Puerto rico residents?

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nicky13

i live in puerto rico and in california at the same time,
gas is more expensive in cali but in puerto rico is an okay price
but everything is basically the same price not much difference
there are some cheaper things and there are things that are more expensive
jobs are hard to find sometimes, but engineers and doctors get payed extremely good =]

Boriquen

The prices of most things are basically the same as in the states. Some things you will find cheaper, like for example Housing, Internet, electricity, water, cable and eating out. Since you don`t have to pay for heating or spend money on winter clothes, you will find that living on the island can save you a lot of money. Car insurance is also a lot less than in the states, although cars can be more expensive. You also don`t have to pay real estate taxes if your property is less than $250 thousands. You only pay about a dollar for parking at some beaches, but the majority of them are free to all public. Even the gas prices are less than in the states. I f you have school age children, it would be better to enroll them in a private school. Some of them can be expensive, like $300 dollars or more per month, you would also have to pay some other fees like tuition. As for high paying jobs, chemists, biologists, engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, advertising, Federal Government jobs, Real Estate Agents, Pharmacists and Politicians get paid very well. Most Puertorricans living in the Metropolitan area speak English, as well as throughout the island, but most of them prefer that you just jump in and try some Spanish, this sort of opens them up to be more receptive towards English speaking newcomers as well as persons that speak other languages. In some ways the island is more advanced than many states, I can say this because I have travelled to quite a few states and have come to this conclusion. We have more liberty than in the states, like for example free beaches that are open 24-7, drink alchohol beverages at the beach or in public, fire up a grill just about anywhere, we can call anyone "Negrito or Negrita" as an endearment and no one gets offended or curses you out for it like Afro-Americans do in the states. By the way this form of endearment can be said to a white person as well as a black person or those of Taino ansestry, it is just one of our old customs. Bigotry and prejudice is almost non-existent, everyone is welcome and if you`re an islander you are Puertorrican, Borinqueno or Boricua, separatism of race or ethnicity does not exist here like it does in the states, where American citizens are Afro-Americans, Italo-Americans, Hispano-Americans, Polish-Americans, Native-Americans, Irish-Americans, etc. We have more holidays than in the states, which means that we have more days off from work, a much longer Christmas season, which starts from the 1st. of December thru the end of February, this is because after the celebration of Three Kings Day we celebrate the "Octavitas", which is derived from the Bible story of the birth of Jesus which states that the people were so happy when Jesus was born that they celebrated His birth for 2 months. Our people are very friendly and welcome everyone that comes to our island, regardless of color, beliefs or lifestyle. The majority of islanders are Christian Protestant or Catholics and most of them take their Christian beliefs very seriously. About the only things here that can be considered a pain in the neck are the Public School system, traffic, customer service, politics, government agencies and the care given in some hospitals. I guess you would have to live here to get a better idea of the differences between the island and the states. For myself, I consider living here a very good thing, families are a lot closer than in the states, even the extended family, the importance of family relations for the islanders ranks up there with their religious beliefs, they take it very seriously, as well as trying to give their children the best education that they possibly can. Children are very special to islanders and they go out of their way in showing this.

prgirla_69

Things are not more expensive, a lot are the same when you go to the stores like Wal-mart and stuff. But living expenses are cheaper in most areas not in all. The metro area is more expensive than say the "country". Like where I am at I pay $300 a month for a 3 bedroom house, its not that big but its nice. Light is about $100 depending on how often I turn on the a/c. We use propane tanks over here so its not that bad. We bought a used car for $400, but we did and still have to make some repairs, but it has gotten us almost all over the island. We paid $169 for the sticker for the car like a city sticker say Chicago has not sure about other states, but it also includes insurance and that is for the whole year. The reason why people say its so expensive is because they were used to paying say 1.00 for a quart of milk or $0.50 for eggs and $0.75 for bread but now that things are way more than that, they say its expensive. But from living in Chicago, to me its cheaper in PR. You can live and have fun, compared to Chicago for me where everything went to bills and did not have money left over, where here I have money left over.

You will find a lot jobs pay federal minimum wage depending on where the company is from. Say Costco, they start off at like $10.00 and say Sam's Club starts at like $7.00. But you can find jobs that pay more depending on your education and experience. They are huge on education here. But you go to a company from PR and they will pay what is it now $6.15 I think, don't remember..lol. Also they don't take out the same amount of taxes and other stuff here, like they do in the states. My sister in law is making like $5000 a month working at a hotel, she is in sales.

Hopefully that helps.

***Stardust***

Well, everything in costs is pretty much the same as in US, there are high paying jobs like, Pharmacists, Engineers, those are the ones I know of. I travel to US at least once a year and don't consider the prices to vary that much, sometimes in some stores.

Darth Eugene Vader

The most high paying jobs are in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry but there are many people with pharmaceutical experience without a job and competing for the very few openings available.

see_ya

well, people work and have a side job, such as pastries, selling crafts and other products or services such as tutoring or after school programs.

the most high paying jobs are the administrative ones, specially with private companies.

well, English is widely spoken, but still not the primary language, althought puerto ricans may be a bit shy to speak English, we do understand and speak the language when its necessary.

PR compared to the US: well, I would say its extreme cold weather and snow, in PR we dont have that, but its basically the same geographically in terms of mountains,lakes, rivers, beaches (like miami and the keys). I would say another difference is the government and political issues, in US there is more organization and better administration with the gov. funds. Living expenses are the same, but US has better job opportunities and higher pay, depending on the state.

matrushka2525

The highest paying job in PR is politician, they get all the money with lies and stealing, and they rarely get caught. How do we get by? Well, lets just say that most people here, are addicted to credit cards and loans, debt in PR is pretty nasty, but people don't care, in our culture if you earn $100, you spend $200.

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