Cuenca's Nicer Neighbourhoods

I think no one has answered because--your post cannot be answered.

No one knows what you consider 'affordable'.
No one knows what you might consider to be a 'good neighborhood'.

And the general advice around here is:
Never plan on moving to a place you've never been before.

So go to Cuenca, go to Salinas, go to La Liberdad and look around. Only you can find the answer your questions.

Sorry.  I should have added that affordable would be under $800 month rent.
And a nice neighbourhood means some trees, quiet, close to amenities but not downtown.
I guess I'm looking for something that is on the outskirts in a more newly developed complex/ community .

Maybe the request is not that easy to answer.  I guess I had thought that because it is a relatively small city that the options may be less numerous.

gardener1 wrote:

I think no one has answered because--your post cannot be answered.

No one knows what you consider 'affordable'.
No one knows what you might consider to be a 'good neighborhood'.

And the general advice around here is:
Never plan on moving to a place you've never been before.

So go to Cuenca, go to Salinas, go to La Liberdad and look around. Only you can find the answer your questions.

mackbutter, I'm going to have to loudly agree with gardener1 about not just "blindly" moving to Ecuador... in fact, I'm begging you. Just the differences between Cuenca and Salinas/La Libertad and the (in my opinion impossible task) of trying to compare the two, since they are like night and day. Weather, socioeconomic, cultural, food, elevation, etc., are completely different between the two. Just in population and population density it would be comparing apples to oranges. I wouldn't move anywhere in Ecuador without at least a month "under my belt" before committing. I spent a month in Cuenca on two different occasions (January and August 2012) just to really witness the weather, the people, the "lay of the land", etc., before it got the green light for the move. That was after researching for 1.5 years, just to determine the short list of places to live in Ecuador.

I wish you well in your decision to move to Ecuador. I have been here now 5 months and have regretted not one day of my decision... my informed decision.