Listen, one of the most successful US pizzas is Dominos or Pizza Hut...both of which suck. yeah sure drunk in college you ate it, but really.
The fact is 95% of the US expats on this board are from a well-off middle class/upper class background and have had the opportunity to sample more "artisenal" fare either in a major City like NYC, or San Fran (or New Haven?) or even in Italy, so they are going to expect better (whether they know what "better" is is the debate...better being a subjective word). So if you had someone who had only had Dominos or Pizza Hut their whole life, Argentine pizza would rock.
But I guess having had pizza in NY, Italy and many cities in between I do not find Argentine pizza to be my favorite. I love pizza in general so I'll eat it (like dominos) but it is not the best. And I think if you gathered a worldwide panel they would tend to agree.
Plus, most Argentines and expats experience pizza as "cheap food" you get just to fill your "gut". Versus how most of the people on this board probably eat pizza, at some cute coal fired oven place, that has been there for years, or is a concept driven by Pizza.
Ex. Yes, Pepe's in New Haven is famous and been there for years. But I promise you that in that time many "slice places" have opened and closed without notice and you can easily get a crappy pie in New Haven and New York.
Additionally, the same way many Argentines would never even know about Pepe's (or New Have for that matter)...there could be an awesome place in Mendoza we all know nothing about...
and about Argentine arrogance unthread related: All I think of is the "joke" my Argentine friend told me they say in Brazil: "How does an Argentine kill himself?....... He climbs on top of his ego and jumps off."
I think its kind of endearing.