I live in Santiago and I study in Santiago, but if you ask me, I actually don't like Santiago. Maybe It's the people, maybe it's the weather, or even the its view. Don't get me started on it's traffic. But luckily, I haven't always reside in this town. Maybe I dislike the capital because I was born at the beach, in sunny Iquique. Or because I grew up in La Serena, at the seaport. Or because I had the chance to dwell in the most delightful place there is (in my belief), Munich, Germany...But I'm stuck here, where your options of sightseeing consist of litter on the street, graffiti to your right or people tightly cramped in the public transport, to your left.
Santiago its a huge city and offers you diversity. If you are a tourist and want to get to see "the nicer" places, in my opinion, you have to get accommodation out of town and be prepared to come and go across the city because nothing is near. Also, if you are fortunate enough and you are not on a budget, is best to get a rental car. Even so, you will only get to see a fraction of the whole city.
The perks of living here are not enough to make me want to stay myself, and frankly I DO NOT get why foreigners even visit Satiago. But you might as well get around the city to know what I'm talking about. Santiago is not a quaint cozy little town, it a rather large unfriendly city. If you are lucky enough to be one of the few privileged people that have overcome the classicist system, you are likely to live in a nice suburban neighborhood and "escape" form the smog and noisiness. On the other hand, maybe that's why tourist, especially Europeans, like Santiago. Its the total opposite of what they are used to; loud and messy.
Santiago its a huge city and offers you diversity. If you are a tourist and want to get to see "the nicer" places, in my opinion, you have to get accommodation out of town and be prepared to come and go across the city because nothing is near. Also, if you are fortunate enough and you are not on a budget, is best to get a rental car. Even so, you will only get to see a fraction of the whole city.
The perks of living here are not enough to make me want to stay myself, and frankly I DO NOT get why foreigners even visit Satiago. But you might as well get around the city to know what I'm talking about. Santiago is not a quaint cozy little town, it a rather large unfriendly city. If you are lucky enough to be one of the few privileged people that have overcome the classicist system, you are likely to live in a nice suburban neighborhood and "escape" form the smog and noisiness. On the other hand, maybe that's why tourist, especially Europeans, like Santiago. Its the total opposite of what they are used to; loud and messy.