No Absolutely Perfect HA Location

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Of the smaller cities, Pereira, Manizales and Tunja stand out with a safety index of 61.26%, 59.27% and 63.48% respectively. Curiously, all of those scores are slightly higher than the nearest city to me in the UK, according to the same source.

If the largest city close to you is Scarborough, I believe you

Pereira looks nice and is often described as a "little Medellín". It also has an awesome thermal resort in Santa Rosa de Cabal just outside the city.

My ex-wife used to go to Pereira at least a couple of times a year, for business (she was PM for industrial coffee processing machines). She used to tell me that the city used to be one big semi-rural backwater, only famous as the gateway to the coffee plantation in the area. Due to the hot and humid weather, it was kind of normal to see young men and women walk down the street with the least amount of clothing on, which soon enough gave the ladies the reputation of being easy and cheap. Many Colombians from outside the area knew the city as "Perreira" (from "perra", bitch).

I lost touch with my ex-wife, so I get my (scarce) updates about Colombia from occasionally reading blogs and watching YT videos. In the past decade, Pereira must have developed a lot. The are completely rebuiling the airport and international flights to places like NYC, Miami, and Panama City are already operating. Their intention is to make Pereira an interrnational gateway for coffee trading. It might take some time but, we know how stubborn and industrious Colombians can be when they want something, I believe it will happen.

All in all, I can assume the city is slowly developing and gentrifying. Still, it's a relatively backwater city, unfamiliar with the sight of a Gringo, especially one who is self-admittedly there to find a girl to take away. Men in those areas are still traditional, still jealous, still vindictive...and still armed.

I usually feel perfectly happy in Valencia, Spain and think that it's the most suitable place for me in most regards. However, I often become possessed by the spirit of adventure and long for that sexual frenzy with so many big booty Latinas and so Latin America always calls me.

Ideally, I'd live six months of the year in Valencia and the other six months in a Colombian city of my choosing.

Six months in sunny Spain and six months in sunny Colombia. That's a fantastic pairing, girls or no girls! The mother trick would be to find a job or career that allows you to work remotely and be your own boss. After that, the world becomes your oyster!

And out of curiosity, mate...isn't Spain home to a sizeable South American population? One of my friends from years ago was dating a gorgeous Ecuadorean girl whom he met in Madrid. Punching quite a bit above his league...

[galii]

Why don't you make it easy and take one of the top most safe small cities in Colombia?

Yep, that's a good idea and is something that I've been looking into.

In fact, I actually made a thread on the safest and most dangerous Colombian cities based on evaluations from NUMBEO: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=47633

Of the smaller cities, Pereira, Manizales and Tunja stand out with a safety index of 61.26%, 59.27% and 63.48% respectively. Curiously, all of those scores are slightly higher than the nearest city to me in the UK, according to the same source.

Pereira looks nice and is often described as a "little Medellín". It also has an awesome thermal resort in Santa Rosa de Cabal just outside the city.

Here's another thread which I made about the various Colombian highland cities and which includes images and videos of Pereira and Santa Rosa de Cabal: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=47198

Tunja, on the other hand, is situated at an elevation of 2,820m and is therefore too high-altitude for my tastes. I don't want that much cold or altitude sickness.

I usually feel perfectly happy in Valencia, Spain and think that it's the most suitable place for me in most regards. However, I often become possessed by the spirit of adventure and long for that sexual frenzy with so many big booty Latinas and so Latin America always calls me.

Ideally, I'd live six months of the year in Valencia and the other six months in a Colombian city of my choosing.

I would do the adventure and FOMO stuff first that is go to Colombia first. Otherwise later you might have situations which might make it more difficult to go there.

[Lucas88]

If the largest city close to you is Scarborough, I believe you

The nearest major city to my hometown is Leeds which, according to NUMBEO, has a safety index of only 56.57%.

Today, out of curiosity, I looked up the safety index of other cities in Yorkshire, some of which are closer to my hometown than Leeds, and some of them receive an even lower safety index. I don't know whether those scores are exaggerated or whether this part of the world really is going to the dogs.

My ex-wife used to go to Pereira at least a couple of times a year, for business (she was PM for industrial coffee processing machines). She used to tell me that the city used to be one big semi-rural backwater, only famous as the gateway to the coffee plantation in the area. Due to the hot and humid weather, it was kind of normal to see young men and women walk down the street with the least amount of clothing on, which soon enough gave the ladies the reputation of being easy and cheap. Many Colombians from outside the area knew the city as "Perreira" (from "perra", bitch).

"Perreira" sounds awesome with all of those scantily clad mamasotas in the streets!

The city doesn't look very backwater from the videos that I've seen. I guess that middle-class folks from Medellín, with their swanky lifestyle and fake titties, view everybody else the same way that New Yorkers view the rest of America. LMAO!

Six months in sunny Spain and six months in sunny Colombia. That's a fantastic pairing, girls or no girls! The mother trick would be to find a job or career that allows you to work remotely and be your own boss. After that, the world becomes your oyster!

Yes, that would all be very awesome. But I certainly do want girls, hundreds of them!

And out of curiosity, mate...isn't Spain home to a sizeable South American population?

There is indeed an abundance of Latin Americans in the major Spanish cities, including Valencia, and quite a few of my Spanish friends and acquaintances are married to Latinas from Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, etc. In fact, I met my Peruvian ex-girlfriend in Valencia when she was doing her master's degree at the University of Valencia.

The hottest girls in Valencia are by far the Latinas (either foreign-born or born to immigrant parents). Whenever I go "chica spotting" in the city center or one of the commercial areas, I always love to see their big butts bounce as they walk gracefully.

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The city doesn't look very backwater from the videos that I've seen. I guess that middle-class folks from Medellín, with their swanky lifestyle and fake titties, view everybody else the same way that New Yorkers view the rest of America. LMAO!

The city might been gentrifying for a while. Surely safety might improve as a consequence.

There is indeed an abundance of Latin Americans in the major Spanish cities, including Valencia, and quite a few of my Spanish friends and acquaintances are married to Latinas from Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, etc. In fact, I met my Peruvian ex-girlfriend in Valencia when she was doing her master's degree at the University of Valencia.

The hottest girls in Valencia are by far the Latinas (either foreign-born or born to immigrant parents). Whenever I go "chica spotting" in the city center or one of the commercial areas, I always love to see their big butts bounce as they walk gracefully.

So why not staying in Valencia, then? You have the best of both world. You have access to first-world infrastructure and a culture bed you like and vibe in. Plus you get a selection of mamacitas from all over Latin America. Unless the winter cold is an absolute dealbreaker for you, Valencia (or some other major Southern Spanish city) might be the real deal.

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Unless the winter cold is an absolute dealbreaker for you, Valencia (or some other major Southern Spanish city) might be the real deal.

Spent the first nine days of January, 2018 in Valencia. Jacket weather, but quite pleasant. The average high in January is supposed to be 16.4, which strikes me as pretty close to ideal. And keep in mind how much more sunshine Valencia gets than the Colombian highlands, where it's often cloudy and rainy.

[publicduende]

Unless the winter cold is an absolute dealbreaker for you, Valencia (or some other major Southern Spanish city) might be the real deal.

Spent the first nine days of January, 2018 in Valencia. Jacket weather, but quite pleasant. The average high in January is supposed to be 16.4, which strikes me as pretty close to ideal. And keep in mind how much more sunshine Valencia gets than the Colombian highlands, where it's often cloudy and rainy.

That's absolutely true.

[Outcast9428]

Yeah, I don't think there's really any "perfect country" so to speak that will precisely fit what you are looking for.

Its kind of like a relationship, you can't expect perfection... Instead its more about seeking someone/country who's flaws you can deal with.

[Lucas88]

So why not staying in Valencia, then? You have the best of both world. You have access to first-world infrastructure and a culture bed you like and vibe in. Plus you get a selection of mamacitas from all over Latin America. Unless the winter cold is an absolute dealbreaker for you, Valencia (or some other major Southern Spanish city) might be the real deal.

Every so often the wild adventure of Latin America calls my soul and I feel a strong urge to go back.

The truth is that I've always had an inexplicable fascination with Latin America - countries like Brazil, Mexico and Colombia - since my teens. I love Spain and feel perfectly happy there but at the same time I find those other countries of the New World so much more exciting.

Spent the first nine days of January, 2018 in Valencia. Jacket weather, but quite pleasant. The average high in January is supposed to be 16.4, which strikes me as pretty close to ideal. And keep in mind how much more sunshine Valencia gets than the Colombian highlands, where it's often cloudy and rainy.

I'm not really that bothered about an abundance of sunshine. I actually like the dark gloomy skies of the Andean highlands and find the unique contrast between the dark, almost apocalyptic sky and the warm tropical surroundings of the land quite a fascinating aesthetic phenomenon.

Also, I don't like being overwhelmed by abundant sunshine. It annoys my eyes. I much prefer gloomy skies as long as the temperature is okay.

[Lucas88]

Unless the winter cold is an absolute dealbreaker for you, Valencia (or some other major Southern Spanish city) might be the real deal.

It's more that I don't like the extreme heat in the summer months. I used to love 30º summer days when I was a teenager but for some reason as an adult I can no longer tolerate so much heat and have come to prefer more modest temperatures.

This summer I realized that my ideal climate is an average high in the early 20s and an average low in the early 10s. So that would be like San Diego, California throughout most of the year, Bogotá if it were slightly warmer, or even Stockholm in summer. Interestingly, the Nordic countries have near-perfect weather in summer but are far too cold the rest of the year. On the other hand, Mediterranean countries are really nice in spring and autumn but too overwhelmingly hot in summer. It is only in certain parts of the Andes that there is a temperate climate all year round.

The summer heat or the winter cold in Valencia certainly aren't a deal-breaker for me though. Valencia is such a beautiful city with a magical energy that a few months of heatwaves wouldn't be enough to keep me away. Besides, infernal summers can always be circumvented with temporary excursions to cooler regions of the planet.