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Yep, same here in Yerevan - around 160 - 200 ms.

I figured as much. Thank you. Reliability of broadband is also a concern. Perfection is not necessary, but Pretty Good is a somewhat necessary standard.

In which neighbourhoods can count on as few power outages as possible, come February? With the understanding that nothing is guaranteed, I need fairly reliable power for work. I can - and do - live with the occasional disruption, but frequent and for long periods isn't going to work.

So, are these outages happening all over the city, or just in select barrios? What's the bigger picture of electrical reliability to paint for a foreigner who is contemplating living in Recoleta, San Telmo, or Microcentro-ish, for example?

Really? I admit, that's not a perspective I've heard before! :-) Isn't it no me jodas, since the verb is joder?

Well, that's interesting. I wrote «¿Crimenes para todos?» in the title, with that exact capitalisation. I swear on my honour! However, the forum seems to have seen fit to reformulate it...

I haven't heard much on this forum about the infamous crime wave lately. Anecdotally speaking, has it somewhat decreased in severity, at least to the extent that it registers in relevance to your daily life? Or is it more that it has become such an existentially inescapable fact of life that...

For the electronics enthusiasts and other discerning engineering types among you: What can you tell me about the cleanliness of the power frequency in residential BsAs power? Should I bring a power conditioner for high-value electronics? Personally, I'm inclined to think that if it can handle...

That doesn't sound so good. Not even here in Armenia, which is tiny, poor and geographically isolated by an economic and military blockade by its neighbours (80% of the land borders of the country) Turkey and Azerbaijan, and 40% of whose power comes from a long-outdated Soviet nuclear power...

You would get the money in ARS. :-)

You might have paid in USD. I expect to pay in USD too. However, I am assuming that Airbnb remits the payments to the owners through Paypal or whatnot, and thus that this undergoes the usual conversion to ARS, with no option to do otherwise (for them).

So, I'm guessing that Airbnb pays the owners (or beneficiary agencies or whomever) in pesos; I can't imagine that the payment systems they use are different from those used by any other online payment scheme. Thus, they are subject to the same currency controls as anything else. If they...

So, you don't recommend just reserving it over the Internet, with the expectation to show up to it straight from the plane? This is a fairly reasonable expectation in numerous other cities I've been to, but given what I know about BsAs from my visit in 2011, and from reading this forum, I...

Does anyone have any experience with short-term/furnished tourist apartments in BA available on Airbnb? Granted, this might be a stupid question, since there are quite a lot of them, in a lot of different areas. They're likely to be as hit and miss as anything else. However, there are some...

Touché, I really didn't realise that. Just a function of where I've traveled, I guess. Either way, my bad. You definitely have a point. That said, I wonder if India, Brazil, Paraguay and Angola charge non-US/UK/AU citizens similar fees.

Yep, as solerboy said, the whole point is that it's not easy to get wealth out of Argentina, and for the average person, close to impossible. The very purpose of the currency restrictions that have made USD in such high demand is to stem capital flight out of the country. So, the dollar is...

I think what the critics mean is: 1. Countries of Argentina's socioeconomic tier do not charge $160 to come in. 2. It is perverse to raise prices and generally increase obstacles to tourism during an escalating economic crisis, an environment in which the government is badly starved of foreign...

I got a visa at Ezeiza in Nov 2011 for US$140 that has a 10-year multiple entry validity. Will I be "grandfathered in", or are old stamps invalidated in this reform process?

I'm not going to claim it's "the nicest neighbourhood for expats", but my vote's still on something between, and including, San Telmo and Microcentro.

There are a LOT of Armenians (well, descendants of Armenians) in Buenos Aires.