Fell into a YouTube rabbit hole about Medellín at midnight. Watched 11 videos. Made a spreadsheet…
T=0: The Decision
Remote marketing role during the pandemic. Edinburgh flat cost £1,100/month. I was working from my spare bedroom in a country with no sun, spending £3,200/month total, saving almost nothing.
Fell into a YouTube rabbit hole about Medellín at midnight. Watched 11 videos. Made a spreadsheet at 1am showing I could live there for under $1,200/month on my UK salary. Booked a one-month test trip. Extended it to six. Signed a lease.
Genuine savings rate. A life that feels like living, not just working from home.
6 Months Out
Living on one third of my Edinburgh costs. The safety reality is nothing like the 2000s reputation — El Poblado is safer than parts of London. The climate is extraordinary. I feel like I have been defrauded of years of grey.
“Do not move directly to El Poblado. The gringo bubble is comfortable and isolating. Spend month one exploring Laureles and Envigado first.”