2006-08-09 09:52:08 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
If you are in the US, this is really a nonsensical question...Puerto Rico is a territory of the USA...they are home.
2006-08-09 09:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by Gigi 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They are in their country. Puerto Rico is part of the US. Try asking your question in a less ignorant way.
How about this as a possible re-wording:
Why don't Puerto Ricans stay in Puerto Rico if they love it so much?
To this I would answer:
Because Puerto Rico is a small island that has little economic oppurtunity for many of it's people. Perhaps if Puerto Rico were allowed to either rule itself or become a state it would be able to pull itself up economically but since the US doesn't want either to happen we will continue to see many Puerto Ricans coming to the contiguous states to support their families.
2006-08-09 10:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by linguizic 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ah, see there's the point. It is not that Puerto Ricans love Puerto Rico. It is that they love *being* Puerto Rican, and they are proud of it. Of course they don't want to move back. Last time I checked, they chose not to be a state, so if they have anything to ***** about, it's that their own countrymen prefer having "second-class citizen" status. If they want independence, that's fine too, as far as I am concerned, but they had better not complain afterwards.
2006-08-09 09:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Puerto Ricans have the right to be proud of their country, the United States, which they are apart of. However, they don't have to federal income tax in Puerto Rico. Maybe thats why they love it so much.
2006-08-12 21:03:24 · answer #4 · answered by gorillaguth 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That's so funny!!!! Did Puerto Ricans ask to be Americans? Immaturity is a disease.
2006-08-09 09:56:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
puerto rico is american how do u think we come here without having to go through immigration, way always pick on puerto rico how about america samoa, guam, siapon, and any other american territory that can come here to the homeland freely before u ask questions plz have all the info they r american so everyone who thinks white make u american should know that black, brown, tan also make u american
2006-08-09 10:02:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well its like this no matter where you came from and where you are now. A part of you will always miss that place you are from. Like people who come from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Germany, and even Tennessee or Texas, they all miss it no matter how bad it is, there is always something they will miss.
2006-08-09 09:59:29 · answer #7 · answered by lil_frosty93654 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the only ones who would be left if we moved back out Native Americans, and even they came from Asia. I love Norway, but America is where I was born. We can all love the place our ancestors came from and still be proud americans.
2006-08-09 09:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, Goober, Puerto Rico is a US territory. They ARE Americans!
2006-08-09 09:57:13 · answer #9 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dude Puerto Rico is part of USA its like says why don't all Hawains go back to where ever they came from.
2006-08-09 09:57:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They ARE in their country you genius!!! Puerto Rico is a part of the United States, whether you like it or not. Geez, not exactly a book worm, are you?
2006-08-09 09:58:18 · answer #11 · answered by brooke 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋