Sure, plenty of work for high school kids happy with making $175 a week.

Exactly, lots of jobs with no where to advance and shabby pay (and the bosses who ain exactly fit to be in charge of anyone).

There are no good paying jobs in the Bahamas. Period.

Since you are Bahamian, come home and start you own businees. Surely, you have developed american work ethics. You might be successful.

Plenty of money here for the right businessman/woman

opps, corrected a spelling error

start your own business? MUCH easier said than done. There is barely an infrastructure in place to assist Bahamians who want to start a business. You could probably take a course at COB to learn how to do a business plan. Then you can take that plan to the commerical banks, who do not usually lend money for businesses. Or, you can try the Bahamas Development Bank where you basically need 100% collateral. Better know an angel investor or have a family member or friend who can finance a business for you. There is an investment fund run by Gomez and Co. but expect to wait for a board to decide if you will get any money, and then only if your idea fits into certain industries.
If a foreign investor wants to open up shop in the Bahamas, there are any number of agencies and people available to hold the investor's hand thru the process of licencing, sales and whatever else has to be done. If a Bahamian wants to do something here, there is no easily accessible agency that offers actual help or encouragement for new business owners. Money talks, and if you don't have the funds to grease the right palms and pay out who needs to get paid out, OR if you don't think that as a Bahamian you should have to take this route, then you better have the patience of Job to deal with this madness.
Furthermore, unless you have parents or a boo willing to finance you when you come home, please have a job lined up BEFORE you reach, and keep that as long as you can if you are starting a new business. :friday:

Stay in South Florida.

LMAO, LMAO...... brutal dread, just brutal!

Stay in South Florida.

South Florida is a rat race...with limited successful Bahamians inspite the large numbers...
come home and work on one of them tourism front desk...:taped2: either that or lift luggage and make 60k a year...

South Florida is a rat race...with limited successful Bahamians inspite the large numbers...
come home and work on one of them tourism front desk...:taped2: either that or lift luggage and make 60k a year...

Central Florida is nice. I lived there for several years. How is it any more of a rat race than nassau? At least you can find a better job and not have to sit in traffic for hours (Unless your in Miami I guess).

I would only come back home to set up shop. Bahamians are huge consumers, especially for American and Chinese products.

start your own business? MUCH easier said than done. There is barely an infrastructure in place to assist Bahamians who want to start a business. You could probably take a course at COB to learn how to do a business plan. Then you can take that plan to the commerical banks, who do not usually lend money for businesses. Or, you can try the Bahamas Development Bank where you basically need 100% collateral. Better know an angel investor or have a family member or friend who can finance a business for you. There is an investment fund run by Gomez and Co. but expect to wait for a board to decide if you will get any money, and then only if your idea fits into certain industries.
If a foreign investor wants to open up shop in the Bahamas, there are any number of agencies and people available to hold the investor's hand thru the process of licencing, sales and whatever else has to be done. If a Bahamian wants to do something here, there is no easily accessible agency that offers actual help or encouragement for new business owners. Money talks, and if you don't have the funds to grease the right palms and pay out who needs to get paid out, OR if you don't think that as a Bahamian you should have to take this route, then you better have the patience of Job to deal with this madness.
Furthermore, unless you have parents or a boo willing to finance you when you come home, please have a job lined up BEFORE you reach, and keep that as long as you can if you are starting a new business. :friday:

:eek: well isnt that a blow to the gut?