DR1ers:

[NALs]

This poll was suggested by Static.

To DR1 members living in the Dominican Republic, whether full-time (year round) or part-time (at least 2 consecutive months or more):

What brought you here?

A) Family, friends, and/or acquaintances (including lovers)
B) Sense of adventure
C) In search of a simpler life
D) Job or career related
E) The country (culture, weather, natural beauty, etc)
F) Retirement
G) Escaping problems in you country
H) Other

-NALs

[korejdk]

morenas

[BushBaby]

Originally Posted by korejdk

morenas

I take it that means
A) (including lovers) B), C), E), G) & H).!!!
For me it was B), C), D), E), G) & H). I refuse to commit myself as to which order I put my priorities in the above list - someone may be looking in later & will be asking questions!!

I DIDN'T vote because I was not allowed multiple choices & I REFUSE to be 'Boxed' into a single entity when multiple reasons apply!!
(Can someone PLEASE teach Nals how to construct a decent POLL??) ~ Grahame.

[SantiagoDR]

I take it that means
A) (including lovers) B), C), E), G) & H).!!!
For me it was B), C), D), E), G) & H). I refuse to commit myself as to which order I put my priorities in the above list - someone may be looking in later & will be asking questions!!

Would that someone who may be looking in later wonder why you did not choose "A)" as one of your options?

I agree with your comment of multiple choices. That would have made the poll much more realistic of the reasons for coming here.

Nals needs to learn to think "Outside the limits of a single Box".

My reasons are: "A", "B", "C", "E" and "F".........

[CFA123]

For me it's A, B, C, D, E, F, and H that brought me here.

I voted 'C' as a 'simpler life' was my main desire, the other factors just played a major part in making the DR the place to accomplish that.

In defense of NAL's poll-making ability, I believe he/we are limited to single choices by the bulletin board software. If that is true, then a modification to the poll question "What was the MAIN FACTOR that brought you here?" would make a single choice make sense. Either that or an endless list of "A&C, not D", "B&D, not E", etc would be necessary - and then it all becomes silly

[NALs]

Originally Posted by CFA123

In defense of NAL's poll-making ability, I believe he/we are limited to single choices by the bulletin board software. If that is true, then a modification to the poll question "What was the MAIN FACTOR that brought you here?" would make a single choice make sense. Either that or an endless list of "A&C, not D", "B&D, not E", etc would be necessary - and then it all becomes silly

No software limitations when it comes to single or multiple choices.

I decided to make it "single".

Some people loooovvveeee to make things more complicated than they really are. Then again, there are people that are not mentally capable of prioritizing and figuring out what reason made them make the move. There could've been many reasons, but one of those gave them the extra push that made them move.

BTW, had this poll been of the "can choose more than one answer", it would've automatically said it in the poll box.

-NALs

[SantiagoDR]

Originally Posted by NALs

No software limitations when it comes to single or multiple choices.

I decided to make it "single".

Then again, there are people that are not mentally capable of prioritizing and figuring out what reason made them make the move.

-NALs

Then again,

........ there are people that are not mentally capable of dealing with more than one thing at a time!

As stated before, making the poll capable of multiple answers would have made the poll much more realistic of the overall reasons for coming here.

For example Nals:

If one person chose "A" and "D", with "D" being a stronger reason, and another person chose "A" and "E", with "E" being a stronger reason, then that would show in the results that "A" was also a reason for them coming here. (Which by the way, would be true, Believe it or Not!).

Which in "your mind" would never have been known in the overall results.
With your limited logic, reason "A" would never have been known as a reason people chose to come here, even if it was not their major choice.

Are you telling us Nals, that in EVERYTHING you do, there is only ONE reason you do it?

The world is not just black and white, at least not in most people's world.
There is more to life then "0" for off and "1" for on.
Has someone never heard of "Cause and Effect", your polls will not show that.

"You decided to make it single" Someone needs to learn to think on a deeper level!

The overall results of your poll will never show the true reasons. Period!


Don ♥ SantiagoDR

[NALs]

Originally Posted by SantiagoDR

Are you telling us Nals, that in EVERYTHING you do, there is only ONE reason you do it?

In the things where there is only one reason, then there is only one reason for doing such.

In the things where there are many reasons, one of the many gives the incentive to go ahead and do such and that is the purpose of this poll, to see what reason was the deciding factor in people making the decision to move to the DR.

For some people this is a no brainer and for others it may take them a moment to figure out, but there is always one reason that is more important in any given decision than all the others, even if the importance is marginal.

-NALs

[SantiagoDR]

Originally Posted by NALs

In the things where there are many reasons, one of the many gives the incentive to go ahead and do such and that is the purpose of this poll, to see what reason was the deciding factor in people making the decision to move to the DR.

For some people this is a no brainer and for others it may take them a moment to figure out, but there is always one reason that is more important in any given decision than all the others, even if the importance is marginal.

-NALs

Half-right Nals. more or less.......

"One of the many gives the incentive to go ahead"

However, that "One of Many" reason that gave the incentive to go ahead may be the "Straw that broke the camel's back" so to speak.

And at that "moment" it may be considered to be the major reason for ones decision, but in the total scheme of things, "not the full reason". Multiple factors usually add up to be the reason one makes a decision, not just one. I find very few things in life are as you say "In the things where there is only one reason, then there is only one reason for doing such".

And those with multiple reasons? Well, evidently, the last reason was the deciding factor, without it, the decision would not have been made to make the decision.

So we all back to allowing "Multiple Choices" to answer your poll.

In the following scenario, the "Salesman" giving me a discount was the deciding factor I made the purchase, but there were more than one major factor for that decision.

Decision to buy a new Television:

1) I like the picture quality.
2) I know the maker of the TV has a good reputation.
3) The store has a good reputation for service.
4) The TV has many advance features.
5) The price is expensive.
... but the salesman offers me a good discount.....

Regardless of the price offered to me, without reason 1, 2, 3 and 4, I would probably not have bought the television. Which reason to YOU would have been most important? And, would YOU have purchased the TV if any of the other reasons were not part of the decision?

To me, ALL the reasons had a factor in my decision. I would not have bought the TV just because of the price, because of the quality, or because of the brand name, etc. What you are asking is one reason to buy the TV, and such a reason would not be without the other reasons.

In this case I would have purchased the TV at another store if they gave me a better price. So for the purpose and limitation of your "Poll", that would have to be my choice(#5) as the major reason for buying the TV.

As you say: there is always one reason that is more important in any given decision than all the others, even if the importance is marginal.

Price was the most important at the time.

The question to you would then be, What the Hell does that means to anyone looking at the results of your poll?

The answer: A false conclusion as to why someone did something!

Just admit it Nals, "This poll" should have been multiple choice.


Don ♥ SantiagoDR


Read between the lines: The fail-safe quote to use whenever someone disagrees with what you "Wrote".
It's not what I wrote that counts, it's what I say it meant after I wrote it and you disagreed.

[NALs]

I still stand by what I said, but this is what I will do.

I will create another poll that will be identical to this one, with the exception that it will allow multiple choices.

Given that this original poll was created on Nov. 28, it has been in existance for four days with a total of 29 people participating.

Both polls will remain open until 29 people have voted in the new version of the poll OR four days have passed (Dec. 6); whichever comes first.

If by that time period or participation level, the other poll' result is similar to the current one, then the other poll will be closed. If not, then this one will be closed.

Currently, here are the percentages of each category (these will be used to compare the results of the new poll):

Family, friends, or acquaintances (including lovers) 13.79%
Sense of adventure 10.34%
In search of a simpler life 13.79%
Job or career related 20.69%
The country (culture, weather, natural beauty, etc) 20.69%
Retirement 10.34%
Escaping problems in your country 0%
Other 10.34%

-NALs