HI all,
Great forum filled with knowledge and great people willing to share their stories. A little background. I was born in the DR and moved to the states in '86 as a 12 year old with my mother. Over the years, I somewhat infrequently visited the island but never considered making it a home.
Now as a 45 year old with a wife and two college aged children we have decided to start building our forever home with hopes to move within 6 years. This will allow the kids time to graduate college and roughly 2 years to establish themselves as working professionals.
What sparked this renowned love for my hometown you ask in what may seem as rash decision? A few things actually. My wife and I have had several conversations about moving out of the NYC metro area when the children became adults and have considered several places. Western NY, GA, FL, AZ were among the top contenders. Moving out of our NY home was already in the plans in or around similar time frame to allow our kids time to establish themselves. Earlier this year, my maternal grandmother passed away at the wonderful age of 90. She was the Matriarch of the family was who we all aspired to be as adults. Strong, kind, loving and most of all, a person who you can call at any time of day or night and she will help regardless of what anyone needed. After spending a week in the DR, i got reacquainted with the country and was reminded how great life there is once you realize what is truly important.
I say all this to say that we started building a home in DR and expect to have it ready by Christmas. The goal is to move inside of 6 years as originally planned. We expect to vacation there twice or trice yearly in the mean time.
Look forward to hearing other's journey into the DR and stories of what lead them to move to DR.
Kat.