I'm starting to like this!!!

Thanks a lot for all your comments, really exciting to get some feedback!!

You see, Saturday night with my husband we had a "house-pub" (we invented that expression, meaning to have some good drinks, nice conversations, in the cozyness (sounds strange that word, I'm sure it doesn't go like that) of our home (and cheaper!!), and I was telling him about my english blog, about all of the blogs I've been reading, and really we came to the conclusion that we like USA so much, but not because big cities and development, etc, but because of the way you people live (you NORMAL people, not movie stars that is what we get here), so simple, so natural. It's difficult to describe chilean personality (not that I don't like being a chilean, but sometimes I trully feel that I'm from another planet), I will try to do an effort:
The expression I came to describe our country is: Emergent (or rising) Middle Class (as a country): it's a concept we invented with some friends to describe a big part of the middle class here...and it's totally appliable (sorry, I think I'm making up a lot of words today, but I tend to do that in Spanish also!!) to the country as a whole:
The thing is, I don't know if you are aware that we had a militar government (dictatorship in a lot of ways) for 17 years. The violation to human rights was awful (as it was in a lot of latin american countries), and there were a lot of bad things, except economy, that worked out very well...and then in 1990, democracy started again, and since then, we (as a country) have been growing at 5-7% rates each year (even more some years, excepting the asian crisis at late 90's).
So suddenly, people have more money, malls start to appear like rats, the best stores, etc. So now chileans think we are like the "creme of the creme" of SouthAmerica (we are, in some ways, haha), the "englishmen of America" they like to say...the "jaguars"...so we think we are so cool, with our newly built highways, modern buildings, etc. But at the end, we are still a little "town" you know? full of town-gossip at all levels, the local "jet-set" is so lame...people are REALLY arrogant (driving, they get "stuck" to their horns for any reason)...with my husband we laugh A LOT, because chileans think we are so cool, and then you see the rest of the world, with luck they know where we are...
OK maybe I sounded too hard, but I will try to give you more examples later. Now I want to explain our "emergent (or rising) middle class", or maybe all of our socioeconomic classes:
ABC1: upper class, in fact is A-B-C1 separated, but as they are just 4% of the country (the 3 together), they put it all together. In fact, an A-class are just a few: powerful economic groups that even appear in Fortunes' top 100 fortunes in the world. B is the tipical high class, they live in the eastern part of Santiago (rest of Chile is not very well classified), big houses, kids go to private schools, summer houses in the best places, travel a lot, and have even some "codes" different from the rest (words, etc). C1 are generally sons-daughters of B-class, starting their families, or other people with not so much money but that have a good lifestyle.
ABC1's are lawyers, engineers, medical doctors, all the traditional careers (including mine! haha), big executives, company owners, etc.

C2: something like 20% of chileans, this is my favorite: the great middle class: they have made their way into a better life-style, with a lot of similar habits than ABC1's, try to be like them but they are a little bit too obvious in their efforts (like buying the BEST cell phone in the market, but having to pay it in 3 years, just to brag about it. Same with cars, same with trips. The thing is they brag: A LOT, that's the part I find a little annoying). Live mostly in the south-eastern part
C2 in general: accountants, teachers (unfortunately in Chile teachers are not well payed, not appreciated as they should be), technical careers (in computers for example), medium employees.
C3: middle class also, but in fact this is the big big middle class. They want a lot to be C2, so they also BRAG, at another level but brag anyway (the difference with USA is that there (I think) everybody is who he/she is, they are not trying to be someone different, that's why sometimes I don't like my country very much). Live in the central-north part of Santiago
C3 are (I get a little confused here, there's a subtle line between C2 and C3) administratives, and other things similar to C2, but on a lower level.
D: low class, a lifestyle that is really embarrasing for other countries to see. Their houses are not even close to ones they could have in another country in the same situation.
D: you have here construction workers, maids (yes, we have a LOT of maids here, it's quite an issue), and things like that. South of Santiago and North.
E: indigents, mostly homeless (living under the river, or "camps" they are called here, it's a way to say they "take" some land that is empty and build a rudimentary house). They don't have jobs, only occasionally. Different parts of the city.

OK, that was the description. I will try to put some pictures of houses so you can have an idea. Please don't judge me, I'm just describing different classes here, because I know it's a LOT different than in USA, where most people are middle-class and they are educated people (meaning they respect others, they're civilized, not like here, that when someone has a liiitle more money, they become some kind of monsters of arrogancy and "king-of-the-world" attitude).
Think we are about it for now, I'm so glad I can tell you all about my country, it's fascinating!!!
Thank you for reading me!!!