Let's all face it......everytime there is a major project on the island the ''visitors'' go into panic mode. It happened when Maho was expanded twenty five years ago....It happened a few years back when in cupecoy they started building the cliffs....and the other large condo building there.....how could the island build such a huge project as Puerto cupecoy...but we know how that went sales wise. The blue mall to date has been a total bust...but that is a different story. More influx of people will obviously force the job market to expand to take care of these people. Unfortunately, so will traffic, wait times...and beautiful beach areas as they become cement cities. Someone surely is moving into all the new homes and condos that are being built. Obviously the hotels on the island have all expanded also for all the influx of new people. What will be the final saturation point??? I guess we don't know that at the present time....but a panic over the China project probably won't be it. Granted....the chines government will probably bring in a lot of their own people...but in actuality, it wont be much different than when Mr. Spaddarro single handedly built Great Bay, then went on to Maho and that entire area, and then went on and built all the condos around there, and is still continuing to build up the ''mountain'' with all the new homes and marina being built overlooking the lagoon, and this was with Italian labor. Every year SXM sees more and more retirees deciding to make the island their home. If and when full medical facilities or updating hit the island, eventually it will be a very desirable location for retirees. I know some people who have made the move, and others who have contemplated it....ourselves included.