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The best place to source leather in BA is an entire neighborhood, on 3 blocks of Boedo. Pretty much any leather sold in Argentina, along with a lot of dead stock, can be found there. And on calle Murillo, near villa crespo, there are a lot of custom leather shops that will make to order. I...

Interestingly enough, the new BA electric buses cost three hundred million pesos each in early 2025 pesos. Something like $225,000 usd. The most recent Seattle overhead wire trolleys are costing Seattle about $1 million usd each. 4 times the price, although they are bigger. Which kinda shoots...

we still have some in Seattle. Its the second largest number of miles and routes in the USA. But the catenary wire system dates to the 30s. And the right of way for the poles, the truck routes, the street trees- all of that was evolved over time to accomodate those electrical wires up in the...

good luck. I run 3 windows machines and a half dozen macs. had macs since 1984, windows machines since 2004. I find windows to be much more irritating- it constantly updates itself without telling me, gets blue screen, sometimes takes 20 minutes to boot up, and is much more complicated to...

it seems like she should figure out that the Isla de Paternal is the place to be. Nowhere near as many big trucks and noisy workshops- its the sweet little neighborhood that could, with several great restaurants.

The upfront cost of trolleys, installing the overhead wiring, is pretty large. In a city like Buenos Aires, already spiderwebbed with electrical, phone, and internet wiring, it would add a layer of haze obscuring the sky. Over say, 40 years, the amortization costs make them more reasonable, but...

Tomorrow, Sunday, is the feria de agronomia, at the facultad de agronomia, in the big university grounds on San Martin, near Nazca, kinda on the north edge of Villa Del Parque. Its a great feria, with a lot of actual growers and producers, with a mix of foods, and some crafts. Some food to eat...

The Australian auto industry is an interesting one to contrast with Argentina. In its best year ever, 1974, Australia made about the same number of cars, just under 500,000, as Argentina did in 2024. Argentinas top year for production, 2011, almost 40 years after Australia started its decline...

no need to compare prices, buy in bulk, or wait for special offers at the feria. Its true, they wont stock cherries after the season is over, and there are some things that they dont always have. you dont even have to go online, unless you pay that way. you can point to the exact bunch of basil...

I have never seen a list of the successes of austerity. the closest I have seen is the example of the baltic states, in 2009. And they had had years of good gdp increases every year, a black swan event, and then growth again, because of their proximity to europe, high standard of education, and...

For the wealthy, sure. BA is full of literal palaces built by the few thousand very rich. For the 90%, it was a place where you could get a job, but the middle class was far better off in the 1950 s. Read about the semana tragica… your logic makes no sense. Argentina exports hilux trucks to all...

The supermarket is the worst place to shop. 18 dollars buys you two huge bags of produce at the travelling feria de ciudad vendors. And its fresher and better tha supermarket produce. Mine has two gigantic produce stands, a baker, an egg dealer, a salumeria, a fish monger,and a general...

I only have about 2 decades of experience with industria argentina, but that has not been my experience. I have written again and again about all the good quality, reasonably priced local goods I have bought, from my my Campi brand vanatorio, to my fv grifferia, to my Morelli gas oven, to my El...

one question- when, exactly, was Argentina an "economic powerhouse"? was it when the british owned the fincas, the slaughterhouses, the railroads, and the banks? or when the country was basically closed to imports, except for the 35hp borgward engines Peron put int the rastrojeros? Argentina...

I do not feel I can see inside the heads of either thatcher or milei. I think you have a very optimistic take on both. Thatcher did FAR more than just break the mine union and destroy the english mining industry. (which, incidentally, caused poverty, destruction of communities, and economic...

no place is ever the "same" as any other place- but, yes, there were a lot of similarities. A century old history of unionized local manufacturing was just shut down by the changes in laws, import restrictions, and government support, in both countries. Nationalized rail networks were...

Austerity has never worked anywhere it has been tried. Britain still hasnt recovered from Thatcher. cutting government services always results in a poorer economy. Nebraska is only the latest example of the utter failure of this type of policy.

the real Anchoita restaurant is even better, although signficantly more expensive. Having eaten at the cafe a couple of times, I second your recomendation, their real food is really good as well. Unfortunately now, their prices are pretty average for quality food. There are many much more...

We have renewed precarias 3 times over the last three years, every time it took about 90 days, and thats with lawyers walking it thru. Migraciones moves very very slow.

I just use ml prices as a general guideline, although, for every other product besides a car, mercado libre prices are what you pay. I have all bought many different kinds of things on ML, from tools to appliances to kitchen ware to clothes to fabrics and furniture- and every other category the...