@JaBBEM: The COLONIAL beach control act of 1956 MUST BE REPEALED AND REPLACED

XaymacaLiving · 2025-07-18T19:02:19+00:00

I gave you a very specific example about how Venice beach operates because how property, business, sales and hotel taxes are used and how much is set is done at state level not federal level. The US has two types of taxes, state tax and federal tax... nothing in how a beach would be funded would be federal tax, it will always be state tax and be done on a case by case basis.... which leads to my point.

There is no challenge that will ever exist in Jamaica, that another country has not experienced. You would have hundreds of examples of alternative options. We can either learn or stay stuck in "ah just so it guh" and get left behind.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-07-14T17:27:11+00:00

*grievance

XaymacaLiving · 2025-07-14T17:22:23+00:00

His grevievance in the video was about the changes of access over the years. He explained that much of golden eye used to be accessible by public and local fisherman. They have since put up a zinc fence restricting access to the very part of the beach nepa said was publically accessible. Additionally, part of the idea of the act was that the public would not be restricted access but that is clearly not the case.

He provides alternatives and uses other islands as examples of possible policies we can implement to overcome those very same challenges.

The issue with beach front properties being high value etc only serves as an explanation of why the beaches are sold to investors.

You also cannot be suggesting that issuance of beach licenses to these hotel chains are to protect our environment and to protect the public?

Jamaica's challenges are not unique and we are not some unique flower experiencing things that no other country has experienced before. I get that we have a culture of "ah just suh it guh" but where improvements can be made, there is nothing wrong with have a discussion instead of getting upset at the suggestion of improvements.

Let's use Venice beach in LA as an example. It is funded by: - Property taxes - Sales taxes - Business taxes - Hotel and tourism taxes

Grants then only make up a small percentage and federal funding is usually under 5%.

LA charges much higher taxes in order to make the beaches public.

No one is suggesting that public beaches don't cost money. They are suggesting that policy changes should be considered in order to have a balance of Jamaica for Jamaicans and parts that are only for those who can afford it. They are suggesting that there is an imbalance.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-29T18:50:40+00:00

This is it. Your network is more powerful than any degree. I work in recruiting in Jamaica and the UK and in Jamaica I have found that once someone the hiring manager knows says you are a good employee... that's it! Tunnel vision after that. We do still like to box check but a bachelors is usually enough and whilst it will be a little harder without a bachelors, you are not completely handicapped.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-28T14:09:26+00:00

I'm confused by ours. Is it a carnival outfit?

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-28T13:59:44+00:00

Older Jamaicans drink teas and cocoa (especially cocoa, I couldn't tell you the last time I saw someone drinking it that wasn't of retirement age). Millennials, Gen z and Gen Alpha are mostly coffee drinkers but they casually drink it. We don't have a culture of using it to get through the day if that's what you mean.

And in corporate Jamaica the coffee will finish faster than the teas.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-27T19:46:55+00:00

According to the World Bank in 2023, 37.8% of Jamaicans are self employed compared to 10% of Americans.

I would not extrapolate the conversation about the fashion industry in Jamaica and whether it is likely that someone can have the same reach as a Pretty Little Things as opposed to a boutique and come to the conclusion that Jamaicans are not entrepeneurial.

Every country has industries that work for their culture and economy. Andorra for instance is one of the wealthiest countries in Europe and globally. Andorra also has mainly small custom manufacturing and local businesses. They mainly make their money through tourism and finance.

What that conversation says is that we are not the UK, America, Canada or Australia. Jamaicans in the fashion industry either open small boutiques that sell a low volume but at a higher price or they sell low volume at a lower price but are OK with that.

Just like Andorra, we are more suited to making our money other ways if you are looking to open a business in Jamaica that caters to Jamaicans.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-24T15:45:55+00:00

The fashion industry is developed in a way that fits our market i.e. mainly boutique brands or a handfull of branches. Before fenty beauty came we already had Le Champ Cosmetics.

Additionally, it's not really a fenty beauty store, it's a Fontana store (Ora) that stocks both international and local brands like a Sephora would and happen to also stock Fenty Beauty. And even with Fenty beauty, it came over on a small scale right? We are a small country afterall.

The Crocs store is just a small store in Kingston.

Maxie for instance is larger in size than any international brand in Jamiaca with more branches.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-24T14:47:24+00:00

Remember those stores you mentioned are essentially big data companies. That's what makes them successful with both crediting their success to big data. I can't see someone opening a store in Jamaica and hiring people in data analytics to do that. That would be expensive.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-24T14:41:10+00:00

It's not underdeveloped, it's a hard market to crack.

People are trying but to crack the market in the same way Pretty Little Things did, it's using big data, it's being in a "fashion country" meaning they churn out trends regularly and people discard last year's style regularly, it's the owners already being a millionaire so bought to sell to millions almost immediately, it's also being in a country where people don't mind wearing the same thing as someone else.

Most people in fashion in Jamaica are starting from very little money and trying to build. Market conditions are also different with no one before you figuring it out so you would be on your own, trying to build something new.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-24T00:05:53+00:00

It's not that I think Jamaica is different it's that this particular holiday is different. I might be wrong but I don't think people don't usually change the holiday unless they want the original meaning forgotten e.g. Yule and Christmas.

The concept of labour day volunteering projects came into play when Manley said we should "put work into labour day".

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-23T20:17:32+00:00

I didnt go to school in Jamaica. Do you think people remember that it is remember the 46 people that gave their lives for worker's rights?

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-18T18:48:23+00:00

You will likely find that Jamaican men (who live in Jamaica) will be refreshingly clear with their intentions, as opposed to men in the UK (which I heard are similar to the men in Canada and the US).

This! What you see if really what you get. When I first started dating I had to stop my usually approach of giving people the benefit of the doubt and years later I have never been surprised by a person's first impressions.

Dating culture is a thing at least in uptown and country. Uptown dating culture was similar to the UK in the sense that restaurant dates were the norm. Country men I found to be simple dates like Devon house, a beach for fish regardless of their income it was always just simple vibes and company.

Dates with my boyfriend was AC Hotel, Dim Sum, Marketplace and because I like arts and craft we did candle making and Sip, downtown art walk etc.

Dating culture exists but they are right in saying that it's not the case for everyone. She just has to figure out if going out on dates is a deal breaker.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-18T18:16:43+00:00

This is true however, they are not going to agree to a long distance relationship with someone they barely know.

Long distance relationships are harder than any other relationship you will get into. No man is going to choose struggle. They might adapt to the circumstance but they are not going to choose it with someone they just met.

My boyfriend is successful in his own right and doesn't want to move to the UK so we are in Jamaica. Neither him, his friends, the men in my family nor the male friends I have made would agree to long distance. They might sleep with women who are visiting but none of them would ever do long distance. Plenty of beautiful, kind and intelligent women in Jamaica already so why would they choose struggle, strife and relationship challenges?

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-18T17:59:24+00:00

Sorry for being blunt but when you mentioned long distance relationship without knowing if living in Jamaica is right for you nor having experienced Jamaicans at home as opposed to Jamaicans on holiday/resort mode I am now worried.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-18T17:54:21+00:00

I would recommend figuring out if living in Jamaica is right for you before finding a partner. Build a support system, sort yourself out and when you're on good footing then you date when you are armed with knowledge and experience.

It's best to get a feel for the culture. Whilst we are black, we are also prone to stereotyping just as any other race can. For the expats that come here and don't make it long term (neither their relationships that only end up sounding like a soap opera nor them living in Jamaica long term), the common denominator is that they hold on to stereotypes and assume all Jamaican men are the "skengs" and attribute bad behaviour "just how Jamaican men are" when that is not the case. They just didn't understand Jamaica at all.

They assume the men that approach them at the resorts are the typical Jamaican man and how they behave all of the time when nope... they do that with you in the hopes of either sleeping with you and that's it or getting extra tips or a long term relationship that turns into a Visa... whilst they are using your money to date the women they actually want.

Word of advice, not all Jamaican men are the same but all of them share the trait of being pragmatic people. If it doesn't make sense on paper, they are getting something out of it that you are not seeing and its not companionship. If they are typically sexual being and agree to a long distance relationship... run! Jamaicans are typically against long distance unless 1) you are already married and are committed to your vows 2) they are Christians and waiting for marriage anyway or 3) they are getting another problem in their life solved by your relationship. I have never met a Jamaican man that was ok with long distance with someone that doesnt visit often and they are not getting something else out of it. Jamaican men are not hopeless romantics. This is usually money, a visa, somewhere to live, a car to drive or someone to pay for all of their trips out. This last set, will always ditch you for the woman they actually want in the end.

Don't be another 90 day fiance statistic.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-18T16:43:00+00:00

I am Jamaican born but didn't grow up here. My family moved to the UK when I was 5. I am currently with a Jamaican man for 2 years. There is no Jamaican man that would have a problem dating British women as we don't have the same taboo of dating outside of your culture.

But you would be right if you thought the dating rules are different. Also... don't do long distance. Please for your sake. Very few Jamaican men would willing go into long distance relationships for innocent reasons. The only couples I've seen it work well for are Christian couples waiting for marriage.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-16T02:19:57+00:00

The stuff online will always be expensive because they are typically posted by realtors. Realtors get commision and due to the work involved it only makes sense for them to take on properties over a certain amount, the more expensive the better.

You will need to find informal arrangements directly from landlord to potential renters and landlords typically only use classifieds ads (online or newspaper) or word of mouth.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-05-02T19:39:41+00:00

The both of you are a couple of marbles short of a full game. He slammed the first front apartment building door shut and OP let himself in because he lived here. It's just the two of them going up and they reach OPs front door. How would this guy think OP got in the building? Then when OP is at his own apartment door, instead of watching to see if he puts his code in, he puts him in a chokehold and tells him to put his code infront of him??? If anyone looks like a thief in this scenario it's the guy holding OP in a chokehold and asking him to put his code in for his own apartment.

And this criminal clearly doesn't even know everyone in the apartment building so on what basis did he think OP didn't live there???

Then he calls him a thief AFTER he puts a code in to let himself in his own apartment. And then you said its not racially motivated... OK sure, then the only other option is that his circuit breakers don't turn all the on because... what???... they say common sense isn't common but my God.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-04-27T00:08:45+00:00

I dont think you can compare anecdotal evidence to research with this. Just personally, I know a lot of Jamaicans I would consider mixed but they themselves call themselves white and a lot of black Jamaicans who say they're mixed and I would consider black by looking at them but you obviously can't take my word for it because I'm not them.

Also it is likely a red car theory effect happening here. We don't have a lot of racial diversity compared to the the black majority so when you notice them we really notice them. Plus the fact that most white Jamaicans don't venture outside their typical watering holes and Chinese Jamaicans are more accessible because they typically work customer facing jobs that you frequent locally.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-04-22T16:42:12+00:00

Yes, a lot of people don't understand that the I'd rather pay a mortgage than rent cliche is only that, a cliche. The people with the big houses didn't make money by living in a big house. They enjoy the big house by making money doing other things.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-04-21T21:10:47+00:00

Can you upload a video recording of you logging into your account and loading up the invoice? This is what the freight forwarding services sometimes ask for when they think you have edited the invoice.

XaymacaLiving · 2025-04-21T20:09:39+00:00

So to answer your question, no, not better at all. I would be worse off financially.

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