[@debrasexton6050]

This is happening everywhere. I can’t understand how rent is so high an the majority of people aren’t rich. 😢

[@Renegade_Melungeon]

Imperialism and Neo Colonialism

[@stayingfitandfocused]

where the white folks go, prices will grow lol

[@FlamanticRose]

Landlords are the new problem. Inflation is a made up thing.

[@lynortiz7971]

My half italian, half puerto rican father said "that's a typical "Italian" move. Hint hint, "Christopher Columbus". Lol smh. My step dad who was Born in italy but raised in Puerto Rico is pissed that this man thinks it's nice to change a town culture. He said "who the f×>k cares if it's an old school town. It's how they wanted it. Let the people of the land live however makes them happy" I love my dad. He is absolutely right. Edited. He is now saying "so you go to Italy and cant find a place as beautiful and as cheap as Quebradillas? You get jealous and have to ruin it for us? Shame on him." Lol. Sigh but true

[@Yandel21ableify]

You do know a lot of Italians immigrated to Puerto Rico back in the 1800s. A lot of the Puerto Rican stock is Italian from Corsica.

[@actc6077]

Different scholars like Jose Erugo, Celso Garcia de la Riega, Otero Sanchez and Nicholas Dias Perez have since concluded that Columbus may have had a Jewish background.

[@floriderllc6862]

Funny how the only ones who aren’t allowed to have that opinion are Western nations.

[@jeremyarroyo360]

Your cute

[@joethornton3852]

bet you're quiet about the illegals moving into the USA. screams racism.

[@gripitnripit9791]

Just cause u moved to Puerto Rico don't mean ur Puerto Rican !!!!

[@jose2144]

I'm Puerto Rican, & I was born in the Bronx! I just seen several documentarys that are pushing out the Native Puerto Ricans out. That's just greed! Try to fight these vultures give them he'll.!!!

[@oscarmeneurubio3330]

​@@Mia-vm6plyes, they are proud to be PR because they are spanish.

[@kenjmyer]

Just because you moved to America doesn't mean you're American, oh I understand now!

[@jose2144]

@@kenjmyer Actually Puerto Ricans ARE BORN AMERICANS!

[@NoelJimenez-kf8kc]

Puerto Ricans are not Spanish. The Spanish are from Spain.

[@ligiat3073]

Thanks for this, Bianca. I am a Puerto Rican history professor and I just finished writing a book: "Us According to Them: How Americans Portrayed Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010" based on 132 books written by Americans who either visited or lived in the Island. Right now I am looking for a publisher. One of its sections is titled: "“A Most Delightful and Healthful Winter Resort”: The Future" and you can see there that since 1898 there were plans to turn the Island into a winter resort. Here is a quote from 1899: "The general healthfulness of the whole island gives rise to the belief that it will become a splendid winter resort in the future under the Stars and Stripes. …it will probably be the land of refuge when snow and sleet chase the rich from their homes in the great cities of the North." Knowing about this gave me the advantage of knowing what was coming since 2009, when I left the Island because I couldn´t suffer there the impotence of seeing your land to be turned into a new Bahamas for rich foreigners. I still suffer it, but now from Uruguay.

[@gorenas_garage]

Im interested on reading this book.

[@chinchanchou]

Jajaaj compatriota nunca pensé encontrar una uruguaya Puerto Rico para puertorriqueños se tienen qie independizar de una vez

[@ligiat3073]

@@chinchanchou De acuerdo. Desafortunadamente los independentistas representamos solamente cerca de un 4%.

[@matospherepr]

. (I'm just commenting to save the comment HAHA) Voy a estar pendiente, me interesa leer el libro.

[@gorenas_garage]

@@ligiat3073 War against all Puertoricans was an eye opener for me. I’m intrigued to read yours.

[@miguelirizarry38]

Puerto Rico is beautiful, I am a proud Puertorican that had to leave my house family because of the conditions the government wants you to live in, power outages, the roads are awful, salary is not according to reality, cost of essentiall services are ridiculous and the worst we have all these crooks called politics from different parties running the island that don't care about the residents well being. It's a shame lot's of us have had to leave because of this and you have outsiders taking advantage of this and getting exemptions from government. It's sad.

[@wantsoverneeds6578]

The government is giving incentives to foreigners "americans" because the people here dont make enough money to supply the government with enough funds to actually provide decent services. PLUS THEY ARE CORRUPT which makes it even more difficult. The foreigners are a result of stagnation, but the stagnation is also a result of failed goverment+ fre access to america

[@chinchanchou]

Puerto Rico independendiente YA

[@miguelirizarry38]

@@chinchanchou Seria bueno pero de que van a vivir, si es ahora con todos los millones que reciben y no arreglan nada imaginate sin el dinero que envia los EU. Lo que necesita es estar bien administrado.

[@puertocool]

Exactly the case. Our government corruption, nepotism, and patronage will never secure anything for an average citizen. I do not support statehood, but independence would put all power into the hands of criminals.

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

@@puertocool imagine if PR was independent and elected a governor who acted like maduro.

[@Lanaiescapade]

This is what’s happening in Hawaii, the children need to get their education and come home to reverse what’s happening.

[@jacktringoli3299]

Does Hawaii not have good schools or something? Lol

[@freidadavis3180]

That’s a shame the same thing happened to Hawaii and the people of Jamaica are not allowed access to their own beaches 😢

[@ma8829]

Hawaii is so lame now that so many Hawaiians have been forced to move. I am glad I visited before this happened. Jamaica is going to end up the same way if their government doesn’t make the changes needed.

[@nadirawilde6344]

This is happening in the U. S. Virgin Islands too. literally a stone's throw from Puerto Rico. Its one thing to start buying up the homes & Properties, but then trying to change the local native customs to suit them, and trying to claim things that are not their's aka the beaches.

[@Casilocapuntocom]

The same comments I heard from foreigners here, saying that they want to give an "European vibe" to a small town that they are moving in.

[@scottyee707]

Happening everywhere even rich homes, like all the houses in Lake Tahoe have practically become Airbnb so you spend millions of dollars on your lakefront property just to have random guests as your neighbors every weekend

[@naimedwards1422]

This is the perfect example of the mentality land barrons’ have. Absolute entitlement and rationale for destroying livelihoods for profit. Are there land trusts or housing cooperatives in PR?

[@LlnusTechTips.]

The government put the tax incentives there for a reason

[@WillMathematics]

They are rebuilding PR. The profit motive is good.

[@robertoabril1813]

Y la gente, sin casas, no pueden pasarla a sus hijos en herencia, o hipotecarla, para financiar estudios, y de ese modo, se empobrece la clase media, para que no tenga un futuro con personas educadas, que puedan ser agentes de cambio y de empresarismo. Se trata de desempoderar...

[@naimedwards1422]

@@LlnusTechTips. True, but that doesn't mean their reasoning was right, just, equitable, or even economically sound.

[@diosprotege9328]

I'm not sure why this so called ex-representative is not in jail for tax evasion.

[@FernandoRodriguez-kl3oc]

The dude infuriated me with his arrogance, lack of self awareness regarding his comments, and pure cold-heartedness. He could care less about what he and others are doing to native Puerto Ricans with much lower incomes. He’s a perfect example of the greed which blinds people to decency.

[@vincentsuarez2523]

It's state not federal. He's not dodging the IRS.

[@FOURTYFIVERS45]

This is happening on The U.S. mainland also....forcefully changing demographics

[@petegarrido5406]

Yep!

[@cuzimaluzer777]

It will all crash eventually. Wages have flattened but rent, food, gas just keeps going up.

[@christinegoulding5370]

I only hit "like" to acknowledge that I saw this video. I am an American & I hate that this is happening to the people of Puerto Rico. I live in California and have seen this happen over & over. -- Greed is an ugly thing.

[@vbin9081]

Puerto Ricans own the West Side of every major city in America. I grew up in a school filled with Puerto Ricans. Now, we are coming to your country. So what??? Get over it. They need to stop whinning like babies and you need to stop kissing people arses.

[@djpollo2474]

@@vbin9081 as a puerto rican I honestly couldn't careless about all of this, however just stating your experience Is just anectdotal evidence. That being said, I couldn't care less if more Americans come over here since it's thanks to them we have what we have and also we're already colonized af so it wouldn't change a damn tjing

[@taferntole]

Thank you, Christine Goulding. You have a heart!

[@taferntole]

@@vbin9081 the problem with this one is how it's being carried out; all throughout the 20th century and up to recent years, people from the mainland came to the island to live. No one in the island EVER had any issues with that. But this is different: Act 22 (now 60) has allowed for richer people to come and buy out properties (several, at times) and the realty market for those whose lives have always been there (and don't forget: it is an ISLAND) has become so inflated that, along with lower salaries, they are being displaced. SO THIS IS DIFFERENT. Tell me: have Puerto Ricans ever displaced any of you in the mainland, anywhere, by moving there? NOPE. Please grasp the context, sir or madam. Pleasant morning.

[@eunicer4107]

Thank you so much for standing with us

[@cheeseshaper]

My heart goes out to those people who were kicked out of their apartments. Airbnb came to Venice Beach years ago, and the exact same thing happened. The landlords were finding any reason to kick out their tenants with big profits in mind making them into Airbnbs. Rent prices skyrocketed. Venice was affordable and now one of the most expensive places to live in all of LA. I was priced out there, even though it is now heavily regulated . I pray that the madness stops and Airbnb becomes regulated on the island. It made me feel sad to see all those red dots growing indicating that Puerto Rico is on the exact same path!

[@puertocool]

It is exactly the same thing in every free market society on earth, not just here! The ability to own your own residence is not impossible for most people. Renting prices will always he driven by the market. Nice places, higher prices.

[@jenny5031]

This should not be allowed. You are not Puerto Rican because you've lived in Puerto Rico since 2019 that only makes you an Italian who can't make it any where else because it's harder. Our Puerto Rican government needs to wake up and see the damage that they are allowing to happen to the Puerto Ricans. Born and raised in Puerto Rico.

[@dubbayewwilliams9402]

Fight back like Cuba....guerilla war style fvck it y not

[@cadebrown2092]

​@dubbayewwilliams9402 bro people try to escape Cuba all the time. Fk communism

[@cottoautorepairservicellc1866]

I understand completely this issue. But the real issue is we as Puerto Ricans are been pushed out by our own people. See I'm born and raised in the island, I'm living in Delaware now. Came a few years ago and became a business man opening a few business thru the years. Now is time for me to invest on the island, but guess what. The realtors in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 are ignoring my phone calls after we talked and I explained what I want to do, they said we we'll talk about it later on, after that they keep ignoring my calls. How I know? Because there was one realtor that I call 7 time in a roll and didn't answer but when I call using another phone number then he answered, and I told him why he was ignoring my calls he said they are looking for a different type of customer. So I ask what he means by that? He hang up an never answer again. I'm going to record the phone calls to gather a few Because this is an issue you need to make a video about.

[@dm9310]

What’s crazy is … this is happening in the states with wealthy people from China…I live in CA and I can’t tell you how many landlords live in China…

[@FlamanticRose]

I worked for a property management company that was national, and I could see all the homeowners info. Let’s just say a lot of American homes are owned by foreigners and used as income properties. It happens everywhere unless the laws prohibit.

[@Maniac_Sniper]

Good. Now they know how we feel

[@wilsoncruk]

Evicting tenants to convert the homes into Airbnb is illegal in many parts of the world. Check your state and local laws to make sure that developers are not violating the laws.

[@MPV919]

Esa es la parte triste de alquilar....los dueños siempre van a tener la ultima palabra

[@cohendarwin5365]

Lol. Dude you are Hippocratic. That's how money's work. If you own that apartement you would do the same.

[@2020Dreamlife]

This is Puerto Rico. The govt is the problem. That’s what this is all about. There are no laws Inforced with this stuff. That’s the whole problem.

[@jalicea1650]

I wouldn’t, I believe in owning property if I can afford it, but I wouldn’t fuck over my tenants just because I want more money. There’s no honor in it and we shouldn’t act like mainlanders!

[@cohendarwin5365]

@@jalicea1650 your business need money. And if u using reality that building need maintenance and its cost money. Need electricity, pay water etc. In the end of the day. You would love if you could just evicted them and go do vacation in japan, or snowboard in Switzerland , alpen mountain, go visit nepal, india.

[@alvinmaldonado9378]

I'm from New Jersey and got alot of family in fajardo pr and they told me the same story as Bianca .. keep doing your work and investigation your awesome.... I will keep praying for my island

[@jeans3490]

This is what happened to Hawaii (Hawaiians!) The Italian “self proclaimed Puerto Rican” guy is clueless!!

[@Yandel21ableify]

Puerto Rico will be like Hawaii where natives cant afford to live on their islands.

[@hectorprieto7937]

And cynical

[@Luca-nu2zg]

@@Yandel21ableify there are no native people on Puerto Rico

[@Yandel21ableify]

@@Luca-nu2zg Puerto Ricans still have Native DNA

[@fgb6737]

No sabéis que Puerto Rico en 1898 era España y los Puertorriqueños eran españoles.... Ese es el camino....

[@PragmaticPursuits]

I’d be curious to hear from folks about what responsibility you think the “seller” bears in this process, especially if the seller happens to also be Puerto Rican ?

[@dbuck1964]

Thank you. That is the first place that my mind went.

[@munchkinm6929]

Truth

[@brina6680]

They are the part of the problem. But if the monetary incentive is them selling to a Person from the states then thats what they are going to do. The jobs being “created” are not the wages needed to actually buy a property.

[@brandonburns5365]

Do your mind go there.. when America sells our homes to foreigners too?

[@JoseMorales-vw4qf]

😂seller not a true Boricua, just by name. No ama la Patria.

[@jacobball5893]

The crazy thing is this is not a foreign concept. Gentrification like this is happening all over the world and it is unfortunate that a company like AirBnb has not done anything to help. Also, not surprised the old white woman pulls out the “this is how the world works” card, while there are families being forced to leave their homes and cannot find new ones. Infuriating!

[@777wisdom7]

Not to worry the violence will come Puerto Ricans do not play

[@bperez8656]

Why would they help? They profit from gentrification Kind of a dumb comment if you think about it

[@JuanRivera-qi7jl]

White woman? What's up with that?

[@earthandwind820]

Some Americans have been brainwashed with entitlement syndrome - thinking they have the right to dictate/own the world. Not all Americans, of course, but it’s more prevalent than other nationalities I’ve spoken with. In other words, there are good/bad in all nationalities, but even the bad in other nationalities don’t think they have the right to control the world & everyone has to swallow it.

[@loboblue5441]

@@JuanRivera-qi7jl you know white folks, are responsible for everything bad that's happened, since the beginning of time. Makes people feel good to blame us

[@angelvalentin8204]

El problema en Puerto Rico son los políticos no importa del partido que sean no les importa el pueblo que los elige lo que les importa es llenar sus bolsillos de dinero!

[@yosef5508]

Este es el estigma típico de la plaga que infesta a las mentes avaras, mezquinas y poco me importa de los gobiernos y políticos de America Latina.

[@2020Dreamlife]

Si

[@robertoabril1813]

Esos son los más venenosos, como serpientes. Alguien me decia que el Karma existe. ¡Basura!

[@Yandel21ableify]

Daddy Yankee y los otros regaetoneros que hagan edificios con rentas controladas para los Puerto Riqueños.

[@rondamon8004]

El estatus no es de lo mejor. Y si fuera independiente no quedaria estaca en pared.....!!!!!

[@Jackhandless]

These rich investors have no souls. Laughing at an apt being sold out while tenants suffer. How smug is the realtor guy? And the lady is playing dumb just to ease her conscience.

[@nomad13ify]

If the government didn't do favors then this won't happen

[@Pamela-hr9zi]

This world is being taken over by evil in my opinion.

[@joethornton3852]

bet you're quiet about the illegals moving into the USA. screams racism.

[@spanishh2001]

The island is being sold out but its own government...just a bad situation, all the way around ....P.R. is looking like the next Guam/Hawaii....for the rich....

[@Skyofmine]

This is how I feel as a Floridian native. All the outside states moving here with all their wealth making it hard for me to afford to stay in my own neighborhood. Also the tourists bring so much trash 🗑. They don't respect our FL beaches 🏖🏝. They don't care for the local ecosystem and it's really sad to me. When I was a kid we had much more protected beaches for turtle 🐢 and wildlife nesting. Now it's concrete high rise. 💁‍♀️🤦‍♀️🥺 it makes me hate tourists. And all the new residents. Leave my home. Go back to yours I shouldn't have to leave my home because you've changed the economy and landscape..... I feel for the Boricua people. I can relate.

[@rsi4561]

says a white guy living on land TAKEN from the native people that lived there BEFORE you showed up.

[@TheBoricuaGamer]

😢

[@javierloperena4980]

That is the bad thing about renting, you run the risk at any time that the owner sells his property. If you want to live in one place your whole life, you must buy a house, not rent or live in an apartment. people should think about that before choosing to live in an apartment

[@DrPhibesxx7]

I agree with you, but this former politician could have done things differently and left 50% of the apartments affordable for 5 years and gave these people time to work out the next move. He's a fart, no consideration for the local people. All about the $$$ and no heart. Unfortunately, this country is filled with greedy farts that only think $$$ and greed. A lot of them go to church every Sunday, yet are blind to looking out for others...

[@user-me7pn6kl2z]

This is correct my family members are all owners of their land. If you pay rent you owe nothing and everything can be taken away from you.

[@puertocool]

And this absolute truth was hidden by the video. The lady could easily have purchased her own home for the rent she was paying. Then she would not get turned out.

[@goov47]

Greed has no limit. Owners of these properties are just as guilty for selling to these heartless, greedy, vultures.

[@Levittchen4G]

It is greedy, but greed is not the problem. It is an economic system that enables and rewards greed (the greediwst people in the world adorn thw front pages of forbes and are crowned person of the year, live in unimaginable and way beyond hedonistic opulance)

[@tobinnfrosst9841]

True and I'm guessing that the original owners are Puertorican 🤔 show how much the care about there people 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 that's what they care about period

[@goov47]

@@tobinnfrosst9841 Shows how much they care about their people?? I got news for you. Every city, state, small town, and country have greedy people who don't care about their people even in YOUR area.

[@glenjos1]

A wonderful piece that highlights a serious issue on the island that not many locals are aware of. The PR government does little to incentives local growth and just like many local realtors prefer to deal with outsiders. Thank you for making this.

[@edwinrodriguez9404]

Well its time to get rid of the real estate business in Puerto Rico's

[@einarabelc5]

If it's so serious, why are they not aware?

[@glenjos1]

@@edwinrodriguez9404 Getting rid of the real estate sector is not an option. We need to find ways to level the playing field and allow local Puertoricans the same or better opportunities in their homeland and limit gentrification.

[@taferntole]

@@einarabelc5, it was all worked out “under the table” right after Hurricane María. Behind those infamous “closed doors”... Thankfully, journalists are looking at this carefully. Check out, for example, Jay Fonseca's interview with the governor a couple of days ago (El cuerto poder is the name of the news show,) among MANY other publications on the topic.

[@taferntole]

@@glenjos1, agreed!

[@pianokeyjoe]

Firstly, OUCH! I feel the pain of the locals in my Island! Secondly, I too am a displaced Puerto Rican that actually tried to RETURN to PR as an adult after growing up there as a child, only to find out all the empty houses I could afford to buy on my income SS, were held up by inheritance or OTHER legal hang ups back in 2011. I went home to PR with the dream of owning my first house in the ONE place I could call HOME as I always did when young, where I knew my neighbors and rode my bike and walked everywhere and food is actually good.. Only to find out Land Lords were scamming, stealing electricity and water, and the affordable abandoned houses were not even buyable by the locals or returning expats from the Island.. Nope! The mainlanders, and Foreigners from other nations were buying out our small towns and every available property! The saddest part is some of that property is STILL empty and there are Puerto Ricans still looking where to live in peace. The take away I learned from all this is as a child in PR, my world was taken care of for me by my parents, as an adult, PR is just a dream.. not attainable unless I too am rich. Which I am not. I also learned that renting is NOT a safe bet anymore. The land lords scam and change the rental agreements on the fly and some even evict you based on their personal feelings of you as a person, and other things that are illegal and protected against, in the mainland. In the end I moved back to the mainland USA and found a $5,000 cash fixer upper abandoned brick house in a small town and live in the same town today and upgraded to a bigger $10,000 cash brick duplex instead. Puerto Rico is now just a good memory of a time bygone. With Covid restrictions making it even harder to go back and live there, the fact that now prices for ANY house or apartment is too high for ANY local making a modest income can afford, just makes it that much harder to ever return.. I am sad by this. Maybe when God comes back there will be justice for the poor..

[@cjrodriguez1053]

It's so sad that this had been your experience. I hope that one day somehow you're able to make that dream come true. I'm in that position you where in the past. I moved from PR super young. So young I don't even remember living there, but I always went back to visit for weeks at a time and feel in love with it every single time. I promised myself that one day I would go back, that feeling is still there, but this comment section is making me think twice about it. 😩

[@pianokeyjoe]

@@cjrodriguez1053 Thankyou for your sentiment. Yes I pray the Lord gives me a compelling reason to return despite the covid and economy issues. Like meeting my future wife in PR again like my first wife that passed away. I met her in PR and I had to sell my digital piano to be able to afford the plane ticket on such short notice at the time. Puerto Rico is fun to visit but I have so much desire for the things,houses, food, music, landscape,people,in PR that I can not risk all the covid restriction issues, rental instability and other scams, to just visit for a short while. Like the right woman, I want to go back to PR to stay until death do us part.. God willing :-)

[@jesusjesus534]

Independencia for Puerto Rico fixes al this

[@pianokeyjoe]

@@jesusjesus534 That is what I thought back in the 1990s and early 2000s when I first visited the island as an adult, but I have found out recently that the local government has been instrumental in the demise of the island. All the provisions for Hurricane Maria victims were hidden and left to spoil in some warehouse that a local man found out about and put on youtube along with other issues with the former administration there being ousted by the people of PR publicly for stealing funds or something to that effect? All that aid to PR even with Trump being a butt hole, still made it to PR but the local government in PR stole the money and supplies or tried to SELL the supplies instead of helping the locals that needed the aid. No, if PR becomes a island nation like Jamaica or DR or Cuba, at this present moment, PR will end up sold to China or other foreign investors for gain of resources and so on. What is happening now, that has angered me in this video has been around for many years, but to the level it is right now since at least the 2000s? No, that is new due to the PR government trying to attract more money into the island that they are giving tax breaks and incentives to the wealthy that can come and buy up land and preexisting structures, at the expense of the locals.. Yeah I am still in shock. Basically the locals are out of gas. You are not rich, you made homeless. Greed. If PR stays a commonwealth, at least for now, the locals still have a chance. If PR becomes a state, then the locals are going to be taxed to death and priced out of the island faster as what happened with Hawaii and Guam. Sadly, PR is going that route no matter what. Prayers for the people if Puerto Rico.

[@Yandel21ableify]

Puerto Rico will be like Hawaii where natives cant afford to live on their islands.

[@ELEVOPR]

Don't Move Out, give him he'll. Organize and lawyer up.

[@malachibenyisrael4621]

I was in nursing school in PR in 2018-2019 and met so many foreigners there for Act 22 it was insane.

[@Radrook353]

If you paste a sign on your back saying "Kick me!" people will kick you.

[@tinyj2601]

Thank you for this piece. I go back home every 3-4 months to see my parents and the change is there. Puerto Rico no es el Puerto Rico donde yo crecí.

[@teejaylecapois9741]

Resist the gringo colonizer. You have the respect of us Haitian Americans. Don't let them gentrify your island.

[@elvingarcia3869]

That is why a lot of you end up in USA right for the $$$ and every time a disaster hit Haiti only the USA helps not santo Domingo nor Puerto rico!!!!

[@333payaso]

@@elvingarcia3869 right on

[@JuanRodriguez-pj1zn]

USA don't help anyone. Specially not Haiti. We love Haiti. USA is a tyrant of Europe

[@teejaylecapois9741]

@@JuanRodriguez-pj1zn Es la verdad, senor.

[@SapBoy365]

@@elvingarcia3869 Lol USA don't help Haiti, they're just adding more to Haiti's debt.

[@carlosencarnacion7902]

For three years I live in PR and have two nieces there, so all my hard and support goes to the people of Puerto Rico. STOP NEW COLONIALISM!!!

[@floriderllc6862]

Same here in the US. No newcomers.

[@radrook2153]

They are up against themselves and foreigners. How are you supposed to win a fight AGAINST those odds?

[@obatalaosun2222]

@@floriderllc6862 Immigrants aren't colonizing the mainland. Cut the fear mongering and false equivalencies

[@floriderllc6862]

@@obatalaosun2222 then Americans aren’t colonizing PR either. You don’t get to make arguments only when it suits you.

[@floriderllc6862]

@@obatalaosun2222 you’ve obviously never been to many places in the US to see that they are.

[@DragonLady64]

Glad this video showed up on my feed because I was considering purchasing a home in Puerto Rico, not as an investment but to make it my home as I've wanted to live there for a while especially since my family originated from Fajardo and moved to NYC during the Farm Administration Act of 1945. I'm now reconsidering my decision because I don't want to add to the problems its citizens are facing nor do I want to find myself living someplace where the corruption appears to be just as bad as what I'd like to escape. I watched quite a few videos on the pros and cons of relocating to the island, and I criticized one of the KZbinrs for being so negative about PR. This video however puts into perspective the effect that it's having on native Islanders by those with nothing but finances on their minds. Capitalism at it's worst. The thought that anyone would buy a property they were renting in and probably paying the same low rent as everyone else only to displace them afterward for his own personal gain is down right despicable! And that lady who hadn't a clue of the effects of her participation, look how quickly she abandoned the island after hurricane Maria hit! Is she investing in anymore houses now? Are either of them investing in repairing any of the abandoned properties and making them affordable for those who were pushed out of their homes for their corporate gains? I think not! It's extremely disturbing to read the comments by those criticisng anyone who doesn't use their finances to buy their own homes. You do realize that not everyone can afford to buy don't you? After spending the last couple of days looking at the homes available for sale in PR, there's no way that anyone who is in a low income bracket can afford to buy a home there because 1) everything is overpriced and 2) everything requires repairs. The video explains that the median income in that city is only $17K... that's below the poverty line! And the tax dodger didn't take any of that into account as he and others like him only consider their own greed! And for those of you screaming how this video is racist, your comprehension skills are sorely lacking just as your lack of empathy for your fellow human being is! We are not all created with the same greedy genes as you!

[@vivetkah]

There has to be a way to stop this but money talks. Having the money and the heart would be proving shelter and jobs to locals.

[@Dominique03]

The white lady is so goddamn clueless about the struggles of the people. Your white, you’re a colonizer Get thru hell out. Everywhere you go you people create chaos.

[@isas.-ruiz169]

good on you doing ur research tho with empthaty for land you want to move to, natives want to be treated as tho they matter because since Spanish colonization the world will always value our land over our people and that only continued after America made it its territory

[@JustJoe827]

It seems that you've been getting your, " education " concerning Puerto Rico from Puerto Rico's far left monopolized media who are allied with the Island's oligarchs and from people like the young lady in charge of this KZbin video. This young lady is also allied with the people that want Puerto Rico to be like Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. It's simply amazing how, even educated people, swallow contaminated information blindly !!

[@DragonLady64]

@@JustJoe827 Pass me with your trolling! You obviously lack the ability for intellectual discourse without resulting to some form of hate spewing out of your brain.

[@robertcostambar3436]

This problem (abandoned properties) probably began when millions of Puerto Ricans moved to the U.S. Imagine the outcry "of racism" if gringos said they didn't want Latinos coming to the U.S and taking their jobs? Stop selling your property to gringo investors. The gringos won't stay long anyway, they will be gone before the next big hurricane. I'm a gringo, but I live in Puerto Plata because Puerto Rico is too expensive.

[@floriderllc6862]

That sounds extremely racist.

[@subjidealist]

Locals should be blaming their government for not creating tax incentives and jobs that empower natives to stay and prosper. If the land is cheap and outsiders are able to gentrify the area, its not their fault, its the local governments fault. Fire your governor.

[@carlosy2040]

Exactly Jasón amen brother!

[@subjidealist]

@bianca graulau locals should group together and get politicians to over turn the Jones act. You should require your congress people to ban together with USVI, Guam and even Hawaii to get the group of politicians to work together. You wont be able to overturn it yourself. Together you can probably gain buy-in to over turn.

[@GioMusicProductions]

Amén to that

[@sanjuansito800]

@@subjidealist none of our Congress people have voting power -_-. Welcome to taxation without representation.

[@wantsoverneeds6578]

@@sanjuansito800 This is incorrect.The tax icentives are state approved not federal. Unfortunately, because the economy is bad and because PR is the US, we puerto ricans leave the island for money on the mainlnd leaving the island in a worse situation. Its all a circle

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

Unfortunately this is happening everywhere in the USA and im sure the world as well. U see black residents like in downtown Seattle forced out to give way to new businesses and construction.

[@ericwilliams1659]

Yeah, I am trying to figure out why I should care about the raising cost of living over the many many others in the US or Canada. Also a heads up, if we look at America's past, we can predict the future. Capitalism will win, the people will be displaced. 'Merica

[@Utubedeletescomments]

Should've bought instead of renting

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

@@Utubedeletescomments these are lifetime homeowners being bought off Aka kicked out of their homes by corporations or wealthy developers.

[@Utubedeletescomments]

@@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608 They're renters , not " owners ".

[@kingofhearts1072]

@@Utubedeletescomments OWNERS can be bought or FORCED out too. Don't ASSUME things my friend, just because he said Black you assume they rented and not owned...Don't do that man.... "EMINENT DOMAIN" look it up.

[@minnie.-.l]

“The island holds a special place in my heart…pauses…fake cries…it’s bc I care…” I care bc I never knew it was so cheap and it’s great for me. I sympathize with them 😐 by also not sympathizing with them. She’s the exact person she hated. Yet she blames them for not being rich. While she wasn’t rich in her country couldn’t “keep up”. Imagine her telling you that you need to make 90k invest in properties and get going… in America. Lady most Americans can’t do that with their economy. She loves benefitting from them and yet hates the American economy? Wouldn’t she love how corrupt and expensive mid houses are? Pushing local people from small towns away to be more modernized and say maybe make double your income, sorry… oh wait she probably is that person that was in that situation. What a pathetic woman. She doesn’t love Puerto Rico she loves the price tag.

[@gigiis526]

Its easy to demonize people who have more money than you do. Thats doesnt make it right.

[@BLAZEPSI]

Shes a Vulture Indeed... A curropt and Greedy individual... She said thats how the world works, it doesnt mean she have to hop in the wagon and drive over everyone who cant...sad.

[@arkamis6373]

SAY IT LOUDERR

[@shelbybishop5040]

It’s not her fault, it’s the algorithm! It’s not her fault it’s the government! She is the most insufferable person I have seen in a long time.

[@Patches9427]

This very same situation has been happening to Hawaii, very sad that younger Hawaii people now have to move to the mainland to find affordable housing and a better cost of living. Pushed out by self serving politicians, and profiteers 😕

[@robertoabril1813]

The rich are taking over.

[@jorgeharmstrong]

The same thing in California … except people of all races are having to leave. The real problem is big government socialist deficit spending in the US and western nations. The Fed prints huge amounts of counterfeit money to monetize the debt. The big banks get this money for basically free and start to buy up assets such as real estate, equities, etc. The rich get richer, the poor suffer through an inflation tax, and the middle class is squeezed out. Many of the lower class then vote for socialists like Biden - who engages in race and class bating and calls for more deficit spending. The cycle continues. When will people wake up and vote for limited government libertarians?

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

@@jorgeharmstrong Libertarians would turn Puerto Rico into a hotel overnight. They don't believe in borders at all.

[@jeremyarroyo360]

No they need to go boriken and Hawaii is not for sale. They are guest in OUR HOUSES.!

[@henrydamiani1507]

But is also puertoricans selling... we'll i hope they dont get here. Also puertorico politicians are making life more dificult for us to live here. I love my island... I'll die here.... burried on the same place were my grandparents are. But were i live. Is people from the metropolitan area buying us out. What you make of that. They are also puertoricans. Ohhh and that guy from Rodeisland, can go back from were he came. No brainer why he didn't win the election. He has it writen all over his face.

[@mir3017]

The reason why Puerto Rico’s rent is so cheap is because of the cost-of-living. Italy is a beautiful country people go there to visit all the time and vacation. He should buy property there but he won’t because if he does it is too expensive to buy and if he buys in Puerto Rico he can take advantage.

[@exoticolors9953]

hes a shitty person who only cares about himself. thats the most dangerous part of capatalism.

[@nix3081]

@@crayon8943 Don’t know why you’re not blaming the money man either. The man that’s chasing money from the suffering people of Puerto Rico is also as bad. The evil in them is just the same as the ones from the government.

[@jerryjimenez7664]

I am with you Puerto Ricans 🇲🇽🇵🇷

[@truthseeker6377]

Diversity is your strength!

[@jess97724]

I'm not a Puerto Rican but I'm with you!!!!

[@jlm3744]

Got a good update to this story. That Rhode Island guy Giovanni actually left the island because of all the hate he was getting from this video, and sold the condominiums to a Puerto Rican man.

[@ed209ish]

Thanks for the update!!!

[@jlm3744]

@@ed209ish You're welcome. He lives in Florida now, and is doing business in Italy.

[@rarianfields]

Aaaaaaaahahahah fuckin A! Scuse my French, but that guy can vaffanculo!

[@EdMorales-r3m]

Typical politician, user and abuser of systems, driven by personal greed and a crook who doesn't pay his bills, he should b in jail

[@JeezWhiz1]

And I am sure that the IRS was waiting on him!

[@FullOfFlail]

Wonderful production quality, and powerful content. Thank you for bringing awareness.

[@richierich252]

You're being brainwashed by a pretty face. 🤣😂. Think about the issues at hand☺

[@radrook7584]

The Puerto Ricans who are cooperating with the Anglos who are moving in don't feel as if they are being pushed out. They are gleefully looking forward to making a profit.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

This is nothing more that rich vs poor that happens all over the world. They are just trying to throw in some anti-immigrant bigotry in the process. But Puerto Rico’s history is built on immigration. Puerto Ricans literally all descend from immigrants that settled Puerto Rico from elsewhere. It’s a hypocritical argument.

[@radrook7584]

@@IslenoGutierrez But was the effect of precious immigrations equal to what we are seeing now is the question.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@radrook7584 it was worse. Spaniards flooded the island, brought Africans and later, other Europeans to the island would arrive from Corsica (a French island of Italian-French ancestry), Portugal, the Canary Islands of Spain, France, Scotland, Ireland and Germany. So much so, they replaced the native Taíno inhabitants completely in which the natives disappeared through disease, warfare, labor and miscegenation…what is happening today pales in comparison as if it was Disneyland today.

[@jjl3530]

As a Puerto Rican that left the island because of the economic, political, natural disaster situation there. It scares me that where I live I hear people tell foreigners to not come and to leave and my fellow brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico are now also telling foreigners to not come and leave and it seems that the island along with much of the world is becoming a culturally intolerant battle ground! Imagine if the Germans told the many Turkish buying houses in Germany and building communities there to not come and go back to where they came from. The principle is one of monoculture and that only harms the development of the global society..

[@jalicea1650]

I agree and it's about balance. Rich people cant just oust millions of Puerto Ricans just so they can make the island their own private resort. It's not fair to us, but that doesn't mean people cant come to the island and become one of us. Puerto Ricans aren't all Taino. We are from everywhere and we should welcome all people with open arms if they're willing to join us as a people.

[@Ace7of7Cups]

It's going to get worse just like the real estate market inflated in the hot spots in the states at the end of the pandemic. I wouldn't blame them for being worried. People will limited resources only have so far to stretch themselves unlike those with hi middle income.

[@sandgarmor]

Hello! I am from the Canary Islands (Spain). Our elders have taught us to love Puerto Rico (also Cuba and Venezuela) since we were little by telling stories with nostalgia from that time. Our accent and expressions when speaking are almost identical, there is also back-and-forth influence in gastronomy and folklore, but what is most similar is the character. Despite having preserved the memory, we Canarians know very little about current Puerto Rico. That's why I'm here, to learn a little more about Puerto Rico. In the rest of Spain, Puerto Rico is also always spoken with great affection. A hug from Tenerife❤

[@zeminoid]

Cuba, Puerto Rico, even Venezuela, but how about the Dominican Republic? It was also colonized by Canarians, the way of speaking and the way of living is Canarian, just like Cuba and Puerto Rico.

[@mariabardo6420]

I have been saying that since 2013. The WORST thing is we are discriminating ourselves. We as Boricuas are against each other and THAT is sad. ¡¡DESPIERTA BORINCANO!!

[@juanescalante9972]

This is very true in our culture i never understood why are we like this when to other communities like the Italian,Jewish and Irish they all stick together and help each other out its just crazy to me we can do better than that you know

[@robertoabril1813]

@@juanescalante9972 The colonized mind set is in itself discriminatory against itself.

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

So true!! Although very warm and friendly, Puertorricans will throw others under the bus sometimes for frivolous reasons. Lots of division going on.

[@mariabardo6420]

@@robertoabril1813 Read the history of the Lynch Letter and the history of the UPR. You will understand a LOT of things.

[@christiana9988]

El boricua critica por naturaleza.

[@merccadoosis8847]

I'm a regular poster on a couple of Kensington, Philadelphia based channels here on YT. I have pointed out that this particular district was at one time a prosperous and largely Puerto Rican district in that city. Today the powers that be have dumped their drugs, drug addicts, homeless, and corrupt drug selling cops into the area and make it as unlivable as possible in order to drive out inhabitants. Once they are gone rich speculators buy the homes and gentrify the districts. No surprise that it is happening in Puerto Rico as well. Thank you for this expose' as it will enlighten people as to what is really going on there.

[@carloscortes5570]

What happens in Kensington is a different issue.In PR the problem now is the new" insentive" that's supposed to bring in jobs and income but it's really a scam so rich folks( which are mostly americans) con "move in" to PR bring their "business" and at doing so they don't pay federal tax.saving millions of dollars.actually ripping off uncle sam.thing is those"businesses" don't have more than a handful of PR employees.true is most work from home in the mainland.on top of that the government of PR for decades has only been stealing every penny the island gets from uncle sam.then you have pigs like that heartless pig from Rhode Island that owes over a million in taxes buying that small building and kicking those hard working honest good moral prudent folks out! But God don't like ugly.That jerk has never seen the ocean from 5 miles away and thinks that he going to build a "club med" resort from that small humble building..but wait until people see the cracks in the walls from the earthquakes..the constant problem of not having water or electricity and two dozen more bad issues..he won't ever make the fortune he thinks he will have.he going to end up selling to another back stabbing shark.if he survives what's coming.those people down there don't play!! It's like the old west.eye for an eye.may God have mercy on his soul

[@courtneyryan1470]

What a piece of work.."We all have to be in this together." As he kicks people out of their homes.

[@stevensoto9375]

When folks don’t stick together, they make themselves vulnerable. I love and value being Puerto Rican and it sucks to see Puerto Ricans support non-Puerto Ricans who hate Puerto Ricans. Can’t come together and push outsiders out if there aren’t enough people to come together.

[@112stace]

That’s true

[@Unknownhumans45]

Let’s talk about realtors prioritizing foreigners than the same locals. Been looking for buying house and land for 4 years. Majority they drop offers for selling foreigners. Real tempted to buy outside of PR because Puerto Ricans don’t what to sale for Puerto Ricans anymore unless you have 1 M in bank, is frustrating and sad.

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

Money talks and in the land of the blind the one eye man is king.

[@Unknownhumans45]

@@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608 Is the battle of who has the most money and how fast you get it, I know right. But what is unbalanced is the disadvantage of it. You make it on a high paid nation or state, you can come back buy, make it temporary or an Airbnb and very few are residents…again Puerto Rican living like outsiders and outsiders living has Puerto Ricans.

[@iramsavir5631]

That's going on everywhere where land is cheap.

[@juanhaver6584]

It should be illegal to prioritize cash buyers over non cash buyers when selling homes for constructed as dwellings (non-commercial), because it's not common for full time residents to have cash but it is common for speculators to have cash.

[@Unknownhumans45]

@@juanhaver6584 thank you.

[@oh_nat9340]

He finds a gem and decides to ruin it for them. I rather have 20 boricuas have a nice, affordable living than 3 boricuas with a minimum wage job opportunity, who themselves wouldn’t be able to afford rent. This is infuriating. El colonizador siempre con la mentalidad de que te voy a explotar “por tu propio bien”, pero supongo que nadie quiere ser el villano de su propia historia. Las politicas publicas de PR tienen que cambiar para que esto no siga sucediendo.

[@DamienAOrtiz]

You can't blame the person who purchased the property ,for it is his right to do so. You can't blame the seller because we have no idea of his financial situation. It's all a part of life. "NO ONE EVER SAID LIFE IS FAIR"!! The new owner has the legal right to do whatever he chooses to do with HIS PROPERTY!! I'm sure that for those of you who are screaming bloody murder towards the new owner feel so strongly about this injustice, get together raise the money to purchase the property and let the tenants stay there !! Activists especially on social media always find problems but NEVER FIND THE SOLUTION THEMSELVES!!!

[@oh_nat9340]

That’s why our laws have to change. This isn’t about this man. He gets away with it because it was meant to benefit him, not us puertoricans. I find it ridiculous when they, as in the investors shown in the video and our lawmakers, try to justify this unfair policies with “I’m actually helping you guys” “I’m making the place pretty”. Accept that you wanna fill your pockets at any cost. Just like our government. Its ok.

[@floriderllc6862]

@@oh_nat9340 the lawmakers have nothing to do with this. Any American can buy properties wherever the want and then do with them as they want.

[@PatrickCharlesjpc]

What's happening to Puerto Rico is precisely what they want to do to Haiti.

[@joethornton3852]

bet you're quiet about the illegals moving into the USA. screams racism.

[@SkylineMMedia]

The same thing happened to a Puerto Rican neighborhood in Chicago IL. (Humboldt Park) I was raised there and it was known as Little Puerto Rico. After the late 90's, the rich Yuppies, came in and bought up a ton of the properties and remodeled them and sold the apartments as condos. They sold for way too much a regular 9-5 er could afford. So the Puerto Ricans were pushed out of there, including every last one of my family members. My brother was the last one to move out of that neighborhood in 2016. Now I can even touch a property there, its so expensive. But I also say, that we need to keep up with the times. We need to do what we can to give these yuppies some competition and buy it all up before they do.

[@TheAltruistArtist]

I grew up in Logan Square and it's practically the same story. Milwaukee Ave is gentrified AF. Mega Mall was demolished and replaced with a huge, bland ass, condominium building with a Target, Starbucks, and a bunch of other flavorless businesses. The Mexican bakery of my childhood was replaced with a Rosati's pizzeria. The 4 Caminos grocery store is now a bank. I don't even recognize my old neighborhood. The variety of cultures that used to call it home is gone. It's just white bread and mayonnaise now. Also, there's rumors floating around that they're considering taking down "Las banderas" on Division Ave. Which would be a nail in the coffin for me.

[@SkylineMMedia]

@@TheAltruistArtist yea I've seen Logan Square change so much. All of the little mom and pop shops are gone, and at the same time, our children can't even play outside without the fear of getting shot or kidnapped. And I agree with the bland plain white bread and mayo architecture. They have zero style and don't fit the original Chicago architecture. The culture in Logan Square and HP is gone. I hope they don't sell the Banderas on Division st. They've been there so long, they're part of history.

[@fdr8343]

I’m not Puerto Rican or anything but I’m from Texas and I’ve always been wanted to go to Puerto Rico. This just saddens my heart to learn what many people are facing and are forced to go through. I don’t have much of a say or a lot of *knowledge about the island’s politics but I think Puerto Rico would be even better if it were independent. I think that the island has lots of potential and the best way for the island to thrive might be for the people of the island to fully govern themselves?… Set their own destiny and identity apart from that of the U.S. I’m not sure but and I don’t know a whole lot but I will definitely educate myself more so I can understand more about Puerto Rico. Incredibly beautiful place and I’m grateful that you’re uploading these experiences and situations so that we can have a better understanding and see what’s really going on in Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷

[@enrikopalo]

Independent? They can't, they need to have government assistance, cause the don't like to work plain and simple, I'm sure they are going to say is not true but that's how it is.

[@ld7489]

@@enrikopalo stupid comment. There's lazy people everywhere. Shit here in the US there's plenty of lazy people plain and simple. The US cries about immigration but who do u think is doing all the the hard work here.😂

[@enrikopalo]

@@ld7489 I am one of those that you talk about, I came to this country and worked hard for what I have never asked for assistance, I've worked with so many people from all over the world and my comment is not a guess it's a fact that I have seen.

[@ld7489]

@@enrikopalo sure you have😂I believe you😂

[@puertocool]

I live here and do not support statehood. However the corruption and patronage at all levels of Puerto Rican government would make independence at this time a horror for most residents. Independence is more an emotional issue rather than something that would truly benefit PR. Give us a responsible European style parliamentary government, then I would support it. Almost everywhere in Puerto Rico is very accepting of people moving from USA because they truly love the island. Those who write here with hateful racist remarks are fortunately a small minority. Message me, if you need more info about living here.

[@bobhebel4116]

In French, "Féroce" literally translates as "ferocious." A very appropriate surname for that ruthless, uncaring new landlord.

[@taferntole]

Merci, Bob. Right on point.

[@marlene97280]

Aux Antilles françaises ils font face a une situation similaire 🤣

[@robertrinehart4985]

I am an American who grew up in the Virgin Islands since 1979 and just recently moved to Puerto Rico and I absolutely love your island and the pepole But all these rich investors need to be shut down in a bad way. Same thing is happening in the vi. Now as well and it's changing everything for the local people and it sickens me to the very core. All this airbnb crap needs to stop as well. Tourist should go to hotels and pay the big doller for places to stay and leave housing cheap for your locals who work there asses off for what Little they can make to survive.❤🎉

[@AbbyAvon]

Gentrification at its worst. Feroce bothered by rent being $600 and town being "old timey" and churches being packed.....the very thing that attracted him to the place is the reason he is using to take advantage and line his own pockets. And as for Diana stating that Puerto Rico is real estate opportunity NO IT IS PEOPLE'S HOMES AND LIVELIHOOD! and her arrogance about telling people to buy their own lands? she lived there for 4 years, found it a beautiful place and the solution is to sell it off and have people who have lived there all their lives have to relocate? These two only see PR as money bags; they don't know the culture, histsory, love the Puerto Rican people have and living there or moving there doesn't make you Puerto Rican.

[@petegarrido5406]

You think all gringos in P.R. are bad ? Check out the crime and get back to me.

[@joevicvillar8234]

Como puertoriqueño , te puedo decir que este video es una realidad.... como inversionista tambien.... trate de montar un negosio y fue un problema, pero a la gente de afuera le permitian abrir sin problemas... y las personas simplemente terminan viajando para afuera ya que al boricua no se le presentan oportunidades.... esto sin mencionar el salario bajo de un empleaso. EL PROBLEMA DE PUERTO RICO ES EL GOBIERNO que odia al boricua y adora a la nacion norteamericana.

[@puertocool]

Well, yes, as I said the PR government must take some blame. They are the reason why independence is not yet reasonable. Can you imagine all authority given to corrupt politicans.

[@medallapr5479]

Que tristeza que pasen estas cosas men 🤬🤬🤬🤬🥺🥺🥺

[@juanallerena6802]

Es una pena lo que esta pasando en PR. Con tanto que tiene para ofrecer. Y como puertortorriqueña de Vieques es peor la burocracia y el mal trato que reciben todos los dias mis hermanos viequensee. Es una verguenza!

[@mariosoberal3342]

Que bueno es ser Americano... Me encanta.

[@wolfheart2443]

Totalmente de acuerdo con usted.

[@michaelblanco2189]

My grandma lives in Mexico and this happened to her apartment complex and it was bought by a local Mexican. It literally happens everywhere.

[@heribertogonzalez4520]

The people in Puerto Rico are the ones who are letting these people take their island away. I am from Tortola and the people there will never allow for outsiders to take over the island.

[@marthacallender7651]

It's the corrupt goverment that allows it not the PPl

[@jaycam6823]

The guy is disgusting I can’t believe he can be that cruel

[@nmwnomatterwhattimewilltak8608]

Stinkin republican opportunist.

[@bucktooth002]

Christopher Columbus

[@lunae12]

That yt woman too

[@lajas44]

No respect for anyone or anything other than their own success. They can’t understand people live in peace in a humble existence and that their money is destroying peoples lives. They can’t see the damage they are causing by driving up the cost of living with their money. No respect for people with less means. That lady is disgusting. They ex politician is a real scumbag.

[@HughJass-313]

😂😂 Total Scumbag

[@C_a_m_i_2024]

😡This is madness! I'm not from PR but I feel for the natives...get the money hungry outsiders OUT!!!!

[@krnpowr]

Natives? The natives were the Taino indians who got exterminated after the Spaniards arrived.

[@wev2344]

Shouldn’t the Puerto Rican government protect locals like they do in Thailand? Seems like a simple fix!

[@melaniep.]

🤗 Hello! I'm Puerto Rican so perhaps I can she'd a smidge of light on your question. The shirt answer is no. The government only cares about money. It's a big issue in Puerto Rico. Not to mention people themselves that are trying to sell homes are dazzled by money when an American comes waving it around. On top of that our environmentalist are having issues with Americans trying to buy our sacred and protected lands.

[@wev2344]

I hate to say it, but Thailand with her strict rules rakes in the money from expats from all over the world. Perhaps the Puerto Rican citizens should band together after researching Thai law and lobby for that one rule that prevents the uprooting of locals. It might not be much, but without the law I am speaking of, locals may some day be in the situation of having nothing but a heritage without an island. I am only speaking of land ownership. It seems like if this practice continues many PRs will be living in a centralized ghetto.

[@wev2344]

@@melaniep. We differ on the word “sell”. Islanders should not give up ownership of their lands to foreigners nor allow them to own land and property outright at all. Read enough research articles on how devastating such practices are to know that PRs are going to be uprooted if nothing changes. Once the word gets out, the investment banks roll in. Sorry I still remember the stories of my Puerto Rican colleagues so I always am empathetic to the cause. The US government really should make the Island a priority more than it does, and protect the PRs line they do in Guam and Palau.

[@Resident13thStreet]

Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony, so we second-class citizens aren't afforded "luxuries" that you and other first-class Americans experience like representation in Washington D.C. or control over or own island's budget. If it was such a simple fix to begin with we wouldn't have accrued the massive debt we're under, which is mostly manufactured by federal policies created to milk money out of Puerto Rico and into the Federal Reserves's fat pockets. Think Britain and the 13 colonies but now.

[@Resident13thStreet]

@@wev2344 Our government is entirely run by people whose jobs are fake. They have no real power in local affairs as we are overseen by federal government in a system that we can't control, so most if not all Puerto Rican politicians are just people looking to get rich quick, hence all the corruption. It's like a snake eating its own tail, if the federal government doesn't give power to local government they can just say that it's because of the corruption, rather than admitting that they're creating the situation we find ourselves in. Much like Native Americans being displaced by a money-hungry Congress that takes "donation checks" from Big Oil, Puerto Rico is in a geopolitical straightjacket.

[@crecasens]

So he’s complaining about what little they pay, but taking advantage of all the loopholes that allow him not to pay capital gains taxes and everything else? Why does it not surprise me that he’s Republican?

[@cjrodriguez1053]

Esto fue tan triste de ver. Yo soy Boricua-Dominicana y lo mismo esta pasando en la República Dominicana. Muchas de las compañias grandes están siendo compradas por extranjeros. Yo escuche a varios dominicanos decir que ellos son propiedad de los Estados Unidos. No es que el Dominicano no quiera comprar propiedad es que su propio gobierno le de preferencia a los extranjeros y ya cuando compran, ellos le dan preferencia y visa a su propia gente para que vengan a trabajar en NUESTRA isla. Esos extranjeros le están haciendo la vida imposible a los recidentes porque están subiendo el costo de vivir. Mas y mas lugares que el pueblo podia disfrutar se an vuelto resorts y lugares privados. Por años yo e querido volver a Puerto Rico pero no e podido y e conocido a otra persona como yo que tampoco puede. Que se fue super joven pero quiere volver. Instead of helping Puerto Ricans who want to return, they're help rich entitled non Puerto Ricans displace the residents.

[@alisonburgos9151]

I'm both as well. This is all so sad 😔

[@cjrodriguez1053]

@@alisonburgos9151 Duele el doble because its happening to both of my homes.

[@Yandel21ableify]

El que tiene dinero siempre va hacer lo que le da la gana.

[@reportalable959]

entonces no le eches la culpa a los extranjeros que quieren mejorar las condiciones en tu país (y por consiguiente la de ellos), sino a los mandatarios que supuestamente tú le da preferencia a los no dominicanos, etc

[@robertoabril1813]

@@reportalable959 Y la gente, sin casas, no pueden pasarla a sus hijos en herencia, o hipotecarla, para financiar estudios, y de ese modo, se empobrece la clase media, para que no tenga un futuro con personas educadas, que puedan ser agentes de cambio y de empresarismo. Se trata de desempoderar...

[@segajsaturn6036]

Exactly why Puerto Rico needs to go independent. We’ll lose our identity. Lose our homes. Lose our culture.

[@Leon612]

Celebrate diversity. US mainland decided to do that in 1965. Look at us now. 🥴

[@FLAC2023]

And you will become the next Haiti... with a 100% chance of an energy crisis coming in the next 20-30 years as crude oil will be depleted, having an association with USA is more crucial than ever... And I am NOT pro Statehood... honestly I don't think it matters much, although we sure need to end some current laws that affect the island...

[@FLAC2023]

@@Leon612 you being sarcastic? Lol

[@MrEltko]

And loose your life too. If we leave this to PR government. Thank God someone paying the real value of beachfront house’s

[@FLAC2023]

Luis Muñoz Marín destroyed Puerto Rico...

[@joceling1992]

My family has owned our land since the 70s my Grandparents worked really hard to buy that property and literally right at the top of the mountain I see the ocean so far it’s beautiful, forever be my home 🇵🇷♥️

[@Misael8924]

@@broskiy77 Not Nessary. Owing something a Coporation/Government wants or a Greedy Individual won't save your land. Just like the Farmers in America and how they are bullied, price out, offers, and some random loop whole excuse. Greed has no limits. I wish it was that simple.

[@Misael8924]

@@broskiy77Adapt ? You are quite Ignorant and don't Understand how Corporations work. Nor Understand the "future" you talk about. Your statement about the farmers is quite naive at best. You also lack Vision adaplt to a Tyranical system ? Bill gates buying most farmlands. Do you know any famers ? Not long from now ? You won't own jack. Please Educate yourself in manners you don't understand. Your opinion doesn't count missy. I can see ? You'll be quite the Slave. And Yes ! They can still take your Land. Just like fixed Mortgages can change. Please learn to Research before making a retreaded comment.

[@Bhob138]

The land you own, is the land you can defend.

[@icarris1]

@@Misael8924 False. not here in PR.

[@jess97724]

As a gringo all my prayers 🙏 go out to you.

[@Maria-xr1xl]

Without t h e United States, Puerto Rico is just another Cuba; gringos bring capitalism, jobs, economic prosperity. Gentrification enhances and develops otherwise devastated communities. To say let them go back is really biased and economically unsound; Puerto Ricans need U S. Dollars for their mere existance. When Puerto Ricans migrate to the United States, they aren't dispelled with such ethnic arrogance, but on the contrary, they are part of the American landscape and fiber.of the society. Either enjoy the prosperity of gentrification or become independent

[@DrPhibesxx7]

I understand what you are saying and I agree that the investment in the island is a good thing. What people are pissed off about is the island losing its culture and locals being forced out. There's a way to do things and a wrong way to do things. It's seems that right now things are being done in an ill manner. Forcing out locals with very little to no notice is just disrespectful and bloody wrong. Puerto Ricans have to be able to live on their island. It's their island and culture that needs to be preserved and at the same time economic improvement takes place. They also have to have a benefit for that influx of $$$'s

[@Maria-xr1xl]

@@DrPhibesxx7 I agree with you and respect the feelings of people which are being evicted, but economic prosperity is of dire importance to a dying island ...Puerto Ricans have migrated to Florida and North Carolina, leaving a devastated Puerto Rico. Notice must legally be given and time to secure housing. Don't disparage American intervention, fear latin Americans from Central and South America which create enterprises without giving back to the host country. Your culture is historically noted, concentrate on the economic advancements which will lift you right back up. Good luck!

[@marlene97280]

An other Dominican Republic!

[@juandejesus9355]

This is one of the reason I'm sure I'm moving to the Island, back to my roots

[@taferntole]

Juan, please do, but make sure not to be a vulture. Get a property, farm it organically, and be happy ever after!! Abrazos.

[@kingofhearts1072]

Y tambien, get involved with the system and PEOPLE there. (Make sure there are TOWN HALL meetings bro or create some!) My grandfather left a tiny property there in Rio Piedras and its a mess now trying to get it straightened out.

[@juandejesus9355]

@@kingofhearts1072 Working with the USDA Puerto Rico and the local USDA service centers of Puerto Rico..

[@puertocool]

I failed to mention in my last remark that the idea that real estate prices in Puerto Rico are beyond reasonable purchase is totally false. In November I sold my well-maintained and beautiful home in a good neighbourhood in San Juan for less than half I paid for it 13 years ago! Why? Because there is so much stock out there with few buyers. This is similar to most places in PR. It is a buyer's market. Nobody is left out. Developers and speculators buy only specific things: abandonded unkept buildings to restore in tourist areas (thereby improving the derelict neighbourhoods). They also buy what the video shows--excellent properties with sea views. In no way are regular homes threatened, nor are they being "scooped up" everywhere. The market remains depressed. Most prices are much lower than years ago. Instead of rational discussion, many here use their dislike of USA to promote nonsense. I too am not exactly a fan of USA--one reason why I live here--a better place. So, please, people say what you feel, but do not cloak it in untruths. Any Puerto Rican can find a lovely home easily. Scores of foreigners are not preventing this. Will prices rise? Probably because of inflated dollars, not because Puerto Ricans are priced out by outsiders.

[@gabimarie8]

@@SalinasPRcom Agreed 100%

[@info781]

Wow someone who really knows what is going on.

[@teresabach2069]

Greed is the root of all EVIL. So sad to see rich people displacing "natives". It is their nature. So glad "natives" are standing up and finally speaking out! The government needs to make a law to stop seizing land from these countries maybe we wouldn't have so many coming over the borders!!

[@Sapphie02]

No hate just wondering, why "natives"

[@overdrive006]

Homeowners now realize that there is American interest and have changed theyre prices towards that demographic. With a basic PR salary you wont be able to buy a house and maybe you can rent if youre lucky to find something. Housing prices are crazy now in PR for our salaries I mean, used to be just some towns now it’s everywhere.

[@puertocool]

Well, we are experiencing now (like Hawaii) what happens to a desirable tropical island. There is still time to buy a beautiful home and property. The development rush is not everywhere in Puerto Rico.

[@einarabelc5]

It's called competition. The same thing is happening in California with Chinese interest who pay cash, it happened in New Zealand until a law blocking it was introduced in 2017. Check it out.

[@einarabelc5]

@@elitorres-realtor No hipocrita gringo hater, they love ANY money. It's called self-interest. The same thing happened in New Zealand with the Chinese and it's STILL happening in California with regular houses in the 600,000 to the 1.2 MILLION and an average salary of 60,0000, but I bet you don't care about that.

[@christinebuckingham8369]

This is horrible how Greedy and Selfish people harm others without a second thought. So sorry this has happened to so many.

[@info781]

Wrong , the old owners who have the 1.8 million will now have capital to build a new building, that is how you increase supply.

[@jpcquadnet]

I grew up on a barrier island at the New Jersey shore back in the 60's and 70's when real estate was reasonably priced. People from North Jersey, NYC, and Pennsylvania began buying properties for summer homes & rental properties all along the coast. At that time, one could write off the mortgage payments for these properties and it was a huge tax advantage. Eventually, the real estate market and property taxes had become astronomical and many of locals were forced to move to the mainland because it was more affordable. Others sold their homes on the island to profit.

[@danielsilcott-bl1mo]

Sadly, its happening everywhere in the US. I moved from Indiana to South Carolina, though unlike alot of foreigners, I moved here as a regular citizen to live a regular life. Well, fast forward a few years and the area that I live in in the country is now being bought up by investers. Our home that was $500 went up to almost $1,000 a month because of some rich investors. I was looking into moving to Puerto Rico to escape the rat race but it seems like no place in the US is safe from inflation and money hungry investors.

[@gigiis526]

That is what happens when you dont save and buy a place. I pay 500 a month mortgage for a house and 2 1/2 acres. Dont complain about people who did it the smart way because you choose to do things the dumb way.