Is Argentina Still a Good Deal?

[steveinbsas]

This is an interesting discussion but it's from March. Wondering if someone might be able to share an update here? For folks who want to compare current prices & trends to previous years...

Hoping to come again in 2 months. Like BA. But at least for medical or dental it may not be as good as last year.....

As I posted in the "price of meat will skyrocket" thread exactly one month ago:

"My cost of living, calculated in dollars (converted to pesos via monthly WU transfers) for food (roast beef, pork chops, eggs and lard), coffee, drinking water, LP gas, electricity, wifi and Netflix, bank and credit card fees, gasoline, house and car insurance, property taxes and fees, plus the cost of the annual driver's permit renewal and the required medical exams, as well as the annual car inspection fee (all divided by twelve) have actually doubled since January, increasing from $175USD to $350USD per month."

PS: The thread was started on January 4.

Price of meat will skyrocket

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2H2V3xSqwCiAdZhE7 No comment. But at least tell us what he most expensive budget item is?

baexpats.org

 

[dlish]

This is an interesting discussion but it's from March. Wondering if someone might be able to share an update here?

practically everything is still expensive and even more so. I like it here but nobody can say that living here is currently a “good deal”.

 

[on the brink]

Medical expenses....the only bargain in this country

Dental work is no longer a bargain. A root canal costs the same as in Washington, DC

 

[Lanick]

Dental work is no longer a bargain. A root canal costs the same as in Washington, DC

Where are you going for the dentist? I just got some quotes from my in laws dentist and the price was like a third.

 

[Shane]

Spending twice as much for the same lifestyle since beginning of the year. Dollar exchange continues to go down as prices go up. A decent rental is scary how expensive it's getting. Nothing here is much of a bargain anymore.

 

[jbeas176]

having read the entire post, it is definitely more expensive. not the same as the US but close. i was just in medellin colomba and its alot cheaper. great city but getting around depending on where you live is unber ( very cheap) or owning a car. santa marta will be my choice in the future

 

[jbeas176]

i will always own my place in BA. i love argentine for alot of quality of life reasons. if its the same price as the usa so be it

 

[Shane]

I think anyone from the US trying to justify living here now while still facing double taxation of their income is going to struggle more now and into the foreseeable future. Quality of life is good if you live in a good area, but any lower income earner is really feeling the pinch now.

 

[steveinbsas]

Spending twice as much for the same lifestyle since beginning of the year. Dollar exchange continues to go down as prices go up. A decent rental is scary how expensive it's getting. Nothing here is much of a bargain anymore.

The WU rate is now well below the rate at the beginning of the year and in the month of October my COL increased from $350USD to just under $400USD thanks to increases in my home and car insurance premiums and the cost of electricity.

 

[steveinbsas]

I think anyone from the US trying to justify living here now while still facing double taxation of their income is going to struggle more now and into the foreseeable future. Quality of life is good if you live in a good area, but any lower income earner is really feeling the pinch now.

Fortunately, I do not have to face taxation on my foreign income in either country and I do not have to pay rent. So, even though my COL has more than doubled since January and is now 50% of my income, I still have 50% to spend however I desire.

I consider the qualiy of my life to be the best ever in all of my seventy-four years. My day to day life (and love for it) has been the same for the past fourteen years, enjoying every minute of my life in the campo and being the jardinero, taking care of the two and a half acres that I bought in 2010.