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Ah, hindsight....! A USA realtor once told me that the best time to buy a house always is "yesterday".

I considered locking the spare, but was told it was useless as thieves can cut across chains and locks - they carry the tools they need. They are real pros, familiar with car models and spare tire resale values. Instead, I keep the spare in the laundry room, and rely on ACA's tire-repair...

The spare is stored under the floor, in the back. The thieves just broke a rear window twice to get to it. Once, while parked in front of my house with the guard's booth a few meters away, and a second time while I parked for ten minutes in an Olivos residential street. Also with a guard in...

The problem with imported cars is that spare parts are terribly expensive. My Japanese Toyota side mirror was U$S 760 to replace. The spare wheel complete with tire, costs over U$S 2,000 - it was stolen twice, and the insurance paid for it, but I don't know how many more times the ACA will...

My apartment's insane expense bill for this month is 348,677.02 pesos. Those two cents feel like a slap in the face. True, it is on a very pretty block, but we have no SUM, no pool, no security, and only 1/2 a portero - we share him with the building next door.

Wishful thinking...? Hard to believe the Fat Cows years are over, and we are entering a Thin Cows period.

Never mind the crime rate in Rio - just watch out for the industrial-size cockroaches, centipedes and other horrific THINGS....!

A personal note: my apartment's expenses have ballooned from $ $95.521,24 pesos in January, 2024, to $348.677,02 in November. I live in a 5 unit building, and two of the units have stopped paying "expensas". One owner has not paid since Nov. 2019, and another paid only half last month. We...

I quoted Patrick2006, not you - read the complete paragraph below. Have a Happy New Year.....!

Glad to know you are Argentinian, but who was talking about you?

Read the post again and note this sentence: "It’s not that we’re struggling to live or can’t afford things..." Frankly, Argentina can do without people like that, who are here for what they can get out of the country. Like free medical care, paid for by all of us who have made a commitment...

Sad to pick where to live on the basis of where things are cheaper. Life can be so much more than low prices and purchasing power. People with that mindset don't contribute anything to the host country - they just take advantage of what it offers, like low prices and free medical care...

In Las Cañitas. Average price for the neighborhood, but better quality.

Thanks to all for the referrals - just what I was looking for.

Yesterday at Dos Escudos, empanadas were 2700 pesos for tuna, 2300 for spinach.

Friends from overseas are visiting next month, and they want to buy leather jackets. Does anyone know of a good shop? All I can think of are the tourist traps in calle Florida, or Prune. Referrals will be much appreciated.....

In Argentina, cattle used to be free-range. Gradually, feed-lots crept in, and beef lost all flavor. I don't know about Paraguay, but beef in Uruguay is even worse than in Argentina. Generally, food in Uruguay is deplorable, and local coffee un-drinkable. But there's a great variety of good...

Hyper-polluted, indeed...! Just look at that deep blue sky in the exterior photos.

That building is an eyesore. Down with it.....!

Uruguay has the highest suicide index in Latin America, and ranks 16th world-wide among 183 countries.