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BA Expats sometimes reminds me of late night AM talk radio shows in the western US, favoured by conspiracy nuts, UFO sighters, white nationalists, apocalyptic survivalists, and black chopper-theorising types, and usually tuned into by truck drivers in the wee hours. But I enjoy the bizarre...

Certainly, from a superficial perspective, that does seem accurate. But I'll bet there's a hell of a lot more corruption in the US than we ever hear about, even on the pedestrian, small-scale level that usually gets complained on here.

Perhaps as a result of my infinite naivete, I still get the impression that the government fundamentally looks favourably upon law-abiding foreigners that come to Argentina and spend money. The land ownership reforms and other things are different; they point to the fact that the...

Well, not being able to rent a hotel room if one needs to is a pretty serious impediment.

Everyone's always talking about how exceptionally corrupt Argentina is around here, in ways big and small... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/tsa-screeners-drug-arrest.html

As a prospective perma-tourist, I'd be genuinely curious to know what those are!

Not necessarily a free solution, no. Just a realistic one that is appropriate to my situation. If I am going to pay for something, it doesn't make sense to end up in similarly irregular status to the one I started out with. :-)

But it seems to me that you just pointed out that overstaying is more problematic than I gave it credit for, and elsewhere, in http://baexpats.org/expat-life/10837-argentine-citizenship-foreigners.html, you pointed out that citizenship cases are slow, problematic, and suffer from a high...

What is your advice to someone who wants to stay in Argentina for some non-trivial (more than 90-180 days) period of time, possibly years, but: 1) Does not qualify for residency because they are not (a) sponsored by an Argentine employer, (b) a retiree with passive income, (c) an investor, (d)...

Would that be true even if no part of one's income is earned in Argentina, and one does not have any investment instruments or securities abroad that would fall under bienes personales?

Of course, I gather it is more susceptible to seismic disturbances than BsAs, but that seems to be a rather abstract problem that does not enter into relocation decisions. Otherwise, why would anyone go to California?

There is a lot of misinformation here. The "renewal" aspect of a fresh tourist stamp upon re-entry has no material legal validity. You are still allowed for 90 days, with a maximum of 180 days per year with appropriate extension from Migraciones. The fact that you can get a "new" stamp because...

When I stayed in San Telmo around Chacabuco, there was a lavandería right around the corner that did a basket for 15 pesos, pressing and folding included. I had no complaints -- just try to find that in the US!

I'd be curious to know exactly what you did and said when the police arrived in order to convincingly play dumb.

That would really screw over the self-employed and otherwise "nontraditional" among us who could not qualify for any mainstream residency status.

I have heard from many sources that since the 2010 US legislation compelling foreign banks to disclose the holdings of Americans abroad (under penalty of 30% garnishment of US-sourced payments), Uruguayan banks have gotten very jumpy about opening accounts for US citizens. You might have a lot...

Actually, that was exactly my reaction. I felt strongly that my home country could use some of BA's cowbell in everyday life. Still do.

http://gma.yahoo.com/argentina-grieving-parents-baby-alive-morgue-143230302--abc-news-topstories.html

Well, that seems like a rather unfortunate predicament! Why can't you leave?

Do you think that's likely? I don't keep up with commodities markets, but I do know the upward explosion of soy prices throughout the 2000s is largely what drove the Argentine recovery post-corralito.