Caracas - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a good city for single people? For couples? For families? Why or why not?
It seems like it is a challenge for kids at the middle school and up level because they can't get out very much. Singles and couples seem to do well. - May 2015
The families are less happy. I don't have specific information regarding why. For singles, the women are beautiful and the men are very handsome. They're friendly, and most people are welcoming or at least polite. - Apr 2015
If you're good with being stuck in an apartment most of the time, and don't mind black-outs, water rationing (turned off city water two days a week), and not being able to regularly find things like milk, bread, butter, soap, shampoo, detergent or dozens of other ordinary things, this might just be your place. If you go out at night, you're taking your life in your hands. If you go out during the day, the same, only not as bad. - Nov 2014
It appears to be good for all categories, although the real need for intense security could cause an incident at any time. - Sep 2013
It seems to be good for singles; for families, it can be good for people with elementary-school-age children since school can keep them busy enough. Parents of toddlers find the lack of safe play areas and yards frustrating, and parents of teenagers have to keep their kids at home or worry endlessly about them. - Aug 2012
Caracas is what you make of it. There are a lot of unhappy people at post. It has been a good post for our family. Many singles and couples are also having a great time here. - Mar 2012
This city is best for singles (they seem to be the only ones who really like it here). It's ok for couples but terrible for families with young children. There's just no safe place to go without sitting in terrible traffic, with dangerous motorcycle thugs wielding guns. - Jan 2011
Families with small kids seem to really like the school and family environment. I would not, under any circumstance, bring a child over the age of 14 here. - Oct 2010
Families seem to be happiest here. There is a large community now of families with small children. Apartments are large and get-togethers are frequent, keeping families from having to deal with the urge to go out; and thus not having to deal with the security situation as often. - Sep 2010
It used to be a good place for singles but, with rampant crime, singles tend to stay in the "bubble." Since it's not so safe to go out, it's become more family-oriented as people tend to entertain at home. In general, this is not a good city for anyone. - Mar 2010
No. This place is bad for all. It used to be good for singles but since you can't go out due to the security issues its terrrible. For families I can't think of a worse place that the government allows them to go to. You can't walk around your neighborhood and there is nothing within a safe driving distance. No parks, no decenet museums. Most people go to the malls for walks. Once again, like I said DO NOT COME HERE (if you can avoid it). - Mar 2010
It's great for singles because partying is essentially subsidized by the government, and Venezuelans love to party. Alcohol is all bought at the offial exchange rate (2.15bs to the US$) by the bars. Meanwhile the legal parallel rate is typically 5.5-6bs to the US$. So essentially you're buying it at less than half price. It's a horrible place for families, however, as the rolling shortages at the supermarkets will drive most families crazy. There is always a shortage of something, whether it is milk, eggs, chicken, beef, flour, sugar, coffee, etc...Anything that is controlled by the government will eventually run out and then it will be 6 months or so until you see it in the supermarkets again. - Feb 2009
Not particularly. Expensive, dangerous, and - believe it or not - boring. Not much going on outside of malls and restuarants as the rich fly to Miami for culture and entertainment, and the poor have no option. - Nov 2008
