@levelsio Ask any American who is kind of a pussy and you hear that.
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Colin Post
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Colin Post
@ColinPost
Publisher @ExpatChron during 10 wild years in South America. Now navigating fatherhood, sobriety & the American way, writing about what I learned in a memoir.
Philadelphia, PA Katılım Kasım 2008
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Depending how you measure the crime area in Barcelona's center is even bigger though, but it's more pickpocketing in the Gothic Quarter than violent crime, but still...
What you see is European cities are starting to mirror cities in the United States now: ask any American and of course you avoid the downtown, it's always crime, drugs and poverty
Historically this was NOT the case in Europe! Downtown areas in European capitals were historical and beautiful, now they're overrun by crime and starting to be no-go zones
@levelsio@levelsio
🇪🇸 Barcelona is particularly interesting The tourist center used to be just pickpockets targeting tourists, but now you have the highest crime rate in El Raval with drug dens/squats (narco piso), violent robberies and stabbings The problem as a tourist in a new city you'd never know that because Google Maps doesn't tell you But Hoodmaps does 😊
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@ExpatChron There is a great flick out there about this life, titled "La Vendedora de Rosas"
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@ramit Ramit, I've been with you since '09. Wouldn't leave over this, just want to speak up here for LatAm, the region least likely to remove shoes.
Back in the US now, I think those homes refrain from asking us. I like to think they imagine me going Donnie Brasco if they try.
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AMAZING
You can have a major New York Times profile in the last week, best-selling books, a 20-year business, but if you’re a woman or POC, a broke white man will pipe up & give you unsolicited “business advice”
The real lesson: YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN! Just laugh at them
Grant@Grantsrants317
@ramit @SenTuberville You’re messing up your business speaking about politics man. Good way to lose 50% of your audience.
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@Cat_lucy1 "Do they not feel guilty they're disturbing other people?"
They're not even aware, much less feeling guilty about it.
The bus is no big deal. In middle-class (and below) housing, you will have to suffer the neighbor's rumba at full blast until the wee hours.
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I love Colombia, I really do, but why do so many people not use headphones and have their phones on full volume? Do they not feel guilty they're disturbing other people? Curious.
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Just had the perfect bagel sandwich. Not going to give any details as to what was on it or where I got it. Because someone will get angry that I didn’t get the way they like it or from the right place. But just trust me it was perfect based on my own subjective tastes.
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@lawrencekingyo I noticed looking over the data again that Peru was lower than Uruguay. Tell them that for max freak out LOL
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@ColinPost Yeah to them its very dangerous but i go running midnight and chicks are out walking their dogs
Thats not happening in Berlin, Paris, London etc
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I always wanted to live in Miraflores Lima Peru for 6 months
Those 6 months are coming to an end (moving to Panama) and I can say it has been a TOP Qualify of life
- Elite food
- Safe (locals hate when you say this)
- Miles of ocean front
- Great weather December-May
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Respectfully skeptical that more expensive flights will move the needle much. Happy to be wrong.
Personal experience from LIM is a love-hate relationship with Spirit. I wanted to celebrate its bankruptcy, but I also used it A LOT.
Medellín Unmapped 🇨🇴@MDE_Unmapped
Might sound harsh, but Spirit Airlines shutting down will actually improve the kind of tourists Medellín gets. Super fitting as Medellín is getting serious about discouraging passport bros/sex tourists and bringing in better quality visitors instead. Locals, investors, the city government, and even other expats all agree on this. The change is already happening.
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Colin Post retweetledi
Expat Chronicles is now on Substack 🌎
Real talk on the Expat Life: the wins, the headaches, & the raw truth to life in LATAM
Link here: @expatchronicles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@expatchronicl…
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@alanthefisher @PhillyInquirer yeah definitely bigger fish to fry. maybe replace the DoorDashers with Waymos as a test.
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@PhillyInquirer The waymos are better drivers than the majority of the inattentive morons I see driving on our streets
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Activists and City Council want Waymo stopped in Philadelphia until concerns are answered ebx.sh/LzBBkl
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@paddington1118 @tommyswriting There's only one big city in Peru LOL.
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@ColinPost @tommyswriting This is accurate for a lot of big cities in Peru unfortunately.
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Arequipa, Peru 🇵🇪 seems like one of the best cities in all of South America
Joe McGrath@joe__touring
La Plaza de Armas de Arequipa…..remind me why we stopped building like this?
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@graemelamperson @tommyswriting Unlivable short-term if you have children.
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@tommyswriting Nah…
One of the most beautiful centros in latam (perhaps the most beautiful)
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great nature / touristy things to do
But…
Pretty unliveable long term
(Elite for a week or two though).
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@Konst_Vatruba @tommyswriting It's good for a week, two if you include Colca.
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@Scotian82 I know the port is modernized, and I assumed the mosquitoes and gators were an exaggeration?
I assume the lack of interest is related to the same issue as always.
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This politically incorrect look at Buenaventura from 1924 reminded me of our resident gringo vallecaucano / chocoano @Scotian82. Hope nobody sues👇
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@joe__touring Forgive me, I thought this post was about which geographies best support human life, in which case you'd look at life before modern comfort.
Modern prosperity is a function of politics/govt, which is why some of the harshest climates have the richest people & vice versa.
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@ColinPost Ancient cultures dont prove anything about modern quality of life standards
I would love to understand why you think the poor coastal desert folks have a better quality of life than poor Andeans in modern times
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From what I've seen, living conditions in Peru are MUCH more dire than 🇨🇴/🇪🇨 because 60% of its population lives in the desert and can't even grow their own food.
Colombia and Ecuador are blessed with these absolutely wonderful tropical Andean climates that are infinitely more abundant in terms of biodiversity, soil quality, ambient fruit and vegetables, cow pastures, fresh water.
Many of the 'poor' campesinos in those countries live extremely dignified, natural lifestyles.
They don't really have to participate in the economy because they live in natural abundance......
Compare to the Peruanos who live in the desert, and often have to rely entirely on the cheapest or most processed foods in order to survive
In general, I've found that poverty data paints a very incomplete picture of these kinds of things
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600
Poverty in South America has worsened over the last decade.
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