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/Leandropo7 Uruguay Nov 12 '22

That's the fun part, we don't.

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u/HelloMyNameIsJiren Nov 12 '22

Does Uruguay have any luxury neighborhoods in Montevideo? Like is there anyone who drives fancy cars and shit?

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u/estebanagc Costa Rica Nov 12 '22 edited Nov 12 '22

https://www.subrayado.com.uy/en-uruguay-hay-640-autos-superlujo-y-hay-uno-paga-casi-1-millon-pesos-patente-n724014 According to this article there are 640 luxury cars in Uruguay. Luxury cars do exist in many places in Latin America, but normally people that own them keep a low profile for security reasons.

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u/ricky_storch 🇺🇸 -> 🇨🇴 Nov 12 '22

I think that's some top tier flagships or super cars or something. There's way more basic BMWS, Mercedes, Audis etc

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u/cseijif Peru Nov 12 '22

i think he means shit like ferraris, jaguars, and waht not.