SecretShopper
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I have been thinking about this and want to try and get some facts from people in BA who actually know. But it appears that the rent prices in BA are around the same price now as they were before the peso really crashed (definitely correct me if I'm wrong). If the price to rent in a certain neighborhood, let's say Palermo, was around 1000USD per month in 2016 for a two bedroom, shouldn't it be a lot lower now? It appears that landlords have significantly raised the price in pesos in order to keep it around the same for foreigners. Now this is cheating foreigners, but it is really screwing over people from Argentina who rely on using the peso. Last time I was there was last year Feb, and the prices of goods and services were about the same (in pesos) as they were the first time I went (2016). But the different is that it really only cost me a fraction of the previous price because of the low value peso and I was essentially paying in dollars (credit card). But the price of rent has appeared to skyrocket (in pesos). I just feel like this really screws over the people in Argentina.