Goshinki said:
What will the cost be of my foot up your ass when I get there?
You could go to jail...an
Argentine jail. That should scare you more than anything in the USA.
At least you would be able to use your survival skills there, but not any survival gear you bring with you (it will be "redistributed" without your consent).
I saw this post several hours ago. I didn't reply immediately, hoping Kevin would realize the implications and probable consequences of this post and delete it. I think he may have lost some support here, but I can only speak for myself: He's certainly lost mine,
Before I saw the post I was also thinking how unprepared he is to come to Argentina and try to "live off the land" as one member encouraged him to do. He doesn't speak the language and he cannot possibly "compete" with any Argentines for any kind of job here (even manual labor), especially in the countryside.
He may be lucky not to be robbed of everything he has the first week, especially if he is trying to live a frugal lifestyle and doesn't stay in a relatively "safe" area. It will be pretty tough to blog after his laptop is stolen.
I remember the expat who's backpack with his computer was stolen at the Retiro station when he was trying to save money by taking a bus instead of a taxi to EZE. That was on the last day of his visit. I don't think Kevin will last very long here, now matter how much money he is able to save prior to his arrival.
If he is able to save three to five thousand dollars prior to leaving the US he really should think again about coming to Argentina in the first place. This is not a country where he will be able to do the same. He may despise Walmart and McDonalds but he doesn't even stand a chance of getting a job at either of these companies in Argentina. That may be the last thing he would want, until he is broke, which he will be sooner or later (either by spending all his money or being robbed).
I don't think the US is going to become a police state or is in any danger of a "Hitler type" takeover. I won't even bother to read the websites that lead Kevin to believe it will. There has been some loss of "individual liberty" in the US in the past couple years, but I think that will soon be reversed. Argentina is more likely to have another military government first, but I don't think that is a strong possibility, either.
Unless Kevin said something similar to his above post to his last manager at Walmart and the door to working there is closed forever, I think he will be much better off going back there to work (even if that his
best option in the USA) than coming here to live. I think Northern Idaho would be a better "survivalist" choice (or perhaps Montana). I'm fairly certain there'e a Walmart in Billings and there are McDonalds everywhere. That being said, unless he's an orphan, the safest place for him to live is probably his parents' basement, especially if they don't expect him to pay rent (given his present blogging income of $100 per year).