If you become a resident, kids are a problem because the schools are no good. The cost of living is higher. In his novel ''Don't Stop the Carnival,'' a couple escape the insincerity and hustle of life in the entertainment industry and depart for a mythical Caribbean island Amerigo to run a charming inn. But I know of people who have gone to the islands and can't adapt to the island lifestyle. They have given up in despair.
People go out for the banks.
It is very claustrophobic, very little privacy and everyone knows what you are doing. They are people who like to be big fish in a small pond. They are American. They are educated. They choose to go to a poor area.