If you could live anywhere

If anyone has first hand experience in Uruguay, which looks to me from the outside as being underrated/undiscovered as one of the prime choices for living (especially in this hemisphere), please enlighten.
 
<I>- Very low tax for traders (10% stocks/futures/etc. of anual profit) or 0% if you hold stocks for more than 1 year (good for value traders)</i>

To Ertai or anyone else who lives abroad and trades the US stock market: This might be a dumb question, but do you trade in dollars or is there a way around this? For example, could you live in Europe and buy US securities in Euros? Or are you always "stuck" with the currency of the country's securities you are trading?

I am concerned about the long-term value of the US dollar.

Thanks
 
Quote from ElatedMaverick:

If anyone has first hand experience in Uruguay, which looks to me from the outside as being underrated/undiscovered as one of the prime choices for living (especially in this hemisphere), please enlighten.
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Was there very briefly in 2005. Montevideo is a very beautiful city, with very friendly people. I do recall being amazed at all the trees, I was told they have something like 2-3 trees for every 1 person.

Connectivity wasn't really an issue though my experience was limited to an internet cafe. Really can't say too much more other than I would go back without hesitation. Plus it's just a hop skip and a jump from Buenos Aries.
 
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I moved to the Philippines about 7 months ago and trade the US market / Futures through IB. I only pay US taxes on my capital gains. No way the tax collectors here would know so they won't be collecting. The 12% VAT I pay for everything should be plenty enough for the corrupt politicians to steal.

Cost of living is very cheap and occasional trips to the beaches do wonders for the "trading stress". In general though, if you're used to the standard of living in the US, I'm not sure you'd like it here.

Internet sucks, you need a backup ISP. Customer service is horrible and in general, quite stupid. Time would be better spent picking your nose than counting on CS to help you around here. And that goes for ALL kinds of service be it mobile carrier, cable TV, Internet, etc.

Also, it's quite cheap to travel to surrounding countries like China/HK, Singapore, Thailand, etc for vacation.
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question: how do you manage to stay in Phillipines, on a work or student visa?
 
Philippines.You 3 weeks on entry.Then you can renew for two months at a time up to one year.Then you must leave the country for a short period before returning.
 
Uruguay is as you said very underrated. It's a boring country but it's quiet, safe, low key and Punta del Este is like the Miami Beach of the US. Fun living for a fraction of the cost. That's where I'd live in Uruguay. Montevideo is just 2 hours away...


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If anyone has first hand experience in Uruguay, which looks to me from the outside as being underrated/undiscovered as one of the prime choices for living (especially in this hemisphere), please enlighten.
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question: how do you manage to stay in Phillipines, on a work or student visa?
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no special visa. just fly in. i just have to not stay here for a year. basically, leave the country before youre here for 365 days and just come back. As long as you have a US passport.

Im not sure how it is with other citizenship.
 
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