Cosmetologist07
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Buenos Aires is a big and modern city, and therefore you shouldn´t be too concerned about communications.
I believe health care is, in some places, superior to that in the USA. Doctors here are real heroes, well trained and most of the part, devoted to health care. You can see that in public hospitals where they fight agains disease in spite of salareis that are not paid for months and lack of necessary basic equipment. But back to the practical part. The top places are privately owned, which means you have to pay: they are German Hospital and Mater Dei clinic (I prefer the latter). If you go to the emergency room at Mater Dei it´ll cost you a bit over 10 dollars and ALL of the professionals are excellent. I went there with a major health problem and they saved my life.
Crime: that´s a problem. yes, crime exists. yes it is dangerous. There are violent crimes, and they´re on the increase. i´d say excercise caution whenever possible, like not fashing wealth, avoiding dangerous areas at all or at least at night (dangerous areas include la Boca at night, San telmo at night, and in general southern districts).
political climate: Argentina and stability seem at times....uncompatible, haha! Well.... let´s say there´s always something going on in the political arena and often people demonstrate on streets, in front of the government building etc. But it is mosty peaceful demonstrations. Argentines are political by nature.
Cultural isues: I don´t think that, if you´re coming from the Western world, you will encounter any shocking cultural or social values.
Quality and safety of locations: the best and safest areas to live are the northern suburbs (San Isidro, Martinez) or downtown, Recoleta, most of Palermo, microcentro (in front of Plaza San Martin). Unsafe are San Telmo, the southern districts (Matanza, Lomas de Zamora, Mataderos). If you need accomodatons I suggest you google The Buenos Aires herald, an english newspaper and look under real estate ads. There you´ll see the better areas which are also preferred by foreigners. Of course, the better, the more expensive...
Local transportation: let me say this: driving a car in BA requires a certain courage. Traffic is chaotic, fast, and dangerous. Rules are mostly not respected, always look both sides at an intersection even if it´s a one way street! I was hit by a car coming at double the speed allowed and against the way. So be careful if you drive and if you are a pedestrian too! the quality of public transports is POOR. Avoid the train lines other than the Mitre train to the northern suburbs. They´re dangerous and sometimes people get robbed and thrown off the train. The colectivos (buses) and subways are OK, but you have to have exact change in coins for the machine, a real bummer.
Local Laws? You mean immigration? I don´t understand. If you mean if there´s justice here, I´m not sure... let´s say they recently catched a delinquent, a teenager, who killed a person during a holdup. He had already been catched twice for murder. And released. Need I say anything more?
Hope this helps. Good luck! |
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