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Let's say you're trying to decide where to retire abroad. With the recent price increases in USD terms does it make sense to focus on other options in South America? Or maybe to just give them more consideration than before?

Apparently there has been a significant amount of inflation in dollar terms. If you don't live there, is there some way to monitor the trend of prices to get a sense of the change in overall cost of living? I don't think numbeo would work for this purpose.

There are often posts on this site and others asking whether someone could live in a given place for a certain amount of money. The answer of course depends on many factors. So, instead of doing that I was thinking I could break down the lifestyle I want high level and maybe people could tell me...

When you guys think about the cost of living in BA do you think of the current situation as most likely temporary? Like, if someone was planning to move there long term with a fixed income (in dollars) would you tell them to plan for much higher prices under normal circumstances?

From what I've read online WU is very close to the blue rate and that's what expats typically use. When I tried to transfer $1,000 the rate it showed was in the 700s. Isn't the blue rate in the 900s? Also, I think the MEP rate for credit cards is like 700s as well according to what I saw online...

I assume Airbnb uses the official exchange rate (?) Has anyone successfully stayed at a place for a time then switched to a lower price off the platform to use blue dollar? Did it work out for you?

I know there are a lot of subjective factors here, but I'm trying to research what would be a better fit for me to retire early to. Also, I'm not aware of a resource like this webpage for Colombia. Does anyone know one? I want to live in a large city with cultural things to do and a variety of...

I've been doing some research online and on this site, but I'm still not 100 percent clear on this. If I have enough in investments to support myself indefinitely, but not a passive income pension, is there a path that I could take to live in Argentina long term? It sounds like some people...