Argentine peso wildly overvalued

[chris]

I think by the end of 2025 something big will have happened one way or another strap yourselves in

That's a long time from now...May not be many expats left if there is no big change.

 

[Stephano]

That's a long time from now...May not be many expats left if there is no big change.

Hopefully that's not gonna happen. Whoever moved to Argentina purely because it was cheap is long gone, and this is good IMHO. Who is left is because he/she loves this city/country.

 

[Redpossum]

Hopefully that's not gonna happen. Whoever moved to Argentina purely because it was cheap is long gone, and this is good IMHO. Who is left is because he/she loves this city/country.

I do love Argentina, but I have very mixed feelings about CABA. It's too much the big city for my taste, too damn much like Los Angeles.

That's a long time from now...May not be many expats left if there is no big change.

As to whether I can hold out for another year, we shall see. I don't really have a Plan B.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I do love Argentina, but I have very mixed feelings about CABA. It's too much the big city for my taste, too damn much like Los Angeles.



As to whether I can hold out for another year, we shall see. I don't really have a Plan B.

Just wondering, Red, whether you've done a sort of cost benefit analysis - both social and financial - of living elsewhere in Argentina? For me it's my relationships that keep me in the capital but many expats seem to be thriving in the provinces

 

[Rich One]

That's a long time from now...May not be many expats left if there is no big change.

If you want to see a Change, keep your expenditures down to the very essential. that may force a change in policy ...!

 

[Redpossum]

Just wondering, Red, whether you've done a sort of cost benefit analysis - both social and financial - of living elsewhere in Argentina? For me it's my relationships that keep me in the capital but many expats seem to be thriving in the provinces

I have, of course, but the main thing stopping me is just that foreigners are much more scarce once you get outside the Buenos Aires area. Here in CABA, we are everywhere. In the interior, just the fact of being a foreigner is enough to attract attention.

 

[VincentKMcMahon]

I have, of course, but the main thing stopping me is just that foreigners are much more scarce once you get outside the Buenos Aires area. Here in CABA, we are everywhere. In the interior, just the fact of being a foreigner is enough to attract attention.

True, you don't even need to go out of CABA just out of touristy areas. I was visiting someone near the Hospitales subte stop on line H, went to buy something at a kiosco, as soon as the guy realized I was a yankee he looked at me like I was an alien from out of space and started replying "que????" aggressively to everything I said even though I speak good Spanish and he knew exactly what I was saying

 

[LuckyLuke]

I do love Argentina, but I have very mixed feelings about CABA. It's too much the big city for my taste, too damn much like Los Angeles.



As to whether I can hold out for another year, we shall see. I don't really have a Plan B.

After spending most of my life in Los Angeles, this is exactly why I don't care for the CABA appeal. As for a Plan B, I would highly recommend checking out the interior of Argentina, where prices are typically lower and the countryside more tranquil. I'm currently in San Luis visiting family and it is surprising how much cheaper it is than Neuquen. 50% by my estimates. YMMV with CABA prices.

 

[LuckyLuke]

I have, of course, but the main thing stopping me is just that foreigners are much more scarce once you get outside the Buenos Aires area. Here in CABA, we are everywhere. In the interior, just the fact of being a foreigner is enough to attract attention.

And? In the 2 years I've been in Neuquen, I've heard Americans speaking English maybe 3 times. I tend to speak Spanish outside the house because the attention bothered me at first, but now I don't really care anymore. Plenty of Argentines learned english in school, it's not that big a deal. A lot of them stop to listen to me speak Engligh because they are trying to see if they can still understand English from their old classes.

 

[chris]

Hopefully that's not gonna happen. Whoever moved to Argentina purely because it was cheap is long gone, and this is good IMHO. Who is left is because he/she loves this city/country.

I think many who are left like Argentina but they very often stay because they are married to Argentines or in relationships and have set down roots and cannot easily get out.