Paris Of The South.

[Killarney]

New York! LOL give me what you are smoking.
All big cities are flooded with poor immigrants. Doesn't make them New York.

Nah I stick with Naples. Anyone who has been to Naples will agree. Tons of graffiti and garbage. They could be twins.
Paris architecture is almost unmatched, the only close comparison could be Prague, perhaps.
Buenos Aires is a poor South American megapolis that needs to start by learning how to put trash ln the bins.
Not electing populist socialist governments would be another good step.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

New York! LOL give me what you are smoking.
All big cities are flooded with poor immigrants. Doesn't make them New York.

Nah I stick with Naples. Anyone who has been to Naples will agree. Tons of graffiti and garbage. They could be twins.
Paris architecture is almost unmatched, the only close comparison could be Prague, perhaps.
Buenos Aires is a poor South American megapolis that needs to start by learning how to put trash ln the bins.
Not electing populist socialist governments would be another good step.

Killarney, then, must be the Keswick of the west.

 

[khairyexpat]

The old cliche ¨Paris of The South¨ is as meaningless as:

1. You are sweet ......................... nothing to do with Carbohydrates
   
2. I´m feeling blue ....................... nothing to do with oil paints and water colors.
   
3. Cream de la cream ................. nothing to do with diary products.
   
4. Movie star ............................... nothing to do with astronomy.
   
5. Colonia Run ............................ nothing to do with marathons.
   
6. etc

 

[Ries]

In 1900, the two biggest cities in the America's were Nueva York, and Buenos Aires.
A european immigrant would flip a coin to decide which to go to.
So, initially, the two cities had a LOT in common.

Of course, they developed in very different ways, but each is a melting pot city, not overly influenced by a colonial overlord, that has absorbed generations of immigrants and created a new, unique mix.

As we have discussed here endlessly, BA is NOT authentically Italian, even though a majority of its citizens are of Italian descent. Its not very spanish. Its not hardly "indio" at all. It is not carib at all, with virtually no African influence. It is different from virtually every city in South or North America.
Love it or hate it, its its own thing.

I have been to Naples, and find very little resemblance, either visually or culturally.
At the very least, there are no Jews to speak of in Naples, and the cultural landscape in BA is heavily influenced by eastern european and german Jewish culture and tradition.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

In 1900, the two biggest cities in the America's were Nueva York, and Buenos Aires.
A european immigrant would flip a coin to decide which to go to.
So, initially, the two cities had a LOT in common.

Of course, they developed in very different ways, but each is a melting pot city, not overly influenced by a colonial overlord, that has absorbed generations of immigrants and created a new, unique mix.

As we have discussed here endlessly, BA is NOT authentically Italian, even though a majority of its citizens are of Italian descent. Its not very spanish. Its not hardly "indio" at all. It is not carib at all, with virtually no African influence. It is different from virtually every city in South or North America.
Love it or hate it, its its own thing.

I have been to Naples, and find very little resemblance, either visually or culturally.
At the very least, there are no Jews to speak of in Naples, and the cultural landscape in BA is heavily influenced by eastern european and german Jewish culture and tradition.

Check out http://tinyurl.com/pq5nryf - especially the photos - and then then tell me there's virtually no African influence.

 

[Ries]

those photos look like palio to me.
ever seen a truly funky argentine band?

Anyway, compared to Brazil, or Haiti, or the American South, or pretty much any island in the caribbean, Buenos Aires has virtually no African influence- not in the food, not in the music, not in the style of dress, not in how daily life is lived.

 

[khairyexpat]

Nit-picking.
or
Misinformation ?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

those photos look like palio to me.
ever seen a truly funky argentine band?

Anyway, compared to Brazil, or Haiti, or the American South, or pretty much any island in the caribbean, Buenos Aires has virtually no African influence- not in the food, not in the music, not in the style of dress, not in how daily life is lived.

Carnaval here is an Afro-argentine legacy - as George Reid Andrews wrote, they are "forgotten, but not gone."

 

[sleslie23]

those photos look like palio to me.
ever seen a truly funky argentine band?

Anyway, compared to Brazil, or Haiti, or the American South, or pretty much any island in the caribbean, Buenos Aires has virtually no African influence- not in the food, not in the music, not in the style of dress, not in how daily life is lived.

There is a definite African influence in Argentine folk music and even in tango. Not as obvious as in Brazil or Colombia, but it exists in the syncopated rhythms throughout most of South America.

 

[khairyexpat]

No doubt ... There is a definite African influence in Argentine folk music.

But, ... nothing close to :

.. compared to Brazil, or Haiti, or the American South, or pretty much any island in the caribbean, Buenos Aires has virtually no African influence- not in the food, not in the music, not in the style of dress, not in how daily life is lived.

There might even be a definite African influence in Scandinavian music, ... I´d be misinforming if I high light it.