argentina

[minx]

in my quest to spice up my career, i've stumbled across some potential opportunities in argentina. have any of you ever lived there? thoughts? details? opinions?

[cj001f]

This weeks Economist has a 20pg survey on Argentina.

[minx]

well don't keep me in suspens...what's the gist of it? i'm not about to zip and pic up the economist today.

[Jim]

Travelled around there and Chile for a few months. It's rather expensive for a SA country. Back in the 80's(?) they decided to have their currency float with the American dollar (1 peso = $1) and from my understanding it didn't work so well for the lower economic folk. You can use US currency in most larger towns.

 

There is a large population from European ancestry, particularly Italian, and it has influenced their culture. Lots of good Italian food to be found. Also lots of beef - hard if your the veggie type. The adjacent SA countries consider the Argentines snobbish, that they consider themselves better than the rif-raf of Chile for example, more cultured and of course emensely more beautiful. They're known as the "Swiss of SA".

 

I noticed a distinct difference between Chile and Argentina and found the Chilians much warmer and friendlier. That said - I had no bad experiences in Argentina, but the largest town I was in was Baralochie. Another friend recently came back from a year in Argentina and had wonderful stories. Some pockets of ex-Nazi types in the country, was a popular refuge after WWII.

[Greg_W]

I hear the chics are hot.

[John Frieh]

Perhaps this will sway you:

 

I can put you in touch with the guy who owns this... he lives there.

[ashw_justin]

Man I would go. Someday... someday. I lived in Ecuador for several months and everyone there talked about how cool Chile and Argetina were.

 

I don't know, ask Gustavo Ceratti. He shows up on chat sometimes.