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To a Californian, UK food prices are astonishingly cheap, waaaayyyy out of whack to how expensive housing and other things are in the UK. The idea that olive oil - even low grade stuff - would be $2.50 or than a package of mushrooms would be under $1.00 is totally unthinkable. It's true that...

I agree on the anti-Starbucks. It would be cool to meet people, but compared with all the great places in Buenos Aires, Starbucks is an unfortunate choice: ugly, global chain, mediocre food and drink, no booze, and generally just not a nice place to spend time.

It's such a strange thing to crack down on, considering that most perma-tourists are people bringing hard currency into the country from abroad. Then again, I guess if they're going to try to keep all the migrant workers from Haiti and Ecuador out of the country, they have to be seen to crack...

$600 return is a very good deal. If I ever saw that from SF or even LA, I'd grab it instantly.

OP: this is a popular question, and the answer is that if you naturalize as an Argentine, you will not qualify for the Ibero-American shortened residence time. This route is open only to those born in Argentina and in some cases to foreign-born descendants of native-born Argentines (or other...

It's not the economy. It's cultural. The latest bit about the birthright citizenship tells you everything you need to know: it's about one group getting annoyed about changes that are being brought by another group of people. Back before we had a lot of immigrants, they blamed blacks...