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Total Uruguay Expat eBook: Renting an apartment in Montevideo
| where to live for a student? Hi everyone, I'm an American college student planning to spend 3 months this spring volunteering in/around Montevideo. I'm checking out my options for where to live, and I'm wondering if any of you have recommendations. I'd like to meet other people my age--do a lot of students live in the area around the big university? But at the same time, I'll be living alone in a foreign country for the first time, so living in an area with a lot of expats is somewhat less intimidating, although I do speak decent Spanish. I'm female and at this point don't have a roommate, so I guess safety of the area is probably important--I'm not at all picky about prettiness or being near the beach etc though. Thanks in advance! |
| "Apartments and meeting young people"
Hi Emma, First of all you may find the article in the Total Uruguay ebook about "how to find an apartment" quite helpful, it is at the link below. As for "the big University", it doesn't really exist like that. La Universidad de La Republica is a city campus...ie there are many buildings completely separate from each other scattered all over, so there is no real "campus" and therefore no central location for students to be close to. The cheaper areas to live whilst staying central will be Ciudad Vieja, El Centro, Barrio Sur, Tres Cruces and Palermo...Parque Rodo and Parque Battle can have decent prices too. In La Ciudad Vieja and Barrio Sur you have to be very careful where you choose, some parts are fine and some parts really are not safe. Most expats live in Punta Carretas or Pocitos which are the upscale posher areas, they are also a good bit safer. A good way to find a shared apartment with a local (if you're interested in practising Spanish) is to join CouchSurfing (google it). There are a lot of great social events organised by them and its a good way to meet people. |
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