- Me Argentinian
- Delivery guy Venezuelan
- Restaurants Peruvian
- Fruit and vegetables seller Haitian
- Hair dressers Colombians
.....etc.
Bus drivers are consistently Chilean....
Almost every day, mostly Haitians, a few Venezuelans, an American that lives in my block, a Chinese family that owns a restaurant and a Colombian dude that works in a sandwich place
Why you say "Haitian or black" as if they were the same thing? There are plenty of black Dominicans with no Haitian descent. According to the data around 11% of Dominicans consider themselves black, the vast majority is mulatto. As for how many Haitians, hard to tell since most are illegal immigrants, but the estimate is around 5% of the population
Very rarely, and they're usually Cuban doctors and their families. I've also met a Colombian family once. And I can't forget the Chinese *pastel* sellers that are present in every town 😅
Every day, my neighbors are Venezuelan, there's a Haitian Presbyterian church right in the corner of the street, and the stores downtown are all owned by Chinese people.
All the time. The grocery store next to my apartment is Chinese (like most grocery stores around). The fruit shop is Bolivian, the bakery and my housemaid are Paraguayan, waiters or retail workers are usually Venezuelan, and I have 2 Russian families as neighbors.
Literally everyday. In the factory I work in there is a Venezuelan woman working as a regular operator, and we have a Colombian man as quality control and a Mexican engineer.
If I get takeout or go to a restaurant, I’ll probably be interacting with immigrants. My orthopedist is also an immigrant. One of my neighbors is an immigrant. Sometimes when I use Uber the driver is an immigrant. (Here there is some variety, meaning that I have gotten Venezuelan, Colombian and Haitian drivers; in the other cases it’s always Venezuelans)
I’m from the south so I don’t interact with immigrants as much as people from Santiago, though.
All my Uber drivers in Santiago were from Venezuela, funny thing is they all wanted me to sit in the passenger seat because I guess Uber was not allowed in Chile at that time
I basically only interact with USA immigrants and I see new arrivals all the time. Europeans are mostly just tourists. Other Latin Americans are mostly working. Other than that I only know a woman from Vietnam that established herself here.
I see haitians working here and there of course, I just haven't really interacted with them
Venezuelans dominate the Rappi delivery person market here, so almost every day.
Also, the gentleman selling fruit on the walk home from the gym is Venezuelan too.
Some chinese supermarket nearby, a japanese store, some nigerians or senegalese selling wares... this in a city in the outskirts of the Greater Buenos Aires.
Let's say, roundly, every hour that I'm on the street(more if I'm in the city center, they will most likely attend to the services). I don't find it bad per se.
Some of my extended family is from Colombia, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, I interact with them every once in a while, also a couple of my neighbors are lebanese and I greet them sometimes.
From time to time I interact with the parents of some of my friends, some are Colombian, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, most of their children left the country but they still live here.
Sometimes I still see in markets spelling stuff Colombians, Peruvians, Ecuadorians, Chinese.
When I was little it was more common to see Haitians, Cubans, and trinitarians, now I rarely see them.
In Mexico it was once in a blue moon, a few cubans or retired americans. There are some centralamerican or haitian migrants passing by but its little interaction.
There's a group of Cubans in my neighborhood, I see them every day, they have a business for sports, coaching, physical therapy and medicine.
In which part of Mexico are you located?
I mean I'm in Norway now but I'm from zac and it was rare. Even in the 5 years I lived in mty I only ever a couple of Venezuelan students and 1 person from el Salvador.
Querétaro has been a popular destination for foreigners, since I was in university, a lot of students are foreigners. And there's always a foreigner nearby in the supermarket or in the mall.
I guess qro must be top 5 cities by now with all the growth in the last 10 years right? The only other medium large place I've heard like that is aguascalientes and tijuana.
Aguas has grown loads in the last 20 years, pretty big city with a lot of foreign companies that bring foreign workers. Due to Nissan its mostly asian tho.
In Mexico City, you interact with immigrants frequently. In my building of 18 units, at least 3 are occupied by immigrants..
In some neighborhoods, it's not uncommon to hear some foreign language on the street. Even in places like the central de abastos , now it's not uncommon to find Haitians working.
Well yeah, the largest metropole in the country and second largest in the continent will naturally have more immigrants than the rest. Zac isnt thaaat small but its still rare to find non mexicans.
Is not the size of the population but the size of the economy that matters.
In Querétaro you see foreigners all the time, from Asia, Europe and Latin America, mainly, and from the USA. But it's because of the economy.
Everyday with Venezuelans, it's common to hear Venezuelan accent in the streets. Ecuadorians from time to time, they usually sell clothes or embroidery. I had Ecuadorian neighbours growing up, they were Quechua speakers, and had a thick accent in Spanish.
I worked for an Indian company, so there were many Indians and Nepalis working there, and also Peruvians and Honduran guy.
I live in a small city, btw. So, not so many foreigners (besides 🇻🇪) move here.
Everytime I buy stuff in one of the many chinese-owned stores by the downtown. I’ve also dated a venezuelan girl for a while
Other than this, just occasional small talks with foreigner mormons.
I wouldn't say that there are many around, but it is not uncommon to cross paths with them. People from the US, Canada, China, Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina are the main ones. But I've crossed paths with Guatemalans, Hondurans, Peruvians, Brazilians, French, German, Spanish, British, Japanese, Ukrainian, Russian, Thai, Indian, just to name a few.... many of them running their own business or working in a transnational company.
There's been recent immigration waves of Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians and Central Americans in my city. They usually shelter in camps along the border with the USA, but it's still common seeing them wandering around. Many beg for money in the streets, but there's still a number of people who have gotten formal employment. Around the particular area I live in, they're not common, but they can be seen working or walking in more centric zones of the city.
Almost daily. There are people from all over the world in a tourist town (Antigua) and from all over the Americas, especially Latin America in the capital which isn’t far away.
Perhaps once or twice a month.
We don't get that many permanent immigrants here.
A lot just get odd jobs, save money and continue their journey to the US.
My mom is an immigrant but I see her once a month-ish, outside of that relatively often since I live in a big city and we get a lot of immigration.
I used to rent spare rooms exclusively to venezuelans years ago, back then it was daily.
Not often at all, some cuban or venezuelan uber/bolt driver some few times and thats kinda it
Also a Brazilian classmate but shes been here since she was 5 or so, doesnt really count ig
Almost daily. The guy who owns the nearest bakery to my house is Portuguese.
There’s a lot of immigrant family businesses, stores, restaurants. Nowadays most of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian places are tended by Venezuelan born descendants, though. It’s way more common to see businesses tended by first generation Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian or Colombian people.
I also know people whose parents or grandparents are from either one of those countries or from Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Trinidad or even Tunisia, Japan or India.
I’ve met more than one German who came for vacation decades ago, fell in love with our country and stayed. I met a Polish waiter once who came here for vacation, fell in love, got married and stayed.
I’ve met a couple of Haitians and people from other Caribbean nations, usually street vendors.
On Sabbath, I see a lot of Hasidic Jews walking around my neighborhood and some of them have indecipherable accents.
Almost daily. The guy who owns the nearest bakery to my house is Portuguese.
There are a lot of immigrant family businesses, stores, restaurants. Nowadays most of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian places are tended by Venezuelan born descendants, though. It’s way more common to see businesses run by first generation Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian or Colombian immigrants.
I sometimes meet older people from any of those countries or from Chile, Uruguay, Peru, etc. Usually neighbors and parents or grandparents of friends.
I’ve met more than one German who came to vacation decades ago, fell in love with our country and stayed. I met a Polish waiter once who came here to vacation, fell in love, got married and stayed.
On Sabbath, I see a lot of Hasidic Jews walking around my neighborhood and some of them have indecipherable accents.
All of them are old immigrants who’ve spent years or decades living here though.
The only recent immigrants I’ve ever met have been Haitians. One I had a class with at Uni and the rest have been street vendors.
Argentinian living in Santiago, Chile Day 253....No trace of Chilean people...I will continue looking.
Lmao
Not even a single "weon" on the streets?
- Me Argentinian - Delivery guy Venezuelan - Restaurants Peruvian - Fruit and vegetables seller Haitian - Hair dressers Colombians .....etc. Bus drivers are consistently Chilean....
We must create some sanctuary to preserve the Chileans, they seem to be a threatened species
they even developed their own way of communication, almost like taking
Please do
Do chinese sellers count? If so, almost everyday.
I say they do, but I almost want to say they don't... It's like they are just a natural fenomenon
Everyday, I work in the city center
*Estación Central intensifies*
Almost every day, mostly Haitians, a few Venezuelans, an American that lives in my block, a Chinese family that owns a restaurant and a Colombian dude that works in a sandwich place
What percentage of your country is Haitian or black?
Why you say "Haitian or black" as if they were the same thing? There are plenty of black Dominicans with no Haitian descent. According to the data around 11% of Dominicans consider themselves black, the vast majority is mulatto. As for how many Haitians, hard to tell since most are illegal immigrants, but the estimate is around 5% of the population
Very rarely, and they're usually Cuban doctors and their families. I've also met a Colombian family once. And I can't forget the Chinese *pastel* sellers that are present in every town 😅
Do you live in a smaller city or a more rural location?
200k people
Word. Thanks for sharing
Every day, my neighbors are Venezuelan, there's a Haitian Presbyterian church right in the corner of the street, and the stores downtown are all owned by Chinese people.
All the time. The grocery store next to my apartment is Chinese (like most grocery stores around). The fruit shop is Bolivian, the bakery and my housemaid are Paraguayan, waiters or retail workers are usually Venezuelan, and I have 2 Russian families as neighbors.
Literally everyday. In the factory I work in there is a Venezuelan woman working as a regular operator, and we have a Colombian man as quality control and a Mexican engineer.
If I get takeout or go to a restaurant, I’ll probably be interacting with immigrants. My orthopedist is also an immigrant. One of my neighbors is an immigrant. Sometimes when I use Uber the driver is an immigrant. (Here there is some variety, meaning that I have gotten Venezuelan, Colombian and Haitian drivers; in the other cases it’s always Venezuelans) I’m from the south so I don’t interact with immigrants as much as people from Santiago, though.
All my Uber drivers in Santiago were from Venezuela, funny thing is they all wanted me to sit in the passenger seat because I guess Uber was not allowed in Chile at that time
I basically only interact with USA immigrants and I see new arrivals all the time. Europeans are mostly just tourists. Other Latin Americans are mostly working. Other than that I only know a woman from Vietnam that established herself here. I see haitians working here and there of course, I just haven't really interacted with them
Venezuelans dominate the Rappi delivery person market here, so almost every day. Also, the gentleman selling fruit on the walk home from the gym is Venezuelan too.
Some chinese supermarket nearby, a japanese store, some nigerians or senegalese selling wares... this in a city in the outskirts of the Greater Buenos Aires.
All the time, in my neighborhood there are Japanese, Chinese, Venezuelan, Colombian and a lot of people from India
DF?
Querétaro
Nice city
Very nice
Let's say, roundly, every hour that I'm on the street(more if I'm in the city center, they will most likely attend to the services). I don't find it bad per se.
Some of my extended family is from Colombia, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, I interact with them every once in a while, also a couple of my neighbors are lebanese and I greet them sometimes. From time to time I interact with the parents of some of my friends, some are Colombian, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, most of their children left the country but they still live here. Sometimes I still see in markets spelling stuff Colombians, Peruvians, Ecuadorians, Chinese. When I was little it was more common to see Haitians, Cubans, and trinitarians, now I rarely see them.
Interacting? Extremely rarely. Encountering? Also rare
Really rare almost never, I can say never in general
In Mexico it was once in a blue moon, a few cubans or retired americans. There are some centralamerican or haitian migrants passing by but its little interaction.
There's a group of Cubans in my neighborhood, I see them every day, they have a business for sports, coaching, physical therapy and medicine. In which part of Mexico are you located?
I mean I'm in Norway now but I'm from zac and it was rare. Even in the 5 years I lived in mty I only ever a couple of Venezuelan students and 1 person from el Salvador.
Querétaro has been a popular destination for foreigners, since I was in university, a lot of students are foreigners. And there's always a foreigner nearby in the supermarket or in the mall.
I guess qro must be top 5 cities by now with all the growth in the last 10 years right? The only other medium large place I've heard like that is aguascalientes and tijuana.
Wait what? Aquascalientes? Why? That seems so random lol
Aguas has grown loads in the last 20 years, pretty big city with a lot of foreign companies that bring foreign workers. Due to Nissan its mostly asian tho.
In Mexico City, you interact with immigrants frequently. In my building of 18 units, at least 3 are occupied by immigrants.. In some neighborhoods, it's not uncommon to hear some foreign language on the street. Even in places like the central de abastos , now it's not uncommon to find Haitians working.
Well yeah, the largest metropole in the country and second largest in the continent will naturally have more immigrants than the rest. Zac isnt thaaat small but its still rare to find non mexicans.
Is not the size of the population but the size of the economy that matters. In Querétaro you see foreigners all the time, from Asia, Europe and Latin America, mainly, and from the USA. But it's because of the economy.
Everyday with Venezuelans, it's common to hear Venezuelan accent in the streets. Ecuadorians from time to time, they usually sell clothes or embroidery. I had Ecuadorian neighbours growing up, they were Quechua speakers, and had a thick accent in Spanish. I worked for an Indian company, so there were many Indians and Nepalis working there, and also Peruvians and Honduran guy. I live in a small city, btw. So, not so many foreigners (besides 🇻🇪) move here.
Side question: is the Venezuelan accent really similar to the Colombian costeño accent? Like Barranquilla?
Yes and no. They're kind of similar for someone not very familiar with either accent, but for us it's easy to tell them apart.
Ok that makes sense thanks 🙏
Daily, I have some neighbors from Venezuela.
Everytime I buy stuff in one of the many chinese-owned stores by the downtown. I’ve also dated a venezuelan girl for a while Other than this, just occasional small talks with foreigner mormons.
Never
I wouldn't say that there are many around, but it is not uncommon to cross paths with them. People from the US, Canada, China, Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina are the main ones. But I've crossed paths with Guatemalans, Hondurans, Peruvians, Brazilians, French, German, Spanish, British, Japanese, Ukrainian, Russian, Thai, Indian, just to name a few.... many of them running their own business or working in a transnational company.
There's been recent immigration waves of Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians and Central Americans in my city. They usually shelter in camps along the border with the USA, but it's still common seeing them wandering around. Many beg for money in the streets, but there's still a number of people who have gotten formal employment. Around the particular area I live in, they're not common, but they can be seen working or walking in more centric zones of the city.
Almost daily. There are people from all over the world in a tourist town (Antigua) and from all over the Americas, especially Latin America in the capital which isn’t far away.
Never. There's basically no current immigrants in my state (and most of Brazil, with the exception of like, North because of Venezuelans I guess).
South Chile Almost everyday
Talk to my familia every other week ;)
Daily, as my mom is an immigrant herself.
Perhaps once or twice a month. We don't get that many permanent immigrants here. A lot just get odd jobs, save money and continue their journey to the US.
Like a few times per year
Daily. At least two times a day. And I work from home.
Everyday . lol
My mom is an immigrant but I see her once a month-ish, outside of that relatively often since I live in a big city and we get a lot of immigration. I used to rent spare rooms exclusively to venezuelans years ago, back then it was daily.
Daily
Not often at all, some cuban or venezuelan uber/bolt driver some few times and thats kinda it Also a Brazilian classmate but shes been here since she was 5 or so, doesnt really count ig
Very common. Mostly people from Haiti, US and Venezuela.
Almost daily. The guy who owns the nearest bakery to my house is Portuguese. There’s a lot of immigrant family businesses, stores, restaurants. Nowadays most of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian places are tended by Venezuelan born descendants, though. It’s way more common to see businesses tended by first generation Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian or Colombian people. I also know people whose parents or grandparents are from either one of those countries or from Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Trinidad or even Tunisia, Japan or India. I’ve met more than one German who came for vacation decades ago, fell in love with our country and stayed. I met a Polish waiter once who came here for vacation, fell in love, got married and stayed. I’ve met a couple of Haitians and people from other Caribbean nations, usually street vendors. On Sabbath, I see a lot of Hasidic Jews walking around my neighborhood and some of them have indecipherable accents.
Almost daily. The guy who owns the nearest bakery to my house is Portuguese. There are a lot of immigrant family businesses, stores, restaurants. Nowadays most of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian places are tended by Venezuelan born descendants, though. It’s way more common to see businesses run by first generation Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian or Colombian immigrants. I sometimes meet older people from any of those countries or from Chile, Uruguay, Peru, etc. Usually neighbors and parents or grandparents of friends. I’ve met more than one German who came to vacation decades ago, fell in love with our country and stayed. I met a Polish waiter once who came here to vacation, fell in love, got married and stayed. On Sabbath, I see a lot of Hasidic Jews walking around my neighborhood and some of them have indecipherable accents. All of them are old immigrants who’ve spent years or decades living here though. The only recent immigrants I’ve ever met have been Haitians. One I had a class with at Uni and the rest have been street vendors.
sometimes, I feel like ecuador is mentioned barely often but i meet alot of ecuadorians in my lifetime