David you're not exaggerating at all. It's already happened--don't have to wait 15 years. When we 1st went to this island it was quiet, calm, very few cars. People smiled, said hello. We even offered rides to locals walking to work. Wouldn't do that now.

Simpson Bay was a bunch of small dwellings. One hotel in Maho then nothing until you reached the condos at the golf course.

P'Burg was booming with restaurants and stores and no one was afraid to walk there at night.

Dawn Beach was a pristine paradise beach with great snorkeling then The Westin Hotel destroyed it all. First by dumping waste then by attempting to block off the beach. It's still a problem to park there and the beach isn't worth it anymore.

Now with the high-rise at Porto Cupecoy and the one scheduled for Little Bay Beach near Belair, it's only a matter of time paradise will be gone.