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So when visiting Somalia, one should just accept that women should be circumcised? Of course not. There is a big difference between opinions like "I like beef, you like fish" and "common courtesy is right, common courtesy is wrong".

An excellent question. I often visit Santiago and Chile in general. But I opted to move to BA. But I just got back from 10 days in Santiago. This time around, I had deeper observations. I saw TWICE, strangers volunteer to help a blind person cross the street. I saw every person have the common...

Person A likes Asian food, Person B doesn't...like your examples, are what are called "opinions". Crime, selfishness and lack of common courtesy are ethical understandings...not opinions. If one likes crime, thinks people should have no common courtesy and should be selfish, that is an...

Right on. I moved her to volunteer my time doing animal rescue. Specifically, to help work on passing laws to require dog owners to have to register their dogs (requiring proof of sterility for a $30-$50 annual renewal, much higher price for no-sterility, ie, breeders), tougher leash and...

Why? Because this is a city crated by immigrants, by "aliens", who make up the majority of the lineage of the city. And it's us same "aliens" who are here, many of whom will be here for decades to come, to voice our opinions and help facilitate change. Not everyone in the world needs to take...

I think the points many here are trying to make are in regards to the overall feel of the people, the majority. Of course there will always be pricks in every country. But in civilized countries, it's the minority of people, it's not the "way of life".

Door=fine. But it's simple economics: if you are removing all bags upon entry, then it means the only robberies would be done by people putting things in their jackets. It's a failed cost analysis since paying for the 12 security people in the back will cost more than the losses the business...

I had a similar experience in June when I spent a month in the US. I found that for ordering food, I was often speaking Spanish. Luckily, for much of that, it wasn't a problem since so many of the staff in the cities I was in (SF, LA, NY) speak the language primarily. When it came to costs, I...

Here's the full breakdown: Southern BBQ Pulled Pork Empanadas & Shepard's Pie Empanadas: Southern BBQ Pulled Pork Empanada: It's pretty basic: take the USA BBQ favorite of slow roasted or smoked pork shoulder, hand separate the meat, and combine with a tasty BBQ sauce. We topped the meat off...

On a recent trip to Santiago, we took a night off of the seafood and sushi bonanza for some home cooking. And it seemed like a good time to try a different twist on the Argentinian favorite, the popular empanada. The result was combining my love for Southern US BBQ into an empanada, as well as...

Should move this to the FOOD forum, almost missed it since I don't often read the culture one here. Good stuff!

To be specific, the Argentinians, at least those in BA, don't care about their fellow neighbors in BA. I travel often, spending months in one country or another. And this is the country in which I feel people have some of the lowest amount of common courtesy for other people. Things like the...

I hear ya! I'm headed to Santiago for 2 weeks on Thursday primarily so I can eat good fish. I'd say not being able to eat quality fish most of a given week here has been the largest thing I miss from living in other cities.

Paucus, hate to state the obvious, but have you called one of the large US firms yet? They all handle other expats, so it's not like you'd be a rare instance for them. I switched accountants this year and actually used HR to file for me...actually saved me more than my previous accountant had.

Dylana, best of luck finding a forever home. If you aren't able to as you get closer to leaving, you have some other options. It all depends on where you are going once you leave here. Assuming you aren't headed next for a quarantine country like AU, UK, etc, I've found that in doing animal...

I've poked fun at Bevo once before on this site in reference to Texas BBQ and where it ranks compared to the rest of US. But I'd take it any day over anything somewhat "BBQ" available here...and certainly them vinegar lovers in Carolina ;) Haven't done much on the BBQ side of the site of late...

Couldn't agree more...

Right on. The local parrilla here is more similar to the neighborhood bar & grill in the US. As us holders of the BBQ priesthood know, "BBQ" is actually 3 letters that put together mean "slowly cooking meats with smoke and low heat for 3-18 hours" ;) ...and not just slapping something on the...

We must frequent different places then in our travels throughout the US. Because if you are going to a top-end steakhouse in the US and have a bottle of wine, you're paying more than you would at the best parrillas here, no way around that. Take a relatively less expensive chain like Ruth's...

Indeed, it is. But a couple can go out here, order a bife de lomo, chorizo, pure de papa and an average bottle of wine for $200AR. In the US, that cost would be the same number sans the 4:1 exchange rate.