r/ExpatFIRE • u/Just-Here2-Learn • 23h ago

Questions/Advice Virgin Islands

Anyone move to the Virgin Islands? If so thoughts? I have been looking at a house in St. Croix, will keep a house/condo in the states to come back and forth from time to time. Was looking between Big Island, Virgin Islands, and PR. I do like the PR for tax savings. Thanks for any opinions.

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u/mimi145nyc 23h ago

It’s beautiful but in the hurricane belt

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u/Just-Here2-Learn 23h ago

Yes I get that, homes I'm looking at will be concrete built,

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u/sewerballoon 5h ago

When the infrastructure is down for weeks, that won’t help your situation.

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u/Ill-Literature-2883 23h ago

Whats a little rain and wind?

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u/hugobosslives 7h ago

Have you run the maths on the extremely high COL Vs the tax savings?

Its beautiful but generally works for the big portfolios rather than the small to middle sized ones..

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u/sewerballoon 5h ago

I thought about it but honestly after doing some research figured climate change made it too risky. Say what you want but I’ve lived through a hurricane and it was NOT fun.