Medellin looks like Roosevelt Field

nueva york bombero says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:02:

Not too many people will find your comparison understandable. I can relate to the Roosevelt Field comment. I agree Medellin is changing, but isn't it good for the local economy?

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Monpirri says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:12:

Yep, but we don't want to change the look of a city to become a carbon copy of another city.

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:15:

The post is an merely an observation imho. Of course it´s excellent for the local economy. However. everything has a price.. That´s why the Puerto Rican statement came in to play... They signed a deal with the devil... and lost it´s soul..

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nueva york bombero says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:15:

I understand and agree. Medellin is beautiful and unique.
I'm not comparing the two, but look what happened to Cancun!
It's more American than Miami!!!
Corporations control the entire area.....

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Monpirri says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:19:

I really don't think that Medellin has an identity, maybe looong time ago, but if you would go to Medellin and you would feel like you are in another country!
I could be wrong but we'll have to go there again and find out.

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:21:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MEDELLIN Last month I was given a free ticket to go anywhere in the world.. Coulda went to bahia for carnival, but instead, I came here.. This is my fifth time here..However, It is not the same like before.. It´s better in many ways.. But in the same token, I don´t want Medellin to loose it´s Idenity..That would be a heartbreak

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Monpirri says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:23:

And when I say, "You would feel like you are in another country!" I am not given it a compliment!

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durito says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:26:

it looks like crap today. cold, rainy, and cloudy

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:29:

Believe it or not, I enjoyed the rain today.. went for a nice walk.. talked to friends.. shit better than being in the nyc.. Catch that rain flash yesterday? Seemed like a cat 4 for a sec

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 17:53:

Dude, I haven´t been on pbh for a loong time. So, I didn´t see ur post, or any other in reference to the obvious observation that i felt like sharing. Medoego

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:06:

Dudette? That´s ur come back?

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:26:

The monkey says to be nice.. But seriously...

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Monpirri says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:28:

Be niche to each other or I'll call cuybiche.

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:38:

I can play nice.. I always shared my toys when I was a kid.. Thatz why I offered medego my girlfreind to screw in my other post.. See.. I can share

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caligula says on Feb 16, 2008, 18:57:

Goodnite

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sloopskipper says on Feb 17, 2008, 05:28:

"Puerto Rico lost´s 'its' identity.."?

Obviously you didn't spend much time in Ponce, Viejo San Juan, San German, or a lot of other places. You should have gotten away from Plaza las Americas.

Those malls are in most growing cities on the planet.

BTW, I lived in Viejo San Juan for nearly three years.

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tomtom33 says on Feb 17, 2008, 06:02:

I try not to fear the future. It's pretty much going to happen whether or not I like or fear it.

The world is shrinking. There will be more homogeneity. Today is different than yesterday, and you can't live yesterday. Embrace the future. It arrives tomorrow.

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bufalo says on Feb 17, 2008, 07:05:

I always have a problem with the "better for the local economy" nonsense. What other problems does it cause???? Not that I feel this is the case for Medellin, rather smaller places (most locals don't really "benefit")

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

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caligula says on Feb 18, 2008, 10:22:

Hey, sloop, I don´t think I even was at plaza las americas. Actually I staid with locals. And they took me all over, arecibo, all the way down to salinas, isla de muertes.. etc. And they actually were the ones who were even more skeptical of the situation in PR then me.

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Albatross says on Feb 18, 2008, 11:53:

The powers that be won't be happy until there's a mall within walking distance of every human being on the planet... but us dumb-ass consumers keep buying the crap.

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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ColombianoGringo says on Feb 18, 2008, 11:55:

It's like that in Bogota too. It seems like you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a new mall.

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Albatross says on Feb 18, 2008, 12:05:

Actually I still find the shear amount of commercialism in South America strange.
You can spend days walking around el Centro in Cali, for example, and see shop after shop of shoes, clothes, electronics, ect... all at prices similar or higher than in NYC. I still can't figure it out, a pair of jeans or shoes are often more than a day's pay, how can there be so many for sale ?... who's buying ?

I've never spent a day's pay on a pair of shoes or jeans and I'm supposedly a "Gringo rico"... it puzzles me no end.

“Democracy - a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H.L. Mencken

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azunoman says on Feb 18, 2008, 12:32:

Colombia has been blessed with fantastic natural resources and wealth. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that an American making minimum wage here would be in the same situation here at the Scottsdale Fashion park as one there. The would be spedning a days wages on just about anything sold. Wal-mart fills the gap.

I think the Colombian are culturally brought up conservative and are afraid to show wealth because of the old(present?) danger of being held for bloody ransom.

We have a family member with many kids, all around the same age. They needed cars, they bought four identical cars so it wouldn't appear that he bought four. I don't know that it made any difference but that sort of mind set says a lot about the sociology of Colombia.

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caligula says on Feb 18, 2008, 12:38:

ALBATROSS I AM SOOOO WITH YOU ON THAT!!!!! The concierge in the hotel earns if she´s lucky, 23,000 cop a day.. Yet, Her shoes are worth 190,000cop fuckin pumas...Do the math.. Don´t forget to add food and cabs and the cost of raising her child and rent and......it´s REALLY LOCURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sloopskipper says on Feb 19, 2008, 17:55:

caligula, were you in Ponce, San German, or Viejo San Juan? What a shame if you missed those places, and many more.

But I must agree, plenty of shitty places on that little island.,

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Robert Jorge says on Feb 20, 2008, 00:48:

Albatross - responding to your question: "I still can't figure it out, a pair of jeans or shoes are often more than a day's pay, how can there be so many for sale ?... who's buying ?"

Do you really not know? Or are you making a point? A pair of jeans at Studio F or whatever it is called costs a MONTHS pay for my wife's mother. The way those stores stay in business is that they are not there with the intention to make a profit. Why???? If a business doesn't make a profit, but still remains open and staffed, there is another motivation for the business other than making money. It is called washing money.

He who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

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Robert Jorge says on Feb 20, 2008, 00:52:

If you have people that have billions of pesos obtained illegally, they eventually have to make those pesos look semi-legit. The way, without writing a 1000 page dissertation, for them to accomplish this is to start small businesses. They could care less if they make money.

He who farts in church, sits in his own pew.

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MaFe says on Feb 25, 2008, 17:53:

I don't think Medellin is anything like Roosevelt field, maybe a different mall but roosevelt field?

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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caligula says on Mar 29, 2008, 16:57:

lol mafe

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