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[Nicole_Ramirez]

Hope you have a safe trip home. I don't know why people get so mad if someone wants to leave. Everyone has their reasons for coming and going and what do we care what they are. You only live once, so everone can move to all the different countries they want and go home if it doesn't suit them. Who cares. Live your life.

 

[jb5]

Good luck! We are headed back to the states for a few weeks too, and I have to say, this has been one of those weeks when I ask myself if I really want to come back.

Before I get flamed let me say that there are many, many things I love about BA. And when I get to know the locals one on one, I find most to be genuine and caring family people.

But the energy expended on things that should be simple and straight forward wears me down.

This week we were ripped off by the realtor involved in our most recent rental and lied to by two more realtors representing properties we were negotiating on. We had to go to six banks before we could get cash one day. We withstood stares from every employee in the restaurant and had to have a chat with it's owner when we asked if our pizza could be put back in the oven for a bit longer. And I find myself spending increasing time wondering why a whole country would rather step in dog poop than require it to be picked up and why in 2011 they still don't understand what their litter is doing to their environment.

Then there are the bigger issues concerning the dollar and repatriation that we see potentially headed towards impacting our business. We now fully understand that the arbitrary rules here can put people out of business overnight even if they're honestly employing people and paying them upper middle class salaries to do work they're dying to
do but isn't available at many Argentine companies.

So I too was very ready to get on that plane. I'll be back in a few weeks refreshed from being in a place where I don't spend so much energy on the mundane everyday and where there's a stronger code of honor in average dealings. Going back and forth makes it much easier. I really agree with the poster who said that living in BA prepares you to be more successful in gentler places.

 

[bebero]

Quality of life is not the same to everyone. To me, free healthcare and education imply quality of life, and not other things. But I understand that everyone has different priorities or wants different things, and that's fine. But you can't become the judge of a country or a type of living.

 

[sesamosinsal]

Hope you have a safe trip home. I don't know why people get so mad if someone wants to leave. Everyone has their reasons for coming and going and what do we care what they are. You only live once, so everone can move to all the different countries they want and go home if it doesn't suit them. Who cares. Live your life.

I don't think anyone can blame anyone for wanting to leave here. Indeed, there are many things that are frustrating about life in Buenos Aires. At the same time, there are many great things. This forum is drenched in negativity; I live here too, so I understand why. However, if someone has been here for two years, you'd think that she/he would have had at least a dozen positive things to write about. Instead of using your "last post" to moan and groan about the same ol', same ol', why not focus on something that you actually enjoyed? Otherwise, your post comes off like a lot of others in this forum: repetitive and tacky. And let's face it, we could use a lot less negative energy not only in the forum, but the rest of the city as well. At any rate, I wish the best of good luck to the OP, but I say good riddance to the negativity.

 

[sergio]

If you can survive Argentina, especially if you have earned pesos and lived on the economy like Argentines, you've ended up a lot stronger and able to cope with difficult situations. I find most Americans incredibly spoiled. Even in the midst of the current crisis life is far, far easier for most Americans than it is for most Agentines. When you go back to the US you go back appreciative of what is there and a lot wiser about how most of the world works - and it is a lot worse in many parts of the world than it is in Argentina.

 

[Monique]

And don't forget that we always have the option of going back...Most Argentines don't have the option of going anywhere else.

 

[mariposa]

I'm sure Argentina won't cry for me or miss me ;-)

for once i agree with you. good luck.

 

[Gringoboy]

No hay mal que por bien no venga.