La Paz - Post Report Question and Answers

What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?

That it was a nice place to live and that most people adjust to the altitude. - Jan 2024


How different it is from a post that is popular and gets tons of bidders. La Paz struggles to attract alot of bidders. And that affects alot of things here, especially morale. And how isolating it is. And how the altitude really does a number on you. - Aug 2022


Roads are bumpy. It's hard to come and go. It's also incredibly beautiful. People are lovely. - Dec 2019


No real surprises. - Sep 2016


Everything costs something, even going to a park is a coin or two. - Jun 2015


I didn't know much before arriving. I love all the natural beauty and differences in landscape. I also love the strong indigenous culture and influence. - Apr 2015


The really incredible geographic and biological diversity here. There are a lot of interesting places and people packed into this small country. Some of the sites here rival Peru, Chile and Brazil-the Amazon and Andes particularly, perhaps less tourist friendly but also not overrun or spoiled either. - Jan 2014


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