What's on your BsAs wishlist?

[islandemoji]

I love Buenos Aires. I've lived here for four years and it's an incredible city. The walkability, the variety of neighborhoods, the parks, the vibrancy of the culture, the arts scene, the importance given to education...

But what would you add to the city to make it even more awesome?
Here's mine:

• Way more expansive Subte system. Especially more north-south lines.
• More river facing stuff. The city le dio la espalda al rio and now a lot of it is impossible or hard to access.
• Street food - the empanada places and kioskos that serve panchos are kiiinda street food, but it would be cool to see more Costanera Sur style food trucks or asados that serve things like choripanes, tortilla, sandwich de bondiola, etc

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Properly set paving stones.

 

[camel]

Properly set paving stones.

End of thread.

 

[Che1990]

Kind of

Street food - the empanada places and kioskos that serve panchos are kiiinda street food, but it would be cool to see more Costanera Sur style food trucks or asados that serve things like choripanes, tortilla, sandwich de bondiola, etc

The food and just buying things in general kills me, and I have been 10 years.

I just spent 3 months abroad (Mexico and Colombia) and after “tasting freedom” there, I am REALLY struggling since being back.

Here, buying anything, from coffee to medicine or decent craft beer to cheese is incredibly complicated. Clothes, technology, bread, spices, the list is endless.

No variety, no options, high prices, poor quality, queues, bad services, and long waits.

To get those 4 things named above, in Buenos Aires, you’ll need to go a pharamacy for the medicine, a dietética or cafeteria for the coffee, an online shop or bodega for the beer, and a food market for the cheese.

It’ll easily take you a day.

In Colombia, you get it all in Carulla supermarket, with no queues, self-service machines and decent prices. In Mexico, it’s Soriana and in Uruguay, you go to Tienda Inglesa.

Imagine the crap you get in Coto here, along with queues and high prices for imported goods.

I’ve been back 10 days from my trip, and I can’t believe how I’ve survived 10 years here.

I’ve been eating the same thing every day for lunch and dinner - crap fried carb-heavy food with no greens - and skipping breakfast. It’s just too hard to eat well in this country on a busy schedule.

I work, take classes, do sports- I don’t have time in my day to day to go 5 different places to buy 5 different ingredients to cook a meal I’ll eat in 5 minutes.

I had the same routine on my trip, and it wasn’t a problem in any of those countries- a variety of healthy food al paso, easy to get and inexpensive.

Here you pay a fortune to eat the same greasy and unhealthy crap every day.

Rant over I’m seriously considering leaving

 

[Ries]

funny, one of the reasons I first loved argentina in 2007, and something I love to this day, is that I dont have to go to supermarkets, costcos, chain stores, or department stores.
I have avoided ever shopping at a Walmart in my entire 70 years.
I have personal relationships with many family owned stores in BA, and I love it.
I much prefer specialty stores where the owners really know their stuff, and I buy most everything from places like that.
Some, its true, are across town, but close to home are multiple choices for most things, with much higher quality than places like Target or Walmart or Home Depot.
I have never had a problem finding quality Argentine products- except, obviously, the stuff that is only made in China, like Iphones or cheap tv sets.
Some things, its true are simply not available. But very few things I cant live without are like that.
I find great food all over town. There has been an enormous increase in the availibility of organic foods, specialty foods, and higher quality foods in the last 15 years, in stores, and in restaurants. But you do have to study for that test.

to each his own, I guess.

 

[devilclam]

I love Buenos Aires. I've lived here for four years and it's an incredible city. The walkability, the variety of neighborhoods, the parks, the vibrancy of the culture, the arts scene, the importance given to education...

But what would you add to the city to make it even more awesome?
Here's mine:

• Way more expansive Subte system. Especially more north-south lines.
• More river facing stuff. The city le dio la espalda al rio and now a lot of it is impossible or hard to access.
• Street food - the empanada places and kioskos that serve panchos are kiiinda street food, but it would be cool to see more Costanera Sur style food trucks or asados that serve things like choripanes, tortilla, sandwich de bondiola, etc

Agree on the street food.

I would also add dive bars... I want to have a cold beer in a dark place and mingle with people. One of my biggest adjustments for me has bee. how bars are group oriented and people are pretty closed off from making new friends (despite the friendly stereotypes).

I'd also add scales built in at self checkout at grocery stores. It would address the issue of having to wait behind someone with a cart full of produce searching and printing every tag, and adress prevention. I die a little inside everytime they ask to see my receipt and check my bag after going through self checkout.

 

[HenryHoneyBalls]

Properly set paving stones.

Haha brilliant. Sometimes if you stand on the wrong one it squirts dirty water up my leg.

 

[devilclam]

Haha brilliant. Sometimes if you stand on the wrong one it squirts dirty water up my leg.

Every time it happens, I say a small prayer hoping it's just dirty water and not dog urine.

 

[julia_en_ruta]

funny, one of the reasons I first loved argentina in 2007, and something I love to this day, is that I dont have to go to supermarkets, costcos, chain stores, or department stores.

Agreed. It's not that I don't go to supermarkets, but I'm glad that verdulerías, bakeries, etc. exist and are so widely available here.

I wouldn't mind it if coffee beans were cheaper, but I also recognize that they're necessarily an imported good.

I have never had a problem finding quality Argentine products- except, obviously, the stuff that is only made in China, like Iphones or cheap tv sets.

I've had a hard time with finding a good range of natural fiber textiles for sewing/knitting here. Not that no one sells them anywhere, but there aren't many options and they can be quite pricey and/or not available in a wide range of colors or weights.

 

[islandemoji]

I would also add dive bars... I want to have a cold beer in a dark place and mingle with people. One of my biggest adjustments for me has bee. how bars are group oriented and people are pretty closed off from making new friends (despite the friendly stereotypes).

Man I love a dive bar. But I feel like that's a pretty uniquely North American thing right? You got pubs in the UK too which I guess are similar in vibe. Idk though I haven't traveled much outside of the Americas