PERU - I'm Interested In moving to Peru~ What is it like living there?

Question

I think the question is pretty self explanatory ...
Anyone ever lived in Peru?
Anyone have family members there,
Or even just been there on vacation?

Answer 1

I live in Peru.
Depends were you want to live. The main city is Lima, the capital. As in all cities, there are good neighborhoods and there are bad neighborhoods. Good neighborhoods are, La Molina, Chacarilla, San Isidro, Some parts of Surco and some parts of San Borja. Bad neighborhoods are Callao (the port), Barrios Altos, Chorrillos, San Juan de Lurigancho, La Victoria, parts of Ate.
Temperatures don't change that much between summer and winter (summer avg: 80F winter avg:60F), but the sun situation changes drastically. Remember, Lima is in the coast of Peru, and it has the Andes mountains to the east and the pacific ocean (and the Humboldt Current) to the west, so the coast is a desert with a very humid atmosphere, even though it rarely rains (I know it sounds strange, but that's the way it is). This means that, in the winter, you get a perpetual overcast, while in the summer you get a lot of sun.
Other important cities in the coast of Peru: Trujillo, Chiclayo, Ica, Piura and Tacna. In the sierra (mountains) there is Arequipa, Huaraz, Cajamarca, Huancayo and Ayacucho. In the Amazon you have Iquitos, Tarapoto and Pucallpa.

Food is cheap in Peru, compared to the US, as is housing. Most Asian produced electronics have similar prices to the US, but, obviously, US and Eurpoean produced things (like cars, for example) are more expensive in the Peru than in the US.
You can really take your pick of what you want, as Peru has most of the climates in the world. You go from trpical beaches in the north, to arid desert in the costal area center and south, to mountain weather in the Andes, all the way up to tundra in the higher elevations, to tempreate zones were the Andes meet the Amazon, to rainforest in the Amazon jungle.

Answer 2

Peru is cool, you shoul live in arequipa is the second most-important city and is not humid as lima, the weather gets slightly cold at night and at dawn, but the mornings and afternoons are warmed by bright sunshine.
things in peru are cheap you can eat a brunch that includes an appetizer, an entree and a desert and soda just for a dollar

Answer 3

Peasants have been shifting to Lima. For the previous 40 years, peasants have migrated to Lima because of the centralist scope of all Peruvian governments, which saved questioning that Lima is Peru and hence focus their efforts in Lima. distant places direct investment has replaced that. Now the provinces are becoming lots quicker than Lima and new industries are doping up interior the North and South of Peru. In factors of Piura and Trujillo there is somewhat a desire for extra workers because of the fact the community exertions is totally employed. that's now working in opposite to what has got here approximately interior the previous 40 years, with human beings somewhat emigrating from Lima to the provinces.

Answer 4

Look here http://www.livinginperu.com/ Hope it will be usefull. as for me I like Peru..of course it is not a paradise, but where you can find it on the Earth?...hmmm... life in Peru has its advantages and disadvantages, like everywhere in this world. But if you really want to live there, why not...just you should love this country and take it what it is, with all good and bad moments. Just I wish you good luck, hope you will be happy there. :)

Answer 5

Go to this website written by Americans living abroad and see what they have to say about Peru.

I hope this helps.

Answer 6

Peru is amazing and sooooooooooo magic !!!

Is not so bad like many people thinks

Lima is cool.....

Answer 7

Don't do it!! Choose a better latin american country to live. Peru has lots of poverty. I recommend Chile or Brazil, those are the 2 most stable countries.