I made that snide remark as a response to the LACK of assistance they're getting.
But practically, it makes sense for some. If there are no schools for their kids and no work because their place of business is gone or shut down - especially if they have family on the mainland, I'm sure a lot of people have considered that option.
Puerto Ricans are American citizens.
As someone who lives in an Island (250,000 population) that has also gone through several major natural disasters, with almost as much destruction as Puerto Rico , I find it really hard to understand your point of view, of running off to the mainland, of bitching and complaining (mostly done by the Liberal Media)
I find it incredible that in a population of 3.5 million, they are unable to re-build their island with the tremendous resources and aid that the US has provided. Thousands of containers in the port waiting had to wait for Americans to go to Puerto Rico to distribute the aid? What's wrong with these people? Are they too bloody lazy to do the distribution? Or is it the Liberal Media that is BS everyone?
No one here Madeira Island had the cowardice to leave the Island after our tragedies. We put on our working boots and clothes and got to work to help those more unfortunate. Fortunately our Media, even the Liberal one were not so stupid as to create division and hatred as the American Liberal Media does, during times of tragedy. On the contrary, they helped provide important information to the affected populations, not BS like the stupid, biased Liberal US Media.
Your Liberal Media is a disgrace. Instead of helping the population, they went out to various points of Puerto Rico by helicopter or jeeps to cherry pick people to give an interview, making sure to ONLY show those who are anti-Trump. CNN are specialists in this BS type of reporting.
I'm surprised that you don't see this dirty side of the Liberal American Media.
Actually in my opinion it should be the lying fake MSM journalists that should be put in jail before all the corrupt politicians.
In some parts of the world the schools don't have roofs, but students still go to class