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Thank you Sencillamente Yo! (haha!). Your comment is central to my decision! It was difficult to let go of the structure that took me so long to accomplish here. But health and and happiness are rated higher! and it's wonderful to have another sympathetic soul confirm that. Thank you!!

Thank you Cristian! Your message had an impeccable timing! I just closed a rental in Belgrano C and intend to move back as soon as it's humanly possible. I had not received a message for weeks, so this comment by you seems to have had some kind of "cosmic" connection. It certainly feels good to...

Oh, yeah...the tribal thing,,, I forgot about that. That's what happens when you live 32 years abroad. "What I think is what is true", "the worst thing for an Argentinean is another Argentinean", "look at France and look at us", I should stop... The "anticapitalist"/peroncho thing is the...

A very smart friend of my father (Jewish, originally from Germany) once told me that Argentina is really a semi-colonial country. There are basically two kinds of population: those who migrated from Europe and dream of a European utopia, and the forever-disenfranchised un-represented native and...

I would get 45.000.000 DIFFERENT answers: all of them RIGHT : )

Thank you guys for this thread! Indeed the "As per the article Gracielle attached above, the tax first kicks in at 3 million pesos (about US$ 36,000 at the current official exchange rate)" scenario is the one that seems almost surreal. It hits anybody with a modest savings account. The...

That's great news! I will check out page 12. If I had to worry about a US account of US $2,400,00 then I wouldn't have anything to worry about : ) Thanks again and let's stay in touch!

Hi jeff124! Thank you for your encouraging note! I was highly discouraged last night (2020 anyone?) because I have also a retirement account in TIAA Cref which is part of all my retirement plans. I can live off of my Social Security check in Argentina but it would be madness if they took taxes...

Hi sts7049: are you planning to leave the country for good or are you thinking about those 180 days that, as I think I understand, you are allowed to stay without paying taxes?

Thank you Gracielle for sharing this information. My bienes are my Social Security check and my TIAA Cref retirement money accrued over my 24 years of teaching at the City University of New York. Unfortunately I teach music and not finances : ) and much of the information in that article leaves...

Thanks again Alby. I am an Argentine citizen and the government won't have it any other way even if I'm a US citizen as well. Would a trip to a neighbor country, say Uruguay, work for a renewal of the 180 days, or that is too good to be true...? I guess a retiree would not be treated any...

Thanks again Alby. I am an Argentine citizen and the government won't have it any other way even if I'm a US citizen as well. Would a trip to a neighbor country, say Uruguay, work for a renewal of the 180 days, or that is too good to be true...? I guess a retiree would not be treated any...

Thank you Alby... That's pretty devastating. I truly appreciate getting the real deal when it gets to information The question is: how do expats manage to live in Argentina with those taxes? It seems like an insurmountable problem! Any answers? Thanks again Alby. Please stay in touch if that's...

Thank you Alby... That's pretty devastating. I truly appreciate getting the real deal when it gets to information The question is: how do expats manage to live in Argentina with those taxes? It seems like an insurmountable problem! Any answers? Thanks again Alby. Please stay in touch if that's...

Good question Sergio! I was doing just that and this year the pandemic stopped me. The issue I have with my life here in the US is loneliness and a perpetual feeling of alienation from others and from the impulses and values in this society. I am profoundly grateful for the opportunities I...

Thank you Ries. I agree with that particular dynamic of Argentine society and its amazing creative impulse. It's like old Europe with dreams that don't go away!

Hi Iznogud, I fully understand the innumerable failures, frustrations and limitations of life in Argentina. I returned to Buenos Aires in 1985 and in 1987 I went back to the US and kissed the soil as soon as I got off the plane. Why am I thinking of going back then? In part because most of my...

I love your name Macanudo! I know just about every tango musician in New York and one of the organizers of a well attended Milonga is a good friend of mine. I recognize the need of this society to gather around structured events (churches, etc.) but miss the friend that comes unannounced to my...

Hi Fiscal, I'm in a very secure and comfortable position in the US as of today. After 32 years living here I still don't have friends to spend time together. After a 30 year marriage to an American woman I'm single and truing and not succeeding in finding a partner. Loneliness would encapsulate...

Thank you Ries! Big controversy about Rompan Todos!! Santaolalla was a friend of mine back in the 70's, not anymore after he got the two well deserved Oscars for best music. In his documentary left out much of the crème of the crème of the music scene on the 70's with groups that are part of the...