If you want to see differences you should go and check other neighborhoods like La dehesa, San Damian, Lo curro and so on. You can go a do a hiking to the Manquehue, and check the houses on the way to the start of the path, or go to a bike park called "El Durazno" if you have time.
Solo puedo decir que no existe ninguna ciudad en el mundo que sea 100% perfecta o bonita , sobre todo estados unidos o es ejemplo de esto , es el país mucho más desigual que chile , tiene ciudades muy abandonadas como los angeles dónde existe una epidemia de indigentes o nueva York el bronx o Queen, en chile como todo el mundo hay desigualdad pero no es a nivel de otros países latinos , en Santiago y en chile no vas a ver nunca favelas como las de rio o villas miserias como la 31 de buenos aires que en pleno siglo XXI no cuentan con servicios básicos , amigo chile es un país latino pero es el que más avanzo en las últimas 3 décadas
I agree. Chile was by far the most modern and developed country I’ve been to in Latin America. And if I forgot to mention it in the video, I also actually felt safer there than I do in the US. But at the end of the day, this video is about Santiago and not about the US 😅
Ya wn deja de vender humo, facho pobre, la villa 31 si tiene servicio básicos como luz o agua, solo hay 3 comunas en Santiago que se vive como el primer mundo, anda a darte una vuelta al sur y un montón de gente no tiene calefacción central en sus casas y se calientan con parafina o leña. No puedes comparar EEUU con Chile, allá un obrero vive como un profesional de Chile, allá si no trabajas, literal el Estado te mantiene con cheques mensuales, también hay tarjetas de alimentación, eso en Chile no existe, así que no vendas humo, los indigentes que se ven en las áreas metropolitanas de EEUU, es porque están atrapados en las drogas, pero son minoría, en un país gigante.
amigo en chile y santiago hay muchas comunidades que no tienen acceso a servicios basicos, pero estamos hablando de lugares muy precarios los cuales son bastante comunes,,
@@f3d0x_39 bastantes suena a mucho , cuáles serían esas ? Al menos en la mancha urbana nadie está sin servicios básicos, en la parte rural , tienen acceso a agua potable a través de agua rural una política pública,en chile el 99% de la población tiene acceso al agua potable
What you say in the 14:30 it’s true. We are a lot closed down and we respect a lot more order and privacy than the average Latinoamérica country. We have a lot of cultural clashes with the inmigrants from Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Haití because they are too noisy and don’t respect privacy and public order. In fact, when you were eating the cazuela and treated the lady with that “mi amor”, the old man next to you told you you are not in plaza de armas because treating a stranger woman like that is disrespectful and only used if you are talking to a prostitute. She didn’t tell you anything because she probably asume that you visited some Caribbean countries where that is normal, but here is disrespectful af
@@VastardokKukiaocultural differences are important in the lack of trust too. You can’t trust strangers if you don’t even know how their culture works and what their social cues and norms are. A lot of time I can trust Chilean strangers if they are from Chile because I can read their intentions and I can get a scent of how they behave and what their attitude is. Can’t do that with an Indian or an haitian
Chileans are like a curious mixture: they are very loyal and fun people with their families and friends, distant but extremely respectful to unknown people, it's like the most ambivert culture in latin america. If you wanna party hard on Chile, make sure to make some friends first XD
Loved the moment where you didn'tknow how to eat the Cazuela hahaha, being Chilean , we are so used to it, it's a cheap dish that never really let's you down, glad to know you had a good time and managed to eat some traditional food as well
Don't be so nice with them they are a little bit sarcástic if i were you i would not explain anything to them . We don't live of turism so don't be so submisive. Es mejor ignorarlos .
@@adamjmatheson You seem to speak both Spanish and Portuguese pretty well. You have many options. I think you should check out hidden gems type countries like Venezuela or Mozambique. Or more great unknown places in Brazil or Chile. Southern Chile might be better to film in the summer
I have visited cities around the world. In every city there are nice rich areas and poor ugly areas. If you go to New York you will be told by the taxi drivers not to pass street 75 in Manhatan, not to adventure into Queens or The Bronx. If you go to the ouskirts of Paris you will find poverty, even in cities like Munich in Germany, there are neighbourhoods where the Turkish live that looks like any old suburb of Latin America. In Las Vegas, if you walk a few block beyond the Las Vegas Boulevard, and the tourist atractions, and see how the workers of Las Vegas actually live, then you will feel that you are in neibourhood of Santiago Chile that people is recommending to visit to experience "reality". I think is unfair insist in talking about inequality in Chile an enfasizing it to tarnish somehow the good image of Chile. However I undertand why people contrary to free market economies insist in talking about it. Simply because is no much negativity to mention about Chile. Other that "inequality". The mighty USA is now facing a downturn in quality of living. The big cities are sufering homelessness as never before. Rubish is piling in the street that before were clean and tidy. Chile in the other hand is doing well regarding standard of living and reducing poverty. Many of the current problems that Chile is experiencing now are clearly aumented by the uncontrolled influx of migrant from poorer countries. Some of them are undocumented and also delincuents. The government of Chile is changing laws to push them back to where they came from. But is not an easy task. And they have done considerable damage to the Chilean society regarding insecurity, corruption, narcotrafiking, ilegal prostitution, home invasions, assault of policemen, destruction of property, assaults on supermarket, total destruction of infraestructure such as many Metro stations during the riots of 2019, etc. But Chile is working hard to recover from the ilegal entries and continue the route of progress. Inquality is not necessarely a bad thing. Because a country that has very rich people and people that live around them is always a better country than one where the rich do not exist so much and they are surrounded by an ocean of poverty, hunger and lack of basic services. What is the situation of the so called "egalitarian" countries that some people admire.
The fact that you know so well how bad the situation is in the US, should be an indicator that Chile's problems are not unfairly brought to attention. It happens with every country, relax man.
@@regenen However the situation for everyone in Chile is much better than in the rest of Latin América. And in some indicators such as Public Health and urbanization it is better than the US. Even the expectations on years of life is better in Chile than the US. Because the chances of getting killed by a lunatic are almost not existing in Chile.
Hablar de desigualdad no mancha la imagen de Chile, porque esa ES su imagen. Los lugares marginales SON la realidad y en lugares así vive el chileno promedio. El norte de Santiago es la excepción. Se te notó demasiado la inclinación política con "la gente de ideas contrarias al libre mercado". Hasta los políticos de extrema derecha viven en una burbuja, pero no fingen que la pobreza no existe. Tu último párrafo acerca de cómo los pobres son necesarios por el bien que los ricos suponen traer al país es lamentable y fuera de tacto, pero nada sorprende.
Thanks for the well organized video about some facets of Santiago! I have never visited, but it looks like it would be great place to visit. I just subscribed, and I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you for watching and letting me know in the comments. I’d love to hear what everyone likes about this video vs the others I’ve made. Santiago is definitely an awesome place to visit
If you want to see a really big, drastic change in environments, check around Puente Alto or la Pintana, which are statistically the most dangerous regions of Santiago (check them from photos) and then check places like La Dehesa or Vitacura, which are very posh neighborhoods. Great video! I stayed to watch all of it and it was very entertaining, keep up the good work! Saludos de chile! P.S. Your spanish is muy bueno.
I really enjoyed your video, I could see the both sides inside the city and almost feel the difference in environments. I definitely need to try cazuela, looks so tasty 😋 I want to visit Chile one day and the information that you give is important, it's a really great video 👏🏽
Yeah the differences are crazy. What I showed are only some small examples. The cazuela wasn’t too extraordinary but it was really tasty. Glad you enjoyed!
@adamjmatheson Yeah, I'm Chilean and I am not really that big of a fan of the cazuela either, it's more of a winter food. Also the addition of the soup makes it a bit too filling. I'd rather eat all it's components dry. My favourite Chilean soup is porotos granados, look it up.
I'm not surprised. The whole continent has the same problem. Beginning with the United States. Poverty on one side and rich neighborhoods on the other. Chile is not an exception! Is just a part of the hard reality of this world. There is not country in the world where you will see wealthy people everywhere living happily and safe. Our continent is a big factory of poverty. Best regards!
I'm Brasilian and i never ever been abroad, even some countries stay beside Brazil. Someday I will visit somewhere, I hope. Yours videos is awesome man, keep doing that.
Brazil is an awesome place although I know it can be hard to get to other places from there. I hope you get to travel sometime soon and thank you for the support my friend 🙏🏻☺️
As a Bachelor of Political Science and Public Administration and soon-to-be Public Administrator, I believe it's interesting to know a few things about Chile. Here are some points: 1. The center of Santiago wasn't always filled with graffiti and street vending. While this issue has persisted for years, uncontrolled immigration combined with the large protests in 2019 led to a significant deterioration in the quality of life in the city center. 2. Chile experienced its economic golden years in the 2000s. However, it's true that the momentum from the high prices of raw materials gradually diminished. Without sustained economic growth, the population began to feel increasing frustration over inequality, especially considering that some have access to quality education and healthcare while others do not. 3. Approximately 40% of Chile's population lives in Santiago, but you can also visit other cities like Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, as well as Concepción. These cities have around one million inhabitants each. 4. It's important to note that the issue of graffiti and dirtiness is not solely a cultural one. Even in wealthier areas, these problems occur. However, significant amounts of money are invested in cleaning the streets because each municipality has its own resources, and some are much wealthier than others. saludos desde chile
Another point I forgot to mention is that the informality rate is actually a significant indicator of the well-being of an economy. In the USA, it is approximately 6%, while in Chile, it reaches around 30%. In other Latin American countries, it can be as high as 40% to 50%.
I walked those very streets you walked last year with my cousin , that was my first time in 49 years...every city has its rough areas to be honest I grew up in Glasgow Scotland and la Vega is no deferent from the Barras market in Glasgow I actually enjoyed walking by the old parts of santiago but yes it was heart breaking to see all the graffiti .
It still seemed like a very calm and enjoyable city to me but many people keep telling me about how different it was. Oh well - I still think it’s an awesome city
the graffiti is fairly recent, after the 2019 riots it exploded and everything is out of shape, boarded up etc. not as bad as valparaíso but still shocking to those of us who live here. it is on the mend though so come back in a few years.
Ok, Chilean here, first of all: That spicy sauce is the weirdest thing ever, is it supposed to be Pebre? Pebre NEVER has rice, I bet your "local guy" took you to Olga just because he knows her lol. Yes, you're eating the Cazuela right, most people cut everything up and mix it first. Yes, Santiago is extremely unequal, although Chile in general is very unequal, not all of Chile is AS unequal as Santiago is. No, Chileans are not more reserved, Santiaguinians are, it has to do a lot with the security crisis, people are scared out of their minds with the mafias in Santiago.
Thank you. I am a retiree wanting to travel and live there for a little while. What are the names of the wealthier and safer neighborhoods? I am concerned about safety.
That guy probably took the opportunity to get you to a friend's little restaurant. Cazuela is, indeed a very Chilean dish but probably better if you get it at someone's house. You should have gone to Mercado Central, which was very close to where u were. There you'd have gotten something better (more pricey though).
Mate at the start you were in a market. Obviously there will be rubbish everywhere as the traders put it in a mound for the trucks to pickup. I live in Australia and this exact thing happens
@@LymanZerga1in which part did you get mugged? I’m from Santiago and never have been robbed, but I think it’s because I am subconsciously more carefull
Te felicito por intentar comprender nuestra diversidad y realidad social,Chile es como un gran pastel de hojarasca con mil capas, en donde la desigualdad económica social de una gran parte de la población y la ostentación por parte de la élite política y económica, ha generado una ola de disconformidad y niveles desintegración social abismales Somos el país mas caro de toda latinoamérica con un salario mínimo que no supera los U$ 600, y en donde la mayor parte de nuestra clase trabajadora, sobrevive endeudada con créditos para poder alimentarse Like
Chile is indeed a very unique place. I think next time I need to make my way to the countryside even though it seems like almost the entire population lives in Santiago. Anyways thank you for your comment. Hope you enjoyed the video!
Señor no vega a llorar y a vender de que somos un pais pobre porque no lo somos a si que su resentimiento lo deja de lado ahora es una verguenza las asquerosidad y los ambulantes y estos últimos no tienen nada que ver con la desigualdad que tanto habla usted son cómodos y le gusta lo fácil.
It is sad to know that, rich in one place poor in another and not only people, but also places. I lived in Utah, Orem, Provo. There at least you can see that the difference is minimal and it's a great life. Greetings from Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia 🇨🇱❤️😊
Los muchachos de la primera interaccion, estaban por tomar alas y salir bolando con un vello cigarrillo de santa yerva 😂 realy join !! Muy buen video broo, pudiste disfrutar de la verdadera realidad cotidiana. Otro punto! muchos lugares de santiago cuidades y regiones conunas y barrios tienen una calidad de vida exepcional y la misma arquitecrura del barrio alto. Para que seamos justos, santiago es moderno hasta en la periferia, hay comercio establecido y centros comerciales
What is the name of the wealthier, safe side the guy said is better (name of neighborhood). Going to travel there next year but we want to be safe (two single females). I speak Spanish too so that’s helpful. What is the name of the aerial tramway company to see the spectacular views. Have you done a video of Uruguay.
Yeah, you can stay in las Condes and some parts of Providencia if you want a nice and safe neighborhood that’s close to the rest of the city and easily accessible with public transporte (use and app called Moovit in that case). The teleférico (aerial tram or whatever the name is) is in cerro San Cristobal, it’s a park called parque metropolitano which is at the north side of las condes and providencia. Parque metropolitano includes this teleférico, a zoo and some other things. If you go to the city center, be aware of pickpockets and people looking at you suspiciously, just like any big city in the world. If you like to do sports, I would highly suggest that you go hiking to a mountain like cerro Manquehue, it has a fantastic view. Write me down if you have another question, happy to awnser
@@Agustin_R Stop downplaying it. Santiago is not "like any city in the world" it is a South American city. It is very dangerous, especially at the center of it.
@@VastardokKukiao have you been here? It’s like any city in the world, it’s not less safe because it’s located in South America. To be honest, I feel a little bit safer here in downtown Santiago that how I felt in southern London when I went there last year
Awesome that you’re there! It’s expensive although I’d say that there are some good decent ways around it you can find reasonably priced food and cheap hostels if you need to. Enjoy
Las Condes, La reina, Providencia, La Dehesa, Trapenzes, Lo barnechea, Vitacura, Ñuñoa only above Irarrazabal street. Any other neighborhood avoid it at all costs, and only you can go to other neighborhoods that aren't from the list I gave if you know someone from there. Santiago center is extremely dangerous, visit only at day there. Never at night. Never go to bellavista at night. Never buy food from street vendors. Be extremely careful at plaza de armas at day and never go at night of course.
Exactly that difference between classes and towns is what provoked the riots protests and demonstrations, people was fed up with the inequality injustice and exploitation from the government rulers and bussinesmen from private companies, etc.
Haha yeah when he goes to the more upscale neighborhood, it's totally normal in most developing countries. You have the richer areas and then you have the poorer areas. Actually we kind of have similar places in the US, i live near DC and when you go into the city there are some neighborhoods where you can see the differences between wealth. It's funny some people are criticizing him for eating in a poorer area, I suppose it could be "worse" but the way I see it, it's just local people.
I think you missed food bro. You just happened to cross someone who wanted to sell food, but wasn't interested that you lived the whole foody adventure. There are heaps of good traditional dishes. Cazuela is good, but not sure it'll be the first option to show off Chilean traditional food.
Santiago no es más desigual que ninguna otra ciudad grande del mundo. En Nueva York he visto sectores en Queens como la calle Roosevelt o el barrio Jackson Heights, mucho más desordenados y sucios que La Vega o Estación Central. Dentro del contexto latinoamericano, Santiago es una ciudad desigual promedio comparada con Lima, Rio de Janeiro o Ciudad de Panamá, donde pasas de la parte moderna a guetos gigantescos en cuestión de cuadras.
It's so sad to see the center of Santiago so messed up... Notice from which side are the majors from the "good" and "bad" places. It's nothing but corrumption, bad politics and incompetence.
Este video es realmente de hace 3 dias ? porque puede que lo haya grabado antes porque es una verguenza que Santiago este actualmente asi. Ambulantes deberian sacarlos son una verguenza y sucio.
Hat's off for you, for being able to visit the Estación Mapocho neighborhood. It is a very dangerous area indeed. Even I, as Chilean, feel unsafe visiting that place. Also congrats for showing the big inequalities of Chilean society. Chile would be a better country without that.
I think you are wrong. Beacause if you compare the "inequality" of Chile with the "equality" of its neighbour countries. Especially if you visit the "dangerous areas" of the other countries, then an only then you will be able to understand that the "inequality" that you are talking about is just a word. To eliminate inequality does not help anyone. On the contrary it destroy the posibilities of really help the most disadvantage people. In reality what is really important is to eliminate poverty. That is, and should be the priority. If you are really serious about helping the poor and not just defend a socialist ideology that has not demostrated any real benefit in giving people a better living, fereedom, and oportunities for personal progress.
@@VastardokKukiao Exactly, that is a fact. In the time of Allende, who wanted to convert Chile in a socialist country, the rich people suffered, so they saved what they could and left. The government nationalized the industries. And the workers tried to run them. But inavriably they failed, because they did not know how to do it without incurring in loses. They fix the pricesof everything artificially and raised de salaries. Creating inflation. That made the money worthless. They printed more money which made the situation worse. The production of everything made in Chile reduced because of negligent management and economic conditions made imposible to maintain the same outputs. Corruption, nepotism, political discrimination and plane robery of state funds were the norm rather than the exception. As the Chilean peso devaluated, to import esential thing from outside including food, fuel, medicines and machineery was an increasing problem. The government spent all the Central Bank reserves and contracted debt beyond the capacity of the country to repaid it. Everything became scarce or imposible to get. Even toothpaste and toilet paper. At the end we achieved equality in the extremely long lines of people to buy rationed few things. Including, baby formula, gas to cook, bread and cooking oil. So the same thing happened again in Venezuela, where they also wanted "equality". And in Argentina. Which is a rich country able to feed itself, but there is poverty and lack of money to buy food. The malnourishmen of children is now a problem thank to the search for "equality". Those are facts. On the other hand, countries where the fight again enequality does not involve socialism, the results are better. Capitalist country, which use a system liberty of comerce, freedom of trade, allows competition, private enterprise and the accummulation of rich on individuals, fare much better. The have higher standards of living, less poverty, and whoever is not happy with his or her live can choose to change his or her live in whatever way they want. So individuals are responsible for their own destiny and success in life falls onto the ones who work harder, save, invest and prosper. And whoever does not want to be rich the he or she can work for others and go home and enjoy life free of stress.
You can go from like Beverly Hills type nice to really bad areas like gunshots and drive bys even the people don’t come outside it’s all fenced and tons of drug addicts
You visit the worst place but that place were not so bad years ago. “La Vega” and Estacion Central were destroyed by the bad behaviour and habits of the caribbean inmigrants (you could see its hard to find a chilean on those places xd) There’s problems in the city but not so marked as on those places.
Where are the hot Chilean women lol ? Most vids about Argentina, Colombia, Brasil, even Peru with the Venezuelan immigrants that's one of the 1st things you notice: a good chunk of nice looking ladies walking around, but the passport bros prob not too excited about Chile
What a prat ! He is saying how do i eat that?. He is traying to be the center of the attention!. They think we don't notice when this youtubers are coming here to earn a few dollars on their platform of youtube. On top of that some of them get so coky like this one and those women who were talking with him.
Hello, thanks for you video, After the social outbreak and Caribbean immigration, Chile changed a lot, before it was orderly, very clean, there was no street commerce in the streets, everything changed throughout Chile, we hope that when the government changes we will recover and communism will allow the country to return to life. emerge.
Poor people in Chile. They decide been poor. Thanks to the communist and thei lie all people have to be equal and poor. but happy. Camila Vallejos words
The person who talks about those who have money, that is typical of those who sit back and do nothing for their future, the opportunities are there, you just have to work.
Colombian food sucks. Peruvian is god tier but chilean food is extremely good also, you just have to know where to eat. Just watch "La Capital" travel to Chile.
After spending some time in Santiago here's what I'd say: 1) It's not an extraordinarily "fun" city. 2) It doesn't have much of a bustling atmosphere like other capitals. 3) It has incredibly underrated food (Sushi & Peruvian spots are exceptional) 4) Impressive architecture & infrastructure (for a Latin American country) 5) A safer feel than other Latin American capitals Santiago is definitely worth visiting if you're traveling in South America, but I wouldn't get on a plane from the other side of the world just to see it
If you want to see differences you should go and check other neighborhoods like La dehesa, San Damian, Lo curro and so on. You can go a do a hiking to the Manquehue, and check the houses on the way to the start of the path, or go to a bike park called "El Durazno" if you have time.
Next time that would be great. Thanks for the tip!
Same in the USA
The first guy said ‘alright, we’ll it looks like we’re going to be interviewing you today’, little Chilean witty irony considering you had the camera.
I take a tour throughout South America with these vids. You show average people's life. That's good. Not many travellers do that
Really glad that you’re enjoying the content. Thanks for your support & feedback!
Solo puedo decir que no existe ninguna ciudad en el mundo que sea 100% perfecta o bonita , sobre todo estados unidos o es ejemplo de esto , es el país mucho más desigual que chile , tiene ciudades muy abandonadas como los angeles dónde existe una epidemia de indigentes o nueva York el bronx o Queen, en chile como todo el mundo hay desigualdad pero no es a nivel de otros países latinos , en Santiago y en chile no vas a ver nunca favelas como las de rio o villas miserias como la 31 de buenos aires que en pleno siglo XXI no cuentan con servicios básicos , amigo chile es un país latino pero es el que más avanzo en las últimas 3 décadas
I agree. Chile was by far the most modern and developed country I’ve been to in Latin America. And if I forgot to mention it in the video, I also actually felt safer there than I do in the US.
But at the end of the day, this video is about Santiago and not about the US 😅
@francogolde38 bien dicho!
Ya wn deja de vender humo, facho pobre, la villa 31 si tiene servicio básicos como luz o agua, solo hay 3 comunas en Santiago que se vive como el primer mundo, anda a darte una vuelta al sur y un montón de gente no tiene calefacción central en sus casas y se calientan con parafina o leña. No puedes comparar EEUU con Chile, allá un obrero vive como un profesional de Chile, allá si no trabajas, literal el Estado te mantiene con cheques mensuales, también hay tarjetas de alimentación, eso en Chile no existe, así que no vendas humo, los indigentes que se ven en las áreas metropolitanas de EEUU, es porque están atrapados en las drogas, pero son minoría, en un país gigante.
amigo en chile y santiago hay muchas comunidades que no tienen acceso a servicios basicos, pero estamos hablando de lugares muy precarios los cuales son bastante comunes,,
@@f3d0x_39 bastantes suena a mucho , cuáles serían esas ? Al menos en la mancha urbana nadie está sin servicios básicos, en la parte rural , tienen acceso a agua potable a través de agua rural una política pública,en chile el 99% de la población tiene acceso al agua potable
What you say in the 14:30 it’s true. We are a lot closed down and we respect a lot more order and privacy than the average Latinoamérica country. We have a lot of cultural clashes with the inmigrants from Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Haití because they are too noisy and don’t respect privacy and public order. In fact, when you were eating the cazuela and treated the lady with that “mi amor”, the old man next to you told you you are not in plaza de armas because treating a stranger woman like that is disrespectful and only used if you are talking to a prostitute. She didn’t tell you anything because she probably asume that you visited some Caribbean countries where that is normal, but here is disrespectful af
Good info.
Not that disrespectful to say that tbh. The place they took him to was a shithole tho. People don't trust each other because of crime, easily as that.
@@VastardokKukiaocultural differences are important in the lack of trust too. You can’t trust strangers if you don’t even know how their culture works and what their social cues and norms are. A lot of time I can trust Chilean strangers if they are from Chile because I can read their intentions and I can get a scent of how they behave and what their attitude is. Can’t do that with an Indian or an haitian
Chileans are like a curious mixture: they are very loyal and fun people with their families and friends, distant but extremely respectful to unknown people, it's like the most ambivert culture in latin america.
If you wanna party hard on Chile, make sure to make some friends first XD
Loved the moment where you didn'tknow how to eat the Cazuela hahaha, being Chilean , we are so used to it, it's a cheap dish that never really let's you down, glad to know you had a good time and managed to eat some traditional food as well
Don't be so nice with them they are a little bit sarcástic if i were you i would not explain anything to them . We don't live of turism so don't be so submisive. Es mejor ignorarlos .
they served him the shittiest cazuela ever tho
Great raw video in Santiago. There are very few TH-camrs showing these places
Glad you enjoyed. Let me know where I should go next
@@adamjmatheson You seem to speak both Spanish and Portuguese pretty well. You have many options. I think you should check out hidden gems type countries like Venezuela or Mozambique. Or more great unknown places in Brazil or Chile. Southern Chile might be better to film in the summer
@@mikegoalz4178 Mozambique, Angola, and all the other Portuguese speaking countries are definitely options I’m interested in
@@adamjmatheson That would be great to see. There are limited videos on many of those places
I have visited cities around the world. In every city there are nice rich areas and poor ugly areas. If you go to New York you will be told by the taxi drivers not to pass street 75 in Manhatan, not to adventure into Queens or The Bronx.
If you go to the ouskirts of Paris you will find poverty, even in cities like Munich in Germany, there are neighbourhoods where the Turkish live that looks like any old suburb of Latin America.
In Las Vegas, if you walk a few block beyond the Las Vegas Boulevard, and the tourist atractions, and see how the workers of Las Vegas actually live, then you will feel that you are in neibourhood of Santiago Chile that people is recommending to visit to experience "reality".
I think is unfair insist in talking about inequality in Chile an enfasizing it to tarnish somehow the good image of Chile.
However I undertand why people contrary to free market economies insist in talking about it.
Simply because is no much negativity to mention about Chile. Other that "inequality".
The mighty USA is now facing a downturn in quality of living. The big cities are sufering homelessness as never before. Rubish is piling in the street that before were clean and tidy.
Chile in the other hand is doing well regarding standard of living and reducing poverty.
Many of the current problems that Chile is experiencing now are clearly aumented by the uncontrolled influx of migrant from poorer countries. Some of them are undocumented and also delincuents.
The government of Chile is changing laws to push them back to where they came from. But is not an easy task. And they have done considerable damage to the Chilean society regarding insecurity, corruption, narcotrafiking, ilegal prostitution, home invasions, assault of policemen, destruction of property, assaults on supermarket, total destruction of infraestructure such as many Metro stations during the riots of 2019, etc.
But Chile is working hard to recover from the ilegal entries and continue the route of progress.
Inquality is not necessarely a bad thing. Because a country that has very rich people and people that live around them is always a better country than one where the rich do not exist so much and they are surrounded by an ocean of poverty, hunger and lack of basic services. What is the situation of the so called "egalitarian" countries that some people admire.
exactly!
Typical yank, judges everything and thinks he knows everything…
The fact that you know so well how bad the situation is in the US, should be an indicator that Chile's problems are not unfairly brought to attention. It happens with every country, relax man.
@@regenen However the situation for everyone in Chile is much better than in the rest of Latin América. And in some indicators such as Public Health and urbanization it is better than the US.
Even the expectations on years of life is better in Chile than the US. Because the chances of getting killed by a lunatic are almost not existing in Chile.
Hablar de desigualdad no mancha la imagen de Chile, porque esa ES su imagen. Los lugares marginales SON la realidad y en lugares así vive el chileno promedio. El norte de Santiago es la excepción.
Se te notó demasiado la inclinación política con "la gente de ideas contrarias al libre mercado". Hasta los políticos de extrema derecha viven en una burbuja, pero no fingen que la pobreza no existe.
Tu último párrafo acerca de cómo los pobres son necesarios por el bien que los ricos suponen traer al país es lamentable y fuera de tacto, pero nada sorprende.
Thanks for the well organized video about some facets of Santiago! I have never visited, but it looks like it would be great place to visit. I just subscribed, and I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you for watching and letting me know in the comments. I’d love to hear what everyone likes about this video vs the others I’ve made. Santiago is definitely an awesome place to visit
In La Vega central there's a lot of foreign people, the majority from the Caribbean.
If you want to see a really big, drastic change in environments, check around Puente Alto or la Pintana, which are statistically the most dangerous regions of Santiago (check them from photos) and then check places like La Dehesa or Vitacura, which are very posh neighborhoods. Great video! I stayed to watch all of it and it was very entertaining, keep up the good work! Saludos de chile!
P.S. Your spanish is muy bueno.
I can tell you that La Pintana is in better conditions than any poor neighborhood in latin america. You won’t see trash everywhere.
I really enjoyed your video, I could see the both sides inside the city and almost feel the difference in environments. I definitely need to try cazuela, looks so tasty 😋
I want to visit Chile one day and the information that you give is important, it's a really great video 👏🏽
Yeah the differences are crazy. What I showed are only some small examples.
The cazuela wasn’t too extraordinary but it was really tasty.
Glad you enjoyed!
@adamjmatheson Yeah, I'm Chilean and I am not really that big of a fan of the cazuela either, it's more of a winter food. Also the addition of the soup makes it a bit too filling. I'd rather eat all it's components dry. My favourite Chilean soup is porotos granados, look it up.
Faltaron los Campamentos (FAVELAS) de Santiago.
I'm not surprised. The whole continent has the same problem. Beginning with the United States.
Poverty on one side and rich neighborhoods on the other.
Chile is not an exception! Is just a part of the hard reality of this world.
There is not country in the world where you will see wealthy people everywhere living happily and safe.
Our continent is a big factory of poverty.
Best regards!
Most places are corruption , the world can t be as well run as Sweden 😢
That's not a propblem that's just how it is. It's not about continent.
Finland, Japan... Most first world european countries...
Thank our president and the rest of politicians for that
Thanks for a good, easy, informative video. I'm heading there from Baltimore in a few weeks.
When I filmed this video I honestly didn't know if it would be beneficial to anyone but I'm glad you found value in it. Have a great & safe trip!
I'm Brasilian and i never ever been abroad, even some countries stay beside Brazil. Someday I will visit somewhere, I hope. Yours videos is awesome man, keep doing that.
Brazil is an awesome place although I know it can be hard to get to other places from there. I hope you get to travel sometime soon and thank you for the support my friend 🙏🏻☺️
@@adamjmatheson thank so much, take care in yours journey around the world.
Another awesome video. Thank you Adam.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
brilliant video. subscribed.
Hola amigo, what’s your background, Argentinian or Uruguayan? Thanks for the video, took me right back.
Thank you for sharing! (Of course this is important info for us the travelers)
Of course! Thank you for watching!
This is an excellent resource for my Spanish studies!!
That’s so awesome to hear!!
chilean spanish is the most difficult
As a Bachelor of Political Science and Public Administration and soon-to-be Public Administrator, I believe it's interesting to know a few things about Chile. Here are some points:
1. The center of Santiago wasn't always filled with graffiti and street vending. While this issue has persisted for years, uncontrolled immigration combined with the large protests in 2019 led to a significant deterioration in the quality of life in the city center.
2. Chile experienced its economic golden years in the 2000s. However, it's true that the momentum from the high prices of raw materials gradually diminished. Without sustained economic growth, the population began to feel increasing frustration over inequality, especially considering that some have access to quality education and healthcare while others do not.
3. Approximately 40% of Chile's population lives in Santiago, but you can also visit other cities like Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, as well as Concepción. These cities have around one million inhabitants each.
4. It's important to note that the issue of graffiti and dirtiness is not solely a cultural one. Even in wealthier areas, these problems occur. However, significant amounts of money are invested in cleaning the streets because each municipality has its own resources, and some are much wealthier than others. saludos desde chile
Another point I forgot to mention is that the informality rate is actually a significant indicator of the well-being of an economy. In the USA, it is approximately 6%, while in Chile, it reaches around 30%. In other Latin American countries, it can be as high as 40% to 50%.
Valparaiso, downhill bike.
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Dude, i live in Santiago and i got very worried about that cazuela etiquete, you basically have to find your own way of doing it, freestyle eating.
The cazuela there was great!
@@adamjmatheson they gave you a shitty cazuela in the worst place of santiago
great video ! eres muy buena onda.
I walked those very streets you walked last year with my cousin , that was my first time in 49 years...every city has its rough areas to be honest I grew up in Glasgow Scotland and la Vega is no deferent from the Barras market in Glasgow I actually enjoyed walking by the old parts of santiago but yes it was heart breaking to see all the graffiti .
It still seemed like a very calm and enjoyable city to me but many people keep telling me about how different it was. Oh well - I still think it’s an awesome city
the graffiti is fairly recent, after the 2019 riots it exploded and everything is out of shape, boarded up etc. not as bad as valparaíso but still shocking to those of us who live here. it is on the mend though so come back in a few years.
Very different since I doubt in Barras market they behead people or do heavy drug trafficking, kidnapping, prostitution or murders.
Piñera opened the door for those animals to come to Chile, and now the country is suffering because of his stupidly
7:09: "It looks like a normal salad" 😂😂😂
it really is lol
Ok, Chilean here, first of all:
That spicy sauce is the weirdest thing ever, is it supposed to be Pebre? Pebre NEVER has rice, I bet your "local guy" took you to Olga just because he knows her lol.
Yes, you're eating the Cazuela right, most people cut everything up and mix it first.
Yes, Santiago is extremely unequal, although Chile in general is very unequal, not all of Chile is AS unequal as Santiago is.
No, Chileans are not more reserved, Santiaguinians are, it has to do a lot with the security crisis, people are scared out of their minds with the mafias in Santiago.
facts
Loved the video, cheers from Santa Cruz, Colchagua valley
Thank you. I am a retiree wanting to travel and live there for a little while. What are the names of the wealthier and safer neighborhoods? I am concerned about safety.
Great video . Thanks
Thank you for watching!
That guy probably took the opportunity to get you to a friend's little restaurant. Cazuela is, indeed a very Chilean dish but probably better if you get it at someone's house. You should have gone to Mercado Central, which was very close to where u were. There you'd have gotten something better (more pricey though).
Mate at the start you were in a market. Obviously there will be rubbish everywhere as the traders put it in a mound for the trucks to pickup. I live in Australia and this exact thing happens
Was just at this market yesterday as well, very cool to see the local recs
Nice! I enjoyed it
@@adamjmatheson actually i just got mugged today here...would avoid traveling to the poorer areas as a tourist
@@LymanZerga1in which part did you get mugged? I’m from Santiago and never have been robbed, but I think it’s because I am subconsciously more carefull
@@LymanZerga1 lmao
Me gustó tu video y como te comunicas con todos llegué tarde a verlo pero espero hayas disfrutado
Te felicito por intentar comprender nuestra diversidad y realidad social,Chile es como un gran pastel de hojarasca con mil capas, en donde la desigualdad económica social de una gran parte de la población y la ostentación por parte de la élite política y económica, ha generado una ola de disconformidad y niveles desintegración social abismales
Somos el país mas caro de toda latinoamérica con un salario mínimo que no supera los U$ 600, y en donde la mayor parte de nuestra clase trabajadora, sobrevive endeudada con créditos para poder alimentarse
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Chile is indeed a very unique place. I think next time I need to make my way to the countryside even though it seems like almost the entire population lives in Santiago. Anyways thank you for your comment.
Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@adamjmatheson
I enjoyed
Señor no vega a llorar y a vender de que somos un pais pobre porque no lo somos a si que su resentimiento lo deja de lado ahora es una verguenza las asquerosidad y los ambulantes y estos últimos no tienen nada que ver con la desigualdad que tanto habla usted son cómodos y le gusta lo fácil.
son solo costumbres nada mas la pobreza o la riqueza son solo apellidos
This city looks dystopian, the rich areas are sanitized like a sanitarium, nobody walking around.Where they are is nutty area.
It is sad to know that, rich in one place poor in another and not only people, but also places. I lived in Utah, Orem, Provo. There at least you can see that the difference is minimal and it's a great life. Greetings from Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia 🇨🇱❤️😊
Great video! I have considered moving to Chile.
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching
Nice review about Santiago of Chile. Hasta la vista Baby!!.
Los muchachos de la primera interaccion, estaban por tomar alas y salir bolando con un vello cigarrillo de santa yerva 😂 realy join !! Muy buen video broo, pudiste disfrutar de la verdadera realidad cotidiana. Otro punto! muchos lugares de santiago cuidades y regiones conunas y barrios tienen una calidad de vida exepcional y la misma arquitecrura del barrio alto. Para que seamos justos, santiago es moderno hasta en la periferia, hay comercio establecido y centros comerciales
You speak Spanish very well, even with our idioms, you still understood us.
What is the name of the wealthier, safe side the guy said is better (name of neighborhood). Going to travel there next year but we want to be safe (two single females). I speak Spanish too so that’s helpful. What is the name of the aerial tramway company to see the spectacular views.
Have you done a video of Uruguay.
Yeah, you can stay in las Condes and some parts of Providencia if you want a nice and safe neighborhood that’s close to the rest of the city and easily accessible with public transporte (use and app called Moovit in that case). The teleférico (aerial tram or whatever the name is) is in cerro San Cristobal, it’s a park called parque metropolitano which is at the north side of las condes and providencia. Parque metropolitano includes this teleférico, a zoo and some other things. If you go to the city center, be aware of pickpockets and people looking at you suspiciously, just like any big city in the world. If you like to do sports, I would highly suggest that you go hiking to a mountain like cerro Manquehue, it has a fantastic view.
Write me down if you have another question, happy to awnser
@@Agustin_R Stop downplaying it. Santiago is not "like any city in the world" it is a South American city. It is very dangerous, especially at the center of it.
@@VastardokKukiao have you been here? It’s like any city in the world, it’s not less safe because it’s located in South America. To be honest, I feel a little bit safer here in downtown Santiago that how I felt in southern London when I went there last year
In chile at the moment very friendly people and great hospitality. Though downside super expensive here.
Awesome that you’re there! It’s expensive although I’d say that there are some good decent ways around it you can find reasonably priced food and cheap hostels if you need to. Enjoy
La Vega is a example of the problems that carries let the people bring their “culture” to a different country
My dream country to live there
Can someone from Chile please provide a list of all the safe and interesting neighbourhoods in Santiago and the neighbourhoods tourists should avoid?
Las Condes, La reina, Providencia, La Dehesa, Trapenzes, Lo barnechea, Vitacura, Ñuñoa only above Irarrazabal street. Any other neighborhood avoid it at all costs, and only you can go to other neighborhoods that aren't from the list I gave if you know someone from there.
Santiago center is extremely dangerous, visit only at day there. Never at night. Never go to bellavista at night. Never buy food from street vendors. Be extremely careful at plaza de armas at day and never go at night of course.
I love it I walked all around there and it’s nice kinda
Exactly that difference between classes and towns is what provoked the riots protests and demonstrations, people was fed up with the inequality injustice and exploitation from the government rulers and bussinesmen from private companies, etc.
Great Video as always Adam!
"This is a typical salad from Chile"
"Yea, looks like a normal salad" 😅😅😅
Haha literally like every other salad I’ve eaten in the continent 😅
Yeah but it really is typical for Chile
@@adamjmatheson it really is lol
@@adamjmathesonbut it’s actually called ensalada chilena
The poor part of Santiago wasn’t that bad. LA has worst areas and even little Havana in Miami.
yeah go there at night tell me that same thing lol
Oh and op city center is most definitely not the worst place to be in
Thank u Adam
Haha yeah when he goes to the more upscale neighborhood, it's totally normal in most developing countries. You have the richer areas and then you have the poorer areas. Actually we kind of have similar places in the US, i live near DC and when you go into the city there are some neighborhoods where you can see the differences between wealth. It's funny some people are criticizing him for eating in a poorer area, I suppose it could be "worse" but the way I see it, it's just local people.
The old Mapocho river is nothing but a trickle these days😢
You could have gone down that cerro snd at the bottom you have a pretty old funky fun place! I don’t remember the name if the area but is very up beat
I think you missed food bro. You just happened to cross someone who wanted to sell food, but wasn't interested that you lived the whole foody adventure. There are heaps of good traditional dishes. Cazuela is good, but not sure it'll be the first option to show off Chilean traditional food.
Ima go to Chile soon maybe I’ll record stuff it is cool but I love San Fernando
Santiago no es más desigual que ninguna otra ciudad grande del mundo. En Nueva York he visto sectores en Queens como la calle Roosevelt o el barrio Jackson Heights, mucho más desordenados y sucios que La Vega o Estación Central. Dentro del contexto latinoamericano, Santiago es una ciudad desigual promedio comparada con Lima, Rio de Janeiro o Ciudad de Panamá, donde pasas de la parte moderna a guetos gigantescos en cuestión de cuadras.
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Libertad city in Miami is worth than the worst part of Santiago
7:42 it's like pho from Vietnam.
amigo buen video,te moviste como pez en el agua por las calles chilensis.
You r such a lovely guy tks a lot i am fafenn funi's mom from chile❤❤❤❤❤❤
1:04 that man is a liar
It's so sad to see the center of Santiago so messed up... Notice from which side are the majors from the "good" and "bad" places. It's nothing but corrumption, bad politics and incompetence.
facts
That graffiti seems like the visual representation of the justified anger of the working class
Este video es realmente de hace 3 dias ? porque puede que lo haya grabado antes porque es una verguenza que Santiago este actualmente asi. Ambulantes deberian sacarlos son una verguenza y sucio.
Es de Mayo 2023
Hat's off for you, for being able to visit the Estación Mapocho neighborhood. It is a very dangerous area indeed. Even I, as Chilean, feel unsafe visiting that place. Also congrats for showing the big inequalities of Chilean society. Chile would be a better country without that.
I think you are wrong. Beacause if you compare the "inequality" of Chile with the "equality" of its neighbour countries. Especially if you visit the "dangerous areas" of the other countries, then an only then you will be able to understand that the "inequality" that you are talking about is just a word.
To eliminate inequality does not help anyone. On the contrary it destroy the posibilities of really help the most disadvantage people.
In reality what is really important is to eliminate poverty. That is, and should be the priority. If you are really serious about helping the poor and not just defend a socialist ideology that has not demostrated any real benefit in giving people a better living, fereedom, and oportunities for personal progress.
@@Gerard-Red facts
@@VastardokKukiao Exactly, that is a fact. In the time of Allende, who wanted to convert Chile in a socialist country, the rich people suffered, so they saved what they could and left.
The government nationalized the industries.
And the workers tried to run them.
But inavriably they failed, because they did not know how to do it without incurring in loses.
They fix the pricesof everything artificially and raised de salaries. Creating inflation. That made the money worthless.
They printed more money which made the situation worse.
The production of everything made in Chile reduced because of negligent management and economic conditions made imposible to maintain the same outputs. Corruption, nepotism, political discrimination and plane robery of state funds were the norm rather than the exception.
As the Chilean peso devaluated, to import esential thing from outside including food, fuel, medicines and machineery was an increasing problem.
The government spent all the Central Bank reserves and contracted debt beyond the capacity of the country to repaid it.
Everything became scarce or imposible to get. Even toothpaste and toilet paper.
At the end we achieved equality in the extremely long lines of people to buy rationed few things. Including, baby formula, gas to cook, bread and cooking oil.
So the same thing happened again in Venezuela, where they also wanted
"equality".
And in Argentina. Which is a rich country able to feed itself, but there is poverty and lack of money to buy food.
The malnourishmen of children is now a problem thank to the search for
"equality".
Those are facts.
On the other hand, countries where the fight again enequality does not involve socialism, the results are better.
Capitalist country, which use a system liberty of comerce, freedom of trade, allows competition, private enterprise and the accummulation of rich on individuals, fare much better.
The have higher standards of living, less poverty, and whoever is not happy with his or her live can choose to change his or her live in whatever way they want.
So individuals are responsible for their own destiny and success in life falls onto the ones who work harder, save, invest and prosper.
And whoever does not want to be rich the he or she can work for others and go home and enjoy life free of stress.
holaamigo, buena eleccion para ir a comer , es muxo mas barato , saludos desde quillota
For a poor part of the city it ain’t that dirty compared to Brazil and other countries in latin America
You can go from like Beverly Hills type nice to really bad areas like gunshots and drive bys even the people don’t come outside it’s all fenced and tons of drug addicts
Is getting job easy in chile.?
No puede ser que los Santiaguinos sigan hechandole la culpa al estallido por los grafitis😂 La ciudad en en la parte baja siempre ha sido así
Buen video, me gusta las impresiones de los gringos,
gracias
But Bellavista looks like a great nightlife area.
Used to be, still is somewhat, but Santiago was a lot better before 2019.
Don't go to bellavista at night. It is the most dangerous place alongside La Vega at night.
Are you sure the worst?
There's no favelas
Guau. Similar to NY !!
You visit the worst place but that place were not so bad years ago. “La Vega” and Estacion Central were destroyed by the bad behaviour and habits of the caribbean inmigrants (you could see its hard to find a chilean on those places xd)
There’s problems in the city but not so marked as on those places.
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extreme differences between rich and poor? Have you been to medellin or egypt? This is nothing
i miss cazuela
You close your mouth when you chew.
Thank you for that. I was thinking the same thing.
@@laura-jovanniekerk1783well darling not all the working class around the world have middle class manners .
Hush, broad.
Please learn to say the formal "usted" and not "tu" to older people, it is extremely rude and offensive to address a senior person as "tu".
we don't care
LA MANERA QUE DIJO "SIN PLATA Y PELIGROSOOOO
Where are the hot Chilean women lol ? Most vids about Argentina, Colombia, Brasil, even Peru with the Venezuelan immigrants that's one of the 1st things you notice: a good chunk of nice looking ladies walking around, but the passport bros prob not too excited about Chile
We don't want them here.
What a prat ! He is saying how do i eat that?. He is traying to be the center of the attention!. They think we don't notice when this youtubers are coming here to earn a few dollars on their platform of youtube. On top of that some of them get so coky like this one and those women who were talking with him.
Hello, thanks for you video, After the social outbreak and Caribbean immigration, Chile changed a lot, before it was orderly, very clean, there was no street commerce in the streets, everything changed throughout Chile, we hope that when the government changes we will recover and communism will allow the country to return to life. emerge.
Hey bot you mistyped and it's funny as hell
@@darkhope97 what ever to help ypu to live better, actually i dont speak or write english to much, i know that,, you can show me and teach me. thanks
@@matainuela dime cual fue el último año de comunismo en chile
You need to eat with your mouth closed! Don’t make noice when you eat! But again if that’s acceptable in Florida then don’t worry about it! 🤣
Bald and bankrupt from Temu 🤣🤣🤣
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Hola
Este weon resumio lo mas triste de nuestra cultura provinciana:
"this is typical salad we call it chilean salad"
- Looks like a regular salad
le dieron una ensalada de mrd igual, en una wea de local que valia callampa
@@VastardokKukiao pero si la ensalada chilena es eso tomate y cebolla nomah con cuea algunos le ponemos aji verde
YOU HEAT LIKE A CHILEAN BRO WTF
Poor people in Chile. They decide been poor. Thanks to the communist and thei lie all people have to be equal and poor. but happy. Camila Vallejos words
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De que ciudad? Florida jajaja
The person who talks about those who have money, that is typical of those who sit back and do nothing for their future, the opportunities are there, you just have to work.
Say, habla mas lento.
Chile sin comunismo
Yes, shut your mouth when chewing, please!!
I would not expect much from the food. Peru and Colombia have better food from my experience. That being said I never been to Chile 😄
Colombian food overall is pretty bad imo
Colombian food sucks. Peruvian is god tier but chilean food is extremely good also, you just have to know where to eat. Just watch "La Capital" travel to Chile.
I have seen many better videos from Santiago. I find you narrow minded.
Not a very interesting city. No place I would travel to
After spending some time in Santiago here's what I'd say:
1) It's not an extraordinarily "fun" city.
2) It doesn't have much of a bustling atmosphere like other capitals.
3) It has incredibly underrated food (Sushi & Peruvian spots are exceptional)
4) Impressive architecture & infrastructure (for a Latin American country)
5) A safer feel than other Latin American capitals
Santiago is definitely worth visiting if you're traveling in South America, but I wouldn't get on a plane from the other side of the world just to see it
@@adamjmatheson Its not fun because you didn't know what to do. You just have to know the right people.