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Culture Shocks From Living in CHILE? (Santiago)

Foreigners living in Santiago de Chile share their biggest culture shocks upon arriving to the country. What is something they like and don't like about life in Chile, how are Chilean people and is it easy to make friends and how did Chile change them as a person?

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0:00 Intro
1:13 Expectations vs Reality
2:32 Cultural shocks living in Chile
4:00 How is it making friends in Chile?
5:18 Chilean Spanish
7:27 Likes & Dislikes of Living in Chile
8:24 How did living in Chile change you?

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    • South America is really big - I'd say there are places that are really dangerous and places that are really safe. I felt safe everywhere in Chile except in Valparaiso. Many people had warned me about going to Buenos Aires but its city center seemed really safe as well. Brazil didn't feel very safe but it's still doable if one pays attention and knows how to act in more dangerous places. All three countries were beautiful and interesting. I'd say, take the necessary precautions and avoid super sketchy places but never let people scare you out of traveling to South America.

    • South America overall isn’t the safest but Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Costa Rica are the safest and most developed countries from the region.

    • Depends on the country and depends on the city. It’s not the safest part of the world, but it’s also not the most dangerous either. Just use common sense and do your research, and you should be fine.

  • As an Englishman, I only know this about Chile: the women are beautiful, and the wine is the best in the world 🇨🇱

  • Que alguien consiga el Instagram del que dijo que nuestrsa comida es muy mala, para dejarle unas recetas en sus fotos 😈

    • La comida chilena tradicional es como bien fome. Estamos en el poto del mundo así que durante casi toda nuestra historia teníamos ingredientes limitados. Además, el grueso de los chilenos son super conservadores con la comida. Pero creo que a lo que se refería es que la mayoría de la comida que uno puede encontrar el la ciudad es comida rápida, sanguches.

    • @@Altrantis Es cierto que las comidas son más bien simples y equilibradas, con relativamente pocos ingredientes, pero eso no es distinto a otras gastronomias reconocidas como la italiana, francesa, griega o incluso la de los vecinos argentinos, por lo que en sí mismo no es un punto negativo. El sushi por darte de ejemplo es uno de los platos más reconocidos del mundo y es literal arroz, pescado y salsa de soya. Lo otro es que no se porque se tienen que menospreciar otros platos solo por ser comida rápida siendo que en ese aspecto también tenemos una de las mejores gastronomias del mundo: el completo italiano es considerado por muchos como la mejor variación de hot dog en el mundo, y como mínimo top 5; el chacarero salió como uno de los 13 mejores sandwiches del mundo según Time; sacando comida rápida, el pastel de choclo está en segundo mejor plato de caserola según taste atlas, y el pastel de jaiba figura en el top 100 si no me equivoco; las machas a la parmesana están en el top 100 de mejores platos de mar; después tenemos otros platos increibles como la chorrillana, el lomo a lo pobre, paila marina, etc. En fin, podria escribir 10 párrafos más, tenemos platos de sobra para ser considerados una buena gastronomía, y objetivamente "doesn't suck".

    • @@Altrantis Y nisiquiera mencione las empanadas, amigo. Quien en su sano juicio podria comerse una rica empanada de pino y decir que es mala. Siento que los chilenos somos tan chaqueteros que no logramos valorar nada de nuestra cultura. Hay MUCHÍSIMOS platos ricos en Chile.

    • @@Gaboxxy96 Esque chile tiene una gastronomia muy limitada y "fome". No te voy a mentir, he estado en muchos lados pero no hay como una empanadita de queso o un buen completo, pero si es verdad que la comida chilena es mas "sobria" y tiene mucho menos condimentos y agregados. Es como lo que pasa con los britanicos, el pescado con papas fritas o el desayuno ingles es muy rico pero si lo comparamos con la comida del sur de europa, se queda corta

  • 6:26 “hey how’s it going”

    “Good, and you?”

    “Good, just going around the plazas, fairs, doing interviews”

    “Oh cool, I’ve been here with a friend esgujvsejgdghghb tbffg ffchj (I didn’t get the rest, too fast).

  • Soy argentino y no logro entender a los que dicen que la comida chilena es mala, yo estuve unas tres veces en Chile y la verdad es que siempre comí algo que me resultó rico o muy rico. La manera en que preparan los frutos de mar para mí es exquisita pero también la comida de todos los días no me pareció mala en absoluto.

    • It is coming from a Portuguese which is know to have the most understated food and possibly the best in the world, so take it with a grain of salt. A British would probably say the food is good, no disrespect to British people.

    • Portuguese people have really wonderful cuisine, so I’m sure to him, Chilean food is drab in comparison.

  • As a chilean I agree that the cheese variety here has a lot to improve. We're really good with meltable sandwich cheeses, but to arrange a snack platter or an cheese plate you won't find anything.

    • I've been to other countries in South America and they're even worse. The whole continent has to improve, but Chile and Argentina are leaders regarding cheese variety availability tbh

    • @@HippiePajon Chile never had a big tradition of eating cheese by themselves, it's almost always in sandwiches, empanadas or things of that sort. That said, the cheeses we do have are very decent for their intended purposes, especially the "mantecoso" or "chanco" variety.

    • @@ms64342 Brazil has a lot more variety, and I say this as someone who has lived in both countries.

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