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[Music] Welcome back to the channel. This is Ryan here, my best life para um, and today we're going to be covering the cost of living. Right, um, so I'm going to break down my budget here for you guys, right, um, and we're going to see if you can truly live in Paraguay. Um, and you know, I'm I'm a single guy, right, uh, just living here with my dog, right, in why.
So you know, my situation is going to be different than other people. You know, if you have two people or a family or kids, uh, obviously this is going to uh be a different budget, but we're going to we're going to check out can you truly live in Pai for around $1,000 a month? Right, and there's obviously some things that fluctuate, but um, I know that you guys have been really waiting for this video, and uh, you know, I've been slacking on getting this uh particular video out here for you guys, so let's jump into it, you guys.
So as you can see, right above me, right above me here, here you guys on the screen, is uh my $376 a month uh apartment, right, um, and you know, I explained in that video, and I'll I'll include it at the top here, um, uh the link to that video uh by some chance you haven't seen it. It's uh it's more popular; it's over a thousand thousand views or so, but anyways, so um this this uh duplex that I'm in, it's a two-bedroom, two-B, 2024-built uh duplex, right, um, uh this place is 3 million guaraníes a month, which is around $400, right, but since I paid in cash uh for 12 months uh off the bat, uh they gave me a 5% discount, right, so that number came down to around 376 when I paid, right, and obviously the the dollar fluctuates a little bit, uh hardly at all though, you guys, uh, you know, a very stable economy here, right, so it doesn't fluctuate too much, um, and and when it does fluctuate, it usually fluctuates in your favor, right, like there's a one time where, right now the dollar is around 7,800 uh guaraníes, right, uh, and it can get up to 8,000, um, and you know, I'll just really quickly mention when it when it does get up, when the dollar really does get up, you guys, that's when you should be taking money out of ATMs, right, when the when the dollar is really strong, right? So I just want to mention that.
So anyway, so that's the first cost here. Now I am going to include rent as as if I were paying it per month, okay, um, and as I've told you, I'm I'm not paying it per month because it's already paid for 12 months, but I'm including it in this budget as if I were paying rent uh monthly here, okay.
So I I got the map pulled up; let me just quickly show—I'm not going to zoom in too far and show you exactly where I live—right, but I live in San Lorenzo, right, um, and you know, most most folks live uh, you know, over here; this is the expat Central, this area right around Pasto La Galeria. This is the new downtown; this is where most uh foreigners and expats uh of means are going to be staying, right, um, and I've done multiple videos on the historic downtown; it's another very nice area. The only thing is it's a little bit more dangerous, if I'm going to be a little bit honest, uh, obviously, but I mean like it it it can be a little bit more sketchy, um, because you know, there is this neighborhood, this is uh Dr. Ricardo Bruug, which is also known as laaa, right, and and 90, 95%, maybe even more, a great, wonderful, hardworking people uh who just live in our little tiny slum by the river uh area, but there's a you know, there's a handful of people who cause issues, um, there, you know, there can be some panhandling, etc., and this is in the more historic part of Asunción, which is uh where the the house, house of Independence is, also the president's Palace, all right, um, pal, palas Lopez is the president's Palace, um, you know, and so more government buildings here, here. This is also the area, you guys, of uh immigration building. I've been there now as well, so I know where that is. There's also another building that you guys will go to if you do residency by yourself. Anyways, we're going to get back into the cost of living, so I don't live in, as I don't live in the most expensive places, which a lot of you guys do live in the most expensive places here, so that's why I live in San Lorenzo, right, um, San Lorenzo is geographically northwest; if you guys live in San Lorenzo, you want to live closest as you can to the market here, right, uh, this is the market; this is the main area of San Lorenzo. Okay, there's some a few bars here that I can actually walk to; I've actually walked home 'cause my phone has died, right, um, so that's how close I am to like some the bars. There's a beautiful cathedral; there's a new malls; I'm in between uh certain Mall, uh, box my Arista, where where I also go to buy food a lot; they have great deals on food and and and alcohol and that all that good stuff, stuff. Here's the San Angel shopping, you guys, um, and then uh further up is Puno shopping; right, I haven't quite filmed Puno yet; that's going to be one of my next videos for you guys, okay.
Um, so anyways, I I, oh, also there's the the university, also this green area right under here, under the university, is the cloa, which I've also filmed; it's a wonderful kind of Central Park type area, um, you can bike, walk, um, I don't know if you can bring your dogs anymore, unfortunately; at one point you could; I went with my dog, but I don't think you can anymore, unfortunately, right, and um, so my family actually lives in Caapucú, right, and Caapucú is very huge as well, right, um, and I may actually live in Caapucú next year around uh 'cause it's even cheaper, and there are nice little houses um that you can go all the way down to like paying $200 for uh a month, right, um, so I might end up getting a like renting a house until I eventually purchase a home, right, down the line, a couple, probably a couple years from now, we'll just see where I'm at, right, but anyways, let's get back into this, so uh hopefully you guys can see this; I'll make it a little bit bigger for you guys; oops, I think I gave away how much all this adds up to; you guys might be uh um looking at your calculators and or bringing up your calculators and stuff; anyways, that's fine. Okay, so we talked about some location stuff, where I live, live, right, um, yeah, uh, so we yeah, we talked about some locations of where I live; that's why I pay under $400 a month, right, for for my place. Okay, now we're going to go into Wi-Fi and TV and uh HBO, which I honestly I want to get rid of, HBO, you guys, um, I don't know why I have it; uh, I want to get rid of it and drop this down even like $7 more a month, so that would be like what, 20, 24, $24, um, to just have Wi-Fi and TV; uh, TV is not too much more, and you get the channels to like watch the the national Paraguayan soccer games; that's the really the only reason I have it. Sometimes I'll watch the national news or the the, you know, uh local news or whatever uh as well, just to you know, keep keep my ear going in Spanish, right, like I'm I'm really pretty solid at the language, but at the same time I still want to always be hearing uh the language, right? So yeah, so I got Wi-Fi, uh, TV, that's 300 megabytes per second; uh, I I go through Tigo, right; they have some pretty good packages, um, and also my cellular is also through Tigo; I got 30 GB uh a month, which is more than I need; I'm usually connected to Wi-Fi here at the house, but whenever I step out, I will change over to my cellular, right, and start using my data, right, um, and then I uh I just bought a cheap phone here, you guys, uh years ago, like for like $100 or so, um, and I use that phone to share my Mobile Hotspot to my American phone, um, my my iPhone, right, that I use for filming and everything, right, so um yeah, so that's why that's why uh yeah, it's it's not too much, $15 a month, right, um, I will say though, if you guys are here on residency trips and you're just using phone service or looking for phone service for like one month or so, 5 weeks, 6 weeks, uh go through Claro, right; Tigo is better once you have your set residencia, right, and once you're no longer uh trying to get services as a foreigner, go to Claro, right; if you're just here for four or five weeks, the they they got some packages; they'll put a chip in your phone, etc.; it's much better service uh for the short term, but now if you're living here for the long term, um, I've I've been told that Tigo, especially for cell service, it has better coverage around the country if you're going to do a lot more travel throughout Paraguay, right? Also, Tigo has really good uh packages, you know, I mean, look how much I'm paying, you guys, $31 for Wi-Fi, TV, and HBO, and honestly, I want to get rid of HBO; I didn't even know I had it, right, and then this will probably drop down to like $24 a month, and then uh yeah, and then cellular uh I probably only ever used even half of this; I just keep it in case I'm going to do travel, um, so you can even bring the cellular down even even further, um, yeah. Oh, another thing I'll mention about Wi-Fi, um, I don't know if there's more than this option, 300 megabytes per second; uh, there might be; I just haven't seen those packages uh at least through Tigo or Claro again; uh, there might be, but that's kind of the standard down here, right, 300 megabytes per second, right? So if you're like a heavy gamer—most of you guys aren't as travelers, but just in case you're like a heavy gamer or some crazy like that, like and you need like a full like, what is it called, terabyte or whatever, and you're getting into like crazy amounts of of uh whatever data—um, here, let me zoom in further, you guys; I don't know if you guys can see this or not, but okay, that's better. Okay, yeah, so um yeah, so that that's that situation, and so those are the fixed costs, right? These are the, that's why I put it uh up here; these are the costs that do not fluctuate, right? All these other ones down here fluctuate. Okay, so uh electricity; you pay that to uh the government entity called ANDE, right; they got a whole website; they have an app as well, um, also I'll just quickly mention that all these bills uh even even your phone service, Wi-Fi, your electricity and um yeah, and and this can all be paid once you get a bank account here; I use Banco Familiar, right, and I can pay all those bills uh through my bank account, through the app, right, and and through the website as well, uh, right, um, so it's it's really, once you get a bank account set up, it's really easy to pay these bills; there's also third-party services as well like all around Paraguay that you can go in, uh give them whatever uh account number, right, um, it is for your electricity, whatever uh water and trash, um, and you can go to these like third-party places; they'll charge you like $1 USD to be able to use their service to pay for these places uh if you don't have a bank account set up quite yet, right, but you're going to want to get a bank account set up uh down here; it's going to help you so much, right? It's so smooth; the the apps, that the banking apps are are are are wonderful; um, I I personally, at least to start out for personal banking, go through Banco Familiar, you guys; other, it's really smooth, and also uh Banco Familiar, you can use your Wi-Fi or you can use your phone in the bank itself, um, I was going to get a second bank account in Itaú, which is also a great bank, but you can't use your phone inside the bank, right? So it's kind of weird, man, because like I be forgetting numbers, like I don't know my account number off the top of my head, so I use my phone, you know, but in like Itaú, you you can't use your phone like, period, like uh, it's probably a a thing to avoid robberies or something like that, um, you know, and you can't you certainly can't film, right, um, and oh, just another thing about banking, you guys, they don't, around, you can't wear sunglasses; you can't wear hats in in banks here, right? You have to take all that all that stuff off, your hat off and your sunglasses off; it's not America where you can just go on banks with hats, you know, um, they they take that very seriously down here, so I I just didn't want to mention that.
Okay, let's get back on the numbers. So water and trash is paid to another government entity, a different one uh for water and trash; it's ESSAP, right, ESSAP, right, and um, so actually here I I'll just mention these numbers: this $83 a month, this is the most expensive month that I I'm including here, right? This can actually go in about half; yeah, I paid about half of this for um a month where I use less electricity; I'm using the AC less, um, you know what I mean? So this is this is my highest month, and not only that, but I would was uh I had somebody stay here for a week who took care of my dog, and I think that they like ran like all the AC's and had all the lights on for like a solid week straight, you know what I mean? So like this this is more, this can honestly more realistically, I'm paying more like $65, $70, right, even on a hot month like like like now, right, 'cause we're in summertime. Okay, um, so yeah, and then water and trash uh it's extremely cheap, you guys, um, like it comes in the same bill, you know, water; I mean, I think water was what, like eight bucks at tops, and then like yeah, trash pickup is like what another 10, so that's why it kind of comes out to this; again, I'm I'm choosing my most expensive month; this can get down to 100,000 guaraníes, which is more like $13, right, 100,000 I mean guaraníes, right? So this can uh get down to around $13, um, for some reason; yeah, it just went up a little bit, um, yeah. Okay, now over here for transportation, um, I'm I I have a car, but it doesn't work; I'm trying to sell it actually, right? So what do I talk about Transportation? I'm talking about Ubers and the other one is Bolt, right? Those are the two main apps; I think there's another app as well, but those are the two ones, right? You can connect to your debit card, credit card, etc., um, which I actually honestly really suggest that you guys do because there are a lot of drivers; if you if you pay cash, number one, it's um they could pretend like they don't have change on them, which has happened to me, right, and I don't have smaller bills, right, um, so then you end up giving them way more than you should for the ride, right? But for example, I went to the mall the other day; it literally cost $2.1, and to return it was $2.7, right, uh, so like yeah, four bucks uh to go to the mall and back, um, right, and the mall's like uh I want to say like 10 minutes, five to 10 minutes away tops, depending on traffic, um, so you know, just to give you an idea, right? So I I probably step out of my house and yeah, four times like like a in a Uber or something, maybe like four, four times a week or something like that, maybe five; it really depends; it really depends, right, um, so you know, I'm I'm I'm I'm estimating here, right? So this this will fluctuate, right? Like I think uh I've had months where I'm probably only paying a 100 for transportation, um, maybe slightly more than 150; it really depends. A lot of people ask me, do you need a car in Asunción, and my my thing is no, right? In fact, one of my biggest headaches is my car, right? The roads are are awful, well, especially like if you if you don't live in the in the new downtown, the roads are not the best, you guys, I'm just going to be honest, right? So you know, you're going to have more maintenance on your car; it's more of a headache to be completely honest. So people drive like crazy; there's all kinds of motorbikes and stuff, stuff, kind of like Southeast Asia, you know, it's just it's just freaking crazy; um, I don't suggest you guys get a car to be completely honest, and Ubers and Bolts are so cheap here, uh, you know, you can you can just uh do it that way.
Okay, so food, drinks, and toiletries, um, I know this is going to blow your mind, you guys, but I I put it at around $300, right? I know that there's some months I probably go like 200, maybe some other months I might go like 400, uh, but it really it this this truly is what it kind of equals out to, right? And this includes like sometimes I get like beers, um, I stacked up on wine, uh great Chilean and uh and Argentinian wines; I just keep in a bar for girls to come over or whatever, you know, um, but you know, on a normal month when I'm not not like stacking stuff up, uh yeah, yeah, like whatever shampoo, uh whatever, you guys, know, bars of soap, all that all that stuff, um, razors, is shaving, all that all that stuff, um, and then drinks on top of that and the food, right, um, it's about it's going to be about this, okay, and uh I I so okay, so yeah, we we we're going to call it $300 a month, okay, um, again, it fluctuates a little bit, but that's about it, right, um, I was paying probably three times that in the States, right, just um, maybe I don't know; I was always I was always pretty good about cooking, but in the States like even things like veggies and and and um and fruits and stuff are incredibly expensive in the States, right? Here, veggies and fruits, you guys, are incredibly cheap, and here actually I want to show you something else, so this this was a full bag; these are called rositas, right? They're little pieces of bread, right, um, and they're hard, right, and they're uh they're great; this entire packet was full, right? Now there's there's hardly anything, but this thing was full, right, um, this whole thing came out to be 2,980 guaraníes, so that would be that would be about 35, maybe 40 cents, right, for a big bag of uh things to snack on, right? So like you you guys can really go cheap; I know that there are families; I I swear to God, there are families who spend um $150 a month for for food, right? Like I'll I'll grab some more like juices and and uh fruit and natural juices and stuff like that in the store, um, you know, I try to try to cook all my own meals, but like things are cheap here, you know what I mean? So that's how kind of how it comes out to be this number.
Okay, entertainment, um, entertainment; I'm I'm considering like when I step out uh uh to a bar, to a—I don't step out very often, right? I I might a little bit more going forward here just to for filming purposes uh and going live from different places, not just at my house and stuff like I did yesterday, um, but entertainment, like I'm going to might see a movie; those movie tickets are like four, maybe $5 a piece, etc., and like you know, going out to eat; I'm also counting as entertainment, right, um, you know, when I step out to eat, I might pay like 10 bucks for a meal, uh, sometimes, uh maybe even like 12; yeah, it gets a little bit more expensive when you start going to the malls and and the the fancier places, right? I mean, you can get empanadas on the street for like a couple empanadas for like a dollar, right? So it really depends on your lifestyle, so I'm putting entertainment, um, also I kind of include entertainment when
I don't step out of my house too much. Also, is ordering in food right? So there could be a month where the entertainment part is more like 100 bucks, but I might spend like 75 with like ordering food, which usually makes this number, uh, my food number go down when I order other food, right? And um, even when you order food you guys, there's some places down here where you could literally order like three to four meals, right, and it'll be like 15 bucks or something like that. Um, in the states, I would not do that, right? It's too—it's way far too expensive, but here, SP, like I—I put it on Instagram—but I spent like $13, right, including a tip and delivery fee and all that stuff, and I had like three meals out of it, right. Um, so you know, you can do that as well, right? And and it's pretty cost-effective, believe it or not. Um, you know, uh, just stack up on like your next three to four meals, uh, by by ordering um from Pedo y, right? It's a—it's an app, right?
Okay, so what does all this add up to be per month? And maybe you guys already saw when I flashed the number here. So what does it all add up to be, you guys? It adds up to be around $1,150 USD. Okay? And um, just—just to let you guys know, um, you know, if I'm not going to include my rent cost cuz I—cuz I told you guys I paid for that upfront when I first came here for a year, if I'm not including that, it's less than $800 a month to—to do all this, right, to live in this way. Okay.
Um, a couple other things that—that I could have included are things like health insurance, right? Obviously, if you have a car, you're—there's going to be more costs with that—like I had more in the beginning when my car was actually working and I was using it, right. Um, you know, car insurance—it's not too much, but you know, it's still another cost, right? Health insurance, if—I'm—I'm just going to be honest, I don't have health insurance because you can still access these private hospitals, like, for example, I had to get x-rays because I broke my foot on the way here, right? So I had to get x-rays, and like the x-rays and like the consultation after I got x-rays was around $40 or $50 American USD, and I didn't have health insurance here, right? And that $40 or $50 is way less than I would have paid in the states with insurance, you know what I mean? Um, yeah, I remember I got x-rays once, and the entire visit, even with insurance, with good insurance, was like $150, you know what I mean? Um, you know, and that's when I was working a government job as well in the state. So I—I personally don't have health insurance. When I—when I get older, I definitely will, right. Um, but—but right now I do not, right? But you can, like I said, you can still access all the public hospitals like once you have your cedula. Um, but you can access the private ones as well; obviously, you're going to have to pay something, right. Um, if you do need to get something like x-rays, a checkup, something—something like that, right. Uh, so I would put that at around $40 to $50. I've gotten quotes uh from uh University hospitals around here, um, or whatever, one University Hospital and then one other one that's close to S, so here. Um, um, yeah, so you know, I could add another 50 on it, but then you're still staying under $1,200 USD a month.
Now let me tell you something, you guys. This number, $1,148, that covers all this stuff: rent, Wi-Fi, cellular, electricity, water and trash, transportation, food, drinks, toiletries, and entertainment. You know how much I was paying in rent in the US? $1,200 a month. Okay? So this number, all this stuff included, all this stuff included, is less than than I was paying in rent in the United States of America. Okay? So this is where it pays off, this is where it makes sense, this is why you should move overseas, this is why you need residency, this is why moving overseas is your retirement plan. I know people can get in their feelings, and people can be like, oh my god, well, I—I'll never—I can't—I can't possibly leave my friends. Oh my god, I'm like, dude, your friends might not even be around. Like, just—just keep it honest, dude. They—they might start moving all—all over the different cities in the US anyways. Like your group of friends, dude, like, really. Like, this—this is a cost-effective life. Yes, obviously, this will go up 10 years from now, 20 years from now, 30 years from now, but it's still going to be less than the US. I mean, the U—you could—you could live off of Social Security in—in Paraguay, and then if you—if you have anything like a freaking um—uh pension, you're living like a—a king, a king, you guys, right? Say you want to do a bunch of—a travel inside Paraguay, right? I went to Incarnaio, and that whole trip was around, I want to say, five, 600 bucks, right? Transport—bus transportation there, I'm talking about like everything, right? Everything there—the—the—the stay itself was 275 for the week, for a week, right, in a beautiful highrise overlooking the river and in Incarna—arguably the most beautiful city in the entire country, right, with the beach life, it's freaking amazing. Um, so add another $500, $600 if you want to do like—like a week trip and get away from your apartment like once a month, right? That's kind of a lot for people, but you know, so can you—what—what's the question? Can you live in Paraguay for under 1,000 USD a month? Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely you can. Now you're going to have to be—what is—what did George Bush say? Strategy. You're going to be—you're going to have to be strategic, right? You're going to have to live—okay, let's go back here—you're going to have to live in a smaller place, you're going to have to at least live in a smaller place, you're going to—you're going to—I'm eventually probably going to live closer to my family and copy that thought, and guess what? I'm probably going to pay around 200, maybe even less a month, in fact. Here, my sister was telling me—let—let me put it—plug it in—million 2, 200. Okay, there's—there's a certain property, a certain—uh—tiny—tinier house, right? Two-bedroom, one-bath house—it's 1,200,000 guas, which is $152, $152, you guys. That's probably going to be the next place I live after August, right. Um, I was actually wanting to live in a place like that, but I found this place, right, right above me here of this duplex, uh, for, you know, it's still a good price, you know? It's—it's not paying a thousand a month, you know what I mean? So—so yeah, you guys, and you know, this is why I bring up maps, this is why I try to be strategic when I talk to you guys. You guys need to schedule consultations with me. Um, I'm getting busier and busier, you guys, so get on the schedule, consultations with me. I'll break it down, I'll—I'll listen to your needs, what you're wanting to do, if you're coming here for a residency trip, if you're coming here for long term. Um, I could break it down all right now, but I just want to focus on the cost of living, right? Again, I'm a single guy, I have a dog too, and yeah, I'm—I'm—I'm including dog food in here too, right? And it's—it's part of this, right. Um, yeah, and then once I stocked up on toys uh for him as well, which is going to last him throughout the year, and then I'll go back and stock up again on toys and stuff.
Oh, I guess—I guess also one thing that—like uh the veterinarian, right?—they literally picked him up—up—uh—right—uh—from my—from my house, took him to the uh vet, gave him a bath, and came back, and I think it was like $15 USD, right?—maybe not even—I don't even think it was $15, I think it was like more like 12 or $13, right? So they picked up my dog, took him to the vet, gave him a bath, uh gave him a grooming, uh all that stuff, dropped him back off, and then—and then not only that, but they—they had the machine here with—with the card machine, so I get to pay my card as well. It was the most excellent service ever, and then not only that, but they were—they were talking to me, and this is COK, right?—I—I put them on my Instagram, k o k u r e. Um, so if you have a pet down here, uh they're absolutely wonderful. I'll just download in so here. Okay. Um, so—so yeah, you guys, so I live a very cost-effective life, right? So okay, let's just quick plug it in. Okay? So 1,150, let's call it, times 12, $13,800. That's how much you need to—to live down here in Paraguay, okay, if you're living a similar life to mine. Again, you can splurge, you can travel all—you can go—I mean, this is—this is the minimum amount, around $4,000 a year. Okay? And again, uh, let me bring up these numbers again. There are fames here, you guys, full families, two kids, two parents, who live—um, what is—in fact, here, I'm—Paraguay minimum wage, minimum wage, most people are making uh Paraguay and minimum wage. Yep, this is—this is about it—2,800, let's just call it that, so let's go back here—or 2,800,000. Okay? 2,800,000 is $355 a month, right? So let's times that by two, right? Let's say that your's a mom and dad both working. Um, so let's do that. I know I could just do mental math, $710 a month. There are full families living down here making 700 USD a month, and they're not living extravagant, but they're living okay. So when I add on an extra what, 450? That's how I get to live this—that's how I get to live in a place like this, in a duplex, right. Um, you know, and it blows my mind. So again, let me just reiterate this number: $1,148 a month is less than I was paying in the US for rent alone. For rent alone, I was paying $1,200 to live in a tiny little box, to be depressed day in and day out, to—to—to be stressed, to not be respected on a societal level, to not have good dating options, to be stuck, to not have respect, to—to go in and out of a job and just like be a middleman. I swear to god, dude, I was dying in the US, in the inside, on the outside, you know what I mean? So there's steps, right? And there's—I'm not—I'm not covering the upfront cost, right? There's a lot of money to—to come here, residency, get my dog here, start a life here, uh buy furnishings here, all that stuff, right? Obviously, that's a whole another cost, right? But—but—but your bare bones monthly stuff, this is about it. Okay? So again, I'm overestimating on some of these things here, and I'm—I'm literally picking the highest months of cost. Uh, so can you live in Paraguay for under $1,000 a month? Yes. Um, and in fact, this 1,148 is probably closer to $1,000 because I am overestimating on some of these things, right. Um, and then—and then again, act—well, actually, like real time, what I'm—what I'm actually paying is more around 800 a month, right, to—to live. Okay. Uh, you know, that's because, like I said, I paid for rent up—upfront. Okay, you guys. Uh, this is probably a long video, but um, you know, I like to break things down for you guys, I like to inspire you guys, I like—like to—this is real life, this is real life right now. I know that there's the uh residency shrieks, and they won't break none of this down for you, right? At least not into the detail that I will, right? Because I know your guys' stresses, I know what's stressing you out: where do I get a Wi-Fi, how much does it cost, where—what company do I go through, how do I pay for it, right? I'll do another video on how to pay your bills, right. Um, but at least I—I'll—I'll put out the entity that you have to pay it to or the company that you pay it too, right. Um, so anyways, yeah, this is my life, you guys. This is my financial breakdown of me living here in Paraguay. Okay? Again, um, hopefully, they like this video, you guys. Um, I got an awful camera going. I don't care though. I really don't care. Um, but yeah, you guys, um, damn, I should have done that, you actually see me a little bit better. Uh, yeah, I mean, yeah, you can live around $1,000 a month, and uh you can live a solid life, right? Uh, you know, I—I—what I—what I suggest to most people, most single people coming down here, uh try to have like 1,500 a month, right? Try to have uh 1,500, then you're—you're going to be just fine. If you have like 2,000 a month, you could do anything you want, you could go eat out on a daily basis if you want to, right? Maybe if you're dining at like five-star restaurants on the rooftops in—in downtown Asuncion, yeah, yeah, maybe it'll be more expensive, right? Maybe you're talking about like 2,500 a month, right. Um, so you know, I just wanted to break that down for you guys. This is how much it really costs, right, uh here in—in—this is—this is my life on my—on—on—on paper here, virtual paper, computer paper, but you guys get it, you get the point. Um, again, I'll break that—I'll break this stuff down even farther. But to answer the full question, can you live in Paraguay for about $1,000 a month? Yes, you can, and this is very possible in a place like this, a duplex, right? Okay, you guys, I'm out of here. Living my best life. Why? Thanks for sticking in for another video. You guys know the deal: like, subscribe, share. Much love to you guys. Real Talk. 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