Know Your BA Expats

[Ries]

Author of this piece trying too hard and overspecified for each 'type' . In short I think it breaks down into these types with people often being more than one type.

Why people end up in Argentina?

1-exiled to escape the law of own country - or family..
2-con artist always on the move
3-lost in life/looking for adventure or change
4-looking for 'exotic' partner(s)
5-opportunist/investor
6-retired/semi retired
7-have argentine family connections

What else?

Funny- I have never met anyone in categories 1 or 2. I have seen a few of category 5, but usually they leave after a few years, when they realize that the easy money is somewhere else. The vast majority of expats I have met fall in 4 categories-

A- a combination of 4 and 7- that is, usually an older man who has married into a family with a younger argentine wife. Sometimes a woman who has met a very cute argentine guy who cant get residence in her home country.
B- no. 6- Retired- I know a lot of american and canadian expats in this category
C- people who came for the culture or, yes, the opportunity. I know a variety of expats who have com here and started businesses- record companies, restaurants, manufacturing, performing arts, and retail.
D- Tango divorcees- I have met a lot of women who are either divorced or widowed, who move here to live out their fantasy of re-inventing themselves in a romantic way. Most are not interested in finding a partner, they have had enough of that.

There are also a fair amount of kids who come for a semester or year abroad, and just dont leave, because they are having so much fun.

 

[Macanudo]

Here's another tongue in cheek article about Expats life in Argentina by the same author: http://www.danieltunnard.com/en_GB/2016/10/things-you-learn-when-you-live-in-argentina/

 

[Ries]

Here's another tongue in cheek article about Expats life in Argentina by the same author: http://www.danieltunnard.com/en_GB/2016/10/things-you-learn-when-you-live-in-argentina/

While I dont agree with everything he says, he is absolutely dead on about Creedence Clearwater Revival- every argentine knows the songs, every band could play a cover version of a creedence song with no rehearsal right now. But they have never heard of any of the 100 other better bands from America who played at the same time. (and I like Creedence just fine, dont get me wrong- I bought the first two albums on vinyl when they came out, and I can shuffledance to Born on The Bayou with the best of em)
Something about Creedence touched the heart of every Argentine DJ in the late 60s early 70s- EVERYBODY knows them. Every cab driver. And radio still plays them.

 

[camel]

Heck, they even took the music from "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence and made it into the futbol song "Brazil decime que se siente"