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High cost of living pushes families to leave Puerto Rico for the U. S. 13.

Thousands move to the U. S. due to economic turmoil 14.

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Yessenia Puente became a widow six years ago. Public schools don't provide a safe setting for her three children. The money she earns as a hotel manager is barely enough to live on and it's not enough to pay for a private school. Every two days, she must deal with no running water at home. A drought has forced the government to limit how much water they use.

Recently, a new 11.5 percent sales tax took effect. That means, for every dollar a person spends, they must pay an additional 11.5 cents to the government. It became too expensive a Puente to stay in Puerto Rico, so she has decided to move.

A truck showed up at her apartment near San Juan to load up her belongings. They would be shipped to Orlando, Florida. The boxes were marked with "1465"- that is the number of families this one moving company has packed for Orlando since January.

Thousands Move To The Mainland 16.

Like Puente, thousands of others are saying goodbye to their lives on the island. They will start over elsewhere in the United States. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth1 17. of the U. S.. Puerto Ricans are U. S. citizens, which means they can live and work anywhere in the mainland, like Americans can.

Researchers say that between 2010 and 2013, 144,000 people left Puerto Rico for the U. S. mainland. The island's population now stands at 3.6 million. That's down from its highest population of 4 million in 2009.

Several moving companies in San Juan confirmed they are extremely busy these days. They are packing up homes as people move to destinations across the United States, including Miami, Orlando, New York, Boston, Chicago and cities as far as the West Coast.

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Huge Debt, High Tax

People are moving away at a time when Puerto Rico owes $72 billion in debt. That means the government owes $72 billion to people, banks and businesses that it has borrowed money from to pay for things like roads, bridges and schools. But the governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, says the government doesn't have the money to pay. He says, if the debt situation continues, every person in Puerto Rico would owe $40,000 by the year 2025.

"It's hard to quit and start over but I have no choice," said Puente, who was born in the Puerto Rico town of Bayamon. "My kids are worried and ask many questions but they understand. We don't even have money to go to the movies. The cost of living is too high."

The new 11.5 percent sales tax is higher 19. than the tax in any U. S. state. It's just one of the many ways the Puerto Rican government is trying to fix its money problems.

Nelson Rodriguez runs a family-owned grocery store in San Juan. He says the tax is really bad for shoppers. "For every $100, the government takes $11.50. People are going to have to rethink how to stretch their dollars."

1 "Commonwealth" means that Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States of America. U. S. does not own own them completely. Puerto Rico can "sign treaties with foreign countries, ignore federal laws, and receive federal funding with no strings attached." U. S. is thinking about making Puerto Rico a state to control it more. - Puerto Rico Report