# Why the discrepancy between the Dominican Republican & Haiti

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 18, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-discrepancy-between-the-dominican-republican-haiti/525379 "2010-01-18T01:54:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-discrepancy-between-the-dominican-republican-haiti/525379/41 "2010-02-03T14:05:05Z")

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Hope springs eternal. 😉

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-discrepancy-between-the-dominican-republican-haiti/525379/42 "2010-02-05T03:57:45Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> As to the question, this is just one of those things that doesn’t have a single answer; the success or failure of a country is an inherently complex question. Why is Canada richer than Russia? Why is India a democracy and Pakistan isn’t? Why is Thailand a decent place to live and “Myanmar” (Burma) went to hell?

But in all of those examples, no two are stuck together on a single island like a pair of Siamese twins. That’s what makes the contrast between Haiti and the Dominican republic stand out so much.

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