Recent content by Rick

Can’t help but grin reading this. All that gushy praise and undying love for Argentina—poof! Gone. Now it’s all complaints, disdain, and dramatic exit plans. Good riddance, honestly. Guess that ‘loyalty’ only lasted as long as the good times, huh? But oh, how shocking! You’re finally feeling...

Thank you for your service! Always admire anyone in the military that fought for this country. @StatusNomadicus I don't read all your posts. Are you advocating for people to cheat and evade taxes in Argentina too? Couldn't you make the argument all over the world that governments steal and not...

I don't know the actual percentage in black. Maybe 80% if you count some black. I am not sure. More and more transactions are with credit cards and not cash here so probably that number is much lower as you can't work in black with debit or credit I don't think. I am happy you have not...

I wondered about that with vitamins. We always load up at Costco when we go back to the USA. I hear many people complaining about multi-vitamins and they are very expensive or mostly not available even on Amazon or Mercado Libre to Argentina. Amen. I know people like that too @StatusNomadicus...

Interesting roots of the "boiler room"! I love that Craig! I will have to do more research now on boiler rooms. You peaked my interest and I am going to go watch that movie now. That's right. Many of my friends get too stressed and bothered and worried. I just tell them to stay the course and...

I wondered that too but I was told that the price of everything has been jacked up. That good rent that they had for 2/3 years is now 200% more now. Electricity and gas and water are 300% more. Employees salaries have gone up. All their product costs have gone up. Razor thin margins as it...

Voting was cumbersome today. I went in and no lines, no waiting, machines were perfect and modern. I was expecting issues but too bad the USA wasn't this easy.

All true. Quality sucks here and locally produced stuff is terrible. Argentina is still much more affordable when you stack everything up including rent and utility bills. The biggest expense back home will probably be rental for where you will live and in Argentina you can find dirt cheap...

Very sorry you are dealing with this. I am also in the same situation and it's making me nervous. I don't care what is going on in the United States or other countries. I decided to retire here so this is what I am focused on and a drastic rise in the cost of living makes me nervous. I am also...

You make some good points. Eating at home isn't as home as eating out but much easier on the wallet! True you can get affordable meals but plenty of places in BA where prices are out of whack. Food here is expensive compared to local wages. Not sure how anyone can argue with that. I am always...

It makes NO sense that the USA Embassy in Buenos Aires is so strict on Argentines that want to visit the USA for vacation. I have several friends that have gotten rejected for a tourist visa to visit the States. This makes ZERO sense to me considering all of the illegals they are allowing to...

He said that the big increases are just starting now. I can't get through via phone or email to anyone at Aysa but will try to go to their office and see.

Most likely will change like the other authentic neighborhoods. Lots of developers are now buying land there so it will probably go the same way as Soho soon. :(

I just got my Aysa water bill today. It normally is very very low but today I got a bill for 83,000 pesos. Anyone else get a big increase in their water bill? We only have 2 people in our apartment. This is over 4 X what it usually is. I asked my doorman and he said the rates drastically...

The private garages within your own apartment building are the ones that are very expensive now. Many of those listings look like a space in a public garage. You can see in one of the listings the Estacionamento blue and white sign. Many people don't like those as there are always strangers...