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ARbound: "aggresive/bitchy manor"...how'd you reach that conclusion?...little bit too much sensitivity there.

Matiasba: the 14 million people you mention comprise the greater buenos aires metropolitan area: capital federal + el conurbano. NYC alone probably has that number. Similarities between BA and NYC: restaurants, museums, parks, theaters, lots of traffic and congestion...can't compare it with...

Maybe "argie bureaucracy" is fate's way of telling you not to get married...

Oh, by the way, the places I mentioned all have or are close to (except, I think, San Martin de los Andes) accredited universities and are close to or share a border with Chile (Andes mts included) so you'll also have a chance to visit that remarkable country. Good luck.

You're from NYC and you're moving to BA because you need "...a nice change of scenery"...have you really thought this through?...BA is a smaller, dirtier, noisier, ruder, insecurer, and "unstabler" version of NYC. You're trading the big apple for a smaller, rotten version of the same fruit...

somewhereinba: just adding a little something to your comment: the peso is also basically worthless inside argentina.

Avoid endless hassles and aggravations: go to Uruguay once a month, withdraw dollars from the ATM machine, bring them to argentina, sell them on the "unnoficial" market or argentine friends or "conocidos".

TomAtAlki: regarding the tampons...a little bit too much information there...

Avoid the hassles: go to Uruguay and rent a place there; it'll probably be cheaper. Uruguay is also more convenient since you'll have access to dollars, safer (less crime/insecurity), and more tranquil (uruguayos are less paranoid, rude, and loud). Argentina is just a short boat-ride away; you...

Dollars...even a 1 dollar bill will be very much appreciated.

Noise, pollution, crime, homicidal drivers, subway strikes, highway and other road interruptions/occupations by whiners demanding more welfare or other "accomodations", very high inflation, rudeness galore, crappy public transportation, and, most important, inability to purchase dollars at the...

Save yourself endless political, economic, financial, and social aggravations...marry the dude and move to Uruguay.

Arlean: You're experiencing Argentina/Buenos Aires. Keep a stiff upper lip.

I hear you. I moved here almost 7 years ago for family reasons. Argentina, (more specifically Buenos Aires) is very stressful. Although there are nice people, especially in the provincias, argentines in general and porteños in particular are, for the most part, rude, noisy, overly "friendly"...

Veteran: I don't have a problem acknowledging my origins (dad argentine, mom, spanish, grandmother austrian, lots of italian/spanish blood etc), I just don't feel they merit a "hyphenated" nationality. Xenophobe? not at all, just tired of people not accepting the fact that I don't bow to...

Veteran: Call it what you like but to me there's no such thing as a "something-american". If you were born in the USA you're an American, period. I hated it when people back home would try to hyphen my background based on my dad's nationality (argentine)...they couldn't grasp the concept of me...

"Afro Americano" is the spanish version of the ridiculous "racial" political correctness so prevalent in the USA. One of argentina's good things was that political correctness didn't exist. If there was a certain degree of familiarity or courtesy you could call an asian "japonés" or "chino", a...

What in God's name are "raw milk" and "raw butter"?

Politician completely devoted to cristina...he'll go outside in pink panties and high heels if she tells him to. No tact, diplomacy, consensus-forging or negotiation skills whatsoever. Perfectly suited for argentina's current confrontational-style government.