If I had it to do all over again I would have stayed as well. There is nothing to come back too in The Bahamas. The uneducated rule, crime is rampant, dirt is everywhere, and the only ones that seem to be happy are the politicians. Lets not even talk about the fact that the Taxes you pay get you NOTHING in return. The Bahamas is a fools paradise!

No way will I ever return home. Hell, I'm even afraid to visit with the murder rate and lawlessness. No way!

How about when you return home after college but overlooked for a promotion only to give to a foreigner, who by the way will be paid more than you? What a total insult. Why come back? You have to leave your own home to be valued elsewhere.

yep. the grass is greener on the other side of the fence for our young Bahamians.

A wanna-be rapper attending a community college in Florida ain't creatin' much of a brain drain. It's not like he's gonna cure cancer or sumpthin'.

This is exactly why he probably stayed away...he can be what he wants to be. Like we need a country full of doctors and lawyers.

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Ever heard of diversity! Geeze... That's what's wrong with this country. People fail to think out of the box. Replied to the wrong person above. By the way the Tribune need to give readers an option to remove comments, not just edit them.

I live in the U.S and also attended community college about 8 years ago, but in 3 weeks I will be finish with my masters. Even if he only completes a community college that is still knowledge that could help the Bahamas.

FYI Broward College is not a community college.

You folks commenting on this article should know that the The Tribune website gets less than 100 hits on an average news day, which means there are relatively few of you posting and reading each others comments on this website each day. I've stopped commenting for that reason aside from posting the occasional comment to let you "less than 100" folks know why you are wasting your time posting comments to this website!

yawn

LOL.

Shut up!!!

And if these bright Bahamians - rappers to cancer research specialists and back - happen to be women- who find partners and have children abroad- current laws will not allow them (their family) to contribute fully to the country. Only in the Bahamas do we legalize and ensure our own oppression.

Sometimes I feel my brain draining just by being in the Bahamas.

LOL. This is so true!!! Talk about foreigners being promoted over you, what about the dumb fake blonde who's sleeping with the boss? Or the campaign worker who's hardly ever at work?

But I do love this country, that's something we all have in common

I have no problem with anybody making that decision for themselves personally. However, notwithstanding all the problems were are now experiencing and that fact that one can broaden their horizons so much more and certainly make more money elsewhere, I still love the country of my birth (The Bahamas) and will remain for as long as I live and make every effort to make a difference.

My sister move to the US and my brother to Europe. I did the next best thing. I move to the Family Island.

Aw.......... The Mud???????????

Stay and suffer brain death, economic stagnation and political persecution!
We eat our young here, better they go away and stand tall.
Can't do that here, you get mowed down!
Estimated to be 50 thousand who never came back,
Wow.

The USA, Canada, UK, China, Japan all realize the value of having intelligent and educated people among their population, unlike the Bahamas and many other smaller nations that tend to drive away the smartest and the brightest, for selfish and usually politically driven motives. When someone shows up at their border with a degree, bachelors, masters, doctors, they view it as a valuable asset that will not only strengthen their country, but one that will weaken the country the person is coming from. What is going to make it worse for the Bahamas is that government can no longer guarantee the security of its citizens or provide basic essentials on a continuous level (electricity, phone service water etc.) But lets give credit the cell service has increased 1,000 percent as it relates to dropped calls, as Mr. Leon Williams promised it would. But even those who may be willing to come home and avoid the political fray or compromise the lack of infrastructure, will not want to come to an environment that is not secure and put the lives of their family and themselves in danger. And then the tax in this country has to be more than any developed country. Many of us are not aware because a lot of taxes are hidden. Have you examined your B.E.C bill lately, for example? The fuel surcharge is more than double what the consumption/usage is. How could this be? The fuel surcharge is suppose to be an amount added after the price of fuel increases beyond a certain amount. Fuel prices have been relatively stable over the past five years and are now on the way down. So how is the fuel surcharge is 4/5ths of your electrical bill? This would mean hat fuel has increased 400 times above what the standard price was set at!!! The average homeowner can run his house full time on a diesel or LPG generator for less than what he is paying for fuel surcharge alone. Imagine when VAT kicks in.

All of the named countries have their own issues.......... we just like to look for cop outs as Bahamians. Stay and build your own country instead of becoming another FW immigrant

* correction the fuel surcharge is around 2/3rds of the bill so the cost of fule must have at least tripled.

Thats such a LIE....... the cost of fuel has actually declined this year!!!! That fuel surcharge is a ripoff. We should all sue the government. Is that fuel surcharge legal according to the Electricity Act anyway?????? But again they will use Article 26 4(a) as the cop out to rob us blind.

The world has NO borders........... we can move wherever we feel. Just look at North and South America. Its black and white........ not Red Indian anymore. However, I still love my slice of Paradise outside of Nassau (the country is not just Nassau).