I think plastic chairs must be the most common piece of furniture in the country.

Dominicaners never throw them away. They would make our grandparents proud who used to say "Use it up, wear it out, Make it do, or do without."

So many things in the DR seem to reflect this old-fashioned couplet as demonstrated here by this tree giving leg-up stability to an otherwise useless three-legged, one armed chair.