5 PROs and 5 CONs of living in Arequipa, Peru

I’m gonna retire at Peru 🇵🇪 someday. I can speak Spanish. I’m Filipino Mexican here at Las Vegas Nevada United States 🇺🇸. I love ❤️ Peru 🇵🇪

Spent much time in Peru, my wife has family there and always feel welcome and safe. Love the video of Arequipa! We will retire there in a few years!

Soy de California pero vivo en Quillabamba.

Arequipa is on the top of my list of places to retire to, but my list is still short. I just started learning Spanish (2 weeks😊) but I have at least 14 more years before retirement.

I'm from Arequipa. I must say I never get bored of looking at the volcanoes. If you want to find daily restaurants with other entry than soups, you have to pay more than $2.50. The last earthquake here was in 2001, and the rest were just minor ones, we call them 'temblores'. We joke ourselves that if you are a true Arequipeño, you can only feel the ones above 5.0 in the Richter scale. The real cons I feel here are the air contamination, caused by the old buses and vans. And the auditive contamination by the same source and some businesses that use big speakers to promote their deals. Something that our mediocre politics can't regulate. Also we need more trees, for sure, since our local farms are being erradicated to build apartments, specially in Cerro Colorado.

la ciudad blanca... como me encanta ese lugar! have been there a few times, absolutely love it! thanks for sharing the video... hoping to take my family there soon, and perhaps live in peru again at some point.

Por eso mismo me gusta Arequipa, buen punto de vista!

Yes, we love Peruvian food.

I've been living in Arequipa since I was a teenager , AMA but wanted to mention that the crime situation has gotten worse specially since the arrival of a huge influx of venezuelans, definitely makes it feel more crowded too. Trully it pains me to know that if things keep going this way I'll have to find another city

hi, I am from Arequipa thank you for sharing my city!!!

I'm from Lima and I would love to live in Arequipa 😊

Great city!

I was born in Arequipa and most of what he says is true. About first contra you must try soltero de queso, it has a good quantity of vegetables and about natural disasters, they are nothing compared with other places.

I did not expect a video about Arequipa on my feed lol

There’s a lot of family oriented infrastructure tho it’s not public! More like private clubs: club international, bosques de chili, etc

Nice video, I didn't quite understand number 5. Arequipa is known for its greenery and parks, similar to Buenos Aires or Lima if you visit the areas popular with tourists and for parties, you won't find the best parks. I've been living in Arequipa for the past 3 years precisely because it's a more family-friendly city than Lima, Buenos Aires, or New York. However, I would add a fifth con: the lack of theaters and cultural entertainment for both kids and adults.

your PROs and CONs are completely right!!

Good description/facts. Not quite factual regarding safety, turists dissapearing has probable happened 1-2 times since im alive, but good informative video overall.

I would prefer an small town than a big city like Arequipa, Lima, Cusco or Trujillo where cost of living is usually getting higher due to more people are moving in.

15:55 that information is not precise at all. It's super safe in fact