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I live in a good neighborhood by working class argentine standards. I can assure you, we don't have a crime problem with pickpockets here...it's actually the least of our worries quite honestly. Here it's street muggings called "Robos de Pirana" ( as in the fish pirana ) where they decend upon...

Well...I mean....with Argentines I think if they see someone makjing the effort, they're going to eoncourage you for it. Besides, In my experience, I haven't had one correct me yet, regarding my spanish except my Argentine wife so I don't know....but I don't live in Buenos Aires. But my...

Yeah you don't see any white ones...here....actually rather fresh due to so many people walking their dogs continually cycling new poo into the sidewalk environment. By the way, yesterday was 25 de Mayo....my neighbors decided to play "truco" after dinner with friends until 4:30 Am...waking up...

Theres a new drug cartel called "Los Monos" (?) thats been beginning to make in roads into this province. I think they are tied to Brazilian, Colombian and Bolivian drug cartels as well. I've read that a big name "fiscal" has been investigating and that this cartel even has high ranking members...

Everyone should have a "katana" and a few machine guns in your home in Argentina...

I got busted and had to pay a "coime" on the border between San Juan and La Rioja on my travels back in 2007.....only cost me a 100 pesos and at the time my spanish was awful and I didnt know any better...

Actually it's good to have a little cash or something on you just in case. I've always been told that here by Argentines....

Here I've seen it all....including just bottles of water sitting on top.. I asked my wife again why argentines do this....she said...I dunno ask my dad LOL!! My father-in-law is one of my "go-to" guys on Argentina as well....there must be a reason LOL

It's true.....I can relate.. Oh sewing...my Argentine wife can fix and repair and sew "anything" it's amazing how my jeans and shoes now have 9 lives as opposed to 1 thanks to her. But that's the way she was brought up...they didn't buy a new one, they just broke what was fixed. Even fixed ther...

Sounds like Formosa or Chaco province to me... Either way sounds like I haven't missed much. I tried to get in but the Paraguayan consulate tried to extort $80 bucks from me to get me a "day visa" to cross. Needless to say we didn't want to see Paraguay that bad....but it was a bummer because...

I don't have a car either.....and neither does my neighbor Claudia around the corner....especially since hers was stolen a few months ago while parked out front... Here's Kristinas car

ACtually with the cartoneros and their horse drawn carts....si quite a few horse turds in the street aslo...but the amount of dog crap...its phenomenal.. At least 15 times since I've been here have I unknowingly stepped in it......

Since when did any kind of international agreements ever stop an argentine from just "claiming it anyways" Don't forget:

Is Mujica out already? Did Tabare get re-elected again??

I know...it became sort of a game after a while walking downtown....how many dog truds we could count from my front door to downtown in like 30 blocks. Never lower than about 100 sometimes as high as almost 300.....306 is the record so far.... If they cleaned all of the dog crap from the...

Barrio chaleco...you know why they call it that don't you ;) chaleco de antibala :P Makes me think of that neighborhood...in Buenos Aires what's it called "Las Matanzas" ( the carnage or the slaughter ) I read about shootings and stuff happening there and I'm like: "mmmmm....... "Las...

Yes...actually after almost 8 years or so, we are thinking about leaving yes... we have a 2 year old now...

Well I don't know how old you are...but if you can't put something like this into perspective, your living in denial. You frankly DON'T understand the reality of really what's going on here on the ground ...I'm sorry, you just don't. I'm very pleased that nothing has ever happened to you...

That's just it....traveling here for visits, even extended visits isn't the same thing as living here every day and trying to make a living here... Also, I don't have to watch the news to know....either way.......I wasn't actually talking about the news but since you mentioned it...

I asked ( the person who complained about me typing something in Spanish: I mean...you "DO" speak spanish right? You understood what I wrote? I just wrote a little something in "spanglish" I was just trying to be funny I guess...didn't think someone would get upset about it? it's not like I...