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I’m not sure you can blame them. While the healthcare I received in Argentina was absolutely fantastic, I’d find it pretty galling and demotivating when it seems like everybody in the country works under the table to avoid tax while simultaneously expecting services from Nordic level of...

I’m British and henceforth I’m used to people mocking the quality of food in the UK as a stereotypical hangover from WW2 rations. I’ve been to a plethora of countries and Argentina by far has the blandest food. I’ve experienced bringing prawn cocktail crisps that have been considered too spicy...

Why did you opt for a DNV? The consensus here seems to be that it’s not worthwhile. My last trip in Argentina was about 15 months while digital nomading and I just paid the overstay fee on departure. Also, I too used Safetywing but I’ve found them pretty lacking when you actually need to claim...

Wait, hang on, there’s a runway to using IMF bailouts to continue to prop up the peso? I thought it was a stable policy rather than kicking the can down the road

I concur that The Torygraph is an abhorrent publication but surely the intention described is a horrid thing that warrants attention drawn to it? If it is indeed true

Is NYC a fair comparison with respect to CABA in terms of cost? Coming from London I’d always expect NYC to be ludicrously expensive but how does it stack up in terms of pricing relative to salary? That’s the correct metric most of the time

There’s a couple things that have doubled in price since I was last here. Namely crisps and chocolate but most other prices seem to have been fairly stable. The worst part is after so long in Argentina my threshold for spicy food has dropped!

I must admit I also can’t understand. For both cities faults, you can’t realistically describe London as a mess in comparison to BA

After a year and a half in Argentina this round, it’s the first time I’ve ever considered food and particularly eating out in England cheap

The economy booming doesn’t mean that the average person is seeing any benefit from it. There are clearly some people benefitting but anecdotally I’ve not seen any examples. I suspect it’s very few benefitting very nicely and the majority losing out

Cosplaying = pretending or emulating, at least in this context

I have to commend the health service in Argentina. I was able to get emergency surgery free and fast and particularly I was able to access physiotherapy very quickly albeit quite far from where I was staying and following the decree charging foreigners I was getting radio silence as to what the...

“Perhaps because subsidies, controls and protectionism have turned it into a basket-case, it was ready to try the alternative” Didn’t realise any of these things had ceased

Balenciaga also does well in a capitalist society. We can all find such strawmen. Apple wins on brand value and UX. I would argue that many Argentinian businesses are more keen on pricing themselves out of existence rather than being competitive or innovative

To be honest I didn’t realise that was an option. I’ve been to Retiro migraciones once before a few months ango and it was extremely busy. Based anecdotally on that alone I’d still stick with Ezeiza

I’m from the UK. Paid mine at Ezeiza last week - I’d been here over a year. Migraciones were totally fine, kept my passport while I went to the bank to pay the 40,000 pesos and grab the receipt. Took maybe 10 minutes all in all but there was no queue. I always aim to get to airports 3 hours...

Could always just call it a dollar

Is this a bad thing? I think it should be a standard requirement for anybody visiting a foreign country

In my case French was compulsory for the first couple of years at my state secondary school with a choice of either German or Spanish. I recall it being a pretty even split. This was 20 years ago however which makes me feel kinda old. These days for A Levels all modern foreign languages are in...

I would be extremely surprised if you weren’t flagged as the same person on either passport. And if you are questioned you won’t have a good reason for deciding to use a different passport beyond trying to game immigration For all its faults Argentina has amongst the fairest/loosest immigration...