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Boy a boy I surely did Big time The 90's was glory time Retired abruptly age 49 My SF Fox Plaza studio (20 M2) rent $2000 was dirt cheap for my wages. BA rent or medication prices are a joke for BA wages. (for working people)

Hourly wages of world major cities are quintuple to TEN times as great as Argentine wages.

The Dollar Index (a basket of all global currencies) is steady ( slightly higher ) in the past 52 weeks. Means Biden and Powell are not manipulating the Dollar to screw the Argentine peso. They are not losing sleep over the Argentine peso. Argentina is manipulating the peso. Not the other way...

Very much interested to know your credentials that qualifies you to give an opinion on a national economy. Must be Godly impressive ,,, I imagine.

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Gives me hope and much needed aspiration. Out of fixed income economic immigrant retirees ,,,,,, many distinguished economists with decades of former CEO's experience are educating us economy 101.

Top 2 arroz globally Jazmín. Tailand. More expensive than Salmon in Argentina. Weird. Basmati. Hindi. Almost on par with Salmon price wise in Argentina. The rest are not worth your time, if you insist on eating Rice still. Both easy to find in Barrio Chino and MercadoLibre. In NA ,, the...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CX6rxmRqeDszJFBr9 Smoked salmon, (Philadelphia/Finlandia) cream cheese, limon, sliced onion. ,,,,,,, Nada de cooking ,, voila !

Please a better picture. Can't see.

I do not recall any one requesting adapting mainstream products for expats ,,, or suggesting that Argentines dislike their food.

No you did not. I like your original authenticity. Don't fake or conform or change for political correctness BS my a**. Find quality ingredients and cook at home. It's hard and very difficult to find lots and lots of stuff. But this is the only way. Argentina is a spectacular retirement home...

North America is absolutely out of reach at $1500. Forget it. It is NOT part of this discussion.

Can you live on $1500? ,,,, YES Is it a good deal? ,,,, NO. it used to be.

@sergio Exactly correct analysis. Good deal was when ,,, Argentina afforded me maintaining my previous North American lifestyle on $1500. It was real. It was a good deal. No one said you can't live in Argentina on $1500 or even much less. Just DO NOT expect to maintain your previous NA...

No "Patricia" ? Food and rent ,,, that's it ,,, no worries !!! Wow ,,, amazing !!!! p😰😨😱

@steveinbsas You are a different breed all by yourself. if a "Patricia" visits only twice a year instead of once a day then you're a superman monk aaaa -- "supermank" end

My landlord refused a Dollar contract. Now it's been pesos contrato with quarterly IPC adjustment since July.

@steveinbsas Amigazo Monk does not apply to your tenacity. Superman is more likely. I doubt if any of us would even dare to think of your surreal life style ,,,,, let alone actually living it. For the rest of us ,,, we still buscando someone with a clipboard to meet for a survey. 🤣

Mr @SinPulgas I know you always mean well, and I appreciate that. But I feel like we're never on the same page. My fault ,,,, I was referring to old retirees gringos ,,,, not Argentines.

Well ,,,, If one lives like a monk, $700 is probably good enough. But for a socially alive human ,,,, $700 probably well not last a week (max 10 days if one tries extremely hard may be) in the big city nowadays. (I have no idea how it's in provincia).