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Hi Perry, I don't disagree with anything you wrote. It could apply to virtually any country. Austrian economics as a system is not "unviable". A system where the government runs foreign reserves into the ground to subsidize every sector through fiscal deficits isn't "viable" either. IMO the...

Howdy Alexindia, Pasadena City College in California. The books they used in the curriculum were your standard basic, intermediate, etc textbooks on learning Spanish. Variations of them can probably be found anywhere. I only stress that not everybody thrives in a self-learning, do it at your...

You bring some interesting points, however I think there you are conflating two separate factors. Domestic inflation (within Argentina) and foreign exchange rates (Peso / USD). Some here (like myself) who thought that the economy was essentially dollarized before Milei bought into the blue rate...

Howdy darksider, that'd be great! Always wanted to travel the south. I'm not a real southerner of course, spent most of my life in Los Angeles. The local Hilton here makes a good old-fashioned if your Good Book allows you to partake.

I tried apps and youtube but I didn't find it worked well. Just my personality type I suppose. There was no group pressure, no practice partners, no Q&A opportunity etc. I then went to a community college for a couple years taking basic Spanish courses. It gave me a solid foundation of the...

Howdy Cambalache, Great to meet a fellow Gaston Lagaffe fan! My grandfather used to buy me the comics when I was a child in Belgium. Precious times...they still give me great laughs, though my french is pretty rusty now.

Howdy Musicman, One would think...once I heard a fellow in a park talking English many months ago but never saw him again. If you know the smoke signal to draw them out, please do tell. Some smoked brisket perhaps...😅 I spoke to an ex-interpreter for the petro-sector at an auto dealership not...

IMO this highlights an acute symptom here. That the ICL or IPC is in fact understating the true inflation. Not only that, the adjustments are quarterly, semi-annual or even annual depending on when the rental contract was drafted, allowing the rent to temporarily lag anything that can adjust...

Howdy Quilombo, Yes, Neuquén Capital. Lots of pros and cons depending on your lifestyle / income etc. A lot to be said, but here's a few: Pros: Safe for the most part (as long as you are it the east end...west is a large villa or toma as they say down here). Very beautiful public places, well...

Sounds a bit strange to me...perhaps the landlord is playing some games with corto plazos, or is ginning up late fees. We rent and it doesn't matter who pays the rent, as long as it's there. I usually collect from WU and deposit the cash directly in the account (which is an occasional pain in...

Interesting, I've never seen that brand here in Neuquen. I've been on the hunt for a good peanut butter for a while and found a black label "Croppers manteca de mani" is pretty close. Just wish it didn't have so many octagonos on it to guilt me 😅

Hello everyone, I'm been a "lurker" on this forum for a while, and thought I would finally introduce myself. My wife & I moved from Texas to Neuquen early 2023 to spend some time with her family and take advantage of our work from home situation. She was born in the San Luis province and we...