no they are not poor many things are even cheaper than in the US. example a candy bar $1.50 in New York and in Puerto Rico in a store the least is .65 cents and a two bedroom house may cost as much as $200,000 so it could be the same but even more cheaper and its not shipped because its a territory of the US so everything can apply the same.
Puerto Rico is useless. as are Puerto ricans.
According to the "Welcome To Puerto Rico" website, the GDP of Puerto Rico was 75.8 billion (US Dollars) in 2006. http://welcome.topuertorico.org/fastfacts.shtml
The World Bank lists Puerto Rico as a high income country.
The majority of the people in the island have assists to the university. Puerto Rico is the number one exporting Doctors, Nurses and engineers to the United States. puerto Rico in proportion with the US the majority of the population that goes to the university helps the statistics in the United states to be a number, because the US citizens in proportion don't go further university studies, these is done by people that comes from Europe or other countries.
Only if you live in the United States and own the home as an investment. Say you live in Philadelphia and own a property in Puerto Rico, then you have to pay a tax and if you rent it out its double.
The island of Puerto Rico.
No, Puerto Rico is an island.Actually Puerto Rico is NOT a continent ; it is an island .
It is classed as wealthy compared to most of the Caribbean.
Puerto Rico is a island in the Caribbean.
yes it is but the language is mostly Spanish not American
San Juan,PUERTO RICO so Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico is it's own island but if it was in a continent it would be North America.
its in puerto rico
Puerto Rico is the smallest island of the greater Antilles.
Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean the smallest island of the Greater Antilles and about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami.
Puerto Rico is not in any state. It is in the Caribbean.