Where do American expats live in Argentina?

[Alby]

There are 100s of thousands of we expats all over the country. But most of them aren't from North America or Europe, so not all of us see or count them.

 

[Jerry Nelson]

There are 100s of thousands of we expats all over the country. But most of them aren't from North America or Europe, so not all of us see or count them.

"100s of thousands"???

Exactly WHERE did you get this figure?

 

[El_fuego]

"100s of thousands"???

Exactly WHERE did you get this figure?

i think he may talking about the bolivian expats usurping properties and recieving government welfare. or maybe the senegalese "expats" selling chinese crap on the sidewalk. otherwise i don't know what hes talking about, ive met a grand total of 5 expats in the second largest city over the past 3 years. why he else would specify them being not from the US or europe? unless hes talking about a sizeable australian expat trend, of which i've not seen or heard of one.

 

[broc]

There are 100s of thousands of we expats all over the country. But most of them aren't from North America or Europe, so not all of us see or count them.

I think there comes a difference between the current use of the word "expat" and "immigrant".

i think he may talking about the bolivian expats usurping properties and recieving government welfare. or maybe the senegalese "expats" selling chinese crap

My assumption is that most "expats" in Argentina, based on my time on this forum, will consider anyone of European descent to be expats, as clearly bolivians and senegalese don't fit the bill

"100s of thousands"???

Exactly WHERE did you get this figure?

This 2022 report from the DNR says there's over 3 million immigrants in Argentina.

On page 25 of the report you can find a breakdown of the percentage of immigrant population based on the top 20 countries.

Considering that our generalized perception of Argentina is "a mixture of Spain and Italy", I've excluded the population of Spanish and Italian immigrants from the table below, although their combined population is about 157,616.

I've summarized the "European countries " below.

Country	Percentage of Immigrant Population, 2022	Actual population
USA	1.0	30,311
France	0.3	9,093
Germany	0.3	9,093
Ukraine	0.2	6,062
Total	1.8	54,559

Feel free to check my math.

 

[FrankPintor]

I think there comes a difference between the current use of the word "expat" and "immigrant".

There are supposedly linguists on this forum, though I believe this less as time goes on. One would expect them to understand and point up the difference between expats and immigrants. FWIW, Google's AI (which will probably replace linguists) says:

"An expat (expatriate) usually moves abroad temporarily for work or specific goals with intent to return home, while an immigrant moves with the intention of permanent settlement, though the terms can overlap". I edited the AI quote for conciseness.

Interesting how someone can quibble with a figure of 30k disappeared in the Argentinian dirty war, documented as best one could expect by people determined to hide their crimes, and still pull this 100k expat figure out of his... hat.

Feel free to check my math.

I'm sure your maths is fine.

 

[notsomuchofanomad]

Expats/nomads/immigrants - the majority are in Palermo but I've noticed Belgrano (specifically the area near chinatown) becoming a bit of a hub as well. Not only americans though, people from many different countries.

 

[Alby]

Recently back from my annual trip to San Martin de Porres (Lima) to visit family, some of whom move back and forth between there and Argentina, own or operate small businesses in each country, take advantage of the rights whatever limited integration Mercosur memberships confers, work budget airlines to best effect, switch things around as COL or business costs change across the two countries, and generally display a similar zeitgeist we might associate with mobility across national borders in, say, Europe. They are not the only ones doing that, and Peruvians are not the only expats from the region present in Argentina.

While in Lima, a neighbor introduced himself. He said he recently moved back to this, his dangerous childhood neighbourhood, to be close to his new grandchild after 40 years in Arizona working as a medical interpreter and part-time musician. He said he will be going back once a year to file his US tax return (it wasn’t clear why he saw the need to do that in person, but no matter, that is his plan). He may have looked like an immigrant for over four decades and perhaps even considered himself one, but it turns out he was a Peruvian expat living in the USA all along.

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