CHILE UPDATES #15
Where Will Chile's Next Cities Be Build?
Where Will Chile's Next Cities Be Build?
This is Chile’s 7th region, the Maule Region, which lies a couple hours south of the country’s capital, Santiago.
If you happen to like the idea of:
-being in control of your own water supply and food sources,
-generally prefer to be left alone to do what you want,
-and can enjoy a Southern California type of climate,
you very well may want to become intimately familiar with the map shown above.
The area is famous for being an agricultural powerhouse, with its wide central valley, and sends fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes to other parts of Chile and the rest of the world throughout the year.
Its administrative center, Talca, is still a relatively quiet city with a population of about 200,000 (although that’s going to change due to a number of reasons I’ll explain next week) and is located just over an hour from the ocean and equal distance up to the Andean mountains.
Overall, it’s a sub-humid region, but thanks to interesting topography, has more micro climates than you can find in many entire countries.
Population density here is low, geographic diversity is high, and agricultural land is abundant (meaning it’s better priced than in most other parts of the country).
I spend a lot of time traveling around this region and can honestly say there is no other part of the world where I’d rather spend the majority of the week. It’s an area where the rural way of life is still commonplace and personal freedoms are still very intact.
You’ve literally got strawberry farms down the road from coastal sand dunes, unpretentious vineyards just off the main Route 5 highway, and native oak forests that lead up into the snow covered peaks that feed the regional many mountain lakes.
The local government is well funded and doesn’t concern itself with harassing people and looking for ways to confiscate assets.
Foreigners are treated kindly and you don’t see the same kind of racial/cultural clashes that you do in so much of Latin America, the US, and southern Europe.
It really is a live and let live kind of place.
This is one reason, among many others, why Chile’s new cities are going to be born here.
I would expect at least 3 specific areas in this region to go from rural to semirural to urban in the not so distant future.
As an investor, or just a person looking for a stable, secure, and pleasant place to spend the next several years, you might want to consider getting to know the area.
If you happen to like the idea of:
-being in control of your own water supply and food sources,
-generally prefer to be left alone to do what you want,
-and can enjoy a Southern California type of climate,
you very well may want to become intimately familiar with the map shown above.
The area is famous for being an agricultural powerhouse, with its wide central valley, and sends fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes to other parts of Chile and the rest of the world throughout the year.
Its administrative center, Talca, is still a relatively quiet city with a population of about 200,000 (although that’s going to change due to a number of reasons I’ll explain next week) and is located just over an hour from the ocean and equal distance up to the Andean mountains.
Overall, it’s a sub-humid region, but thanks to interesting topography, has more micro climates than you can find in many entire countries.
Population density here is low, geographic diversity is high, and agricultural land is abundant (meaning it’s better priced than in most other parts of the country).
I spend a lot of time traveling around this region and can honestly say there is no other part of the world where I’d rather spend the majority of the week. It’s an area where the rural way of life is still commonplace and personal freedoms are still very intact.
You’ve literally got strawberry farms down the road from coastal sand dunes, unpretentious vineyards just off the main Route 5 highway, and native oak forests that lead up into the snow covered peaks that feed the regional many mountain lakes.
The local government is well funded and doesn’t concern itself with harassing people and looking for ways to confiscate assets.
Foreigners are treated kindly and you don’t see the same kind of racial/cultural clashes that you do in so much of Latin America, the US, and southern Europe.
It really is a live and let live kind of place.
This is one reason, among many others, why Chile’s new cities are going to be born here.
I would expect at least 3 specific areas in this region to go from rural to semirural to urban in the not so distant future.
As an investor, or just a person looking for a stable, secure, and pleasant place to spend the next several years, you might want to consider getting to know the area.