I don’t miss much from USA. However, the sidewalks here are terrible. They’re made of tiles and they’re not holding up well, even in nice neighborhoods. You have to watch your step a lot more. They have economic issues so that may be the reason and not necessarily lack of good judgement. They also have these weird keys that at first I thought are only in the classical buildings, but I noticed them even in modern buildings. Not sure why they’re that way but they’re hard to get inside the key hole. I wonder how secure they are. Also, I’m not very familiar with apartment living, but I confirm lots of apartments I’ve seen here you can hear very clearly what’s going on in the other room, a complain I read before multiple times on this forum. I also noticed that their products often don’t mention the amount of sugar.
Customer service here has been far better than USA in my experience. If you’re a minority in USA, especially in southern regions, you often get a different customer service on all levels, business, government, etc. It’s terrible actually and I almost cried after I arrived here and noticed the difference. There’s a Youtube Channel, Ace Live, where the guy is black and from Miami, and he’s been documenting Argentina, and he seems to be treated well and be very happy. Here I’ve noticed often a culture of excellence where people are very self critical and try to do things perfectly, and they also seem to be good with other races and ethnicities. On the other hand, in southern USA there’s often a culture of we’re better than everyone, when often those people saying that are some of the worse around, and when that interacts with the Buenos Aires self critical culture I can see how one is going to get mischaracterized. The police here seem far better than USA southern region, where police often walk around like they own the place. Lots of it is just a matter of culture. The USA sourthern region is very uncivilized, and deceptively so because it is part of a powerful and wealthy country, and it’s been harming not only the minorities there, but foreigners worldwide, and there’s probably more bad to come from them, unfortunately. Next election is coming up and the Trump types aren’t going away, and they have one of the most powerful coutries in the world that they influence. I should add however that in southern USA many people are good, so I don’t want to paint a wrong picture, just saying that very large segments of its population are not good. The people here are far more civilized and intelligent in my experience, and also seem very classy, often saying hello and goodbye in the elevator or waiting room, and often offering to help. I’ve seen some very run down neighborhoods here where you might think you’re in a bad neighborhood, but the people even in very poor neighborhoods seem pretty good. Regarding Trader Joe’s, I used to shop there regularly and wondered where I would get some of my favorite vegan sweets here. Although the USA brands aren’t often found here, now I think Trader Joe’s vegan options are generally little and not as good compared to here. The foods here and sense about taste seem superior.
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