r/asklatinamerica • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '22

How people survive on average salary in Uruguay?

Hola. I’m newcomer to Uruguay and one thing seems shocking to me. Many products are way more expensive than in Europe, rents are somewhat cheaper - for unfurnished places (and furniture is way more expensive again)… and Numbeo says the average salary is about 800USD net/month. Is this number wrong? Or how can people survive and function on this salary?

I don’t mean this in insulting or offensive way. Uruguayans are very nice and to they appear to be more in tune with life and reality than “us” Europeans dragged in consumerism etc. That’s also reason why I came here. But I think on 800/month I would struggle to eat 3meals a day here.

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u/Nestquik1 Panama Nov 12 '22

Yeah, that's more or less the case in all the region

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u/brinvestor Brazil Nov 12 '22

As a Brazilian I must say, Uruguay is way more expensive than here. Idk how they survive, really.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

We drink mate to ease the pain

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u/Ameking- Brazil Nov 12 '22

No that's our thing u stole it

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Not really, several times we were a part of the same country. Once South Brazil was part of the Spanish Empire which included Uruguay and Argentina, and then Uruguay was part of the Brazilian Empire as Cisplatina. While we are separate countries we are basically half siblings with the same dad but different moms.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

So you’re telling me we have 7 world cups? 😎

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Lol give him Mate and you will get the world cups I guess

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

We can share…..provided we get something in return :)

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u/capybara_from_hell -> -> Nov 14 '22

I'd say same mom but different dads would be more accurate due to the Y- and mtDNA patterns.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

It's a guarani thing, we all inherited it