Bottom line after one year living in South America.
Aug 11, 2023 18:49:50 GMT
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Post by kraut ᚲᚱᚨᚢᛏ on Aug 11, 2023 18:49:50 GMT
Gentlemen,
fellow enthusiasts,
please allow me to present my short annual report.
My family and I moved to Paraguay a little over a year ago. The reasons were manifold: liberty, no vax mandates, cheaper living, sunshine all year round, the unbearable agitation of the media and government against us.
Lessons.
Paraguayans are savages at heart, covered with a thin layer of "civilization" and Catholicism. White people, such as us, are first and foremost walking ATMs. We pay extra for everything we don't buy at the supermarket: for services, for construction materials, everything.
Us Whites are seen as multi-millionaires, regardless of reality.
Work ethic is non-existent. When it rains, nobody shows up. When workers try to get more money (even though you sealed the deal with a handshake), and you don't play, there's a good chance they leave. OR, and now it gets dark, they pay your house a visit later, when your're not home.
Remember when I said Paraguayans think of us Westerners as multi-millionaires? Because that's the reason we're having to deal with an UNBEARABLE amount of break-ins at the moment. It all started about three months ago. Suddenly, there were burglaries everywhere. Before we built our house, we rented one. Went to the market, as every Saturday. Came back and found it ravaged. They stole money, nothing but money. Now we knew, fuck, someone is watching our every step. NOT a good feeling.
Then we moved into our own house (which was built in good quality and in record time – because the contractor we had is German... you should see the house of our German neighbors... built by a Paraguayan company...suffice it to say, I have never heard of house walls being electrified, but I digress). After one month, we came back from a birthday party – and someone had broken into our own home, too. It was probably a neighbor. Now we're being watched AGAIN.
As a consequence, we can only leave the house when our capatas (gardener, works for about 20 USD a day) stays on the property... that is NOT what we had dreamed of before we moved here...
Bottom Line
We always knew that Paraguay was not our final destination. We had hoped for something along the lines of an idealized Mexico: good food, people full of life, good neighbors. What we got was... Paraguay. The food is rough, unrefined, without finesse, bland. The average meal consists of chewy meat, wagonloads of white bread, and cassava. No sauces, barely seasonings. We hoped for peace, but had our home invaded twice within two months. We hoped for close contacts with natives, but we find ourselves more and more pushed into the German, American and Canadian enclaves.
We'll try to sell our house and move on. This time, closer to civilization.
All the best, guys!
fellow enthusiasts,
please allow me to present my short annual report.
My family and I moved to Paraguay a little over a year ago. The reasons were manifold: liberty, no vax mandates, cheaper living, sunshine all year round, the unbearable agitation of the media and government against us.
Lessons.
Paraguayans are savages at heart, covered with a thin layer of "civilization" and Catholicism. White people, such as us, are first and foremost walking ATMs. We pay extra for everything we don't buy at the supermarket: for services, for construction materials, everything.
Us Whites are seen as multi-millionaires, regardless of reality.
Work ethic is non-existent. When it rains, nobody shows up. When workers try to get more money (even though you sealed the deal with a handshake), and you don't play, there's a good chance they leave. OR, and now it gets dark, they pay your house a visit later, when your're not home.
Remember when I said Paraguayans think of us Westerners as multi-millionaires? Because that's the reason we're having to deal with an UNBEARABLE amount of break-ins at the moment. It all started about three months ago. Suddenly, there were burglaries everywhere. Before we built our house, we rented one. Went to the market, as every Saturday. Came back and found it ravaged. They stole money, nothing but money. Now we knew, fuck, someone is watching our every step. NOT a good feeling.
Then we moved into our own house (which was built in good quality and in record time – because the contractor we had is German... you should see the house of our German neighbors... built by a Paraguayan company...suffice it to say, I have never heard of house walls being electrified, but I digress). After one month, we came back from a birthday party – and someone had broken into our own home, too. It was probably a neighbor. Now we're being watched AGAIN.
As a consequence, we can only leave the house when our capatas (gardener, works for about 20 USD a day) stays on the property... that is NOT what we had dreamed of before we moved here...
Bottom Line
We always knew that Paraguay was not our final destination. We had hoped for something along the lines of an idealized Mexico: good food, people full of life, good neighbors. What we got was... Paraguay. The food is rough, unrefined, without finesse, bland. The average meal consists of chewy meat, wagonloads of white bread, and cassava. No sauces, barely seasonings. We hoped for peace, but had our home invaded twice within two months. We hoped for close contacts with natives, but we find ourselves more and more pushed into the German, American and Canadian enclaves.
We'll try to sell our house and move on. This time, closer to civilization.
All the best, guys!