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Re: You know you lived in the VI too long when..... - 24 days ago
Maybe not too long but I do remember the day I felt totally assimilated to island life... 2 years in, I had a early tour and rushed out of the house. Stopped at Nidals for a Red Bull, ice for my cooler and I had a craving for a doughnut. I opened the lid to the doughnut container and there was one single glazed left but it was covered in sugar ants. Without skipping a beat I grabbed it pulledby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: From STJ to STX for vacay - 24 days ago
For sure try to stay west. You’ll have the best beaches and the pier is awesome. Look for seahorses My friends run Adventures in diving there in Fsted. If you stay at cottages early morning watch for dolphins going towards pier and sunset going away from pier. Be ready and swim like crazy to catch up. Sometime they’ll play. You can head to Csted for dinners if you need to but a few more placby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Egypt Pics - 25 days ago
PhotosVI - Egypt Went to Egypt in May as part of a totally financially irresponsible must do vacation lol. Luckily we got screaming deals and did the thing pretty cheap. It’s a place I’ve always wanted to see and I was so bummed thinking we wouldn’t get our yearly travel fix. Felt TOTALLY safe there. Security is super tight and they LOVE American tourists! We were treated like royalty andby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: STX reachout - 26 days ago
I’m going to be really interested to hear how you feel in a couple years. That’s a long time in STT! Where did you settle? East?by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Windshield glass recommendations St. Croix - 27 days ago
Doug yep. Usually sitting in the chair in the “lobby” that reads do not sit in this chair lol. He’s a nice guy but gotta warm up to you. We ended up bartering service for my car for setting up his computer and printers lol.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Health Insurance - 27 days ago
I don’t mean to be rude but this has been covered more times in this forum than anything else. Please do a search for more info.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Windshield glass recommendations St. Croix - 28 days ago
Tony at the place out west near bellows warehouse. He’s super nice - a little slow but he does lots of auto glass.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Boat Ownership - 28 days ago
QuoteAlana33 Rent one unless you're going to use it frequently, like every, single weekend and can do your own maintenance and mechanical work. There are all kinds of fees (registration, mooring, dock, storage, insurance, upkeep, etc.) involved not to mention securing it in the event of a tropical storm/hurricane. Do your homework. Yep I want a boat so bad!! But not willing to deal with it. Wby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Well this should end the drought, at least for now! - 28 days ago
Northside got HAMMERED! Was on a tour and we had to call it. Lots of lightening too. Road to Hull was flooded over. And just when Hull was crystal clear lol. We NEED it though. Still raining at my place now and cold! Haha. Sweats time!by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Hiking/ temps - 28 days ago
It’s not as traffic-y or lot a of people-ish as it’s made out to be. Compared to states it’s still very small town feeling. Technically same amount of people just STX is bigger. I really hope you come over and stay for just a couple days. It’s incredible here.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: The Great Debate - St Thomas or St Croix - 29 days ago
Hahah yea compared to the graveyard pace of STX we’re super fast paced LMAO. It’s for sure a case of to each their own and they feel worlds apart and each have draws. We’re also fiercely loyal to “our” island as you can see You totally have to make the call yourself. STX is flat AF to Tominans where we literally drive atop the island daily. There’s not many spots on STT where you can’t see eitheby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Apartment/House wanted for rent on St. John - 29 days ago
There’s a FB what’s happening St. John or something, likely find something there. Usually it would be slim pickings but I’ve seen a few open after storms.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Hiking/ temps - 29 days ago
You can google the average temps in a chart. Heat is subjective. I’m from AZ and was recently in Egypt. So no it’s not hot here to me... well east end STX is pretty brutal lol.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: The Great Debate - St Thomas or St Croix - 29 days ago
Forgot to say... the flatness really got me down too. It didn’t feel like an island really unless I drove an hour and half way to dry cactusy east end. Sorry STX ya just can’t beat this STT got views for daysssssby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Sargassum Inundates Some V.I. Beaches - 29 days ago
Yes has to be desalinated.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: The Great Debate - St Thomas or St Croix - 29 days ago
You didn’t say where your PMV will be? You’ll find triple the work in STT. Also triple the beautiful beaches, triple the things to do and triple the beautiful views. It can feel like triple the people too since we’re smaller and have a very heathy/active cruise port but I don’t mind that at all. People watching is always fun and having so much stuff to do easily makes up for that. I livedby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Very broad question - 30 days ago
With 1k rental: Single $13,500 Couple $20,000 Kids $50k Can be done for less but this will make the move more comfortable IMO.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: What Do You Buy Online? STT - 30 days ago
QuoteWolverine888 AandA2VI, where did you buy the sofa from online, seems like it would be a high shipping cost item? Wayfair - free shipping to port. It was $200 shipping from FL to STT via STT Cargo. The couch was $500 so really the same as a couch here and it’s not ugly. I looked here for months and just nothing that worked for us. The back also comes down and lays flat into a bed which I neby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Sweet Lime HOA - 30 days ago
HOA in the VI? Oh man, you’re asking for it! You couldn’t pay Ken to live in a VI HOA. Even stateside they’re the worst.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Nature Noise - 4 weeks ago
Quotestjohnjulie LOL! Every time I travel to the states my ears ring with silence while I try to sleep in a temperature and sound controlled environment. The ACC on STJ did a pretty fantastic job of collecting cats after the storms. A lot of them were shipped off island to no kill shelters in the states. I have two new cats that adopted us post storms. One just showed up a couple of weeks agby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: What's your favorite pothole or road? - 4 weeks ago
QuoteAlana33 For me it's the Agriculture Hill road on STT. Its a steep winding road and 1/2 the road is missing on a sharp bend. If someone comes flying around the corner, 1 car will end up in a deep ditch on the one side that's intact and the other will go over the drop off on the missing portion of the other. I literally held my breathe each time I had to take that corner, honking like crazy.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Broadband 2.0 - 4 weeks ago
Was shocked when I visited the office yesterday and the woman there said that they could install today! Sure enough the nicest guy showed up on time and installed everything and I was off and running! He was SO nice! I was getting 25MBPS earlier and in prime I am getting 11MBPS which is plenty for me and yesterday with my ATT box I was getting... 1.5MBPS! Seriously it was bad - so far this is worby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: What Do You Buy Online? STT - 4 weeks ago
EVERYTHING. Haha. Sorry but the stuff here is ugly!!!! I just have specific taste in minimal MCM. No cutesy island decor for me. I don’t buy household goods or groceries but everything else including our couch, large solid entertainment centers/dressers, rugs and bed frame accent chairs are from online. I do build quite a few things myself also. I did get our TV, mattress and a few humaneby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: MALL OF ST. CROIX!!! - 4 weeks ago
Just using it as an example. The bottom line is we don't have the population density with high enough median incomes to facilitate many big box retail stores. Honestly very lucky to have HD and OMX even though they're run like @#$%& shows. I'd assume thats another reason big box stays away. Our workforce... or lack there of. Hows the STX OMX since my Fiancé left?? The STT store is a HOT HOTby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: MALL OF ST. CROIX!!! - 4 weeks ago
Lol 2019.... OK. I’ll believe it when I see it. By the time it’s mismanaged there MIGHT be enough money for a Payless.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: broadband - 4 weeks ago
QuoteBeeski QuoteAandA2VI Beeski - I tried to do the installation thing online but it wants to charge me $200 before I even know if you have it in my neighborhood AND 4 weeks out? Is it better to go into the store and where exactly is that now? Sorry about that, the web site is confusing: - you do not have to enter a credit card, it asks for one, but you can skip and enter it later or call itby AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: broadband - 4 weeks ago
Beeski - I tried to do the installation thing online but it wants to charge me $200 before I even know if you have it in my neighborhood AND 4 weeks out? Is it better to go into the store and where exactly is that now?by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
Re: Nature Noise - 4 weeks ago
Lol. Yea when you come to the tropics you’d expect tropical sounds. MUCH better than ambulances and screaming police sirens of the states. When I travel I can’t sleep without my VI sounds. Found an app that sounds really similar and helps me sleep when I’m away.by AandA2VI - General/Relocating
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