Top Reasons NOT to move to Chile

So, we aren't exactly sure how we chose Chile, it was sort of random..and definitely romanticized. But, we have made a new rule- we must know a little more about a country/know someone who has traveled there before booking such huge excursions in the future!

1. Is that even Spanish? NOTHING like the Spanish we know! Even the signs are in "chilean slang"
2. It's crazy expensive. Think San Francisco prices.
3. E.V.E.R.Y  Little Interaction takes SOO much effort. I knew moving here would take a lot of logistics, but I think the details on this end would be especially difficult.
4. Cities have crime- Carl's post details being robbed on the metro.
5. Don't really feel very welcome here. In Santiago itself many people wont try to speak English with you. But, beyond that. We have had a man yell at us "Go home you mother f**ing f**ers". Another man followed us a couple of blocks chanting "Go home, go home". Some people have been very nice, but I think that the politics over the past 40 decades have left a lot of different attitudes towards foreigners.
6. We LOVE Folsom

I have so many thoughts on the topic, so this is the condensed version!


Since we still have over two weeks left, we are changing modes so that we can most fully enjoy the rest of our trip. Now that we don't have to focus on logistics of moving here, we are getting out of the city! Saturday morning we fly to Southern Patagonia. We are thinking our last week could be spent up north, we are going to figure that out tomorrow.

-Stacy