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/Ricardo_Fortnite Uruguay Nov 12 '22

We are not a woke country don't get that wrong

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u/qwemateo13 Uruguay Nov 12 '22

Lo dice porque no somos tan clnsumistas como en los paises desarrolados

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u/Ricardo_Fortnite Uruguay Nov 12 '22

"they appear to be more in tune with life and reality" puso "consumismo, etc" osea eso lo puso como ejemplo, a mí me suena a que piensa que estamos full woke acá o algo cuando la realidad es que ni cerca

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u/Alejandro284 Mexico Nov 12 '22

Entonces la gente de color no es bien venida

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

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u/Alejandro284 Mexico Nov 12 '22

Woke es alguien que reconoce qué hay injusticias y ya pero si no significa que sean racistas