-----Original Message----- From: Frederick Noronha >Before you guys get carried away by your own rhetoric... let me remind you of a few other facts. ==================================== Quotations of your post preceded by >
My responses preceded by ** >If the (largely) tourism-lured foreigners had not come into Goa in the first place, bought so many houses, and inflated costs hugely in the local market, perhaps people like myself (who spent a lifetime living and working in in Goa) would have been able to afford and buy and maintain a house ourselves. No ** No! 1. What proportions of the purchases are by out-of-state visitors and foreigners? 2. Foreigners who buy contribute to the local economy and keep local journalists in employment :-) 3. Property prices in Goa were low. There has been a recent spiral not only in India but worldwide. Why look for scapegoats? 4. This sound like the "presence of foreigners is driving up the price of fish" theory! > Even if Goa has among the largest per capita rates of outmigration in the world (cf. Robert S Newman), there are still enough back home needing a roof over their heads. ** And those who migrate out can buy houses to make their new homes. The outmigration is perhaps a hundred times more that inmigration. Yes? > Let me make this clear: I'm not a xenophobe opposed to "foreigners" buying homes and properties in Goa. ** Great! Let us all go home then :-) >Just a few thoughts, deliberately devil's advocatish in clothing. FN ** I thought it would bring out the devil in angel's clothing :-) ** Lets be clear: 1. I am not suggesting that all foreigners are a blessing for Goa. I agree with Soter that some are guilty of drug trafficking and child abuse but let us not treat them all as criminals. 2. People from all over the world can buy UK property by mail order and settle the account by PayPal :-) 3. I agree that India and Goa has the right and indeed the duty to frame laws to protect local interests even if it means preventing the purchases of property by foreign nationals but any changes should not be retrospectively enforced after sale deeds have been granted. Thank you for listening, Eddie Fernandes London, UK.
