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    Argentina is expensive. Really don't know how middle class here get by

    Its interesting that the biggest expat defenders of Argentina are the ones with financial security and have the true ability to up sticks whenever they feel like. I would say there are many expats who can't just hop on a plane and escape when it gets too much. They are 'trapped' in one sense or...
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    Historic events that have changed Argentina

    Argentine has had a troubled history but so have plenty/all other nations. As a society it needs to grow up get out of its troubled funk and move forward.
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    Do you fear a crash similar to 2001?

    ...then the country will move forward and is in a better position than most to do so with its natural resources.
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    Do you fear a crash similar to 2001?

    'All' Argentina needs is some humilty. Once they realise that they are not and have never been that significant in the grand scheme of things
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    Everything About Sending Money Out Of Argentina

    Whats the best way to transfer $2500 from my dollar savings account in Argentina to the exterior to make a payment? Safe, fast and low cost. I'm not in Argentina at the moment and I don't have a foreign account.
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    TransferWise comes to Argentina

    Converting my dollars into euros in Argentina will be expensive. They make you convert to pesos first..
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    TransferWise comes to Argentina

    Can Transferwise now send money out of Argentina? Someone here a couple of months ago said TW were working on it.
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    Who plans to live in Buenos Aires permanently and why?

    Argentina is great if you have your own property in a nice area and foreign income and you can afford to travel and spend time every year outside the country, in the US Europe etc to have a breather and not feel left behind in the world. Then the positives in Argentina can outweigh the...
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    Washington Post article

    Homelessness is a serious growing problem in the first world but being homeless in the first world is a hell of alot better than being so in Argentina. Also shouldn't we be talking about poverty as well? Argentina smokes the first world when it comes to % of those living in poverty - MILLIONS in...
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    Why aren't grocery store cashiers more friendly?

    Spain is just as bad for customer service. Quite possibly worse.
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    Aerolineas - baggage

    Well.. I didn't know it was possible to buy an airline ticket through another airline. Que sorpresa..
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    Aerolineas - baggage

    You bought the Air New Zealand ticket through Aerolineas?
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    Aerolineas - baggage

    Tried making sense of the information on the Aerolineas site but still not sure. Our situation: domestic flight with Aerolineas then flight to Europe with Norwegian. We have a paraguitas/buggy/stroller for a toddler iow not a baby therefore while Norwegian allow the paraguitas to be carried...
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    DNI Digital?

    Ok so DNI Digital is just the card replacement of the libreta. Maybe tarjeta de DNI would be a better name..
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    DNI Digital?

    If I understand correctly as an extranjero resident of argentina I need a -Digital- DNI to travel to anywear beyond Mercosur. Can anyone throw some light on that?
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    Know Your BA Expats

    Author of this piece trying too hard and overspecified for each 'type' . In short I think it breaks down into these types with people often being more than one type. Why people end up in Argentina? 1-exiled to escape the law of own country - or family.. 2-con artist always on the move 3-lost...
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    Express bus line No. 8 to Ezeiza for $19.70 pesos

    The price is nice I guess but is there space to carry on a large suitcase and does it stop within easy walking distance of airport entrance hall?
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    Do not bank with Santander Río!

    Call the bank's bluff. They will listen. Its a real scam and the banks should be utterly ashamed of themselves. Its no wonder home safes are so prevalent here.
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    The new airlines

    Ben - Do you know which airline is least prone to strikes and severe delays in Argentina ? We are flying Norwegian Air in a month's time from EZE but we need to fly a day beforehand to BA from Salta (with a different airline) which we figure is safely in advance should airline or weather...
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