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    The global business elite is infatuated with Milei

    His first trip abroad? What about the USA? They need a fact checker.
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    Boise, Idaho anyone?

    I live in Boulder CO when Iḿ not down here. Its gotten very expensive, and for years I told people they should consider Boise because it has a lot of the charm (university, small city layout, surrounded by beautiful nature) and at the time it was maybe half the price. I think a lot of people...
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    Unregistered SUBE cards face higher transportation costs

    From what I've read, they're discounting for people on assistance, jubilados, etc. I guess there's really no reason for non-DNI people to register? Or are they just punishing anonymity...
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    Unregistered SUBE cards face higher transportation costs

    I guess foreigners will pay the higher fee... there's a space for DNI, right? Passport number doesn't cut it.
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    What’s going on with the cost of living?

    If you're interested in taking music lessons, this is a great time. I've heard of $8 lessons from pros, I pay $20 for a nearly 2 hour lesson with the #1 guy I would want to study with. Anything 'labor' is cheap, luxury goods are expensive. If you mostly cook at home or eat at local places and...
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    Cleanliness of Palermo or Other Safe Neighborhoods

    Just out of curiosity, how did you decide to come to BA? If you want a clean situation with less chance of crime and poop, I would think Belgrano or Villa Urquiza or maybe Palermo Hollywood would be less 'poopy' than areas closer to downtown. But it's a pretty gritty place at the moment, not...
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    Renew Tourista Visa online

    That is it exactly. Well done!
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    Renew Tourista Visa online

    This is the way. I did it a few weeks ago, no bleach and disinfectant involved. Took about an hour in the morning, but I speak a bit of spanish and brought a printout of my migraciones record from the government website (I doubt I could find it again or I'd send you a link). It would have been...
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    Looking for partners to play badminton

    Wow that looks cool for $16 a year... is that true? swimming and gym as well? I like badminton but I havent played in a while.
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    Price of meat will skyrocket

    I don't remember much of prices in 1999 (the first time I came here), but I do remember paying $5 for a lomo sandwich in an average restaurant downtown, and thinking it was cheap compared to a steak sandwich in NYC. But if people were paying $10 for Don Julio in 2003, that's quite a difference.
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    Worldcoin Iris Scan for $$$ scam has landed in Argentina.

    Ah Sam Altman's crypto; the guy whose company OpenAI is being sued by the NYTimes for massive data scraping and copyright infringement... when he's not trying to collect everyone's retina biodata. Ojo, as they say.
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    Price of meat will skyrocket

    You seem to have a lot of faith in Milei's plan (in terms of helping the Argentine people); what would have to happen for you to think it wasn't a good idea? Everyone thinks it will be at least 6 months of suffering, and to me that's not an indication that it will fail in the end; but how long...
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    Paro Nacional 24/1 - Flights Cancelled?

    Oooo my friend is flying out that night. I would be curious too.
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    Price of meat will skyrocket

    Went to lunch yesterday at El Litoral, price for same meal was a little over double what it was nearly a year ago. If you know the place (very 'popular' prices for good meat), in previous years there was a line of locals, but not yesterday. The restaurant I passed on Pasco that gets the...
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    Is the expat party coming to an end?

    I ran into a local acquaintance after I wrote about the "apartment inflation", and he had a more logical reason: they're betting the DNU makes it more valuable as a rental investment, if they can make long-term contracts for dollars (it's in Palermo Soho).
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    Is the expat party coming to an end?

    I've been watching the prices of various apartments for years; one down in Villa Crespo has been listed at the exact same price for over seven years. And it's not like it's some kooky dueno listing it; it's through a big RE company here. At some point, wouldn't the agent drop the listing if the...
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    Inflation woes: A can of tuna now costs 4500

    My friend and I saw long lines at the pumps by the AAC, he says they expect it to keep rising and are filling their tanks.
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    Requirements for Rentista Visa

    Oh, I am a fool. I googled it and got the news from Uruguay as a top answer! Bad Google. Either way, its going to be significantly less than when the official rate was artificially low, which is why I was looking. And your math proves it, using the correct (for now) figures! Thanks.
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    Requirements for Rentista Visa

    So it looks like theyŕe going to raise minimum wage to $22.268 (a week?), which divided by 800 pesos per dollar, times 5 weeks a month is about $140USD. Before I couldnt apply for Rentista because you need 5x minimum salary, and it was calculated using official rate, which at the time was almost...
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    Posts from BAexpats replicated on ExpatsBA.com

    As an illustrator all I can say is, good luck if it was fed into AI and spat out again. The courts are still debating whether your data (your likeness, your voice, your writing, photography or art) deserves any copyright or privacy consideration in the face of the AI juggernaut. Don't get me...
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