Looking for the perspective of anyone that has lived anywhere in the USA and moved to Puerto Rico. What’s it like, what’s different, what’s nicer, what was unexpected, and would you recommend the move?

      • @[email protected]
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        1322 days ago

        Which is a valid question. I’m an American who moved to Colorado. Wasn’t born there, made it my home.

        • I'm back on my BS 🤪OP
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          222 days ago

          I’m an American that moved to North Cakilaki and back to Florida, never to Puerto Rico or Colorado though.

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      2422 days ago

      People in DC can vote in federal elections, they just don’t get any house/senators. Which is a load of shit, by the way.

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          2022 days ago

          There was no implication that PR is a foreign country. Americans moving there would likely have a different experience than Canadians, Europeans, Mexicans, etc. because it’s part of the US.

        • Rhaedas
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          1322 days ago

          Just because “mainland USA” wasn’t used doesn’t mean it’s racist. Would it have been perceived the same way if Hawaii was substituted?

          • snooggums
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            622 days ago

            Probably not, because everyone knows that Hawaii is a state but a lot of people don’t know that Puerto Rico is a territory and the populace has citizenship.

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      So people who live in Washington DC can vote for President. D.C. has 3 electoral college votes. Puerto Rico does not have any electoral votes. (They do hold primaries that also don’t seem to really count).

      DC does lack full voting representation in Congress just like US territories (e.x. Puerto Rico, Samoa, Guam). I do think their delegate can vote on some things in congress, I don’t remember the details of what, but it’s definitely not a full congressional vote.