Uruguay : opinions from expats

Hello,

I  have lived about half my life in Central Europe (mainly Germany) and Northern America (mainly Canada).  I have lived more than half a year in Mexico and visited Argentina and Brazil.   

Mexico was a very positive experience (I lived away from tourism in the  Xalapa area, my mother and siblings live in the touristy areas for  1 1/2 years now.  We left because of crime and AMLO.  The people are wonderful unless they kill you or have to help organized crime.  Mexico has a very sound economy and the Mexicans are hard working and friendly.  Although the fruits and vegetable there are better than in Uruguay, the food in general is worse and dangerous to your health.

To me Uruguay is the only Latin American country with the possible exception of Paraguay and Bolivia and perhaps in the future El Salvador that I would consider living in.  I actually want to live here.  There are things that really bother me here but which country does not have these to a greater extent.  And I like that Uruguay offers quality of life.  It is terribly expensive though.