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I can see where the struggle is coming from!

Nope - remis drivers in Paris are no problem and often outstanding. They're fine in BA too from my experience. But having taken dozens of hailed/called taxi rides in BA, and plenty in Paris, I'll take the former 99 times out of 100. Universally, I've had lousy taxi experiences in Paris every...

Hits a lot of similar high points for me. I've only had good experience with the pharmacists and farmacias I've encountered in and out of BA. The cab drivers (on the whole - there's always a rotten egg of two) are the best I've encountered outside of London, where they're world famous for their...

I'm not sure it's directly a US casualness or a global casualness that was sparked initially in the United States. There are lots of young people that can afford to dress very stylishly and be immaculately "made up" for everyday activities - and Argentines are no different. It's not so much a...

On maids - ask and you shall receive, and still fresh! - http://baexpats.org/topic/30158-going-rate-for-a-housekeeper/

Funnily enough, if she's under 35, you pretty much just described the current "boho hipster chic" look, which believe it or not is very trendy. Because I can find the very same look in some pretty trendy parts of SF, London or Toronto in about 2 minutes flat. So no suprise about seeing it in...

Well, we also can't forget the ever-popular, all-purpose pullover vest! http://infosurhoy.com/saii/images/2009/03/19/ARGENTINA-Conflicto1-800_600.jpg To me, it's the milanesa of Argentine men's fashion. As to clothing quality, and I know this debate has happened before, but I guess I haven't...

Except there is no way the initial uptake will remain consistently at this level. After an initial surge, it will trend down as people hit their annual maximums. As has been discussed, there's a real limit to how many people qualify for this due to wages under the starting level (many by a...

May be useful to clarify that only about 20% earn that amount of monthly salary en blanco. There's an appreciably significant % of people who's monthly income likely reaches this level, but is partially or entirely en negro. Alas, your point about being disadvantaged still holds true, as they're...

Perhaps someone who understands immigration policy better than I can enlighten me. According to that article, Argentina is intaking about the same number of immigrants per year as Canada, a country with a slightly smaller population (about 5 million less). One assumes that these are legal...

Agree - the best this measure can do is tighten the spread, and if it were managed correctly, might take the savers and vacationers out of the blue market, thus making a crackdown at a later date more politically palatable. But it won't mean a thing unless 1) devulation continues despite the...

Got to agree with you there about Canada - if only we'd emulated Norway. The smartest thing the next President of Argentina could do would to set up a similar sovereign wealth fund for the government reap on Vaca Muerte. History's odds say they won't, but if they did and kept it whole, it could...

Not to mention Argentina produces far more consumer products domestically than most modern economies in the developed/near-developed space. These of course are more expensive than in other countries with less restrictive import/export policies, but a devalued peso may make these products more...

The big problem here is the lack of a plan, or at least, any public effort to demonstrate a coherent plan. Because in many senses, what we've seen in the last few days/weeks (Paris club re-negotiations; Repsol settlement; devaluation; relaxing of dollar restrictions) are similar moves to what...

I would expect so, yes.

Even if some protection of industry is justified from a national sense (and many here wouldn't disagree with that), it is proof positive of the current government's economic ineptitude that they restrict the importation of industrial equipment needed to set up competitive industries, and heavily...

A very astute observation. There are a host of chronic medical conditions that can result in this very symptom.

Can we stay on topic? No need to bring race (or racism)-baiting into a conversation about faulty kettles...

I agree to a point, but at this point in time, I think it has reached a stage where she is primary part of the problem. She's an ideologue without pragmatic political skills, which for all other faults, is something that Nestor had a much greater share of than she did. Not to mention virtually...

Have to strongly disagree there. While Mexico City is much safer than other parts of Mexico, it is significantly more dangerous than Buenos Aires. Can't disagree about the food though! And I'd say almost everywhere in LatAm is cheaper than BsAs these days...