Just like Jamaica stole the Julie from Tnt huh?
Tourist based economy in recent history and formerly a sugar based economy. Very nice Island Brett, smaller than Jamaica and Trinidad but about the same level of development and standard of living. Highly recommended to visit.
The Ceylon mango is great, l'll update on scions if I'm successful in getting them it.
Comparing the standard of living between Trinidad and Jamaica is like comparing the standard of living between Trinidad and the US. Jamaica's GDP per capita is more than 3x less than Trinidad's. Barbados also has a lower GDP per capita than Trinidad but not as low as Jamaica.
I don't think you are legally allowed to bring in mango scions from Barbados without a two year post entry quarantine. You face jail time and fines if you do attempt to bring it in without the proper permits and quarantine. You are also putting all of the mango trees in Florida at risk of potential new diseases and pests if you do not follow the PEQ procedures.
not even sure where to or if I should start with this.. but suffice to say GDP alone especially without consideration of a number of factors is not an accurate measure of standard of living..actually standard of living indices and human development indices aren't just measured by economic factors on a whole much less GDP as as one individual subset, but incorporate so many other and also non economic factors including human health, poverty, access to facilities, public services and healthcare, crime, transport, environmental quality, infrastructure , political stability and transition of power , legal climate, happiness indices , culture, life expectancy, law enforcement climate, corruption indices, even entertainment...
I could go on and on...and regardless there's no one universal correct method for "measurement" and standard of living means different things to the individual ..and it isn't just a snapshot at one moment in time as economies ebb an flow.(in my less than 40 years each of the 3 islands have boasted the best economic and/or other performance compared to the other 2 at one point or the other) admittedly now it's Trinidad's turn (petro and finance industries largely) however much of that wealthy doesn't reach the people at all, and crime is spiralling put of control ...suffice to say looking at GDP alone especially without significant context is overly simplistic ... Barbados especially, though currently in an economic downtown, has previoulsy routinely ranked higher than most of the other islands for many developmental indices and is actually one of if not the first to be no longer considered a "developing country" admittedly I forget by what source without looking it up (UN , world bank something or the other...)
Although Jamaican, I spent lots of time in all 3 of these islands growing up and am a citizen of 2 and could qualify for the one I don't have..and stand by my statement the standard of living, historic level of development etc is about the same. Compared to the other former British West Indian colonies these 3 have been historically seen as the most developed with the highest standards of living.
By the way had a great time in Trinidad last week as the first part of my vacation ...still picking doux doux mango strings from my teeth.
Anyway thanks for the advice on the scions ..yeah I agree it probably isn't worth it especially as I'm travelling with the kids. I'll look into appropriate permitting for next time.