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Hi Mike, I think it's important to keep in mind just how big Argentina is and how many Koppen Zones Argentina has (11 according to a quick search, 2 more than the lower 48, though different of course; we don't have nice Florida like beaches sadly). I personally love Buenos Aires from May...

Update: since posting this, the expenses are now $220K/month, 63% increase in less than 4 months. Thankfully my lease is up in a couple months

Ah, so he's already on all fours for Uncle Sam as it is, makes sense. Love that Milei sovereignty

I'll believe this when that parasite Marcos Galperin returns his fiscal residency to Argentina, until then, it's all right wing grifters doing free media for Milei.

The don't see a hint of the irony in that statement it seems... Some of my favorite countries we trade with that meet this requirement include, but are not limited to: - The United Kingdom (which totally respects Argentina's sovereignty, right?) - Russia, which is engaged in an active war with...

Things keep getting worse, but hey, at least OSDE, Galeno, Sancor, etc. are going to have record profits this quarter! It's unfortunate that people do things like this, but not surprising...

Twitter here is a lot less popular than in Brazil, it's mostly politicians, especially Milei's party, and some companies. Maybe other people have different experiences, but I know it's much bigger in Brazil and the US compared to here.

You need WhatsApp, si o si here. Main social media is Instagram I'd say, especially amongst younger people under 40, along with TikTok. Telegram is basically crypto scams, pedophiles, and porn, (so the same as in Europe I assume). iMessage isn't super popular due to the low proliferation of...

The latest assault on Argentines' health, err, I mean "the caste" is brought to us by Javier Milei and Gabriel Oriolo, the former OSDE executive and millionaire that now runs the Superintendency of Health Services...

I was going to say, OP needs to send some of these apartment listings my way 😆

Ah, now I understand why you were asking; well, as you said, you can't force someone to do something they don't want to, especially with aggravating factors like mental illness and substance abuse issues, so this will likely be something she will have to come around to once she's (hopefully) in...

I'm sorry you, your friend, and their family is going through this, it must be a very stressful experience aggravated by the underlying problems, but the fact that your friend is somewhere with attending physicians is a positive since they're not lost on the streets during this break...

Congress I'd argue 100%, but given how dysfunctional it is, the Supreme Court has increasingly let the Executive Branch monkey around with things when there is any guise of it potentially being their jurisdiction. I suppose the argument being advanced here would be that it's tangentially related...

So you came to Argentina? You realize with the exception of troglodytes like Milei that Argentina is one of the most progressive countries in terms of women's rights in Latin America. Why not go to Afghanistan if you hate all this "woke gender ideology"? And Canada is a shitty place to live for...

I think several people have made valid points. It's difficult to look at the value of the peso independent of the context of the larger Argentine macro economy where everything from bread to clothes to the dollar is distorted. The peso is currently overvalued/the dollar is planchado, and we're...

Back of the envelope? Around 2K ARS. Based on inflation since the end of parity I'm guessing 4K ARS per dollar if the devaluation moved in tandem with inflation. Edit: I asked ChatGPT and it says inflation was around 5,220% between 2001 and Dec 2023, so at least $5,220 ARS per dollar.

lol, as if people who didn't already earn over the foreign tax exemption weren't going to vote for him

Exactly. Maybe the dollarization is the friends we made along the way that had to sell their dollars to pay their Edesur/Edenor bill 💸

What sort of electrical goods are you looking to bring? If it's a laptop, phone, iPad, etc. yes, and do so, it's much cheaper than buying here, but if you're thinking about a TV or appliances then no, because whatever you save in repurchasing it's probably lost on shipping plus the voltage/plug...

He and Caputo have shifted to this endogenous dollarization idea, but he doesn't say it out loud, just behind closed doors to the caste. I've argued against dollarization and said he was lying during the campaign because nobody would be stupid enough to lend us the money to dollarize and now...