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Old 01-13-2010, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunner View Post
Not really. This is what happens when you live in an overcrowded slum with absolutely no natural resources, nothing any willing person could use to bootstrap themselves out of poverty. As in Somalia, the government problems become secondary - distant secondary. The most perfect government on earth couldn't help either of these places.
I realize I'm speaking from ignorance, but this is why I'm asking the question.

What is different about this island than some of the others that do well with tourism and other small industries, such as growing spices and such?
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