Moving to the US Virgin Islands!

Dude. The local workers won't do shit. You will get the blame. It's going to blow.

Good luck

i know

i am using workers from the usa only right now. i will hire some locals from time to time , if and when it makes sense

My friend lived on St. John for 35 years.
You will be hiring the locals born on the islands and you will like it.
Or you won't be doing business in the USVI.

I love St Thomas....a favorite sailing destination....have fun!!!

If you value your life, ignore their antigun laws and just keep a 38 in your pocket.

see? now that's the kind of advice i am looking for! thanks

I lived in st Thomas for 4 years. It was fun because I was the only 20 something white male on the island that made over $200k. I had a lot of fun.

Crime is horrendous though. The blacks are horrible and will openly hate on you. Spit in your food and shit.

One word of advice, use the phrase “Good Morning” with all black locals. Even if it’s in the afternoon. It has a hypnotic effect on them that instantly makes them friendly. It’s like a code word for locals.

Don’t go into the ghettos at night. Or in the day time. Firearms are illegal there but all the crooks have them. Don’t get in a car accident because the black paramedics will let you die in the street while they watch and laugh.

I have tons of advice.

Go there, hire some locals.
Rebuild. Take you piece.
Make some friends.
Buy some land.
Go to "Bomba's Shack" and sip some tea....
You'll never leave...
Best of luck.

For a nice taste of home, stop by the Tap & Still in Red Hook.


ETA: East end of St. Thomas is the best part of St. Thomas, where Red Hook is.

Don’t sleep with a local black.

They are infested with horrible STD’s and the AIDS rate among blacks on STT is like 70%.

Run to the UK, it's only an island away ;)

Nah, joking.

My guess is don't drink the water, expect high prices, avoid the native neighborhoods. But that's just general island life from all over the globe.

Carnival is a gas, but always keep yer wallet in yer front pocket.

On St Thomas, never buy smoke by the harbor. Instead, go up in the hills.

Magen's Bay is a nice spot to relax.

If you find a hole there and put your penis into it, you'll cause the Islands to get renamed

thank you. i was fortunate that i got to grow up with both the farm life and beach, i am really looking forward to checking it all out. plan on volunteering a lot cleaning beaches and trails on St Johns, which is where i will be living
i want to get plugged into the local scene but keep a low profile. i will be the one hiring locals and developing training programs, plus managing day to day operations

any idea if there is any beach volleyball action? any nice courts on St Thomas? i am a hardcore nut

Make sure to wear your mutherfucking MAGA hat.

smoke is decriminalized so is it fairly easy to get?

My best friend ran a restaurant on St Thomas and lived there for 14 years.
One thing I can assure is - "Island time" might give you a heart attack until you adjust. They have NO concept of time or timeliness.

Good Luck.

Cool!

A little island advice - treat it as a small town - everyone knows everyone else's business and they are all related.

Woohoo, congrats Malu!
I don't know anything about the Virgin Islands, but island life is veeerrry nice!
(speaking from one of the biggest ;)

A lot of beach bars on Tortola hold Full Moon Parties, but Bomba’s Surfside Shack at the West End of Cappoons Bay is the mother of all full moon parties in the entire British Virgin Islands. The celebration is notorious in part, thanks to the shack’s wild and unsheltered ambience, but the real star of the show is their magic mushroom tea. If you get the opportunity to visit Bomba’s Surfside Shack during a full moon, you’ll quickly learn why Bomba’s Surfside Shack and its unique lunar festivities draw tourists from all over the world.
[link to piratesparadiseadventures.com]

I am looking forward to unplugging from the rest of the world for awhile, things are so damn crazy right now, I figured I would take this opportunity to take a time out , try to adjust to island time, eat healthy , continue to train, see the sun, and make some damn good money

I will be working a lot with solar power and the new Tesla solar tiles for roofs, that will be coming available in select regions in a few months, one of our companies was a test center

sweet! i will definitely be checking that out

Spent some quality time in the USVI and loved it but heed some of the warnings also. And here is the theme song that is a must and is pretty accurate...

Yup. Agree. Though USVI are beautiful especially St. Thomas. Bring as many guys as you can with you or nothing will get done.

While this may not be as entertaining or exciting as being gutted in a parking lot, it is also important. LOL

Carry bug repellant. Use it every morning. Make sure you always have it on you. There are an untold number of illnesses that are carried by mosquitos- and many of them will literally kill you- or make you wish you were dead.

The locals told us in st croix don't go bar hopping after dark, there must be a reason.

it gets dark at 6 lol


one of the partners is an ex cop and the other is a lawyer, i have my CCW and will be pushing hard to get the right to carry in the VI, I am not to fond of this part of the whole deal

not too happy about the gun confiscation that did ahead of the last hurricane either. i am going to travel light and make sure i have a way home. where i have an arsenal lol

It is a total fuckhole! You'll find out. Fucked up govt, lack of power, high utilities.

Enjoy what you can while you can but be wary, not a long-term place to live.

I plan to give it three years, I still have a business here in Michigan and will be flying back and forth every few months.

every sport i love to do can be done in the USVI 7 days a week 12 months a year, unlike the 5 in Michigan