Moving to DR....Can I do it?

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Yayi

Iâ€™ll try to answer your questions the best way I can; when moving you need to consider all your expenses so here: (keep in mind the currency is 33 pesos to 1 dollar)
House/Apartments â€“ these go from $12,000-$20,000 Pesos for rent per a 2 bedroom, living room, kitchen and service area
Food â€“ cost of food is not that bad, roughly for one person you can get a nice list for about $3,000 this will last you 2 weeks or about.
Transportation- DR has public transportation, last time I was there was like $5 pesos per route but if you decide you want to buy your own car well prices are about $5,000 dollars more than what you will pay in the US

All this varies between cities in the Dominican Republic, what I gave you reflects somewhat the capital prices (Santo Domingo). There are other cities like La Vega, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Santiago and other where the cost of living will be much less. For example an apartment with the same description as above will be from $5,000 to $10,000.

If you know how to manage your money and not waist on any little thing you see you would do just fine. Like every third world country you will itâ€™s not that great organize but first follow your instinct and donâ€™t trust anyone you donâ€™t knowâ€¦I guess this a general rule when you visit a place you donâ€™t know really well.

Happy Feet

Hi Marcus,
Yes, I did the same about 14 years ago. I'm a European and had a relatively nice life but I was missing something,
so decided to come to live in the Dominican Republic.
And I'm not regretting this decision. But there is a but!
First you must learn the country and the people before taking
the final step!! So, like you want to do come first a few times and discover as much as possible!. I'm living at the north coast and if you wanna some help or advise just ask me by
e-mail.
Good luck!

david

I understand the DR is following in the footsteps of of many of the central american countries when it comes developing enough of an infrastrucutre to attaract foreigners.

The following website has many excellent articles about the pros, cons and costs and regulations of moving there, but you will have to spend some time digging around. They have a ton of articles but they are not the best organized.

lilshedevil232001

im from the dominican republic and i love my country but i dont know if i could live there, but if you have enough money to go live there then do it.

HIT

sure,that will be the best place to go if you wanna run away from something,The Dominican Republic is a country that is not well organized,if you go to spain they might get you in an instant,and spaniars are not that social with others,dominicans are very nice plus you will have a lot of fun drinkin brugal and visiting all those beautiful places like rivers,beaches and traditional places=night club,-How much money would you need to start a new life in that country? well that depends..house?,alone?,job?etc

freespirit

Why choose such a poor and crime infested country where the spanish is the worst spoken in all of spanish-speaking countries? If you like dreams, move to Spain where the real Spanish culture is at.

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