I get emails from time to time from people abroad who want to know about resettling in Peru. Is the job market in Peru good, they want to know? (Tough for a foreigner, unless you’re okay with teaching English at $5/hour.) Can an American buy property in Lima? (Yes.) Is it true that if you put $20,000 [...]
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March 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments · Crossing Cultures, Daily Life in Lima
Tags: dato·expat life
Should Americans Consider Moving to Peru? Part II
October 14th, 2008 · 62 Comments · Crossing Cultures, Looking Back at the United States, Money, Economics, Politics
By Barbara R. Drake On Sunday I posted Part I of “Should Americans Consider Moving to Peru?” (click here for link). I floated the idea, proposed to me by a Scandinavian expat who’s lived in the United States as well, that because Peru and the United States are so dissimilar, it’s difficult to evaluate [...]
Tags: credit crisis·expat life·moving to Peru
Should Americans Consider Moving to Peru? Part I
October 12th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Crossing Cultures, Looking Back at the United States, Money, Economics, Politics
Today my opinion piece “Escaping the U.S. Credit Nightmare” appears in the Sunday Miami Herald, Money section (10/12/08). The teaser reads: “An American who now lives in Peru finds that she no longer must fend off unwanted offers for credit cards and loans,” which highlights one of the unanticipated benefits I gained from our move [...]
Tags: expat life·U.S. credit crisis