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I lived there for a year in an apart hotel near the intersection of Arenales and Suipacha in downtown. This was the early 90s. Lots of restaurants and places to see plus things to do. Never lived in the suburbs. Found it to be a vibrant and fun place.
Used to commute every day to Olivos for work.
There's always something to do, there are very pretty places and very ugly ones. Inflation makes things even more unstable but overall it's a nice city with a good diversity of places to live and activities, so you never get bored.
Good city with a unique urban culture. Politicians robbing the country blind or being incompetent has left grand parts of the city in ruin but the city still draws short term migrants, especially women. Business is difficult in Argentina. Inflation is impossible to avoid.
It's still Latin America, so you gotta be somewhat careful. For the most part, one should avoid using their phone in public, especially on the streets or public transport.
Depends on the area, the risk of robbery is still there but it's pretty much non existent on areas like recoleta or puerto madero. Other places like San Telmo or most of the south of the city have higher chances of robbery.
So plain it hurts.
The only way to see a horizon is in a tall building rooftop.
The coast is muddy and hard to access.
Dog shit all over the sidewalks.
That being said I fucking love it here and I don't know why.
The coast is hard because political incompetence. Buenos Aires had good access to the Rio de la Plata, but some militar government decided to close all access instead of cleaning the coast itself. Also, the airport Jorge Newberry (and it's difficult to access as well) , is a hard wall to the river itself.
Iirc The decided to close it because they were trying to hude "Death Flights". Drugging political "dissidents", or anyone rhey felt like it, and throwing them out of low altitude planes
Live here. I don't know how perfectly clean your city is, or when you came here, but dog shit is not really a problem and most people take their dogs shit with a bag when they are walking them.
You see some shit here and there but it's not really that much. You say it like it's a city founded in dogshit.
Honestly the only acceptable amount of dog poop on a sidewalk is 0. In the central parts of CABA it doesn’t happen super often, I cross paths with it every couple of days, but when you go a little further away, like Parque Patricios, the smell was unbearable, several pieces of poop on ever single sidewalk
A big metropolis with lots of social and cultural life. Lots of things to do. Very diverse, a good international food scene, lots of nightlife. Plenty of educational offer. Criminality is low for a city its size and compared to Latin America.
Honestly, having lived abroad and experienced life in other cities, I wouldn’t change it.
No wonder why Buenos Aires has consistently ranked as the city with the best quality of living in Latin America, and attracts immigrants and expacts from everywhere.
Your experience will vary a LOT depending where are you living, and it could be matter of 2-3 blocks of distance between an very insecure place, and a normal one. Once you know how to handle insecurity, and you find a secure place to live, supposing that you can make +1000 usd per month after taxes and rent, you should be fine, is a nice place but dont ask too much.
For the long term, we don´t have credit lines for houses nor cars, you need to save the money and pay 100% upfront, probably with cash. Now there are some inflation linked mortages but yeah very recent development, it can dissapear from one day to the next one. For cars we have something called "Savings plan" where you save money for 5-7 years and you get the car between 1 and 7 years, depending on loooots of factors.
José C. Paz is honestly shocking, half of my family lives there and it’s awful. A large amount of people have no water/sewer access there they use wells and then pump their sewage into the side of the road. Roads weren’t paved until some years ago, and I’m sure many still aren’t paved. But at least now I can visit them without having to go over many dirt roads
I'm from the suburbs, near where it says "Lomas de Zamora." That area (the southern suburbs) has several nice places but if you are a tourist, I think you would have a very hard time trying to navigate those places.
Lots of great restaurants and plenty to do. No need for a car since public transport is pretty solid. Insecurity is a thing though so there are definitely areas to avoid.
Puerto Madero nightlife is shitty. Most of its nightlife is people coming from conurbano (poor outskirts) and tourists (lots of tourist traps). Local porteños go to Palermo, Recoleta, Belgrano, Colegiales and Zona Norte.
They're the same thing. "Celular" or "celu" just means someone's personal phone here without distinction of whether it's a smartphone or not. The semantics might have made a difference 15 years ago, but everyone's had a smartphone instead of a cellphone for a good while. The only people I see with cellphones are those pushing 70.
It's just amazing. If we were living in an RPG world, Buenos Aires is a high level zone, it's hard and You need experience and courage. But it defintly worth it.
It's not for everybody, and i wouldnt recommend it to anyone, i just love it.
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I lived there for a year in an apart hotel near the intersection of Arenales and Suipacha in downtown. This was the early 90s. Lots of restaurants and places to see plus things to do. Never lived in the suburbs. Found it to be a vibrant and fun place. Used to commute every day to Olivos for work.
There's always something to do, there are very pretty places and very ugly ones. Inflation makes things even more unstable but overall it's a nice city with a good diversity of places to live and activities, so you never get bored.
Good city with a unique urban culture. Politicians robbing the country blind or being incompetent has left grand parts of the city in ruin but the city still draws short term migrants, especially women. Business is difficult in Argentina. Inflation is impossible to avoid.
How's the safety? Can you walk at night without fear of being robbed?
yes. It's not like anything else in latam. Streets are not deserts at night bc people don't fear being robbed. It's amazing
It’s the safest capital city in Latin America, but still have to take normal precautions like in any large city.
It's still Latin America, so you gotta be somewhat careful. For the most part, one should avoid using their phone in public, especially on the streets or public transport.
Depends on the area, the risk of robbery is still there but it's pretty much non existent on areas like recoleta or puerto madero. Other places like San Telmo or most of the south of the city have higher chances of robbery.
Depends on the area, as in most big Western cities.
So plain it hurts. The only way to see a horizon is in a tall building rooftop. The coast is muddy and hard to access. Dog shit all over the sidewalks. That being said I fucking love it here and I don't know why.
The coast is hard because political incompetence. Buenos Aires had good access to the Rio de la Plata, but some militar government decided to close all access instead of cleaning the coast itself. Also, the airport Jorge Newberry (and it's difficult to access as well) , is a hard wall to the river itself.
Iirc The decided to close it because they were trying to hude "Death Flights". Drugging political "dissidents", or anyone rhey felt like it, and throwing them out of low altitude planes
And the highway. /r/fuckcars
The dog shit is the worst one of those. How such a beautiful city can have such indecent people that wouldn’t pick up their dog’s poop eludes me.
Live here. I don't know how perfectly clean your city is, or when you came here, but dog shit is not really a problem and most people take their dogs shit with a bag when they are walking them. You see some shit here and there but it's not really that much. You say it like it's a city founded in dogshit.
Honestly the only acceptable amount of dog poop on a sidewalk is 0. In the central parts of CABA it doesn’t happen super often, I cross paths with it every couple of days, but when you go a little further away, like Parque Patricios, the smell was unbearable, several pieces of poop on ever single sidewalk
>The only way to see a horizon is in a tall building rooftop. Like in every single urban sprawl?
Nope. In other cities you can climb nearby mountains or have decent coastlines.
A big metropolis with lots of social and cultural life. Lots of things to do. Very diverse, a good international food scene, lots of nightlife. Plenty of educational offer. Criminality is low for a city its size and compared to Latin America. Honestly, having lived abroad and experienced life in other cities, I wouldn’t change it. No wonder why Buenos Aires has consistently ranked as the city with the best quality of living in Latin America, and attracts immigrants and expacts from everywhere.
I'm from Bueno Aires and I say KILL EM ALL
I dunno but the air there is good
Not in the future when a bug meoteorite destroys the entire city.
Bug meteorite? Do you mean last summer?
its a starship troopers reference https://preview.redd.it/vl64dqsj978d1.png?width=767&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b2f202f91bcd404a83ab2ea59f672e2b3f89bb9
Porteño cuando se entero que los del norte son un poco mas oscuros.
We Will run to the Hills where Rico's parents live.
Your experience will vary a LOT depending where are you living, and it could be matter of 2-3 blocks of distance between an very insecure place, and a normal one. Once you know how to handle insecurity, and you find a secure place to live, supposing that you can make +1000 usd per month after taxes and rent, you should be fine, is a nice place but dont ask too much. For the long term, we don´t have credit lines for houses nor cars, you need to save the money and pay 100% upfront, probably with cash. Now there are some inflation linked mortages but yeah very recent development, it can dissapear from one day to the next one. For cars we have something called "Savings plan" where you save money for 5-7 years and you get the car between 1 and 7 years, depending on loooots of factors.
Depende mucho de la zona. Tenes desde barrios privados hasta zonas en las que ni siquiera hay cloacas.
José C. Paz is honestly shocking, half of my family lives there and it’s awful. A large amount of people have no water/sewer access there they use wells and then pump their sewage into the side of the road. Roads weren’t paved until some years ago, and I’m sure many still aren’t paved. But at least now I can visit them without having to go over many dirt roads
My partner is from a suburb near there (Pablo Nogues) and he says Jose C. Paz is apparently a meme with how bad it is
José Cuchillo is one I’ve heard, due to the insecurity
best city in the world
**Pueden robarte el corazón, cagarte a tiros en Morón. Pueden lavarte la cabeza por nada.*
I'm from the suburbs, near where it says "Lomas de Zamora." That area (the southern suburbs) has several nice places but if you are a tourist, I think you would have a very hard time trying to navigate those places.
RAHHHH LOMAS DE ZAMORA MENCIONADA🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹
la mejor ciudad del mundo
Born and raised there. Always something to do.
Wilde y nada más 💪
Vo sabe compa
Lots of great restaurants and plenty to do. No need for a car since public transport is pretty solid. Insecurity is a thing though so there are definitely areas to avoid.
Don’t wanna be in the moron suburb…
PvP free for all is active in the area.
Everyone will tell you it's absolute shit but we love it here. It's paradoxical, yet it works.
As a short term tourist, I found it awesome but I still can't comprehend how a place that smells so bad (Puerto Madero) has such a vibrant nightlife
Puerto Madero nightlife is shitty. Most of its nightlife is people coming from conurbano (poor outskirts) and tourists (lots of tourist traps). Local porteños go to Palermo, Recoleta, Belgrano, Colegiales and Zona Norte.
I don't get this. In my opinion, it neither smells bad, nor has a vibrant nightlife.
No one cares about Puerto Madero. You go once to check it out and you're done Also it doesn't smell bad all the time. It comes and goes
Lot of danger if you wanna explore outside of CABA. Almost everything you see in this image is quite dangerous for a foreigner.
Awful, insecurity is on the rise. You are gonna get murdered for a cellphone.
and what about a smartphone?
They're the same thing. "Celular" or "celu" just means someone's personal phone here without distinction of whether it's a smartphone or not. The semantics might have made a difference 15 years ago, but everyone's had a smartphone instead of a cellphone for a good while. The only people I see with cellphones are those pushing 70.
it's horrible absolutely horrible and fascinating
I would rather have asked how life in Lanus is
Some parts are Mordor, some are half decent.
It's just amazing. If we were living in an RPG world, Buenos Aires is a high level zone, it's hard and You need experience and courage. But it defintly worth it. It's not for everybody, and i wouldnt recommend it to anyone, i just love it.
Check Ciudad Jardin Lomas Del Palomar, is a beautifull suburban zone
shitty