Kingston - Post Report Question and Answers
What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?
Kingston is a poor and crime-ridden capital city of a developing nation, not a Caribbean beach paradise. I knew this, but it bears repeating in case you didn’t. - Nov 2024
It's really hard to get around and weekend trips will save your sanity. I am so glad we have a reliable newer SUV but I wish it was hybrid to save on gas. You will spend a lot of money b/c convenience is king here and it's easy to get stuck in your bubble. - Oct 2024
If you are State Department, look at the bid counts for Kingston when bidding. - May 2022
I didn't think carefully enough about the effects on my teenagers. This has been the worst post we have been at for them. - May 2022
When everyone hears that you are headed to Jamaica, they will be envious, but Kingston is not a great city. I feel like I should have been more prepared for how hard day-to-day life would be. That being said, you are an hour from Paradise. - Jan 2020
How expensive it would be and how slowly things are done. A favorite local phrase is "soon come" which means anywhere from five minutes to never. - Aug 2018
I knew food and groceries would be expensive but it's EXPENSIVE! - Mar 2017
Nothing. I love it here and feel fortunate to be posted here. - Apr 2016
Nothing. I had been here before and knew what to expect. - Mar 2014
How little there is to do for a family in Kingston -- seriously, it's the Bob Marley Museum, a bad zoo and Devon House, and that's it. We'd have been much more able to roll with it if we had been prepared. - Dec 2013
