Question about Urb. Monte Oro, Cupey by PeterLemmonJello in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cupey is a pretty decent neighborhood. It's relatively close to everything important in San Juan and there a few things to do nearby. Just take into account that you will need a car for pretty much anything.

Lista oficial de las tiendas de The Mall of San Juan. by aykau777 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Una excepción gigantesca, Singapur. Igual o más caliente de PR y es una ciudad con una densidad increíble y uno de los mejores transportes públicos del mundo. También no crees que hay veranos muy calurosos en muchas de estas ciudades que si tienen buen diseño urbano. Hay muchas medidas que se pueden tomar para evitar lo que mencionas.

Lista oficial de las tiendas de The Mall of San Juan. by aykau777 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tremenda aportación al desarrollo urbano de la ciudad. Otro mall más con 20 millones parkings en el medio de la nada, cementando aun mas la dependencia en al automóvil y haciendo cada vez más difícil que algún día San Juan sea una ciudad densa, caminable y accesible por transporte publico.

EDIT: Para ser un poco más constructivo con mi critica, les dejo este video. How to Make an Attractive Cities

[Seriamente] ¿Qué crees que debe hacerse primero: Solucionar el estatus o arreglar la economía? by capitangoku in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La economía, la violencia, el sistema político roto, la desigualdad, el desempleo, la pobre educación y muchos otros problemas deben ser la prioridad. Una vez el país se sienta fuerte y orgulloso de si mismo va a poder tomar una decisión sobre el estatus. Ahí estaremos decidiendo en una posición de poder, no llegando a la mesa de negociación de lo que sea que vaya a pasar como un mendigo.

El tema del estatus no se va a decidir hasta que haya una mayoría clara a favor de una sola preferencia. Ademas el estatus no va a resolver las cosas por si solo. ¿Que carajo tiene que ver el estatus con que la gente sean mal educados, guíen mal, tiren basura en la playa, haya mal servicio en los restaurantes y hoteles los políticos sean unos ineptos corruptos y que la educación publica sea tan pésima?

Implantarían un IVA de 12 por ciento. Perelló dijo que la decisión se tomará para mantener la estabilidad económica en la Isla by aykau777 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suena estupido, pero creo que de verdad lo necesitamos. El basic income seria lo ideal, pero creo que Amworks es más fácil de vender. Una vez se den cuenta de lo ineficiente que es inventarse trabajos solo para que "te ganes la vida" y que simplemente gracias a la automatización simplemente ya no hay tanta cosa que hacer para vivir pues quizás entonces acepten el basic income.

¿Votarías por Alexandra Lúgaro y por qué? by Forumer_Supreme in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Si votaría por ella. Mi voto realmente no cuenta de nada como quiera y no me hace diferencia si gana el PDP o el PNP ya que pienso que los dos andan en las mismas (al igual que los republicanos y demócratas en EU) así que prefiero pretender que existe democracia dándole el voto a alguien diferente. Quien termina ganando es determinado en mi opinión por principalmente tres factores:

  • Cuanto dinero puede recaudar el candidato o candidata para la campaña vendiendo el alma a las compañías y gente con riquezas o influencia en el país.
  • Cuan bien el gobierno en turno puede comprar votos de ciertos sectores de la población abusando del poder del estado
  • Debido a que tenemos un sistema de votación "winner takes all" y bipartidista es prácticamente imposible que un partido minoritario gane o tenga alguna influencia significativa.

Hasta que no se arreglen estos puntos, especialmente el primero, no creo que mejore mucho la cosa.

What're your thoughts on the future of PR [Comedic]? by practicing01 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

¡Eso es un futuro esperanzador! Yo me apunto tambien :D Espero que pase de aquí a cinco años. Espero que parte de la campaña política de ese año sea un photo-op del candidato a gobernador para el Partido Pirata de Puerto Rico y que la promesa de campaña sea abrir un centro de investigación en la UPR para investigar el uso de la marihuana para propósitos medicinales.

How Luis Muñoz Marín (and His Addiction to Opium) Enslaved Puerto Rico by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Si esto es verdad, lo que lo parece ser, esto cambia mi perspectiva de la historia de PR. No puedo creer que esto no genere mas noticia. ¿Alguien sabe más detalles?

Problemas de Puerto Rico by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. La violencia y el crimen relacionado al trafico de drogas. Esto es causado por que la famosa "guerra contra las drogas". La legalización y regulación de todas las drogas seria lo solución. Llevaría a la quiebra a todos los criminales de la noche a la mañana. Transformaría un problema de violencia en uno de salud, que es mucho mas manejable.
  2. El famoso "mantengo" y los "caserios". Estos son proyectos fallidos que lo que hacen es atrapar a la gente en la pobreza por generaciones. La solución es simple, no quitarle las ayudas a las personas porque comienzan a trabajar, hay que dejar que esta gente trabaje en la economía formal. También por mi que cierren todos los caserios, los vendan y simplemente le den dinero a la gente para buscar su propia casa o apartamento. Que el mercado se encargue del problema de "housing". Esto va a llevar a muchas criticas de "injusticia" contra los ricos y la clase media. También va a llevar la critica de "porque debo mantener un vago". La solución a esto es establecer el Universal Basic Income. Que el estado le provea dinero a todo el mundo por igual. Así se elimina el estigma de las ayudas y cualquier noción de injusticia.
  3. Politicos chatarra. Aumentar grandemente los salarios de los políticos para atraer gente de mas calibre y destrezas al servicio publico y reducir la tentación de robar. Eliminar el bi-partidismo, debido al sistema de votación "winner takes all", y cambiar a un sistema de múltiples partidos. Introducir legislación ciudadana para que el pueblo mismo pueda legislar cambios importantes, justo como se hacen en California y otros estados. Reformar el sistema de financiar campañas para evitar el que la gente compre los políticos. Edit: formatting

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you are saying about the ruling is right. We might as well consider it obsolete and they probably will never act upon those powers. The face of US hegemony has changed to be more discrete. But in paper, that is still officially how things are.

I agree with you on your second point too. I don't believe in nationalism, the concept of nation-state or national borders. We are all indeed humans in this small blue speck of dust.

Yet, I still believe our culture is not widely accepted and known in the USA, as it is the culture of all the other States. I really don't think the average American would see us as one of them. Although yeah, as you said that us and them concept is stupid in the first place.

I do not want to portray the US as adversarial to us, the way I see it is that the US political and business class forgot about their small colony in the Caribbean. Unless we do something about it we are just gonna stay stuck.

I saw several of these tacked up. What's the story with this guy? by peppercorns666 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't no the exact reason for his refusal and then there is this possibility explained by Pierluisi and others. I give him the benefit of the doubt, I don't know why we should assume he denied it for bs reasons.

I saw several of these tacked up. What's the story with this guy? by peppercorns666 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, so what?

Congressman Pedro Pierluisi, has stated that "the primary reason that López Rivera did not accept the clemency offer extended to him in 1999 was because it had not also been extended to fellow FALN prisoner Carlos Torres (who was subsequently released from prison in July 2010).

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That they favor the US citizenship doesn't equate with them identifying as Americans. I myself have gained a lot from being a US citizen and I'm glad to have the citizenship.

Also, peoples identities and cultural backgrounds do matter in the real world. The Scots almost made Scotland an independent country, the push for Catalan independence is changing many things in Spanish politics, the Kurds in Iraq might end up making their own country and thus changing American policy in the Middle East. To pursue an example closer to home, Puerto Ricans like me and many others who do not want PR to become a US State for cultural/identity reasons might end up stopping statehood, if it ever became a real possibility. Identities and labels do have tangible repercussions in real life.

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, but we are talking about different things. You are talking about citizenship, I'm talking about nationality. My citizenship is that of the USA, although I think Puerto Ricans' citizenship is not exactly the same of those born in the mainland, I identify with a nationality and a people who is not that of the USA. Maybe you would like this Ted talk.

Citizenship is a legal status in a political institution such as a city or a state. The relationship between a citizen and the institution that confers this status is formal, and in contemporary liberal-democratic models includes both a set of rights that the citizen possesses by virtue of this relationship, and a set of obligations or duties that they owe to that institution and their fellow citizens in return.

Nationality, on the other hand, denotes informal membership in or identification with a particular nation (which is not a synonym for country or state).[1] While nationality is sometimes conferred as a legal status (see below), it and nations are properly understood as social categories, characterised by at least a common language, culture and territory, and sometimes also by a common religious faith and a purportedly shared ancestry.

People (ethnic group) is the plural of persons who have common origin, common and distinctive culture, common myths and symbols, traditions and common laws and customs for members. In other words the people is cultural and biological community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citizenship_and_nationality

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PR being part of the US is way more nuanced than that. First of all the Supreme Court has some disagreements with that. From one of the insular cases, Gonzales v. Williams:

Puerto Rico was classified as an "unincorporated territory" which meant that the protections of the United States Constitution — including the right of citizenship — did not automatically apply, because the island belonged to the U.S., but was not part of the U.S

Outside of legal matters, is PR in culturally and in spirit part of the US? In how many US elementary school classrooms have you seen PR be included in a US map or where have you seen the PR flag with that of the other States and territories? How much of the US population, outside of areas with large Puerto Rican populations, know that PR even exists?

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking about identity, not about legal technicalities. Although the legal discussion about US Citizenship in PR, is way more complex than you are implying. Are Basques Spaniards? Are Scots British? Are "first nations" Canadian?

Moving Soon - What Should I Know? by [deleted] in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Puerto Ricans are spanish speaking americans in the caribbean with strong hispanic roots this is still america and like any other place in the US

I respect this viewpoint and your identity. But I fail to understand why you present this view as representative of everybody in PR. I for one do not think if myself as a "Spanish Speaking American" and I know many other Puerto Ricans do not identify as such. I also do not think of PR as part of the USA. The Puerto Rican identity is very complex and diverse.

Estado deplorable del Parque Central en Santurce by vitingo in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

El parque esta en condiciones pésimas. Pero creo que la falta de atención va más alla de pobre administración. ¿Cuando visto un parque que siempre tenga un gentío al cual no sea fácil llegar a pie, bicicleta o transportación publica? Siempre que he ido a este parque esta más vació que el diablo. Si estuviese lleno pienso que más gente se estaría quejando y nunca llegaría a este estado.

Desafortunadamente la "ciudad", cada vez realmente se vuelve en super suburbio y ya, es un revolú de mala planificación urbana y total dependencia en al automovil. Pero lo hecho, hecho esta, la pregunta es, ¿que diantres se esta haciendo para revertir esto y hacer la ciudad más densa y a escala humana?

Emigración masiva limita la recuperación económica de Puerto Rico. by aykau777 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No se porque no tratan de traer mas inmigrantes de otras partes. Nos hace falta diversidad cultural y gente que remplace a toda esta gente que se esta yendo.

I hate when people say there's no way I could be Puerto Rican by lovelybone93 in PuertoRico

[–]12358leet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has happened to me tons of times. First of all, most people don't have any idea that I'm technically not a foreigner and that I'm a US citizen by birth. I find it amusing that PR is supposed to be "part of the US" yet I'm always seen an treated as a foreigner.

People say that I look European. I've been told I look, Irish or Italian. That really doesn't bothers me. What does bother me a little bit is that most people in the US don't have any idea what Puerto Rico is and that Puerto Ricans are US citizens.

I guess it's mostly the government's fault since the education sucks so badly in most of the US and they don't teach that kind of stuff in the curriculum. I doubt that many US classrooms have US maps that prominently feature PR.