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Want to Move To The Colombian Countryside? Start Here

One of the most popular questions about moving to Colombia is the cost of living. That is always everyone’s first question, but next is always, where is the best place for me to start looking for a place to live?

9 min readMar 21, 2025
Countryside of Arcabuco, Colombia. Photo by author.

This is a very difficult question to answer. In this post, I will provide some answers and questions for you to ask yourself prior to your move.

Most people who ask this question are thinking about moving abroad or retiring. If you are only visiting, I look at it differently. This is not that article.

“Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone’s home and backyard.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

The hardest part of considering moving to Colombia is, first of all, getting through all the crap online about moving here. There is a lot of good information but also awful information.

Most of the horrible information is found on Facebook forums, where many angry, grumpy, and cranky expats moved here for the…

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Sara Burdick
Sara Burdick

Written by Sara Burdick

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://substack.com/@saraburdick

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