Living in Uruguay | A baby in Carrasco, Montevideo
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2023
- Hallie, 39, moved to Uruguay three years ago. She works for a luxury travel agency based in New York remotely. She and her Argentine husband chose to live in Carrasco, Montevideo's most upmarket neighbourhood. Full of green leafy boulevards and large pleasant homes, their lifestyle comes with a high price tag. Hallie earns extremely well, especially by Uruguayan standards, but is finding it impossible to save.
I believe that it’s very possible for Hallie to live a life she will love in another part of Montevideo for half of what she is spending in Carrasco. But that is for a consultation with Guru’Guay!
As the fourth of a series on Living in Uruguay Hallie talks to Karen A Higgs, CEO of @GuruGuay about the Uruguay healthcare system-last year she had a baby here. We talk about her experience, what healthcare costs and finding and arranging childcare. Hallie is from Ohio in the USA and lived in Barcelona and Buenos Aires for over a decade before moving to Uruguay.
I can’t thank Hallie enough for her openness to sharing her experience, so that others may benefit.
Book a consultation with Guru’Guay www.guruguay.com/private-cons...
In our rapid fire round, Hallie shares her immediate thoughts on:
Life in Uruguay is …
The cost of living …
Uruguay wine…
Food in Uruguay…
Before I moved here that, I wish I had known…
The biggest difference between my life before and now…
HUGE THANKS to Hallie Neumann
Useful links
Watch the Living in Uruguay series • Living in Uruguay (as ...
The pros and cons of the different neighbourhoods in Montevideo
www.guruguay.com/best-place-t...
Is Uruguay a great fit for you? Book a consultation with Guru’Guay www.guruguay.com/private-cons...
Also, do you live in Uruguay but are finding it difficult to adapt? These consultations are also for you. Uruguayan clients who have lived abroad have also found the sessions invaluable.
CREDITS
Idea and production: Guru’Guay www.guruguay.com
Interviewer: Karen A Higgs, Guru'Guay
Interviewee: Hallie Neumann
Editing: Omni
Music: ‘Ta Rengo by Diego Janssen diegojanssen.com
wow!, I wish to this young Lady, all the very best in my beloved Uruguay, although, I live far away for the last fifty years, kind of nostalgic thoughts invades my soul.
I moved to Germany almost 14 years ago and watching this video makes me want to come back 🥲
Thank you for taking the time to share! No chances of you returning??
I am from California, I can assure you that it is the country with the best quality of life in the world, I have been here for two years.
The peace that you have is priceless.
Absolutely agree with you, Alex. Thanks for commenting!
Love Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾💙💙🇺🇾🌊🌊🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🇺🇾🌊🌊🇺🇾💙💙💙🇺🇾🌊🇺🇾💙💙🇺🇾🌊🇺🇾💙🇺🇾🇺🇾💙🇺🇾🌊🌟🌟🇺🇾🇺🇾🌊🇺🇾
Thank you for commenting! Me too!
I live in the States, and work for a family that lives a pretty high standard. And what they spend here is much more than that. Here is pretty expensive right now. If you go to a store like Whole Foods, for example, it will easily cost you 500 a week... or even more...
Exactly, Laura. Shopping at Whole Foods is going to be much more expensive than shopping in another category of store. In the interview we wanted to dig into the costs of living in one of the most expensive areas in Montevideo.
Thank you for commenting!
And a big green backyard
excelent interview! So nice Hallie!! I can be your friend!
Aww, that's so sweet of you.
Hallie is the best.
she seems so@@GuruGuay
i am in Namibia . nice country either. But Uruguay I would love to return for retirement.
You should!
@@GuruGuay seems a bit impossible. its said one must earn or get at least US$ 1500-. its namibian dollar or Rand 28.000,- . If I retire here and sell our shop and get my share of a house I will have U.S$ 125.000 maybe 130.000 and that looks to little to make a living in Uruguay
@@dietmarpiebrock3793 you are right. Uruguay is not an inexpensive country.
She's hardly ever stressed. Unbelievable! I think she said she spent 1,200 or 1,400 dollars on food ñIt seems way too much for two people and a toddler unless they never cook. Are you sure,
Hi Teresa, I had asked Hallie to look at her numbers before the interview and she was so kind to be very transparent for our viewers. It really depends on what and where you buy, doesn't it? Best wishes, Karen
Carrasco is an UPPER CLASS neighborhood in Montevideo, where people from PATRICIAN and ARISTOCRATIC families live there. It's absolutely reasonable that Carrasco is so expensive!
FYI, these videos are people who have no idea at all about Uruguay. Thank you for your comment.
You should move to ciudad de la costa if youre looking for cheaper and bigger sqft
I was planning to visit Uruguay, for a couple of weeks, this early November; now I'm not so sure, and wondering - how's the salty water and lack of rain affecting things? Is it better from Ciudad de la Costa to Maldonado, than in Montevideo?
The news are yellow sensationalists. We have lived normally. They are simply works that the government should do and they are being solved. You will arrive in Montevideo and you will not find any problem. Do you drink tap water in your country? If this is a fundamental requirement for you, I do not recommend doing it at this time. But even if it's fixed soon, I've always had bottled mineral water. You can take a bath, wash the dishes, haha It's water my friend, the news really look for topics to generate clicks. The media don't care about hurting a country's reputation.
The water situation has become a lot better over the last couple of weeks. However you still shouldnt drink tap water (mostly because it tastes salty). The main problematic area is Montevideo and Ciudad de la Costa. If you go to Maldonado or anywhere else (Rocha, Colonia, etc), tap water is perfectly safe to drink.
You can buy 6lts of bottled water for a little over 2usd.
@@amnrx Thank you for responding. Has their been more rain lately? What I've been hoping is that after a two week vacation this year, next year I could spend 2 to 6 months per year in Uruguay, then return to the U. S. the rest of the year for work. That way when I'm in Uruguay I can just spend my time at the neighborhood community center, make friends, and give away free English lessons, musical instrument lessons (I play 8 different instruments), help kids with their math (including Phi Ratio art), and just general enjoy people's company while I adapt my Spanish to Rioplatense.
@Andriago and @amnrx have done a good job answering you (thanks, both!). I write about the water situation and other Uruguay-related stuff in the twice monthly Guru'Guay newsletter. You can sign up for it here and also read the archives www.guruguay.com/newsletter/
It rained a lot and the problem is already solved.
Halie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
She's the best!
Is there any website or group to get a new born care specialist.I heard here it is called Nanny.Any link or information will be helpful
Any info on giving birth in uruguay?
Hey, it's in the video
Logically you have a high budget. He lives in the most expensive and exclusive neighborhood in the country, he has the medical attention used by the elite, even in that area the supermarkets are more expensive... The important thing is that he is happy.
Good points, Jorge. Thanks for contributing.
to have the lifestyle she got ( kind of royalty here ) she is right need 5500 dollars at month
Yup. Life in Carrasco comes at a premium.
For people unfamiliar with Uruguay: As I mention in the video, there are other neighbourhoods (see link in description) that would suit Hallie very well too. It's a question of knowing about them beforehand. Which is why having a relocation consultation with Guru'Guay before coming to Uruguay is a sound investment www.guruguay.com/private-consultations/
Important information is lost to listeners when people talk over each other.
Hopefully the subtitles compensate. Thanks for commenting!
Carrasco norte is not a very good neighborhood, not the most expensive. The good Carrasco and more expensive is south of av italia.
Hi there, that may have been the case a few years ago but there are some very spiffy residences north of Avenida Italia nowadays. Cheers - Karen
Español?
CZcams ofrece traducciones a tu idioma en la configuracion del video. Saludos!
Español , por favor👍
Que tal? Gracias por tu interes. Seguramente puedes activar los subtitulos de CZcams para ver el video. Saludos! -- Karen
Tiene subtítulos
@@GuruGuay estimada Karen el translate es pésimo aún en la era de la IA, jaja,lol
$25k a month for rent...? bruh rich people need to burn
I'm going to answer you, even though your comment is pretty aggressive. Her total costs on rent (including building expenses are 56,000 Uruguay pesos. There are 38 pesos to the US dollar currently. I'll leave you do the math. -- Karen
@@GuruGuayJesus christ I thought she was talking in USD. That makes more sense now, thanks!
I’m from the states, but my parents are from Uruguay, so I want to preface this by saying I hold no grudges against the nation my parents were born into.
I have to be transparent, though: I simply don’t get the appeal with Uruguay. It’s grey, mundane, and boring. It’s not particularly ‘consumer friendly’ (it’s highly expensive) and there isn’t really much to do relative to other South American countries like Argentina or Brazil. Southeastern Brazil has a beautiful state like Santa Caterina that blows anything Uruguay out the water. Argentina’s Patagonia is mesmerizing. Buenos Aires is jam packed, lively, and reminisces more like NYC. Again, I’m not holding any ill will to Uruguay, but it’s virtually a ‘pointless’ country. I see it nothing more than an intermediary, buffer state/province of Argentina or Brazil.
What appeals to one person doesn’t appeal to another. I guess that’s what’s interesting about the human race ❤️
Perhaps that is the appeal for some people…
La verdad es que me ha repugnado leerte...cuando quieras intercambiamos ideas de lo que es cada cosa de lo que has dicho en su lugar.
You sound very bitter. I've lived in the States for 35 yrs and I'm from Argentina originally. Uruguayo is a great countryside. Not perfect, nowhere it is. People are extremely warm the food is great and it being gray?!? You could say the same for certain areas around the world. Seattle is beautiful but the constant rain and grey skies are a bit much for me....see, it all depends what it is you're looking for in life.
Where do you live by the way??
En un psiquiátrico de seguro.@@franciscoa9639
"Unable to get a straight answer....too bureaucratic...".....of course it is, it is Latin America! 🤣🤣🤣 (* I am brazilian / uruguayan descendant, btw...Uruguay is gorgeous...we don't take the "siesta", but it can get much worse in Brazil bureaucracy-wise, depending on the city/state/region). 😎🧉
🤣 🤣 🤣 yuppp, that deep Ibero-american love of red tape... but as I always say, no country is perfect, but Uruguay is pretty liveable 🇺🇾
Well, I heard some people from Cuba saying that they feel things work pretty well. For example they opened a unipersonal company in half a day... before it would take months...
@@lauruguayitausa I am also in agreement (as a British person who moved to Uruguay) that things work pretty well. Thanks for commenting!
Do you know of any homebirth midwives practicing in Uruguay? Would appreciate any leads 🙏🤍
You would have to inquire at a medical institution by asking the staff, for example. Here in Uruguay, it's not very common to give birth at home because medical institutions don't view it favorably for many reasons.I know there are very good midwives here, as they're called, because a friend of mine wanted to have her baby at home. But I'm from Punta del Este, so it might not be of much use to you. Plus, that was 10 years ago