tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post8156646262425973565..comments2023-10-17T03:41:01.759-04:00Comments on reflexiones finales: Ghost town America growingrussell1200http://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-44292678456833085182011-11-20T00:44:35.693-05:002011-11-20T00:44:35.693-05:00I have worked in Puerto Rico a couple of times and...I have worked in Puerto Rico a couple of times and found them to be very nice as well.<br /><br />But any groups that stays within the United States long enough eventually gets at least a group of people who develop a sense of entitlement.<br /><br />Most people willing to immigrate to another country to work are going to be dedicated and hard working. It does not always apply to the second or third generation.<br /><br />When I was working in Puerto Rico, most of the Puerto Ricans that we were an amazingly hard working bunch. It was the same thing you see with Hispanics coming to the U.S. but in reverse. If you are spending your own dime (we were independent contractors) to go work away from home, you are not there to play around. You are also going to be there because you have an opportunity that you don’t have at home. You are there to work and make money. Since you are very much aware that you are a guest (and outnumbered) most people are going to have enough sense to be polite.<br /><br />I have never met anyone from South America who was a socialist. Obviously they exist; I just have never met them. Many of the socialists/communists I have met have a certain bitterness to their personality combined with a certain self-righteous smugness that tends to lead to unpleasant personalities. Not that modern conservatives don't often have their own version of smugness. IMO if both sides had a better understanding of both their own arguments (often contradictory and incomplete) and a better understanding of why the other viewpoint exists, they would be a lot more worried and a lot less smug.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216751897705338056.post-75716611501424836592011-11-18T12:55:12.647-05:002011-11-18T12:55:12.647-05:00I have had pleasurable contact with almost every H...I have had pleasurable contact with almost every Hispanic I have had to socialize or co-livearound, whether it is work or some other endeavor. The exception seems to always be either a Porta Riccan with a chip on his shoulder or a Deep South American socialist.<br /><br />When they begin importing their politics things will get bad until then it's a party.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.com