I don't know if anyone ever made a decision based on non-stop jet service or supermarkets but I'm quite sure there are people who made the decision based on overall living conditions. I don't know much about AUC, but I know enough to know that it is considered one of the "big 3" in the Caribbean (Ross and St. George's being the other ones). Generally speaking, most people consider St. George's to be the best Carib med school, then Ross, and then AUC. However, AUC being on St. Maarten, has far much better living conditions than Dominica or Grenada. I have no info on St. Matthew's but I suspect it is a much smaller operation. Personally, I would only consider Ross and SGU because I know I can get licensed in all fifty states and they have the resources to react/adapt to changes in individual state licensing issues. Again, I just don't know enough about AUC.