Anyone every lived in buenos aires, Argentina?

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nonconformiststraightguy

Buenos Aires was just ranked number 2 just behind Montevideo Uruguay on the Mercer Quality of Living list for 2006. This ranking put it ahead of every other Latin American city for a reason. It ranked number 78 out of 215 cities worldwide.

It is a quite a cosmopolitan city. Imagine, as they say, Paris in South America. The architecture is varied from modern to old Parisian and Italianate and colonial (think Mexico). Modern cars abound as well as beautiful shops and an abundance of grocery stores.

You have a subway and train system for public transportation as well as buses and taxis. High speed DSL, wireless connections in many places in the city. Excellent museums. Fine dining as well as affordable dining. The health care is top notch, equivalent to the U.S. and with better private health care in my opinion. Much more affordable as well.

Affordability will continue if you are planning to live on american dollars and the peso to dollar ratio continues as it is. If you plan to live off of investments you can live a very nice lifestyle here with fantastic dining, activities, health care, and everything else you should want. The only thing you will find very expensive will be electronics and cars due to the high import tax.

you will also be able to apply for a rentista visa I would venture to say since you plan to live off of investments.

I have met a lot of retirees and people who have moved here and everyone has been happy with the decision.

please also take a look at my blog http://movingtoargentina.typepad.com for more information as well as links to other people who are writing about living here.

good luck.

MarÃa Laura

Yes, IÂ´m MarÃa Laura and IÂ´m from Buenos Aires. I have lived here all my life and also IÂ´am a tourist guide and a travel agent so I loved my country. For you IÂ´ll be cheaper to live here, the rent of an apartment with one room in the center is around $700 (less than USD 205).
Everything for you is three times less, because, today, for example, with a dollar you buy 3,08 pesos.
Food here is excellent and of course donÂ´t get me started about the places to visit in my country.
WeÂ´ve 8 World Heritage Sites in Argentina. You must know Cataratas Falls, Perito Moreno Glacier, PenÃnsula ValdÃ©s and the whales, Ushuaia (the end of the world, the last city before Antarctica), Humahuaca's gorge, Mendoza and the wines, and so much more.
I suggest you visit all the pages about Argentina and you can ask me more things to my mail. i donÂ´t know anyone who can ask this question more than I, so...good luck

movingtoargentina

I live here and have written an ebook Moving to and Living in Buenos Aires, Argentina http://movingtoargentina.typepad.com/ebook. I also have a very extensive blog, Moving to Argentina http://movingtoargentina.typepad.com which NonConformist refers to in their answer.

There are a number of things you need to consider before moving here:
How will you live? Earning an income on pesos will probably not give you a reasonable income, particularly if you won't have an apartment guarantia you will most likely be forced to rent a tourist apartment for a much higher rent than a local will get. Teaching English really isn't a great option because the market is saturated and you'll be paid in pesos normally. What is a better option is if you have some sort of Internet income that pays in dollars ie - webdesign or some other job like that. Be aware that inflation has been pushing food prices up bit by bit, and rents have been going up very quickly - stimulated by the huge influx of tourists.

I would be curious to know why you're thinking about moving here if you haven't been before? There are a couple of articles that were published in major American newspapers that skew the cost of living quite a bit, and it has increased interest in people wanting to come and take advantage of the "cheap" cost of living. If you want to come because you want to improve your Spanish, take advantage of great health care, a great city, and cool people, then you're on the right track, but weigh all your reasons carefully.

BAGOFSWAGS

Yes, I lived there for 5 years. I was sent by my company. If you aren't it will be difficult to get a job and most likely the wages will be low. Plenty of people are willing to work ther butts off for US$500 a month or even less. Things aren't anywhere near as cheap there as they were 3-4 years ago. Teaching English is always an option for foreigners.

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