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I find this topic fascinating because generally speaking, the Argentine attitude towards Yankis is complicated. It truly is a "love-hate" contradiction. It goes along with what I heard described as "an inferiority complex wrapped up in a superiority complex". I never felt that being an American...

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My Argentine Wife and I moved back to Los Angeles from BA at the beginning of the year. I'm not going to speak on financial differences because LA is very expensive and house prices are ridiculous. I will say that the quality of life and convenience is much better than in Buenos Aires.I really...

I'm not going to say one place is better than another. I know it's way more complicated than that and everybody's situation is different, but I find life easier in the US.

A quick background.I lived for 5 years in Buenos Aires from 2002-2007 where I met an Argentine woman that is now my wife. We then moved to Los Angeles and lived there for 6 years. In 2013 we moved back to BA because my wife gave birth to twins and we had more family support there. We found...

What we call Yam is called Camote,used fairly often in Peruvian food but not so easily found in Argentina. Maybe if you talk with the Bolivian or Peruvian grocers they can find some..that's how I got cilantro.

Once again. .I was out of Argentina 4 years without returning and had no problem at all getting the new DNI..things may be different starting now and its not smart to take any risks(and I won't be) but..

Whoops..Brain fart..forgot to include that little gem..yes, I do have a DNI.

I do feel that some of the insecurity here in BA is overdramitized on the news but the fact is that there is no doubt its headed the wrong direction. It may still be fairly safe but there has been a steady decline over the past 10 years. LA, however, for the past 20 years has gotten...

Thanks Lacoqueta..thats what I suspected

I'm with Gringoboy..its all about Olivos..I went there to get my Argentine license and it was incredibly painless. I was shocked. I showed my valid California license, I took a ridiculous psych test and saw a psychologist (which makes me laugh considering all the basket cases driving here), I...

There is no doubt that the reason much of the drug trade exists is because of the demand for drugs in the US. The "War on Drugs" is absolutely a joke and completely ineffective. Mexico is next door and the US does little to help them in any way. As an American a lot of the US foreign policy...

Present day Argentina isn't even close to Mexico or some of these other countries in terms of narco activity. However, it doesn't have the resources or the know how to combat anything of the sort. I truly believe that Argentina is on a path for narco disaster.

I'm from LA which has its fair share of crime overall but it varies GREATLY from area to area. I pretty much knew where I shouldn't go and it was pretty much as simple as that. In BA however it could be any neighborhood at any time. I will say that although I am sure that I am more likely to be...

There are some people across the street in the park sometimes that take your picture and print it right there.

Oh the relief!!!! Its really nice to know that I'm not alone in my observations. I suppose that's one benefit of this blog. Sometimes I just feel like a crazed Yanki. I love how this conversation evolved to the drinking thing. I might have even brought that up separately because it drives me...

Ok..at first I thought it was just my wife's family and then I started noticing other places too. Are Argentines (porteños) super paranoid about getting sick from cold weather or is it just me? My suegra freaks out if I'm not wearing a warm enough jacket and I see people over bundled up all the...

Its true. Paper products in general are frustrating here. I can't tell you how many times the tissue seems to have disintegrated in my hand after I blew my nose.

Its something super trivial and not really much to build on but...What the hell is up with these ultra thin wax paper like napkins they have in restaurants here? You can use 50 of them and still not clean that small dot of ketchup off your hands. It drives me crazy.