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Moving a family to Buenos Aires?

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delancepants

11/22/2015 09:09 EST

Hi there,

We are an expat family of 4 (2 small boys) living in Kolkata, India. I was recently diagnosed with asthma due to the pollution and so we have set about looking for somewhere with cleaner air and Buenos Aires seems to be a possibility. However, having just started looking into it, I have seen some negative comments with regard to moving a family to BA. I forget which website I saw these comments but they date back to 2012. Apparently at that time many expat families were moving away as they felt it was becoming unsafe due to political instability and rising crime. Obviously this concerns me greatly and it would definitely put me off. Can anyone give me an idea as to whether this is still the situation or has the trouble blown over?

Many thanks,

Lia

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elhombresinnombre

11/22/2015 16:40 EST

You posted a near-identical question to another forum today and received some good and useful answers there.

Today happens to be election day: nobody knows how things will turn out for Argentina in the future but regardless of who wins later tonight, expect at the very least some short-term turmoil.

Kolkata air pollution is pretty bad and almost certainly worse than in Buenos Aires but just because measurement of air quality in BsAs is sporadic and unreliable doesn't mean the air is good: it's not. There are better places to go for your health in both India and Argentina and indeed elsewhere.

Before you make any irrevocable decisions, invest some time and money and visit Argentina and any other short-listed targets and spend some time finding out which is the place for you.

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delancepants

12/2/2015 22:52 EST

Thanks for your help, good advice.

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