{"id":400,"date":"2018-10-26T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/?page_id=400"},"modified":"2018-10-26T19:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T19:06:03","slug":"villas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/","title":{"rendered":"Villas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Villas are housing units constructed by wealthy foreigners usually for the purpose of retirement or vacation. Villas constituted the back-bone of the residential tourism industry in Montserrat. As a result of the eruption, some villas were destroyed. Other villas were left unattended as the foreigners lost interest in vacationing on Montserrat because of the dangers associated with the erupting volcano. Today, existing villas provide housing for volcano enthusiasts and other visitors interested in the rebuilding of Montserrat, as well as remaining ex-patriots.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-400 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/chezmangopool\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangopool-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View from &quot;Chez Mango&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangopool-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangopool.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-405'>\n\t\t\t\tView from &#8220;Chez Mango&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/chez-mango0001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chez-mango0001-300x204.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"&quot;Chez Mango&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chez-mango0001-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chez-mango0001.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-404'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Chez Mango&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/girls_on_porch\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/girls_on_porch-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Dickinson students lounging outside &quot;Tranquil Villa&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/girls_on_porch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/girls_on_porch.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-408'>\n\t\t\t\tDickinson students lounging outside &#8220;Tranquil Villa&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/estate_sign\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/estate_sign-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sign outside the Waterworks Estate\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/estate_sign-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/estate_sign.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-407'>\n\t\t\t\tSign outside the Waterworks Estate\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/panoramic1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/panoramic1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cliffside villas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/panoramic1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/panoramic1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-410'>\n\t\t\t\tCliffside villas\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/chezmangosign\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangosign-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sign outside &quot;Chez Mango&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangosign-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/chezmangosign.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-406'>\n\t\t\t\tSign outside &#8220;Chez Mango&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>a 25-year resident of Montserrat:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/Interview25YearResident.pdf\">&#8220;&#8230;a great place for people to invest&#8230;&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some Dickinson students said, &#8220;Staying in the villas for the second week was our reward,&#8221; and others, &#8220;The villas were awesome, plain and simple. The quality of housing here was great.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-400 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/villas2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/villas2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Abandoned villas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/villas2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/villas2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-414'>\n\t\t\t\tAbandoned villas \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/porch\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/porch-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Porch of &quot;Sunset Villa&quot;\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/porch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/porch.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-411'>\n\t\t\t\tPorch of &#8220;Sunset Villa&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/sunset_front\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/sunset_front-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"&quot;Sunset&quot; villa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/sunset_front-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/sunset_front.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-412'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Sunset&#8221; villa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/inside2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/inside2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"&quot;Sunset&quot; Villa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/inside2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/inside2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-409'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Sunset&#8221; Villa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/torquil-pool\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/torquil-pool-300x204.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Student at &quot;Torquil&quot; Villa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/torquil-pool-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/torquil-pool.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-413'>\n\t\t\t\tStudent at &#8220;Torquil&#8221; Villa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/villas\/volcano_from_essence\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/volcano_from_essence-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View of the volcano from &quot;Sunset&quot; Villa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/volcano_from_essence-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/10\/volcano_from_essence.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-415'>\n\t\t\t\tView of the volcano from &#8220;Sunset&#8221; Villa\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Return to <a href=\"http:\/\/mosaics.dickinson.edu\/montserrat2005\/sociology-of-disasters\/housing-on-montserrat\/\">Housing on Monserrat<\/a> page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villas are housing units constructed by wealthy foreigners usually for the purpose of retirement or vacation. Villas constituted the back-bone of the residential tourism industry in Montserrat. As a result of the eruption, some villas were destroyed. 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