RightsFlyer:
Correct, cars and appliances are more expensive in Chile. But a daycare center at MIA costs four times as much as a live-in maid in Chile. And a maid can cook and clean and babysit and do your laundry. And if you were to live at SCL you wouldn't really need a car; the Metro is very efficient. Obviously there are advantages and disadvantages, and I wouldn't want to live in SCL just as Stuka probably wouldn't want to live at MIA. But my point is that $4500 per month affords a well to do lifestyle in Chile, especially if one were to live outside the overpriced, smoggy metropolis of SCL.
