I started this thread because one poster Skeldonman said he left Guyana because of one blackman.

he left guyana because he steal guysuco money

Skeldonman stole Guysuco money, nah I can't beleive that.

 

I know Toolsie Persaud stole from Bookers Skeldon sugar estate and got fired. He then went to GT where he became one of the most sucessful businessman  inb that era.

I left because the wife (at that time) wanted to join her sister in the US, as while I could have made strides in Guyana she couldn't. That simple.

This is a good thread....if we could stay on point and not allow it to degenerate into mudslinging. It's a good academic exercise and could yield some interesting observation for someone studying migratory patterns. So y'all who want to sully te thread please stay off and let civic-minded GNI posters mine some useful information.

Tulsie Persaud does encourage his employees to steal but don't get caught. Burnham used to ask his people if they does put their money in good use (thiefing money). 

oh god why you did not stay in guyana

People leave Guyana for different reasons but never from political pressure. Migration had been and still happening all over the world. People on GNI will use this thread to score political points against the PPP government, especially Kari.

I left for very personal reasons and it will be too emotional to write about it.

 

More important though, do I have any regrets leaving. sometimes I do and other times I think the choice was right.

I leave Guyana because nuff girls were chasing me down to get marry. I was afraid to get tied down with wife and nuff nuff pickny.

Can you tell what year you left Guyana? Was it during the PNC or PPP era?

You wouldn't know when I left Guyana. Those days you were hanging your baxside on the two board bridge shit*ing and washing your baxside with the drain water.

Warria, when I left Guyana, there was NO Guysuco. Put your "steal Guysuco money" to rest.

WE ONEWED A GAS STATION AND USED TO EMPLOY YOUR TYPE TO CLEAN THE DRAIN.

Anyway as Kari said this is a good thread so let me not allow myself to be dragged into the gutter by that gutter rat.

I came to America to escape the tropical sun so that my complexion would improve to the point where people will say 'the climate mek he real fear". LOL.. Just kidding!

 

We had the opportunity to leave Guyana since the late sixties and did not even though other family members encouraged us to do so. The country was still not that bad in the early seventies. However, things began to deteriorate constantly and each year it only got grimmer. As people began to see no hope for the country under Burnham we decided it was time to leave.

At what age did you guys leave? and I guess most of you left as a family. I left at 18 and came over alone. Lived with my aunt for 3 years and then strike out on my own.

I left at the age of 21 and came alone with $200.00(US). Had a couple of friends here. Still have those friends and made some more. Still have some of those friends I left in Guyana. All my siblings are here.

Came with $100.00 guyana dollars in 1980. When i changed it here i think i got around 70 cdn dollars

Came here in May 1970.

LIE. You live in Guyana getting contracts.

My mom left for Canada in the early 60s. We did not move with her but spent summers and sometimes Christmas with her. We stayed in school in Guyana. I left permanently in 76. I went to England first to finish up A levels and then to Canada. Moved to the US in fall 79.

most people on the planet leave one geographic location for another for economic reasons. 

My siblings all emigrated for university studies and stayed on because of work opportunities (a common curse of developing countries serving as farm systems for the major leaguers). Some came after the established ones sponsored them, to join family members (another characteristic of migrations)

I came when you were allowed only G$200 which converted to US$35 and no warm clothing or family (mine) at the start of winter.

You have to look at other drivers too.

Dat was 1984.

To escape PNC apartheid policies.

Maybe your wife saved your ass cuz run-mouth wasn't getting you anywhere.

Oops. And you had big status and income in PNC days? 

Did I get this right? JB insinuating that mah bwoy BaseBoard was a PNC big-wig back in the days?

with some large Guyanese communities like RH, some people never left...ask Nehru

Base,

You're saying that this man was a news carrier? That's how he got ahead?

For money....

I left for money and I would leave again...

 

I left during the peak of the PNC dictatorship era.

 

The economy was devastated and Indo Guyanese were marginalized by an Afro led dictatorship. There was no economic opportunities hence the departure.

 

Looking back, it was a good decision but I still love Guyana and miss the motherland.

 

 

I left because I did not like Guyana anymore. That was in 1987 and I became less interested in Guyana with every passing day. I stumbled on this message board during the big floods a decade ago and appreciated the opportunity to communicate with other Guyanese but could live without it. I personally don't care who runs Guyand because they are all crooks. None of them is better than the other. That is why I refuse to get emotionally invested in their shenanigans. I think everyone here is more concerned with pushing their own party and shamelessly pretending that they care about the poor people of Guyana. Let's see how the intellectuals that patrol this forum demonstrate otherwise.

I had no choice my parents called the shots and I had to follow the stream I wanted to go back after one week by to no avail so I made te best of what I had then after five years I wanted to go back but by then all assets was disolved and here I am as well as I can be no complaints.