I am a Puertorican as well, and even though I agree with most of what you are saying, i believe you are being a little naive as far as us not being biased against other people. Every country in the world has certain subcultures that feel threatened, or feel they are better than others within the same country. How about in the US? People think of Mexicans or gays as second class citizens(not everyone thinks this way of course), in PR, people treat Dominicans just like Americans treat Mexicans. They do the dirty work for us, yet we bitch and moan that they are 'taking away our jobs'. I personally have nothing against Dominicans, OR Mexicans for that matter, if they wanna do the job, let them!

I do disagree with whoever said, "save your money, go to south america". Well, first of all, who told you PR was expensive? If you did visit, did you ever go outside the tourist trap areas? Second of all, yes there are a lot of similarities with the US as far as culture is concerned, but we have mixed it with our own making something entirely different from what you know..

Now back on topic. I've also been to the Conservatory and it is a sight to behold, hopefully, like someone else mentioned, a school or private organization donates some good money and keeps this project going. It is a great scientific tool, it would be a shame to just let it rot away.