One thing that helps in the US for everything being more efficient is that everyone knows how much cost their time. Starting from basic jobs, people are paid by the hour, so if you have to go and stand on a line for half an hour or whatever, you know the cost of that. Salaries in Chile work differently, so people have a harder time grasping the value of their time, which I think causes that people just take things how they are. It's funny how we see things in a different way regarding housing. I HATE in the US that the option of how to style, decorate, and equip a house is taken away from me. When you rent you can barely make the place your own. You do sacrifice that in spite of some practicality, which is a common trend in many things here.
Gonzalo Jimenez that’s interesting!!!!!!! I’ve never thought of renting a house like you just said but man that makes a lot of sense! Interesting about being paid by the hr too! I think that does explain a lot of why it works the way that it does in the states.
Jon Gross I heard this kind of phrase from obnoxious people way too many times when I lived in SF ‘I make $150, $200 (whatever triple digit number you wanna insert here) and can’t be here in the line waiting for my coffee 😡’ Renting is ridiculously limited in the US. That was one of the reasons why I couldn’t bring my dog with me. Many places wouldn’t accept tenants with dogs. In Chile it still feels like your place and you can do as much as you want as long as the property is not damaged.
"I knew that in Chile they have a lot of people who speak Spanish and all that...." Wow... Surely that comment won the 'comment of the year' award in 2020...
Hola Jon. Creo que lo de la larga espera en Starken está sucediendo debido a la pandemia, ya que en años anteriores no existía este atochamiento. Hay personas que se encuentran desempleadas, y han creado emprendimientos como por ejemplo tejidos ó artesanías, y envían varias encomiendas vía Starken a distintos destinos. Es por esto que hay mucha concurrencia de gente, y la espera es muy larga para poder ingresar esa cantidad de paquetes por cada persona. Estoy de acuerdo en que Starken debería mejorar sus sistemas de ingreso de encomiendas para evitar las largas filas. Buen video, saludos! ✌🏻
Por eso debiera haber mas empresas de envios confiables... en Chile en el pasado solo existia correos de Chile 🤦♀️... ahi si que si esperabas y cosas ni llegaban era horrible 🙈🙈🙈🙈. Despues se hizo famosa chilexpress, luego starken y ahora hay varias e incluso por la pandemia y nuevos emprendimiento hay muchos deliverys y encomenderos* Una lección de la pandemia, ser creativos 💖
@@tomsxe quizas por eso esta lleno va muy temprano... Vivo cerca de una sucursal y antes de la pandemia en la tarde esta prácticamente vacío claro que las colombianas q atienden se demoran mas q la cresta en atender
Love the videos Jon. My wife and I lived in Chile and plan on returning. We waited 3 hours to renew our car registration only to discover the previous owner had an $80 traffic fine. I had to pay it before the car registration could be renewed.
Plan on returning? What are the gringos thinking about? Are u M? Or maybe United States is not as great as it looks, I don't know... I can't understand, I'm sorry if I offend u, but this makes me think... Why am I trying so hard to leave? Do really worth it?
Don't worry Jon, it is not that chilean people are "genetically more patient", we hate to wait on a line as much as you do, but we don't have another option because the organization in every thing in Chile is really deficient, but trust me, WE REALLY HATE TO WAIT. It's outrageous. Maybe there is some places wich are more faster atending people, well there are a very few though.
Al principio creí que era un video pagado por Starken... En serio, mencionó la palabra Starken como 20 veces. Si escucho Starken una vez más, moriré. Porque el servicio de Starken es realmente pésimo. Sólo Starken podría hacerlo peor que Starken.
No sè si a Linares llega el servicio Cruz del Sur, al menos en Valdi funciona re bien, màs barato y confiable, las otra dos màs famosas, caras a cagar y te mamai literal dos horas pa cada tràmite.....
Agree! After paying $95 to send a small package from South Dakota to Stgo., Correos de Chile made my sister pay another $86 before she could claim it. It was under the $200 maximum declaration, too. Never again!
I had just pick up pacages in the international section on the central, but didnt have troubles i just pay for the pacage there like $750 fir package, maibe bevause i had paid everithing before...
Me pregunto, por qué los gringos , ( EEUU) creen que tenemos que hablar su idioma. Es el extranjero quien debe aprender el idioma del país que visita. Si alguien te responde un saludo en inglés , es cortesía. La regla «donde fueras , Haz lo que vieras,» aplica al idioma.
Jardin azul si, entiendo y por eso y dije que era lamentable que he pensado que en Chile hablan inglés en vez de yo aprender español antes de llegar a Chile
@@eduardodiaz9496 La información del estado siempre debe estar en distintos idiomas para la correcta difusión de ella. En el metro ves la informacion en español e inglés, pero no en mapudungun. Luego de la gran llegada que hubo de haitianos, el estado tuvo que actualizarse, ya que debido a diversos problemas que hubo con la comunidad haitiana por la falta de comunicacion, hoy en dia, por ley de inclusion podemos ver informacion en los hospitales y consultorios en mapudungun, español, creole, inglés (y si te vas para el norte, demas pillas info en aymara o quechua).
Si yo creo que el idioma dificulta mucho, el elegir vivir en un país u otro, uno busca su propio idioma, a eso se suman los miedos: a hacer el ridículo, no poder comunicar lo que realmente deseas decir y tantas cosas que te hacen como tú bien dijiste Jon, solamente quedarte callado en un rincón sin hablar nada. Creo que tanto tú cómo Elise, fueron muy valientes al incorporarse a una cultura e idioma que si bien puedan tener muchas similitudes, también muchas diferencias. Y por lo demás con mucho éxito, aprendiendo a amar a nuestro país, país que también los quiere por tener corazones❤️ de chileno.
It happen bro when i moved here in chile from india. I didn't know even single word of spanish and it is so strange that here in Chile just 2 % population i guess can speak english though my English is not perfect but i can make a great conversation. Now i know spanish as well i think 80%. Chile has been given to me lot of success. Thanku you Gracias a chile.
@@negrve learning Chilean spanish is like learning spanish on hard mode. If you get it you will easily undertand other coutries spanish, except for Spain since it can be a tough change.
@@xmushab0m god mode. Not hard mode. I had to learn from my Santiago Chile born and raised father who conversed and bickered about what real español and real Castellano is
Como dato acerca del inglés. Antes el hablar inglés era catalogado como "cosas de cuicos" (cuicos= gente de plata. Al menos asi se entiende), por lo tanto en los colegios cuando enseñaban inglés, si alguien pronunciaba bien algunas palabras, era objeto de burlas, en especial las que terminan en "tion", como "communication" o "celebration". Fue un tema que lo tocamos en las clases de inglés en la Universidad y todos habíamos visto ese tipo de cosas en nuestros colegios (hablo de los años 90). Antes se le tenía un miedo al hablar otro idioma, pero en los últimos años recién se está tomando como una necesidad el aprender inglés. Un abrazo y gracias por compartir nuestra idiosincrasia :)
Cierto, aunque sí se enseñaba... inglés, aunque extremadamente básico, más que nada para que no se dijera que no se enseñaba el idioma. Era imposible que la gente pudiera tener una conversación mínimamente aceptable con un gringo al salir de cuarto medio con esos conocimientos. Yo incluso teniendo una hermana que lo enseña no tengo un nivel de inglés adecuado para una conversación (escrito me defiendo un poquito pero hablado y sobre todo escuchado... nah, soy terrible), y no es que ella sea mala profesora, yo soy muy burro con esas cosas.
I love my country, Chile. I left it when I was a child, but what I don't like about it is that the laws are very bad, people still don't know how to respect others. education is excellent but what I dislike the most is the laws and the police. I'm living in California for 40 years now and I love it. I don't think I would return to my beautiful Chile ever again, here my parents died and here I will have to die. My children are from here, my nephews are from here and my sisters, the only country they know is the US. so here I stay.
@Shispirina where ? in USA ? you really do not know anything about education if you did not know there was a survey and it was recognized that the United States of America has the worst education in the world. So what are you talking about? And I show it to you when I arrived in this country to California I came for grade 6 and they gave me a test and they passed me to grade 8 and not because of intelligent but because in my country Chile they teach much better than here. So what are you talking about? I grew up here and believe me what I know about my country and what I learned here is not even half of what I knew back then. So before to defend something first look and find out. because you look very bad, master uses but I do not like to lie. and reality has many good things, but in education we are really very, very bad.
Es sabido que todo en las Regiones es más leeento y con menos recursos por eso muchos chilenos se va a vivir a la Región Metropolitana , aunque no digo que es perfecta pero funciona mejor en cuanto a servicios. Pero en las regiones tienen la tranquilidad y espacio y áreas verdes que acá no hay.
Uffff!! Como te comprendo... Con mi flia. Estuvimos 1 año viviendo en Maryland y tbn. Cometimos errores,pero fue enrriquecedor para mis hijos , aprendieron a hablar y escribir muy bien el idioma, tbn nos chocaron muchas de las costumbres gringas!!! En todo caso:Bienvenido a Chile😍😍😍
Uncle Juan, being a Chilean American i can attest to the eternal waiting in lines in Chile. Things are worst now with the “pandemic” but whether pandemic or not we do make things difficult. In that little glimpse you shared of Starken I saw a sign that read “cash only”. We make things difficult and oddly enough people like standing in lines. We complain about it, but if we really didn’t like it we’d, like you said, not use those services. Banks, grocery stores, etc don’t feel the need to streamline and optimize because customers always come back.
Starken esta un poco colapsada pero funcionando..debido a la pandemia y es el medio mas economico para hacer envios..en todo caso correos de chile .chileexpress tambien tienen largas filad..hay que tener paciencia👍
Muy buen video, excelente. Solo acotar, si en USA nadie habla otro idioma que no sea inglés y ni siquiera intentan hablar otro idioma como por ejemplo el español, no veo el porqué en Chile deberían hablar inglés. Sé que inglés es más global, pero aún así. Good work! keep doing these kind of videos, I liked them
Hi Jon, Thanks for sharing your experience in my beautiful Chile. I can share my experience here in Wisconsin being a Chilean guy and man please don’t feel that those things are a mistake. Specially not knowing Spanish before. I was in the same shoes and it was tough but at the same time now that I feel extremely comfortable speaking, reading and writing it was a beautiful experience for me. Of course I would love to have known English before moving here, but it is life and we deal with it and learn and feel how pleasant is to achieve something that you never thought to achieve. Now I laugh about my mistakes of miss pronouncing something and millions things that I did while learning, but it is an experience and now I can share that with my future kids and laugh. Also even in my own native language I don’t know 100% the words. Hey Jon the other thing that I felt goose bumps is when you were looking apartments/houses in Oconomowoc. I don’t know if that was randomly or you actually lived there, but the thing is that was my very first town when I moved here from Chile. Thanks again Jon for sharing and my best good vibes for you is never feel mad with yourself because we never stop learning and that makes this world awesome! Cheers my friend from here Wisconsin!!
P Wisc how cool is that?!!! Yeah I grew up in Oconomowoc and my family lives there! Oconomowoc is my home. How in the world did you end up moving to Oconomowoc first??? That’s so amazing and random! Haha
Jon Gross hahahahaha. Yes it is cool. My wife came to Chile during her high school time and later when she was in college. She applied for student exchange program to learn Spanish and we met in Valparaiso. I am original from Viña Del Mar. She graduated in got her first job in Oconomowoc right in front of Target DC. That is how when I finally got my visa to move with my wife we were renting an apartment right between Lake La belle and Fowler Lake. We love that town and we had awesome memories in that town. Now we live in the outside of Madison. Because we love how fun and family friendly is that city and so many fun events that I love to go. Really cool man. I would love same day me can meet anywhere and share and laugh about our stories. Cheers my friend!!
Rafael Ceccato hahahaha when I worked in a company in that town many truck drivers came from all over the country to deliver stuff and they asked how do you pronounce the town! 😂😂
Hola jon. Son buenos tus videos. Te agradezco tus comentarios acerca del país que te ha acogido. Duele saber que algunos no están felices, pero resulta que es bueno siempre estar agradecido, a pesar de las dificultades, del país que te ha acogido. ¡Feliz año 2021 ¡
Hola! Primero, «las 5 cosas...» empiezan en el minuto 4:30 (antes de eso sólo quejas sobre Starken). Sobre eso y aunque concuerdo en que Chile debería ser más bilingüe, es el extranjero quien debe tratar de integrarse al país que visita y no al revés, eso es lo rico de viajar y conocer otras culturas. Así que Jon, aunque lógico, es un buen tip el que digas que deben saber Castellano si van a un país de habla hispana (jaja hasta suena gracioso) Y sobre Starken, (¿en serio perdiste casi 5 minutos hablando de ellos? uff) también creo que pueden mejorar su servicio pero no debes olvidar el contexto: estamos aún en pandemia, el delivery ha aumentado exponencialmente y esa una de las empresas con peor servico (hay otras mejores como Chilexpress aunque es más cara). Por favor, no piensen que siempre en Chile se espera dos horas o se hacen largas filas sólo para retirar una encomienda.
Patience isn’t one of my skills, and every time when I go back to Chile, that get me crazy! Chile has good stuff as well, you just need more time ;) In North America there are a lot of bad things, like everywhere. In South America people is warmer, and families spend more time together.
I agree with you. I've lived in Canada for three years and although people are polite and very respectful, I could say that I just have nice people near but not friends. This is something really wonderful....our people seem to be warmer.... I don't have friends. My friends are in Chile....😥
As a Venezuela in Linares i agree with yours, people in North América Is More polite but distancing it's the key, no one it's near or Family, instead Chilean people inmediatly become a friend or family for you.
Great video, as always, Jon! I remember my first time in Stgo. as an exchange student. (with 3 years of high school spanish behind me) That was - cough, cough - 48 years ago, and I still recall several of my big bloopers. Needless to say, there have been MANY more since then, and though I still am pretty quiet when there’s a group all talking, I’ve learned to laugh with them laughing at me! ❤️🇨🇱❤️
No es fácil "nuestro español" porque hablamos con muchos modismos y además hablamos muuy rápido y no modulamos mucho, jejeje, por eso a veces los latinos no nos entienden, somos únicos!! Amo mi país!! Espero te sientas querido aquí. Chao pescao =)
Lo de Starken es impresentable. Deberían contratar más personas teniendo en cuenta la mayor demanda que tienen. Y creo que su nivel de digitalización es muy bajo, las bodegas son un amontonamiento de cosas imposibles de encontrar.
11:00 jajajaj paciencia....sobretodo fuera de Santiago, todo es muy campesino en ese sentido. En chile no estamos descentralizados, por ejemplo como los states, donde tiene tiendas donde no vive nadie, y la gente llega igual en auto, aca todo esta en el centor d ela ciudad, con suerte, si es que tu ciudad tiene esa tienda, pero nadie se apura. HJay lugares que a la hora de almuerzo cierran por 2 horas.not judging
cuando uno arrienda hay dos tipos amobladas y cuando tu vas a traer tus propios muebles y en linares tambien hay por lo general son cabañas de veraneo o vacaciones esas son amobladas pero tambien puedes decir al dueño te la arriende por todo un año si hubieras preguntado o si hubieras hablado español eso no te habria pasado porque en chile encuentras de todo solo hay que saber como buscar
I know your feeling , it’ a impossible not to feel stupid when you are trying to communicate in an other language ..... it happen to everyone!!!Learning a second language in the field it’s a very complicated thing , it happens to all of us who live around the world and in need to communicate in order to survive wherever you live . The more education your background had , the more difficult is to adapt an speak like a local ( educated local I mean) Your videos are great , you are such smart guy . Thanks for showing Chile on your way , giving the chance to see many places that I ve never been or will be . Thanks again !! A+👍🏻
Hello Jon... I agree. The things that you are talking about are correct. Chile is a very special country, even more if you live in Linares. Maybe, Santiago could be worst for you. A lot of improvization and disorder, waiting 2 hours in a line is a little moment. We don't speak Spanish, we speak Chilean and when we do it, it's so fast for a foreigner. But, we are changing and people learn with comments like yours. Chilean people are friendly and we think that Americans are nice and funny people... Thanks for sharing!!!
I don't like that people just let their dogs bark in the garden all night (and sometimes all day) long. In UK people tell off their dogs if they bark at night hence nights are generally quiet unless you have a problem neighbour. But in Chile no-one seems to mind the barking, i think it's probably because they grew up hearing the noise of dogs always barking so it's their normal.
In my experience, most places are rented with furniture. I live in Valdivia. I would love a video with the sentences that you have gotten wrong. I feel like I haven't said a lot of embarassing things in English, but I guess it's because I have watched a lot of tv shows in English and I have picked up things from there and I actually studied English. And btw, Starken is not always so bad. I think it's because people are ordering more stuff online due to the pandemic. Cheers!
Que buena catarsis te mandaste Jon, al cabo de unos años más, te veré reclamando en las grandes alamedas como la mayoría de los Chileno/as 🤣🤣🤣👍Jajaja Saludos cordiales. Pdta: te aconsejo de armarte aún más de paciencia si te toca hacer algún trámite en el servicio público... Mucho más...🙏ohmmm 🙈👍
@@crstnvenegas ya y porqué?? Por que reclama y denuncia lo que no es correcto en Chile?? Acaso eso es careta?? Ojo ahí con validar, normalizar y naturalizar lo malo...
Hi, Jon. It's always good to know about you and your nice family. And yes, I agree with many people here, our country is really beautiful. I've lived in Canada for three years and one day I found you in the UA-cam....it was really fantastic to see so many places of my country and above all I loved the way you talk about Chile and its people. Jon, you are lucky living in Linares. I hope I won't be wrong if I say you are safer there than any other part in Chile. That's a quiet town and I remember it is the place where gas was cheaper than any other....😉 But I can't ignore that there's a great lack of punctuality in everything and everywhere.This is not good...😏 We have to be honest. Take care, stay healthy. Love to you, Elise and cute Moses😍
Grest video Jon, i agree with you about the english language almost no one speak english, i practice watching TV or movies with no subtitles it's the only way or i will forget it... saludos gringo desde Quillota...
Having to turn down potentially AMAZING apartments in Santiago because I didn't have the money to buy a fridge and stove was a huge pain in the neck. I still don't understand why renters need to own huge, expensive appliances that we need to drag around the city every time we move. Thankfully every place I've seen so far has had countertops hahaha
Muy buen video, muy vacán tu patineta, donde las podré encontrar en Chile?. Lástima lo de Starken, creo te terciaste nomás, normalmente funciona bien. Cosas de pandemia creo. Saludos
My wife and I are thinking of retiring in Chile , we live in Texas , but with many political, cultural and social changes here , Also very expensive, we’re seriously considering retiring there , we lived in the US many years and considered Mexico or Argentina, which is where we’re from , but the situation is awful in both countries, So at this point, today , would you still migrate to Chile, what is your view ,?
Chike expres la lleva...lo bueno que si hay errores responden...ahora la culpa de las empresas es no fiscalizar a sus trabajadores...que muchas veces no hacen bien la pega...quizás por el salario o sueldo o porque no tienen otra mejor ...pero aun así me enseñaron que si haces algo o trabajas en ello se el mejor🥂🎄🤩❤
Hey Jon, one thing that drives me crazy when I return to Chile is going to the bank! It's usually an all morning or afternoon affair just to do a simple transaction. Also, basketball is gaining popularity in Chile, so maybe you can show off your handles in a future video ;)
We were surprised / annoyed that you don't even get light fixtures in a rental house here in Chile. Buy and install your own, if you want light! If you're lucky you might get a lightbulb hanging down by the electrical wires from the ceiling. Yes, really strange to a gringo. Also, another thing that caught us by surprise was when you are invited to a picnic or a potluck, you need to bring your own dishes and silverware, and even your own charcoal if it's a cookout type of event.
Most of South America has an issues and that is understanding business, services, logistics, and governments. The reality is that Chile like all South American nations rely on corruption to make "money." It is easier to be corrupt in South America because Business is not understood well, and people dont really understand work ethic. Business is better understood in North America: Canada, United States and Mexico. Most South Americans do not come from a "Working" culture therefore there are a lot of things that are not needed as opposed to North America. The problem of all South America is the Latino-Hispanic Ideology that was inhereted from Spain and Portugal. The Hispanics do have problems, they cannot see past the Hispanisism in other words, Hispanisism does create social problems they dont really understand business, logisitcs, governments and work ethic and therefore, creating more problems for South America. Spain is to blame because its a Hispanic European country that has downfalls for its Hispanisism and has caused many Hispanic Europeans to immigrate to Nordic European countries in other words, where there is Hispanisism there are many problems and Chile is a country that is really struggling on every sector of it's society.
I loved that part about having the guts, and star to make things happens, even if it turns out the wrong way, during this pandemic, i begin to practice every Day my english, especially the spoken part, because lets face it, many chileans can reed, write or even listen english, in an aceptable way, but is in the every day conversation that we sucks, and i think, its because, we are in somehow afraid of what others might thinks, or how much errors we will make, but we didnt realize, its only by making some mistakes, that we will be able to learn, saludos desde Antofagasta, love your videos
I mean in the US somethings take forever not everything but somethings waiting to get my photo taken at the DMV took 3 hours once for me. I once had to get my high school diploma authenticated that took weeks to get done.
Estarken, mi hermano envió unas llaves de su vehículo y estuvo perdida casi dos meses en las bodegas de starken, después que tuvieron que cambiar chapas etc las llaves aparecieron en el desorden de starken
Thank you for your advice and I’m sorry for your awful service and experience at “Starken”. I’ll make sure to tell all my family in Chile to avoid that carrier. Good luck to you!!!
To me it's happened something similar in the USA, actually in Miami. I use to be wait the bus no more that 10 minutes and this one take some minutes to ride to my destiny, but in Miami you must wait not less that half an hour with good Chance and if the driver was Afro-American you must wait one hour.
Estas en Latinoamérica y aquí es así sabes que si tenes que hacer un trámite es ese sólo trámite que va a hacer podes pasar toda una mañana en un banco o como en tu caso toda una tarde en retirar un paquete
Hola Jon, te cuento que yo soy de Venezuela y tengo millones de cuentos de cosas que he dicho que acá suenan muy mal y eso que hablamos el mismo idioma, español, pero es parte de cada cultura y no queda de otra que reirse de uno mismo y aprender las palabras correctas. Un saludo
The starken problem is new, before the pandemic it took less than 10 minutes. I think the problem of renting houses without furniture is due to tax reasons, since if a house with furniture is rented, the VAT tax must be paid, and without furniture it is exempt from VAT. It should be noted that anything movable is movable, so ornaments and plants are also considered furniture.
Gracias a dios q nunca te rendiste y siempre tuviste un espíritu de superar todos esos errores y espero con ansias todos los demás errores ojalá no te demores tanto en en subirlo o te mando una encomienda por starken chao pescadooooooooooo
The lack of countertops is crazy. I have never lived in Chile as an adult and when I did live there we owned the house so I never realized that. It can potentially be more expensive to rent than rent a house in Chile.
Bueno con respecto al idioma, asi me senti cuando llegamos mi y yo al aeropuerto de JFK, nadie hablaba español, es una verdadera odisea, hasta que mis hijos se atrevieron a hablar ingles y a preguntar, mi idea fija era llegar en metro a nuestro hospedaje, lo tenia todo previsto, que linea tomar en que estación bajarnos, hacia donde debíamos caminar, y sorpresa llegamos en domingo muy temprano y esa linea no funcionaba en domingo por reparaciones, mi sra me decia pidamos un huber, le dije que no. Mis hijos en la calle preguntaron y con la pagina web del linea de transporte de NYC, tomamos un bus que nos dejaba cerca y de repente visualicé una esquina que tantas veces recorri en Google maps, y dije stop , para bajarnos ya que a media cuadra estaba el hospedaje , el conductor, muy de mal humor, me dijo unas palabras en ingles y mis hijos me ci hicieron callar que no debia pedir que el bus parara, bueno en la próxima parada nos bajamos y llegamos muy bien, Inolvidables vacaciones. NYC simplemente me enamoró es una ciudad que deja sin aliento, nos pasaron puras situaciones maravillosas.
Absolutely! We moved to Chile in order to help the local church and teach in the public school. We got way more out of it than that but our original intention was just those two things!
En chile para arriendos largos las casas suelen venir vacías completamente algunas no todas pero así suele pasar y en arriendos turísticos como vacaciones donde suele ser diario el cobro ahí los arriendos vienen con todas las cosas que necesitas
Me encantan todos tus videos! Son geniales ! And also I practice my English by watching them! Thank you so much for all information and I’m looking forward to seeing another video of Pucon which is a town that I’d like to visit :)
Hi Jon! In Santiago you could find furnished apartments & people who speaks English...Linares is a smaller city...the same happens in your country in relation to the language! I lived there for many years!...Anyway, I enjoyed your video!
Chilean Spanish is totally different from Spanish in other Latin American countries. It contains many idioms and slang related to animals, which can confuse a foreigner.
Two Shea Films thanks so much! I love Chile but there are definitely some things that were really hard for us when we moved here. I hope others can learn through me!
I was in Costa Rica for 2 months in 2010. While futbol was the number 1 sport, I saw people playing american football and softball. Is there none of that down there? What's dating like there? Is obesity less that the states?
y yo veo tus videos en ingles porque estoy practicando y aprendiendo mas y debo escuchar ingles nativo pero no me gusta escribir en ingles por eso llegue a tu canal y lo encuentro muy bueno me suscribi y veo tus videos
One thing that helps in the US for everything being more efficient is that everyone knows how much cost their time. Starting from basic jobs, people are paid by the hour, so if you have to go and stand on a line for half an hour or whatever, you know the cost of that. Salaries in Chile work differently, so people have a harder time grasping the value of their time, which I think causes that people just take things how they are.
It's funny how we see things in a different way regarding housing. I HATE in the US that the option of how to style, decorate, and equip a house is taken away from me. When you rent you can barely make the place your own. You do sacrifice that in spite of some practicality, which is a common trend in many things here.
Gonzalo Jimenez that’s interesting!!!!!!! I’ve never thought of renting a house like you just said but man that makes a lot of sense! Interesting about being paid by the hr too! I think that does explain a lot of why it works the way that it does in the states.
Jon Gross I heard this kind of phrase from obnoxious people way too many times when I lived in SF ‘I make $150, $200 (whatever triple digit number you wanna insert here) and can’t be here in the line waiting for my coffee 😡’ Renting is ridiculously limited in the US. That was one of the reasons why I couldn’t bring my dog with me. Many places wouldn’t accept tenants with dogs. In Chile it still feels like your place and you can do as much as you want as long as the property is not damaged.
Gonzalo Jimenez that’s so true!!!!!! Finding a dog friendly place in the states is a nightmare especially in the city. 🤔 new video topic for Sunday?
YA ESPAÑOL MEJORES FACIL YO NO INGLES JAJAJAJAJA
ME HUBIERA GUSTADO QUE TODOS LOS PAISES HABLARAN ❤MI CASTELLANO COMO SE DICE TAMBIEN ❤SI AL FINAL ES LO MISMO QUE SE DICE JAJAJA
Los chilenos la verdad somos muy escrúpulosos y Honestamente no me gustaría dormir en la cama que durmió otro, me da asco. Por eso compramos todo.
Los colchones o camas normalmente no van incluidos en compra o arriendos ni en EEUU ni en Chile. Se refiere a cocina y refrigerador.
@@pudurojo un detalle , y por lo escrúpulosos que somos, también compraríamos nuevos.
Si yo creo que eso se compra nuevo igual hay gente que compra 2 mano y le hecha un kilo de lisofort
@@danyvideos6411 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Walking-UFO haces unas preguntas 🤦🏻♀️ que me da flojera contestarte
"I knew that in Chile they have a lot of people who speak Spanish and all that...."
Wow...
Surely that comment won the 'comment of the year' award in 2020...
Hola Jon. Creo que lo de la larga espera en Starken está sucediendo debido a la pandemia, ya que en años anteriores no existía este atochamiento. Hay personas que se encuentran desempleadas, y han creado emprendimientos como por ejemplo tejidos ó artesanías, y envían varias encomiendas vía Starken a distintos destinos. Es por esto que hay mucha concurrencia de gente, y la espera es muy larga para poder ingresar esa cantidad de paquetes por cada persona.
Estoy de acuerdo en que Starken debería mejorar sus sistemas de ingreso de encomiendas para evitar las largas filas.
Buen video, saludos! ✌🏻
No mintái, nunca he hecho menos de 1 hora en starken, y eso que siempre me pongo a la fila a las 8:30 para estar de los primeros y ya hay gente
Por eso debiera haber mas empresas de envios confiables... en Chile en el pasado solo existia correos de Chile 🤦♀️... ahi si que si esperabas y cosas ni llegaban era horrible 🙈🙈🙈🙈. Despues se hizo famosa chilexpress, luego starken y ahora hay varias e incluso por la pandemia y nuevos emprendimiento hay muchos deliverys y encomenderos* Una lección de la pandemia, ser creativos 💖
Amigo mio Starken nació prestando un pésimo servicio
@@tomsxe quizas por eso esta lleno va muy temprano... Vivo cerca de una sucursal y antes de la pandemia en la tarde esta prácticamente vacío claro que las colombianas q atienden se demoran mas q la cresta en atender
hector chavez ¡Concuerdo contigo! Starken siempre ha sido mala, ahora solamente esta peor.
Love the videos Jon. My wife and I lived in Chile and plan on returning. We waited 3 hours to renew our car registration only to discover the previous owner had an $80 traffic fine. I had to pay it before the car registration could be renewed.
Plan on returning? What are the gringos thinking about? Are u M? Or maybe United States is not as great as it looks, I don't know... I can't understand, I'm sorry if I offend u, but this makes me think... Why am I trying so hard to leave? Do really worth it?
I moved to California last year from the Midwest and getting my car registered basically took a full working day lol
@@killtroman Why do you want to leave??
@@killtroman The US is full of gun violence and politicians who don't really care about the americans. there are nicer parts of the world lol
Don't worry Jon, it is not that chilean people are "genetically more patient", we hate to wait on a line as much as you do, but we don't have another option because the organization in every thing in Chile is really deficient, but trust me, WE REALLY HATE TO WAIT. It's outrageous. Maybe there is some places wich are more faster atending people, well there are a very few though.
Organization*
@@Kev_pencils sorry, corrector.
Al principio creí que era un video pagado por Starken... En serio, mencionó la palabra Starken como 20 veces. Si escucho Starken una vez más, moriré. Porque el servicio de Starken es realmente pésimo. Sólo Starken podría hacerlo peor que Starken.
Es mejor servicio es transporte chevalier es mas barato y mas rapido en san carlos es muy buena atencion
@@jonathanluengo8749 por
Lo
Menos acá a Pto Montt no llega
No sè si a Linares llega el servicio Cruz del Sur, al menos en Valdi funciona re bien, màs barato y confiable, las otra dos màs famosas, caras a cagar y te mamai literal dos horas pa cada tràmite.....
Dos palabras: Blue Express.
When you want to rent a place with basic necessities included you need to find that it says "amoblado"
Creo que la palabra es amueblado
Hello Jon , if you think starken is a mess try to get a package from correos de chile it's a nightmare...
Agree! After paying $95 to send a small package from South Dakota to Stgo., Correos de Chile made my sister pay another $86 before she could claim it. It was under the $200 maximum declaration, too. Never again!
I had just pick up pacages in the international section on the central, but didnt have troubles i just pay for the pacage there like $750 fir package, maibe bevause i had paid everithing before...
Me pregunto, por qué los gringos , ( EEUU) creen que tenemos que hablar su idioma. Es el extranjero quien debe aprender el idioma del país que visita. Si alguien te responde un saludo en inglés , es cortesía. La regla «donde fueras , Haz lo que vieras,» aplica al idioma.
Jardin azul si, entiendo y por eso y dije que era lamentable que he pensado que en Chile hablan inglés en vez de yo aprender español antes de llegar a Chile
Igual que el Estado les puso formación en creole en todos lados a los ahitianos cuendo son los extranjeros los que deben aprender nuestro idioma
@@eduardodiaz9496 La información del estado siempre debe estar en distintos idiomas para la correcta difusión de ella. En el metro ves la informacion en español e inglés, pero no en mapudungun. Luego de la gran llegada que hubo de haitianos, el estado tuvo que actualizarse, ya que debido a diversos problemas que hubo con la comunidad haitiana por la falta de comunicacion, hoy en dia, por ley de inclusion podemos ver informacion en los hospitales y consultorios en mapudungun, español, creole, inglés (y si te vas para el norte, demas pillas info en aymara o quechua).
Jardín Azul te encuentro toda la razón, me cargó este gringo con lo del idioma...
@@anitadiaz6458 jasjajsaj weona ridicula
Si yo creo que el idioma dificulta mucho, el elegir vivir en un país u otro, uno busca su propio idioma, a eso se suman los miedos: a hacer el ridículo, no poder comunicar lo que realmente deseas decir y tantas cosas que te hacen como tú bien dijiste Jon, solamente quedarte callado en un rincón sin hablar nada. Creo que tanto tú cómo Elise, fueron muy valientes al incorporarse a una cultura e idioma que si bien puedan tener muchas similitudes, también muchas diferencias. Y por lo demás con mucho éxito, aprendiendo a amar a nuestro país, país que también los quiere por tener corazones❤️ de chileno.
The best comments ever
Aquí (Chile) hablamos español sería bueno que lo practicaras, cuando alguien de nosotros visita un país con un idioma distinto debemos aprenderlo
Estoy de acuerdo contigo Flavio
Sin embargo parece estar hablando con sus compatriotas que contemplan mudarse a Chile. Por lo tanto, entiendo por qué está hablando en inglés.
No eres al único que le disgusta esperar y esperar en una estúpida fila, pero este año ha cambiado todo y ha puesto a prueba la paciencia de muchos!
It happen bro when i moved here in chile from india. I didn't know even single word of spanish and it is so strange that here in Chile just 2 % population i guess can speak english though my English is not perfect but i can make a great conversation. Now i know spanish as well i think 80%.
Chile has been given to me lot of success.
Thanku you
Gracias a chile.
Chile is very lucky to have you :)
But you learn Chilean spanish? Only work in Chile, try yo speak in other country, it's hard to understood, but it's a start good for you
@@negrve learning Chilean spanish is like learning spanish on hard mode. If you get it you will easily undertand other coutries spanish, except for Spain since it can be a tough change.
@@xmushab0m god mode. Not hard mode. I had to learn from my Santiago Chile born and raised father who conversed and bickered about what real español and real Castellano is
Como dato acerca del inglés. Antes el hablar inglés era catalogado como "cosas de cuicos" (cuicos= gente de plata. Al menos asi se entiende), por lo tanto en los colegios cuando enseñaban inglés, si alguien pronunciaba bien algunas palabras, era objeto de burlas, en especial las que terminan en "tion", como "communication" o "celebration". Fue un tema que lo tocamos en las clases de inglés en la Universidad y todos habíamos visto ese tipo de cosas en nuestros colegios (hablo de los años 90). Antes se le tenía un miedo al hablar otro idioma, pero en los últimos años recién se está tomando como una necesidad el aprender inglés.
Un abrazo y gracias por compartir nuestra idiosincrasia :)
Cierto, aunque sí se enseñaba... inglés, aunque extremadamente básico, más que nada para que no se dijera que no se enseñaba el idioma. Era imposible que la gente pudiera tener una conversación mínimamente aceptable con un gringo al salir de cuarto medio con esos conocimientos. Yo incluso teniendo una hermana que lo enseña no tengo un nivel de inglés adecuado para una conversación (escrito me defiendo un poquito pero hablado y sobre todo escuchado... nah, soy terrible), y no es que ella sea mala profesora, yo soy muy burro con esas cosas.
Have a great day Gringo! And thank you for showing my beautiful country to the rest of the world 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Jairo Abdon Vera Pereira it’s my absolute pleasure to do! You too have a great day!
Jon Gross You are doing a great job!
Don’t change your positive actitud, because there are too much negative people in this planet 🤜🏼🤛🏼
@@JairoVera contigo 100 por 100
He's showing the negative of our country!!!!
Maria Atienza ahhhh no. That’s exactly what I’m not doing. Thanks for watching!
I love my country, Chile. I left it when I was a child, but what I don't like about it is that the laws are very bad, people still don't know how to respect others. education is excellent but what I dislike the most is the laws and the police. I'm living in California for 40 years now and I love it. I don't think I would return to my beautiful Chile ever again, here my parents died and here I will have to die. My children are from here, my nephews are from here and my sisters, the only country they know is the US. so here I stay.
@Shispirina where ? in USA ? you really do not know anything about education if you did not know there was a survey and it was recognized that the United States of America has the worst education in the world. So what are you talking about? And I show it to you when I arrived in this country to California I came for grade 6 and they gave me a test and they passed me to grade 8 and not because of intelligent but because in my country Chile they teach much better than here. So what are you talking about? I grew up here and believe me what I know about my country and what I learned here is not even half of what I knew back then. So before to defend something first look and find out. because you look very bad, master uses but I do not like to lie. and reality has many good things, but in education we are really very, very bad.
Al menos esperaste 2 hrs sentado, yo acá en starken estuve 4 hrs en una fila de pie, para que finalmente me dijeran "no encontramos su pedido..."
Es sabido que todo en las Regiones es más leeento y con menos recursos por eso muchos chilenos se va a vivir a la Región Metropolitana , aunque no digo que es perfecta pero funciona mejor en cuanto a servicios. Pero en las regiones tienen la tranquilidad y espacio y áreas verdes que acá no hay.
Eso es un mito o en lugares específicos xd
Tranquilidad no hay en ninguna parte xd
Uffff!! Como te comprendo...
Con mi flia. Estuvimos 1 año viviendo en Maryland y tbn. Cometimos errores,pero fue enrriquecedor para mis hijos , aprendieron a hablar y escribir muy bien el idioma, tbn nos chocaron muchas de las costumbres gringas!!! En todo caso:Bienvenido a Chile😍😍😍
huracan 2.0 haha! Muy bien! Entiendo 100% y muchas gracias!
You know the pandemic has been going on WAY too long when you didn’t realize until halfway through the video that he’s wearing a mask.
Uncle Juan, being a Chilean American i can attest to the eternal waiting in lines in Chile. Things are worst now with the “pandemic” but whether pandemic or not we do make things difficult. In that little glimpse you shared of Starken I saw a sign that read “cash only”. We make things difficult and oddly enough people like standing in lines. We complain about it, but if we really didn’t like it we’d, like you said, not use those services. Banks, grocery stores, etc don’t feel the need to streamline and optimize because customers always come back.
Staken tiene muchos reclamos no llegan las cosas, se pierden...ya no debería comprar por ese medio .. ....trata de comprar por otro medio
Andrea Frias 🙏 gracias Andrea!
I wish youtube had a built in translator. Would love to read the comments.
It has look on top at the serch where is you tube address, right hand side the first icon with the G is a translator.
Jajajajajaj
What it does have is bilingual users
@@jtktheboss5474 you’re right 😂
The UA-cam Genie has made your wish come true! 🧞♂️
Starken esta un poco colapsada pero funcionando..debido a la pandemia y es el medio mas economico para hacer envios..en todo caso correos de chile .chileexpress tambien tienen largas filad..hay que tener paciencia👍
Muy buen video, excelente. Solo acotar, si en USA nadie habla otro idioma que no sea inglés y ni siquiera intentan hablar otro idioma como por ejemplo el español, no veo el porqué en Chile deberían hablar inglés. Sé que inglés es más global, pero aún así. Good work! keep doing these kind of videos, I liked them
Hi Jon,
Thanks for sharing your experience in my beautiful Chile. I can share my experience here in Wisconsin being a Chilean guy and man please don’t feel that those things are a mistake. Specially not knowing Spanish before. I was in the same shoes and it was tough but at the same time now that I feel extremely comfortable speaking, reading and writing it was a beautiful experience for me. Of course I would love to have known English before moving here, but it is life and we deal with it and learn and feel how pleasant is to achieve something that you never thought to achieve. Now I laugh about my mistakes of miss pronouncing something and millions things that I did while learning, but it is an experience and now I can share that with my future kids and laugh. Also even in my own native language I don’t know 100% the words.
Hey Jon the other thing that I felt goose bumps is when you were looking apartments/houses in Oconomowoc. I don’t know if that was randomly or you actually lived there, but the thing is that was my very first town when I moved here from Chile.
Thanks again Jon for sharing and my best good vibes for you is never feel mad with yourself because we never stop learning and that makes this world awesome!
Cheers my friend from here Wisconsin!!
P Wisc how cool is that?!!! Yeah I grew up in Oconomowoc and my family lives there! Oconomowoc is my home. How in the world did you end up moving to Oconomowoc first??? That’s so amazing and random! Haha
Jon Gross hahahahaha. Yes it is cool. My wife came to Chile during her high school time and later when she was in college. She applied for student exchange program to learn Spanish and we met in Valparaiso. I am original from Viña Del Mar. She graduated in got her first job in Oconomowoc right in front of Target DC. That is how when I finally got my visa to move with my wife we were renting an apartment right between Lake La belle and Fowler Lake. We love that town and we had awesome memories in that town.
Now we live in the outside of Madison. Because we love how fun and family friendly is that city and so many fun events that I love to go.
Really cool man. I would love same day me can meet anywhere and share and laugh about our stories.
Cheers my friend!!
It's a weird name oconomowoc for a town?
Rafael Ceccato hahahaha when I worked in a company in that town many truck drivers came from all over the country to deliver stuff and they asked how do you pronounce the town! 😂😂
Hola jon. Son buenos tus videos. Te agradezco tus comentarios acerca del país que te ha acogido. Duele saber que algunos no están felices, pero resulta que es bueno siempre estar agradecido, a pesar de las dificultades, del país que te ha acogido. ¡Feliz año 2021 ¡
I could not help laughing when you said what you said about your wife. We've all made those mistakes
At least you got your packagge. I've had things stolen in transit, or even severely damaged (broken computer motherboard). Now you are one of us
Hola! Primero, «las 5 cosas...» empiezan en el minuto 4:30 (antes de eso sólo quejas sobre Starken).
Sobre eso y aunque concuerdo en que Chile debería ser más bilingüe, es el extranjero quien debe tratar de integrarse al país que visita y no al revés, eso es lo rico de viajar y conocer otras culturas. Así que Jon, aunque lógico, es un buen tip el que digas que deben saber Castellano si van a un país de habla hispana (jaja hasta suena gracioso)
Y sobre Starken, (¿en serio perdiste casi 5 minutos hablando de ellos? uff) también creo que pueden mejorar su servicio pero no debes olvidar el contexto: estamos aún en pandemia, el delivery ha aumentado exponencialmente y esa una de las empresas con peor servico (hay otras mejores como Chilexpress aunque es más cara).
Por favor, no piensen que siempre en Chile se espera dos horas o se hacen largas filas sólo para retirar una encomienda.
Patience isn’t one of my skills, and every time when I go back to Chile, that get me crazy! Chile has good stuff as well, you just need more time ;) In North America there are a lot of bad things, like everywhere. In South America people is warmer, and families spend more time together.
I agree with you. I've lived in Canada for three years and although people are polite and very respectful, I could say that I just have nice people near but not friends. This is something really wonderful....our people seem to be warmer.... I don't have friends. My friends are in Chile....😥
As a Venezuela in Linares i agree with yours, people in North América Is More polite but distancing it's the key, no one it's near or Family, instead Chilean people inmediatly become a friend or family for you.
Lack of patience, or IMPATIENCE, can also reveal a narcissistic person with an inflated ego.
agradesco que traduscas estos videos para asi poder disfrutarlo, exitos en lo hagas es una muy buena persona.
Great video, as always, Jon! I remember my first time in Stgo. as an exchange student. (with 3 years of high school spanish behind me) That was - cough, cough - 48 years ago, and I still recall several of my big bloopers. Needless to say, there have been MANY more since then, and though I still am pretty quiet when there’s a group all talking, I’ve learned to laugh with them laughing at me! ❤️🇨🇱❤️
Algeria 🇩🇿 always stands with Chile 🇨🇱 United and amicably
No es fácil "nuestro español" porque hablamos con muchos modismos y además hablamos muuy rápido y no modulamos mucho, jejeje, por eso a veces los latinos no nos entienden, somos únicos!! Amo mi país!! Espero te sientas querido aquí. Chao pescao =)
Cubans
Lo de Starken es impresentable. Deberían contratar más personas teniendo en cuenta la mayor demanda que tienen. Y creo que su nivel de digitalización es muy bajo, las bodegas son un amontonamiento de cosas imposibles de encontrar.
11:00 jajajaj paciencia....sobretodo fuera de Santiago, todo es muy campesino en ese sentido.
En chile no estamos descentralizados, por ejemplo como los states, donde tiene tiendas donde no vive nadie, y la gente llega igual en auto, aca todo esta en el centor d ela ciudad, con suerte, si es que tu ciudad tiene esa tienda, pero nadie se apura. HJay lugares que a la hora de almuerzo cierran por 2 horas.not judging
cuando uno arrienda hay dos tipos amobladas y cuando tu vas a traer tus propios muebles y en linares tambien hay por lo general son cabañas de veraneo o vacaciones esas son amobladas pero tambien puedes decir al dueño te la arriende por todo un año si hubieras preguntado o si hubieras hablado español eso no te habria pasado porque en chile encuentras de todo solo hay que saber como buscar
I know your feeling , it’ a impossible not to feel stupid when you are trying to communicate in an other language ..... it happen to everyone!!!Learning a second language in the field it’s a very complicated thing , it happens to all of us who live around the world and in need to communicate in order to survive wherever you live . The more education your background had , the more difficult is to adapt an speak like a local ( educated local I mean) Your videos are great , you are such smart guy . Thanks for showing Chile on your way , giving the chance to see many places that I ve never been or will be . Thanks again !! A+👍🏻
Hello Jon... I agree. The things that you are talking about are correct. Chile is a very special country, even more if you live in Linares. Maybe, Santiago could be worst for you. A lot of improvization and disorder, waiting 2 hours in a line is a little moment. We don't speak Spanish, we speak Chilean and when we do it, it's so fast for a foreigner. But, we are changing and people learn with comments like yours. Chilean people are friendly and we think that Americans are nice and funny people... Thanks for sharing!!!
I don't like that people just let their dogs bark in the garden all night (and sometimes all day) long. In UK people tell off their dogs if they bark at night hence nights are generally quiet unless you have a problem neighbour. But in Chile no-one seems to mind the barking, i think it's probably because they grew up hearing the noise of dogs always barking so it's their normal.
In my experience, most places are rented with furniture. I live in Valdivia.
I would love a video with the sentences that you have gotten wrong. I feel like I haven't said a lot of embarassing things in English, but I guess it's because I have watched a lot of tv shows in English and I have picked up things from there and I actually studied English.
And btw, Starken is not always so bad. I think it's because people are ordering more stuff online due to the pandemic.
Cheers!
I have send a book once from Germany to Copiapo...Chile and it took 8 days to get there....actually very good !!!!!
Que buena catarsis te mandaste Jon, al cabo de unos años más, te veré reclamando en las grandes alamedas como la mayoría de los Chileno/as 🤣🤣🤣👍Jajaja Saludos cordiales.
Pdta: te aconsejo de armarte aún más de paciencia si te toca hacer algún trámite en el servicio público... Mucho más...🙏ohmmm 🙈👍
se le cayó la careta mas bien
@@crstnvenegas ya y porqué?? Por que reclama y denuncia lo que no es correcto en Chile?? Acaso eso es careta?? Ojo ahí con validar, normalizar y naturalizar lo malo...
@@sebastianmirandac bi
01:39 la sirena del mediodía... tan chileno. La verdad desconozco si acaso otros países también lo hacen.
Hi, Jon. It's always good to know about you and your nice family. And yes, I agree with many people here, our country is really beautiful. I've lived in Canada for three years and one day I found you in the UA-cam....it was really fantastic to see so many places of my country and above all I loved the way you talk about Chile and its people. Jon, you are lucky living in Linares. I hope I won't be wrong if I say you are safer there than any other part in Chile. That's a quiet town and I remember it is the place where gas was cheaper than any other....😉
But I can't ignore that there's a great lack of punctuality in everything and everywhere.This is not good...😏 We have to be honest. Take care, stay healthy. Love to you, Elise and cute Moses😍
Grest video Jon, i agree with you about the english language almost no one speak english, i practice watching TV or movies with no subtitles it's the only way or i will forget it... saludos gringo desde Quillota...
Alejandro Valenzuela Pavez that’s awesome!!!! Good for you!!!! Never stop learning
Having to turn down potentially AMAZING apartments in Santiago because I didn't have the money to buy a fridge and stove was a huge pain in the neck. I still don't understand why renters need to own huge, expensive appliances that we need to drag around the city every time we move. Thankfully every place I've seen so far has had countertops hahaha
well people don't move around so much in rest of the world
Muy buen video, muy vacán tu patineta, donde las podré encontrar en Chile?. Lástima lo de Starken, creo te terciaste nomás, normalmente funciona bien. Cosas de pandemia creo. Saludos
My wife and I are thinking of retiring in Chile , we live in Texas , but with many political, cultural and social changes here , Also very expensive, we’re seriously considering retiring there , we lived in the US many years and considered Mexico or Argentina, which is where we’re from , but the situation is awful in both countries, So at this point, today , would you still migrate to Chile, what is your view ,?
Skip to 4:35 if you want to see the start of the list
Gracias yo y mis amigos se lo agradecemos Sr y disculpe
Chike expres la lleva...lo bueno que si hay errores responden...ahora la culpa de las empresas es no fiscalizar a sus trabajadores...que muchas veces no hacen bien la pega...quizás por el salario o sueldo o porque no tienen otra mejor ...pero aun así me enseñaron que si haces algo o trabajas en ello se el mejor🥂🎄🤩❤
Looking fwd to your other tips. Thanks!
Very funny this video..jajajaja.. Welcome to Chile my friend... a wonderfull experience..jajaja 😅😅😅
Hey Jon, one thing that drives me crazy when I return to Chile is going to the bank! It's usually an all morning or afternoon affair just to do a simple transaction. Also, basketball is gaining popularity in Chile, so maybe you can show off your handles in a future video ;)
Ir you are chilean living un USA, the Bank in USA it's alone everytime, it's a crazy thing.
In Chile BancoEstado it's starkenbank
So true, a bank transaction could take all day! lol
We were surprised / annoyed that you don't even get light fixtures in a rental house here in Chile. Buy and install your own, if you want light! If you're lucky you might get a lightbulb hanging down by the electrical wires from the ceiling. Yes, really strange to a gringo.
Also, another thing that caught us by surprise was when you are invited to a picnic or a potluck, you need to bring your own dishes and silverware, and even your own charcoal if it's a cookout type of event.
That’s so true!!!!
@@JonGrossGringo ... and pretty bad.
Most of South America has an issues and that is understanding business, services, logistics, and governments. The reality is that Chile like all South American nations rely on corruption to make "money." It is easier to be corrupt in South America because Business is not understood well, and people dont really understand work ethic. Business is better understood in North America: Canada, United States and Mexico. Most South Americans do not come from a "Working" culture therefore there are a lot of things that are not needed as opposed to North America. The problem of all South America is the Latino-Hispanic Ideology that was inhereted from Spain and Portugal. The Hispanics do have problems, they cannot see past the Hispanisism in other words, Hispanisism does create social problems they dont really understand business, logisitcs, governments and work ethic and therefore, creating more problems for South America. Spain is to blame because its a Hispanic European country that has downfalls for its Hispanisism and has caused many Hispanic Europeans to immigrate to Nordic European countries in other words, where there is Hispanisism there are many problems and Chile is a country that is really struggling on every sector of it's society.
I loved that part about having the guts, and star to make things happens, even if it turns out the wrong way, during this pandemic, i begin to practice every Day my english, especially the spoken part, because lets face it, many chileans can reed, write or even listen english, in an aceptable way, but is in the every day conversation that we sucks, and i think, its because, we are in somehow afraid of what others might thinks, or how much errors we will make, but we didnt realize, its only by making some mistakes, that we will be able to learn, saludos desde Antofagasta, love your videos
I mean in the US somethings take forever not everything but somethings waiting to get my photo taken at the DMV took 3 hours once for me. I once had to get my high school diploma authenticated that took weeks to get done.
Estarken, mi hermano envió unas llaves de su vehículo y estuvo perdida casi dos meses en las bodegas de starken, después que tuvieron que cambiar chapas etc las llaves aparecieron en el desorden de starken
Hello Jon. Un gran Saludo para ti y para tu familia. Suerte en tu proyecto, que todo salga muy bien 👍
One question. What is the best way to import from the US?
Guau !... Como corre ese niño ... !... Creo que será atleta ...sii... ! ... Y ... representará a Chile en las olimpiadas...obvio!
Amigo, me encantan tus videos, pero como se llama el transporte que usas, me llamo mucho la atención, gracias de antemano
Mejor usa Pullman Cargo. Te ahorras muchos problemas.
Juan Ramón Ortega 👍👍 gracias!
Thank you for your advice and I’m sorry for your awful service and experience at “Starken”. I’ll make sure to tell all my family in Chile to avoid that carrier. Good luck to you!!!
To me it's happened something similar in the USA, actually in Miami. I use to be wait the bus no more that 10 minutes and this one take some minutes to ride to my destiny, but in Miami you must wait not less that half an hour with good Chance and if the driver was Afro-American you must wait one hour.
Fernando Sebastian wow!!! That’s crazy! Is it because most people have a car in Miami? Interesting!!
Estas en Latinoamérica y aquí es así sabes que si tenes que hacer un trámite es ese sólo trámite que va a hacer podes pasar toda una mañana en un banco o como en tu caso toda una tarde en retirar un paquete
yo that skate is goddam amazing, where did u get it???
All you said is true👍great video Jon👍thank you so much
Esperamos la segunda patita Tio Jon! Un abrazo
ejale.!! papa! Muchas gracias!!!
Hola Jon, te cuento que yo soy de Venezuela y tengo millones de cuentos de cosas que he dicho que acá suenan muy mal y eso que hablamos el mismo idioma, español, pero es parte de cada cultura y no queda de otra que reirse de uno mismo y aprender las palabras correctas. Un saludo
Eres de Linares? Tenemos que vernos
The starken problem is new, before the pandemic it took less than 10 minutes. I think the problem of renting houses without furniture is due to tax reasons, since if a house with furniture is rented, the VAT tax must be paid, and without furniture it is exempt from VAT. It should be noted that anything movable is movable, so ornaments and plants are also considered furniture.
Gracias a dios q nunca te rendiste y siempre tuviste un espíritu de superar todos esos errores y espero con ansias todos los demás errores ojalá no te demores tanto en en subirlo o te mando una encomienda por starken chao pescadooooooooooo
Genial nuevos vídeos un gran saludo para usted y familia desde Santiago
M Lacourt muchas gracias!!! Saludos!!!!
The lack of countertops is crazy. I have never lived in Chile as an adult and when I did live there we owned the house so I never realized that. It can potentially be more expensive to rent than rent a house in Chile.
As someone who understands Spanish, especially Chilean Spanish I laughed so hard when you mentioned what you said 😂
Bueno con respecto al idioma, asi me senti cuando llegamos mi y yo al aeropuerto de JFK, nadie hablaba español, es una verdadera odisea, hasta que mis hijos se atrevieron a hablar ingles y a preguntar, mi idea fija era llegar en metro a nuestro hospedaje, lo tenia todo previsto, que linea tomar en que estación bajarnos, hacia donde debíamos caminar, y sorpresa llegamos en domingo muy temprano y esa linea no funcionaba en domingo por reparaciones, mi sra me decia pidamos un huber, le dije que no. Mis hijos en la calle preguntaron y con la pagina web del linea de transporte de NYC, tomamos un bus que nos dejaba cerca y de repente visualicé una esquina que tantas veces recorri en Google maps, y dije stop , para bajarnos ya que a media cuadra estaba el hospedaje , el conductor, muy de mal humor, me dijo unas palabras en ingles y mis hijos me ci hicieron callar que no debia pedir que el bus parara, bueno en la próxima parada nos bajamos y llegamos muy bien, Inolvidables vacaciones. NYC simplemente me enamoró es una ciudad que deja sin aliento, nos pasaron puras situaciones maravillosas.
Que sabias de Chile antes de venir , vinieron con planes de corto plazo ? greetings from antofagasta .
José Chacón hola! Buena pregunta! No sabía nada antes de venir a Chile! Recuerdo buscando algunas imagines pero nada más 😬
Santiago is a very beautiful European style city ! For some strange reason German appears to be more popular than English ?
So Why did you move there? Being from CA it seems obvious that knowing Spanish and loving Soccer ⚽️ are key
Absolutely! We moved to Chile in order to help the local church and teach in the public school. We got way more out of it than that but our original intention was just those two things!
@@JonGrossGringo that’s awesome
En chile para arriendos largos las casas suelen venir vacías completamente algunas no todas pero así suele pasar y en arriendos turísticos como vacaciones donde suele ser diario el cobro ahí los arriendos vienen con todas las cosas que necesitas
8:01 no quería saber eso pero como soy chilena lamentablemente hablo chileno y me alegra mucho que lo sea, muy buen video jajajaja 😅
Muy identificado con tu valentía de moverte a otro país... Linares es una zona bellisima, saludos desde UK!
1:40 El pueblo se va a transformar.
grande John ..
Hay cosas muy injustas que a muchos también nos molesta como ma tardanza en todo👎🏻👎🏻, también soy de linares 🙋🏻♂️🇨🇱
Vixan Mc hola! 👋 saludos desde Linares!
Me encantan todos tus videos! Son geniales ! And also I practice my English by watching them! Thank you so much for all information and I’m looking forward to seeing another video of Pucon which is a town that I’d like to visit :)
Hi Jon! In Santiago you could find furnished apartments & people who speaks English...Linares is a smaller city...the same happens in your country in relation to the language! I lived there for many years!...Anyway, I enjoyed your video!
Chilean Spanish is totally different from Spanish in other Latin American countries. It contains many idioms and slang related to animals, which can confuse a foreigner.
yes in south america we breath and live football or "Soccer''
Wao... this transport is very amazing and fun.
Sooo good!!! I have felt so many of these things here!!!! Crazy about the counter tops though! 🤯🤯
Two Shea Films thanks so much! I love Chile but there are definitely some things that were really hard for us when we moved here. I hope others can learn through me!
Kind regards from Talca, Jon! Nice video!
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I was in Costa Rica for 2 months in 2010. While futbol was the number 1 sport, I saw people playing american football and softball. Is there none of that down there? What's dating like there? Is obesity less that the states?
Te queremos. Exito y bendiciones.
Muchas gracias!!!!
y yo veo tus videos en ingles porque estoy practicando y aprendiendo mas y debo escuchar ingles nativo pero no me gusta escribir en ingles por eso llegue a tu canal y lo encuentro muy bueno me suscribi y veo tus videos