Life in Rosario vs BA

[Fiscal]

Anyone ever spent serious time or lived in Rosario? I've spent all of two weeks there and, while it seems significantly less expensive than BA in terms of rent/real estate and they apparently have a very prestigious German private school, the city looks really plain to me. How does crime and safety there compare to BA?

 

[another]

it's excruciatingly boring...provincial

 

[Fiscal]

it's excruciatingly boring...provincial

Really? Isn't it a fairly large city?

 

[perry]

it's excruciatingly boring...provincial

Rosario is famous for its nightlife and certainly is not boring. I agree though it lives under the shadow of Buenos Aires and is not a distinguished refined city like Mendoza

 

[another]

Really? Isn't it a fairly large city?

It's a third largest city in Argentina, 1.200 000 by the 2010 census. Size is not always a factor, mid west has plenty big cities, but that does not make them exciting. It depends on your interests - if you want to go out for dinners or drinks at night or boliches or folkloric stuff, it's fine. If you want a world class level theater performances, art expositions, international music concerts, intellectual literary events. etc - don't hold your breath. Not for decent milongas either.

 

[camel]

But Menggano in Rosario has the best Carlitos sandwiches in Argentina.

https://www.yelp.com.ar/biz/menggano-rosario

 

[Ceviche]

v v v BORING city

 

[nikad]

Insanely hot in summer, kind of boring, much more dangerous than BsAs

 

[London2Baires]

Rosario is a major hub for narco mafias in Argentina. It has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. I'm sure it also has a lot of good points, but this negative is well known and talked about a lot, see :

https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/3-reasons-why-argentina-cant-lower-violence-in-rosario/

Good luck!

 

[jantango]

I'm glad that someone finally mentioned the mafia presence in Rosario, aka Little Chicago Argentina.

https://www.rosarioplus.com/especiales/MafiasRosarinas/MAFIAS.html