Cost of Living The Uruguay Dreaming blog has a nice commentary on the cost of living in Uruguay. These are things he says are cheaper:Inexpensive (anywhere between 25 and 80% of USAP) Restaurants Produce, locally grown fruits and vegetables Bread and baked goods Beer, table wine Meat Transportation Real estate Health care Education Services in general Although I find health care much cheaper. I pay US$50/mon my business in USA pays $800+/mo per employee! Transportation (not including your own car). His expensive list: Expensive (anywhere between 120 and 200% of USAP) Exotic foods i.e. any food not typically consumed by Uruguayans. For example: peanut butter, orange juice, cereal, some chips and snacks Convenience products - paper products, zip-lock bags, plastic wrap Clothing, shoes of similar quality Electricity Telephone, internet Appliances, video games, electro-electronics in general Pots and pans, kitchen gadgets of similar quality Daily Newspaper Foreign language books and magazines Eye glasses, contact lenses Orange juice is probably expensive, though at Disco and Tienda Inglesia it is fresh squeezed (and not like in the USA where it is "fresh squeezed" in factory and you get it a week old in the store). At Disc you see it fresh squeezed in the store. At Tienda Inglesia they have nice selection of fresh squeezed juices in plastic "pop" bottles always with lots of pulp. Grape, Apple, Orange, Grapefruit (sometimes), Strawberry/Orange (50%/50%). Electricty. We pay 1, 000-1, 400 pesos/mo for living.. hot water, 2-3+ computers, etc. US$40-$60. I don't find that expensive. However compared to local wages it is. Telephone. Our local line is always under US$10. If talk much you'll pay more than then it becomes expensive. I never had a line in the USA for $10. Newspapers, books and manazines... who uses those paper products when you have the internet? Internet? Maybe yes. Maybe no. ADSL in Uruguay has low upload speeds, ie: 1500k down, 192k up. However, Verizon offers 1500k down, 128k up. I had a Dedicado circuit of 384k up/down. That would be impossible to get in many places in the USA as a consumer (cheap) service. I have a new Dedicado connection that is 1024k down and I haven't checked the upload speed yet. I missed "maids" on the list which is much less expensive and more common here. He has .xls file you can download to play with for a budget. From here you can get the idea of property taxes. For a US$110, 000 property he sets the property tax budget at US$32/mo or US$384/yr. | 
