Hi Jim this was a wonderful video. You are living the life alot of people can only dream about including my self. thanks so much for sharing my best to you and your family
You are very welcome. Robert I try really hard to be realistic about life here in Chile. It is NOT Disney world (wow I am not sure if that is good or bad give the current status of Disney). I try to keep a level head so that people do not think everything is better here in Chile because Chile has some problems as well. We know several families who have returned to their country of origin and have left Chile. One family after 9 years. Covid has played a lot into this exodus as well as some other issues on balance. It must be an informed decision if you come here. I guess that is my point. Thanks Jim
Although chile 🇨🇱 has the smaller portion of patagonia they sure got most beautifull part. The national parks also seem better looked after than argentina. I hope to visit again and see more of northern patagonia than just torres del paine. Though i may sound biased, i think you chose a great location to build your own thing and import some of your south carolina traditions. Peace out
Yes it is very similar to NZ and there are many NZ families here. We have good friends here from Chile. There are lots of MANUCA people here as well since that farm is so so so big in Chile. Jim
I only survive winter by taking lots of vitamin D and St John's Wort. I have finally learned to appreciate rain though 😀. Thanks for sharing your life with us!
love these videos and to see how you compare chile to usa. by the way we have quite a bit of sausages/meats, especially down south. look for cecinas braunau, schwencke and günter also a lot of that in chillán (home of the longaniza). longanicilla is what i think you are referring to breakfast sausages, günter are quite good but nothing compares to home cured meats/bacon. enjoy chile.
Interesting! BTW I like Cecinas Braunau. But my bacon is better for sure. If you are Chilean and have never left Chile and have never had your breakfast in the former USA then you will not know about BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PATTIES. What are they you ask? They are little hamburger patties made out of pork and seasonings that are only found in the former USA. When I give Breakfast Sausage to my Chilean Friends, it is like a drug or an addiction that they can not get enough of. They always ask "WHAT IS THIS AND WHERE CAN I GET SOME?" If you have never had a breakfast Sausage biscuit, or a Sausage Egg and Cheese Biscuit then it is like trying to explain the color Blue or the sound of rain. If you can not see or hear then it is almost impossible. BREAKFAST SAUSAGE is not Longaniza or salchicas. Chileans do not have BREAKFAST SAUSAGE and my heart hurts for them. There are many foods not found in Chile. Here are a few: Sweet Relish. (We make and Sell this) Peanut butter (which is more common) Thomas Makes and Sells this Bread and Butter Pickles Lori Makes and sells this South Carolina Style BBQ Sauce I make and sell this............ REAL SHRIMP! Not these microscopic Chinese Chemical Shrimp. BIG SHRIMP!! Low Country Boil or Frogmore Stew Slow smoked (24 hours) Carolina Style BBQ Pork Beef and Pork Hash Southern Style Macaroni and Cheese Cheddar Cheese Real Southern Fried Chicken Home Made Butter Milk Pancakes Light and Fluffy Butter Milk Breakfast Biscuits Mud Bugs Spicy Dark Lamb Sauce Rocky Road Ice Cream Peach Crunch Sour Cream or Cream Fresh Country Style Pork Chops with Rice and Gravy City Chicken Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon with Bourbon Pepper Corn Cream Sauce Sweet and Hot Balsamic Vinaigrette and Ginger and Bacon Bit Salad Dressing Butter Milk Waffles Maple Syrup Smoked Bacon Fried Cat Fish and Camp Fries with a side of Cole Slaw and Tartar Sauce Carmel Corn Blooming Onion with a Mayonnaise Ketchup Horse Radish and Relish Dipping sauce. Frambuesa Sorbet Goetta BBQ Baby Back Slow Smoked and smothered with BBQ Sauce Pork Ribs.... oh yeah A.C. Legg Sausage Seasoning Whole Smoked Honey Baked Hams There are some of these things imitated here in Chile but unless you eat at our house................. well then you are just wishing you were. Good food. So good it would make you cry. Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily that sounds amazing. you could do good business with any of those, i remember there was a texas style bbq near my place that had briskets and mac and cheese, it was always full. in fact i would visit the usa just for the bbq and bucees haha. breakfast sausage sounds like food of the gods , if you ever sell that let us know in a video and i can order some. good luck!
Well you will need to email me with your phone number / contact. You will need to have TELEGRAM, there is an interview and you will need to make a donation to join and periodic donations as you see fit. Jim ChileExpatFamily@gmail.com
Right now it is rain rain rain for us and cool out too. In the high 30F to 50F. So it can be really cold and wet which is no fun sometimes. Sorry you all are so dry. Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily your comparison of Chile to a US state is accurate I think. It is somewhat monolithic and one-size-fits-all, like many states here in the US operate. There are advantages & disadvantages to that of course. No US State has the range of climates and cultures like Chile does. Such a beautiful country.
Can you clarify that "you do not rent from the government". Chile does not have property taxes? What are the main sources of revenue for the government?
I do not, nor am I required, to pay property taxes on my house and land. Chile does have property taxes in cities and some areas. My property is tax free. Yes it is coming. it is coming. My property is agricultural use for life. NO TAXES. Chile has a 19% value added tax on everything. EVERYONE pays this. Unless you trade things for things or unless you sell at an open air market. Jim
If you pay property taxes in the former USA you are in effect RENTING your property from the government. Try NOT paying your taxes. They will take THEIR property back and kick you off it. Jim
You ever think about opening a restaurant with your American recipes? I know it's a lot of work but I'm sure the locals would appreciate. And maybe you can teach and train a local to take over or sell to them to keep the tradition going 🤔
Well yes I have. The problem is like you say that it is a lot of work. You are basically married to your restaurant. One wife is more than enough for me. In my younger years I cooked to keep my kids in clothes and food on the table. That was 35 years ago. My dream would be to work one or two days a week at someone else's kitchen and cook up a storm on those two days making delights never seen or tasted in Chile. I am not a chef but I have cooked quite a tasty meal in my days. To satisfy my cooking dreams I cater for tourists and some Chileans as well. I cook for the Gringos Chilean Food and for the Chileans I cook Gringo food. I catered for a NetFlix movie crew of 100 people and for the rugby club of Puerto Varas and that was 150 people. I really enjoying cooking South Carolina style BBQ. Also my wife sells home made relish. My son Thomas sells Peanut Butter, and I sell South Carolina Style BBQ Sauce. Maybe one day you could come by to see us. Thanks for the kind words. Jim
Its funny that the dog says- I'll hold your tail, you go grab the stick.. I think, before, you said you are still a U.S.citizen; is that mean they still make you have a U.S. medical insurance? or have to pay a penalty if not? Does having a Chilean medical plan cover that issue? How about the taxes? A US citizen that earns outside the country still have to pay taxes to the US. IRS. It's getting out of control here and there is enemy within, which is the worst part. Can't wait to come down again and see you guys.
I am not forced to buy health insurance in the former USA. I pay no penalties to the former USA either. Thank God! I do have Chilean Health Insurance which is excellent and cheap. We pay about $36 USDollars a month for our health insurance for all 3 of us. I know, that is really expensive!!! Yeah right.... We have used the insurance several times and have been very very pleased. We DO PAY taxes in the former USA! It is minimal since if you make less than $97,000 USD a year then you only need to file, but of course you need to pay to file if you do not do your own taxes and I do not do my own taxes. Yes it is crazy. Please come see us again and stay with us. We would love to have you visit. Jim
They're voting on the new constitution today. I've heard it does away with private property rights. This might be problematic for retirement in Chile. Currency markets are crashing. What's happening there? Give us an update video soon please
Lori and I just got done voting. We were in the longest line out of 15 in our town. it took us 30 min. I am not in the least bit worried about the vote. Either way. Chileans will do what they do no matter what the paper document says. I have read the whole proposed constitution in English as posted by the Chilean Government. It is really boring. It is also really stupid. Yes we have been talking about all these issues in our Chat group for the past 4 weeks. The property rights are staying the same or stronger with the exception of a few minor changes like water rights. There have been big problems with water in the north of Chile. So they are trying to fix that problem. There has been a lot of miss information being put out by both sides. I will be doing a live stream on the 11th of September on all of these issues with our Chilean Attorney in our Chat group. We will be fielding questions there about the whole caboodle. Jim
If you going to judge a country by the lack of billboards on the secondary roads saying that is not first world, then New Zealand must be third world because we don't see publicity on highways and country roads, as you talk in your video.
Yes they do. You can get a mortgage and have a lien or you can buy a car with a loan and then all of the same bank stuff apply. Also if you are in a municipality they can tax your property but not all of the country has in place taxing authority yet. So there are lands that are not taxed because there is NO ONE to tax it. Also you can register your property as agricultural use, which takes some paper work and such, and then you have NO TAXES on the land for life. Your house may still be taxed. It all depends on a lot of things, but even when you are taxed it is really really really low typically. For instance I have a friend who has 20 acres with two houses on it and a pool and barn and it is on a big river with a killer mountain view, and he decided that he would go an pay his taxes on his property. He did not get a tax bill. He just went to the closest town and said HEY CAN YOU PLEASE TAX ME? Well what do you think they said? SURE we will tax you where do you live? So he told them and they came up with his tax bill per a year at the equivalent of $75 USD. Does that answer your question? Jim
Gotta pay the bills. Yt paid me $100 dollars this year. I spent $300 on camera and sound equipment alone not to mention my time. and an additional $350 on software. Actually I have considered lately just shutting down my channel. Maybe I should? Jim
Hi Jim this was a wonderful video. You are living the life alot of people can only dream about including my self. thanks so much for sharing my best to you and your family
You are very welcome. Robert I try really hard to be realistic about life here in Chile. It is NOT Disney world (wow I am not sure if that is good or bad give the current status of Disney). I try to keep a level head so that people do not think everything is better here in Chile because Chile has some problems as well.
We know several families who have returned to their country of origin and have left Chile. One family after 9 years. Covid has played a lot into this exodus as well as some other issues on balance.
It must be an informed decision if you come here. I guess that is my point.
Thanks Jim
Although chile 🇨🇱 has the smaller portion of patagonia they sure got most beautifull part. The national parks also seem better looked after than argentina. I hope to visit again and see more of northern patagonia than just torres del paine. Though i may sound biased, i think you chose a great location to build your own thing and import some of your south carolina traditions. Peace out
Each person has to find their comfort zone. For us we found it. Thanks for the comments. Jim
Looks very similar to NZ countryside. The houses and their Gardens also.
Yes it is very similar to NZ and there are many NZ families here. We have good friends here from Chile. There are lots of MANUCA people here as well since that farm is so so so big in Chile. Jim
I only survive winter by taking lots of vitamin D and St John's Wort. I have finally learned to appreciate rain though 😀. Thanks for sharing your life with us!
Yes it sure does help. Plus staying active. Thanks for being a part of our lives T. Jim
love these videos and to see how you compare chile to usa. by the way we have quite a bit of sausages/meats, especially down south. look for cecinas braunau, schwencke and günter also a lot of that in chillán (home of the longaniza). longanicilla is what i think you are referring to breakfast sausages, günter are quite good but nothing compares to home cured meats/bacon. enjoy chile.
Interesting!
BTW I like Cecinas Braunau. But my bacon is better for sure.
If you are Chilean and have never left Chile and have never had your breakfast in the former USA then you will not know about BREAKFAST SAUSAGE PATTIES.
What are they you ask?
They are little hamburger patties made out of pork and seasonings that are only found in the former USA.
When I give Breakfast Sausage to my Chilean Friends, it is like a drug or an addiction that they can not get enough of. They always ask "WHAT IS THIS AND WHERE CAN I GET SOME?"
If you have never had a breakfast Sausage biscuit, or a Sausage Egg and Cheese Biscuit then it is like trying to explain the color Blue or the sound of rain. If you can not see or hear then it is almost impossible.
BREAKFAST SAUSAGE is not Longaniza or salchicas.
Chileans do not have BREAKFAST SAUSAGE and my heart hurts for them.
There are many foods not found in Chile. Here are a few:
Sweet Relish. (We make and Sell this)
Peanut butter (which is more common) Thomas Makes and Sells this
Bread and Butter Pickles Lori Makes and sells this
South Carolina Style BBQ Sauce I make and sell this............
REAL SHRIMP! Not these microscopic Chinese Chemical Shrimp. BIG SHRIMP!!
Low Country Boil or Frogmore Stew
Slow smoked (24 hours) Carolina Style BBQ Pork
Beef and Pork Hash
Southern Style Macaroni and Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Real Southern Fried Chicken
Home Made Butter Milk Pancakes
Light and Fluffy Butter Milk Breakfast Biscuits
Mud Bugs
Spicy Dark Lamb Sauce
Rocky Road Ice Cream
Peach Crunch
Sour Cream or Cream Fresh
Country Style Pork Chops with Rice and Gravy
City Chicken
Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon with Bourbon Pepper Corn Cream Sauce
Sweet and Hot Balsamic Vinaigrette and Ginger and Bacon Bit Salad Dressing
Butter Milk Waffles
Maple Syrup Smoked Bacon
Fried Cat Fish and Camp Fries with a side of Cole Slaw and Tartar Sauce
Carmel Corn
Blooming Onion with a Mayonnaise Ketchup Horse Radish and Relish Dipping sauce.
Frambuesa Sorbet
Goetta
BBQ Baby Back Slow Smoked and smothered with BBQ Sauce Pork Ribs.... oh yeah
A.C. Legg Sausage Seasoning
Whole Smoked Honey Baked Hams
There are some of these things imitated here in Chile but unless you eat at our house................. well then you are just wishing you were.
Good food. So good it would make you cry.
Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily that sounds amazing. you could do good business with any of those, i remember there was a texas style bbq near my place that had briskets and mac and cheese, it was always full. in fact i would visit the usa just for the bbq and bucees haha. breakfast sausage sounds like food of the gods , if you ever sell that let us know in a video and i can order some. good luck!
@@bcccl569 will do! Jim
It looks beautiful there.
It is!
I like to say that a bad day in Chile is still beautiful. It is peaceful here well. Just natural. Jim
I would love to join your Chilean Chat. Where do I find? I really enjoy your shares, thank you
Well you will need to email me with your phone number / contact. You will need to have TELEGRAM, there is an interview and you will need to make a donation to join and periodic donations as you see fit. Jim
ChileExpatFamily@gmail.com
Geez Jim the road has a few holes like BYRON BAY in NSW. Looks like its been raining send us some. John
Right now it is rain rain rain for us and cool out too. In the high 30F to 50F. So it can be really cold and wet which is no fun sometimes. Sorry you all are so dry. Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily We are not extra dry we could use an inch of rain though. John
While Chile is not for everyone, it is indeed a simpler way of life in many ways.
Save me some 🥓🥓 ! 🙂
Yes of course.
Will do on the bacon. Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily your comparison of Chile to a US state is accurate I think. It is somewhat monolithic and one-size-fits-all, like many states here in the US operate. There are advantages & disadvantages to that of course. No US State has the range of climates and cultures like Chile does. Such a beautiful country.
Yes that is spot on.
Jim
Can you clarify that "you do not rent from the government". Chile does not have property taxes? What are the main sources of revenue for the government?
I do not, nor am I required, to pay property taxes on my house and land. Chile does have property taxes in cities and some areas. My property is tax free. Yes it is coming. it is coming. My property is agricultural use for life. NO TAXES.
Chile has a 19% value added tax on everything. EVERYONE pays this. Unless you trade things for things or unless you sell at an open air market. Jim
If you pay property taxes in the former USA you are in effect RENTING your property from the government. Try NOT paying your taxes. They will take THEIR property back and kick you off it. Jim
Is that really just a thing in the States?
@@johndurrer7869 no it is all over the world but not in my part of it. Jim
Oh I get it. I find property taxes to be possibly the most immoral of all taxes.
thanks for video, i know many things about Chile from Vietnam
Our pleasure!
Thank you kindly for commenting. Come see us. Jim
You ever think about opening a restaurant with your American recipes? I know it's a lot of work but I'm sure the locals would appreciate. And maybe you can teach and train a local to take over or sell to them to keep the tradition going 🤔
Well yes I have. The problem is like you say that it is a lot of work. You are basically married to your restaurant. One wife is more than enough for me. In my younger years I cooked to keep my kids in clothes and food on the table. That was 35 years ago. My dream would be to work one or two days a week at someone else's kitchen and cook up a storm on those two days making delights never seen or tasted in Chile. I am not a chef but I have cooked quite a tasty meal in my days.
To satisfy my cooking dreams I cater for tourists and some Chileans as well. I cook for the Gringos Chilean Food and for the Chileans I cook Gringo food. I catered for a NetFlix movie crew of 100 people and for the rugby club of Puerto Varas and that was 150 people. I really enjoying cooking South Carolina style BBQ. Also my wife sells home made relish. My son Thomas sells Peanut Butter, and I sell South Carolina Style BBQ Sauce.
Maybe one day you could come by to see us. Thanks for the kind words. Jim
Thanks for Sharing!!!
No problem 😊
Thank you for stopping by and for the compliment. Jim
Its funny that the dog says- I'll hold your tail, you go grab the stick..
I think, before, you said you are still a U.S.citizen; is that mean they still make you have a U.S. medical insurance? or have to pay a penalty if not? Does having a Chilean medical plan cover that issue?
How about the taxes? A US citizen that earns outside the country still have to pay taxes to the US. IRS.
It's getting out of control here and there is enemy within, which is the worst part.
Can't wait to come down again and see you guys.
I am not forced to buy health insurance in the former USA. I pay no penalties to the former USA either. Thank God!
I do have Chilean Health Insurance which is excellent and cheap. We pay about $36 USDollars a month for our health insurance for all 3 of us. I know, that is really expensive!!! Yeah right.... We have used the insurance several times and have been very very pleased.
We DO PAY taxes in the former USA! It is minimal since if you make less than $97,000 USD a year then you only need to file, but of course you need to pay to file if you do not do your own taxes and I do not do my own taxes.
Yes it is crazy.
Please come see us again and stay with us. We would love to have you visit. Jim
Hi Jim how's everybody and everything? Hope it's all good
Right now everything is excellent.
We will know by the morning how the vote went.
We are safe either way. Thanks for asking. Jim
@@ChileExpatFamily great hope the vote turns out well I forgot what part of Patagonia you live in
The new Constitution was voted down for Chile. Jim
They're voting on the new constitution today. I've heard it does away with private property rights. This might be problematic for retirement in Chile. Currency markets are crashing. What's happening there? Give us an update video soon please
Lori and I just got done voting. We were in the longest line out of 15 in our town. it took us 30 min.
I am not in the least bit worried about the vote. Either way. Chileans will do what they do no matter what the paper document says.
I have read the whole proposed constitution in English as posted by the Chilean Government. It is really boring. It is also really stupid.
Yes we have been talking about all these issues in our Chat group for the past 4 weeks.
The property rights are staying the same or stronger with the exception of a few minor changes like water rights. There have been big problems with water in the north of Chile. So they are trying to fix that problem.
There has been a lot of miss information being put out by both sides.
I will be doing a live stream on the 11th of September on all of these issues with our Chilean Attorney in our Chat group. We will be fielding questions there about the whole caboodle.
Jim
Thanks for the video !
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You bet! Thank you for the comment and watching my videos. Jim
If you going to judge a country by the lack of billboards on the secondary roads saying that is not first world, then New Zealand must be third world because we don't see publicity on highways and country roads, as you talk in your video.
Well that is a good thing!
We have two good families that are friends who live in NZ. Good to hear from you here. Jim
Do the put leins on anything there
Yes they do. You can get a mortgage and have a lien or you can buy a car with a loan and then all of the same bank stuff apply. Also if you are in a municipality they can tax your property but not all of the country has in place taxing authority yet. So there are lands that are not taxed because there is NO ONE to tax it. Also you can register your property as agricultural use, which takes some paper work and such, and then you have NO TAXES on the land for life.
Your house may still be taxed.
It all depends on a lot of things, but even when you are taxed it is really really really low typically. For instance I have a friend who has 20 acres with two houses on it and a pool and barn and it is on a big river with a killer mountain view, and he decided that he would go an pay his taxes on his property. He did not get a tax bill. He just went to the closest town and said HEY CAN YOU PLEASE TAX ME?
Well what do you think they said?
SURE we will tax you where do you live? So he told them and they came up with his tax bill per a year at the equivalent of $75 USD.
Does that answer your question?
Jim
𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚖 😑
Gotta pay the bills. Yt paid me $100 dollars this year. I spent $300 on camera and sound equipment alone not to mention my time. and an additional $350 on software.
Actually I have considered lately just shutting down my channel. Maybe I should?
Jim