Plans to Leave?

[argsteve]

The amount of extreme competitiveness and plummeting ethical mentality in the culture is very disturbing to me. It is noticeably worse than six and a half years ago when I left. I won't miss that in the least.

This really hits home for me..I went back... and I was just not loving it... sure I liked the food the english etc but I really noticed how down hill the USA has gone in my 9 years here... you remember the USA as some perfect paradise and then you see it has changed ..... yes people are going back moving to other places and leaving argentina... since it is now at least 4 times the price as 10 years ago...the whole expat thing is heavily based on cost and savings... live cheaper and live better .... that is going away.. BUT I am staying maybe I have been here too long but I dont see anything that great to go back for in the USA. I enjoy going back for visits... but ...it isnt the same USA I remember
i tell everyone to get out of BA see other parts of argentina ... and life gets damn good..... nothing is perfect but I still enjoy it here...

 

[estebandepraga]

I think I am lucky as I live 6 mths here and 6 abroad so when I have las pelotas llenas I am leaving and that happen to me there too!

 

[ARbound]

Though I'm not a fan of the recent extreme tilt of CFK's administration to the left(at least economically)

LOL! Yeah she's a real socialist, that's why Argentina is country with a high level of economic equality!

I said other for the pole because as many may/may not know I'm stuck here until I can get enough USD
to move to Europe for school as I hated living in Canada and even don't want to go back there now.

Argentina is an expat revolving door I think because of one of three reasons:

a) People think it's a semi-developed country con buena clima y buena gente where you can
get a job just by speaking English and live a quality of life you were used to previously.
(Only one thing is true, here's a hint: It's 71º and the beginning of February).

b ) They're masochists.

c) They ignore all good advice and/or only read stores from pre-2011.

I was A & C and can't wait to leave. As I always say, anyone thinking of moving here reading this:
RUN, RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN. THIS COUNTRY IS PRETTY TO VISIT BUT HELL TO LIVE IN.

Oh and suerte either way!

 

[Alicia karr]

I'm visiting "back home" (the states) now...Altho I'm enjoying the ethnic eatery options, cleanliness, and the freedom of not worrying if my purse or phone might get snatched, too much here is based on consumerism....too few sidewalks being used, too many huge cars, and people buying stuff because it's a form of recreation. And the drug commercials (along with the requisite warnings about all the different ways they might kill you) seem more advertised on TV than any other type of product...Consumption as recreation, medication to compensate for unhealthy (mental and physical) lifestyle, and hostile politicians..not a very appealing picture..And altho.it's not the same kind of "in your face" insecurity and grit that is BsAs, at least In Argentina interests go beyond what one can put in a shopping bag or on a charge card....

 

[Juanito]

There IS a lot wrong with the place (as others have said) but 4 years into my Argentina experience I feel like I am pretty much here for keeps. Someone else talked about the option of moving country to be able to ''live within your means'' - that was part of it for me - although I've also done the ''Thailand thing'' like one of the other posters - that was ''within my means'' as well but I won't say the quality of life was the same for me - for me at least there are definitely other factors... For me (personally anyway) this place has the best food, the best wine, good beer (some of it lol), the most beautiful women, etc, etc... Its also still a place where you can live a much more European lifestyle if you want but without the European pricetag - and yes, I have also made good friends here - real friends - of the sort its hard to find or replace... I have a new family here - and a new life. All in all, call me crazy - but I am here for keeps (And NO, I am definitely NO fan of cristina...)

 

[pitipur]

I'm visiting "back home" (the states) now...Altho I'm enjoying the ethnic eatery options, cleanliness, and the freedom of not worrying if my purse or phone might get snatched, too much here is based on consumerism....too few sidewalks being used, too many huge cars, and people buying stuff because it's a form of recreation. And the drug commercials (along with the requisite warnings about all the different ways they might kill you) seem more advertised on TV than any other type of product...Consumption as recreation, medication to compensate for unhealthy (mental and physical) lifestyle, and hostile politicians..not a very appealing picture..And altho.it's not the same kind of "in your face" insecurity and grit that is BsAs, at least In Argentina interests go beyond what one can put in a shopping bag or on a charge card....

This is EXACTLY what I am really enjoying about life here. Despite the problems, there is so much more of an emphasis here on trying to enjoy life rather than the EXTREME consumerism.

I'm just here on a 1 year stint for work and I leave in August, and I'm already dreading returning back to the states. I miss lots of people from the states, but not much else about it. But I'm extremely fortunate and still paid in dollars. If I stay past august, I would have to transfer to this office and switch to pesos, and I dont think that's really a feasible option for me, and can also imagine how different my experience would be if i were paid in pesos.

 

[lucha54]

I think I am lucky as I live 6 mths here and 6 abroad so when I have las pelotas llenas I am leaving and that happen to me there too!

Where do you live the other 6 months?

 

[Ceviche]

here for good.

 

[Meri]

Totally agree about the US consumerism/shopping as recreation thing. I'm seriously considering returning after 4 years here (I never planned on living here forever) but I fear reentry for that reason. I do enjoy the conveniences, ease of things, etc. but there is something dead and formulaic about it. But then I think- well certainly not everyone in the US is like that and why am I so bothered by people's lifestyles anyway...it bugs me that it bugs me!

 

[wineguy999]

Have been bi-coastal (Rio de la Plata/Gulf of Mexico) for seven years, plan to settle full time in BAires in a few years, politics permitting.