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O.K., now your post question has gone from subjective to HIGHLY subjective. I'm going to answer it but realize that any answer to that question will be extremely biased. My favorite area of Palermo FOR LIVING would be (on a map) bordered by Charcas, Thames, Las Heras, and Colonel Diaz. I like...

I am checking back in to let everyone know that using the BNP machines is not quite the sweet deal that I thought that it was. There system is a Link 2 system and they hit me with 2 fees. One was a $5 foreign transaction fee and the other was there $2.58 regular ATM fee OUCH!!!. I am usually...

This is a very subjective question and one which has been posed and answered many times on this site and many others. If I were you I would look more into Palermo. The park system is actually located for the most part in Palermo. Palermo also has great shops, restaurants, malls, and clubs in...

It's hard to remember because this was about a year ago when I first arrived but I think that I was paying 50 pesos per hour for both teachers and taking 2 classes per week (each class was 2 hours long) and the rental of the studio. Actually, now that I think about it, it might be worth it to...

The guys who teach those group classes will also give you a private lesson if you ask them after the show. You can try either Azucar or Sudaca. The problem is that if you don't have a partner it would be difficult because you would either have to dance with them or try to mime your way through...

I love, love, love Asian food because I hate, hate, hate, vegetables and I need to eat them and in my opinion the only culinary tradition in which vegetables are made in such a way as to actually look and taste like something edible is in the East. I have been amazed by the quality of many of my...

Sounds really frustrating SF girl. If you still have not been able to resolve your dilemma I just wanted you to know that I too use a Visa checkcard and I have still been able to withdraw up to 1000 pesos at Banco Nacional de Paris. There are a few locations in the city. In Palermo where I am...

Has anyone been having problems withdrawing up to the 500 peso limit using there VISA lately? I had trouble getting money in 2 out of 3 attempts today and usually I don't have any problems.

Hi Claudi, I second the recommendation of Bytargentina. I have rented 5 places from them so far. They deal in short term rentals so you have to pay the gringo price but it is still not so bad and the pics that they provide on the site are reliable. Just be careful because they are always...

"Apart from the 2 ladies I really do not see racism". - nikad This says a lot. I believe that you are Argentine from some of your other posts. Thank you for sharing that for the record.

So, the doorman didn't open a door for you. And some girl assumed that you are a great dancer. Yeah, this stuff is really brutal. - HenryB It's SO funny to me how posters try to minimize this issue. I wonder what the motivation for that is. I clearly stated above that what she said...

AMEN TO THAT ALYB23!!!!!! I definately think that the amount of time that you spend here has a lot to do with how you perceive the racism here. You are the first person that I have heard on one of these sites express the same sentiment that I feel and I thank you for being honest about your...

Nikad, You just presented some information on how to choose an apartment in BA that I have never seen or heard anywhere else. I am in a 13th floor apartment now and suffering from the water pressure issue myself. Have you thought about maybe putting some of this info in a more permanent post...

You think that you have it bad. I was staying in an building in Palermo which was connected to another building which was undergoing construction. It started at 7:30 AM and they finished at about 5:30PM. It was assumed that everyone would be away at work during these hours but my schedule is...

What's the usual turn around time for the delivery?

What is the answer to this riddle in BA? I feel embarassed because I have been here too long to be asking the question but I seem to get irritated looks from clerks regardless of what I do and I have recieved contradictory information from local friends. In the US the clerk bags the groceries...

I think I know the second place that you are talking about. It is in the first block off of Santa Fe going towards Cordoba on Uruguay.

Argentines see the world but it is as if they see it through some kind of opaque lense. People in Buenos Aires have no excuse for this because in terms of technology and infrastructure they ARE well connected to the rest of the world. People here are always telling you how they have been to...

Everyone country has a home grown crop of morons. If you talk to enough people you will run into them. I have seen plenty of them here in Buenos Aires including one girl who asked me "What language to they speak in the US" (no joke). It is funny to me how people from other countries (Europeans...

I remember reading that and thinking that it was really amazing how thinking about the two languages causes physical changes in the brain that not only delay dementia but cause better brain function in general. The article says that bi-lingual speaker's have been found to have a significant...