Who Has Dollar Fever?

[nlaruccia]

Wildhorses, I've been reading this thread and I have to agree with 99% of the expats that you're ideas are illogical and you're living in another world. A dream world. Out of curiosity, you're not living in some nicely furnished apartment in Recoleta, spending days shopping in Patio Bullrich and having coffee at Starbucks on Santa Fe and Callo, and frequeting milongas like La Viruta? Those of us that have jobs here and earn in pesos, or those that have businesses and live in fear of their employees suing them any moment, and those that pay taxes here and can't afford to move around in taxis all day know what it is to live under KFC's regime. Yes, KFC has done some nice things, but but they're nothing compared to the all the other contorted laws that have been passed causing suffering. People voted for her because they were misguided. They have now changed their minds, and you're one of the few left that still support her. I know an Argenti e that is a KFC fanatic. Every day he posts KFC propaganda on Facebook. Recently he admittes that he wants to leave Argentina. Don't take the forum members bashing your idea personally. It's that you're politics seem antiquated and it's always a touchy subject.

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

I never agree with Matias, but he is more respectful to permatourists and residents than some here are to the people of Argentina.

Some of the comments on here do not reflect well on the expat community truth to be told and no doubt never get expressed anywhere other than online or when no locals are around to hear them.

It's therefore heartwarming to see this horses character on a mission to redress the balance of ignorance, and with such inclusive and indiscriminate vigour. Well played. Our equine amigo will insult you regardless of sex and nationality. Mala onda y abucheos para todxs.

 

[citygirl]

Agree. I would have no problem drinking beers with Matias even though we have very different opinions. He is always respectful.

Agreed 100%.

 

[ElQueso]

I just sold $500 USD to a friend of my wife's. Her salary is not very large but she manages to save quite a bit by being quite thrifty and spending as little as she can on unnecessary items. She doesn't have dollar fever - she's struggling to keep some of what she earns. She comes by every couple of months to buy some dollars with what she's managed to save. She started about a year and a half ago and was buying quite a few more dollars then, obviously.

She's quite dismayed at how little her pesos buy now. I split the average of buy/sell and don't take any points off, so I get maybe 10-15 centavos better than what the cambio would actually give me, but she is pesos per dollar better off because no cambio will sell to her for the price listed on dolarblue.net, at least in my experience.

I applaud her foresightedness - she'll probably do alright when things get hinky here, assuming it gets bad. She's not buying "brick and mortar" or electro-domestic machines or a car, but something that is liquid and still manages to retain a goodly percentage of its value. Imagine her sinking her savings into a washing machine or a car and then needing to sell it when she's low on money. Heh. Great advice, Cristina!

She could probably run things better than the government here...

Edit: I gave her one price in the morning and by the time she came by this evening the price had risen .20 from this morning! So really I took a bit of a hit or it would have equaled what I would have gotten from my local arbolito maybe

 

[ElQueso]

Agree. I would have no problem drinking beers with Matias even though we have very different opinions. He is always respectful.

Yeah, I have to say I agree as well. Matias seems like good people, just having to deal with all the propaganda they put out here over the years But we're all entitled to our opinions even if someone else thinks they're silly. What's important is how we comport ourselves when discussing those opinions.

And @cavehill - I always express my opinions to locals as well as expats, but do so in as polite a manner as I can. You never know when some germ of a meme might make its way into someone else's thought patterns, a little seed planted for future harvest

 

[khairyexpat]

If you love someone set them free. Let them be.
To each, life is an individual, personal, unique experiment (not a text book).
It´s their country, they can run it any way they choose.

We go way out of our own ways to do exactly the opposite, if anyone tried to change or criticize us. ... I certainly did .

As a foreigner and a retiree guest from a 1st world country, I´d rather be helpful, generous, kind, bigger than life, giving, forgiving, tolerant, open to different, unusual, unfamiliar, strange ways of doing things, wish them well ... etc etc. That´s what it´s all about.
It´s a hoot here. .... a great adventure !!!
I´m not here to rub it ... 7/24.

Aside from the weird quirky things they do, Argentina as a 3rd world country, in my books, exceeded all my expectations ... they´re doing fine, outstanding, phenomenal, marvelous, exceptional, just great beyond my wildest dreams.
I was going to settle for less ... much much less ... just compare to Havana, Mexico, etc

With government subsidy everywhere, any family here can live on $2000US and even have a bidet too.
................................What more can you ask for?

Of course there are problems, and yes .... dog poo too, but where on planet earth there is NONE?

VIVA LA DIFFERENCIA (is this how they say it in France?)

 

[ajoknoblauch]

If you love someone set them free. Let them be. To each, life is an individual personal experiment (not a text book).
It´s their country, they can run it any way they choose.

We go way out of our own ways to do exactly the opposite, if anyone tried to change or criticize us. ... I certainly did .

As a foreigner and a retiree guest from a 1st world country, I´d rather be helpful, generous, kind, bigger than life, giving, forgiving, tolerant, open to different way of doing things, unusual unfamiliar ways of doing things ... etc etc.
It´s a hoot here. .... a great adventure !!!
I´m not here to rub it ... 7/24.

Aside from the weird quirky things they do, Argentina as a 3rd world country, in my books, exceeded all my expectations ... they´re doing fine, outstanding, phenomenal, marvelous, exceptional, just great beyond my wildest dreams.
I was going to settle for less ... much much less ... just compare to Havana, Mexico, etc

With government subsidy, any family here can live on $2000US and even have a bidet too.
What more can you ask for?

Of course there are problems, and dog poo too, but where on planet earth there are NONE?

Argentina is not a "Third World country." For better or more likely worse, it's in a category of its own.

 

[khairyexpat]

Argentina is not a "Third World country." For better or more likely worse, it's in a category of its own.

definitely 100% agree.
There should be another class for Argentina.
It´s a unique experiment of its own kind.

But, some members of this forum always refer to Argentine as a 3rd world country.

 

[Ceviche]

But, some members of this forum always refer to Argentine as a 3rd world country.

Obviously they have never set foot on the shores of Mauritania, Ethiopia, Sierre Leone, Cambodia, Bangladesh etc.

 

[nlaruccia]

An Argentine friend commentes to me that it's a first world country with a third world mentality. That seems quite accurate.