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I can agree with you that Puerto Rico is an amazing place, but I really don't know what you mean by "heavy lifting" in this context. The people in tech who liv

I can agree with you that Puerto Rico is an amazing place, but I really don't know what you mean by "heavy lifting" in this context. The people in tech who live in Puerto Rico are practically a net negative for the locals and people who are actually from there. 90%+ of them are not local to Puerto Rico and rarely is anyone hiring locals for these tech jobs, they are working remotely or getting their more well off friends/family to come join them. They outprice locals from living arrangements since they drive costs up but the amount locals make is nowhere near what these tech workers do. And in my opinion its even worse than what happens in mainland US, since they are stuck on an island uprooting and moving is even harder than what happens to people in the states.

boredumb 3y ago
There are a ton of locals that are born and raised here and are well educated and technically literate to do any tech work. Businesses relocating from abroad to pay 4% local taxes is not a net negative. A lack of real estate or extra foreigners is not the problem with Puerto Rico, there is a distinct lack of population and abundance of homes falling further in to disrepair. You are parroting political talking points by people who would love to push decades of failed policy and corruption on jake paul, and in doing so you're also managing to discredit the majority of professionals in puerto rico.