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TedCuse
  3/8/2016 15:22 EST

visiting BA in Jan 2017, looking to possibly move to Argentina with my wife.
I have heard that Jan. is rather dead month. We know it is hot & humid (we live in florida) are there still many things to do? just less crowded.

SaintJohn
  3/8/2016 19:12 EST

Ted, why would you move to Argentina?

To those of us who live here, it seems to be either a little late, or premature, as Argentina today is as expensive as - or even more than - the US and Northern Europe.

Cheers,
St.John

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todikaios
  3/8/2016 21:35 EST

Definitely come for a 3-4 week survey tour before burning any bridges in the US. It will be some time before things change under Macri to improve the desireability to live in Argentina versus the USA.

elhombresinnombre
  3/9/2016 03:42 EST

Totally agree with todikaios: you are definitely doing the right thing in coming on an observation visit first. You won't get an inside experience of Argentina's baffling bureaucracy but if your Spanish is up to it you will be able to chat to people who have. A month will give you a flavour of what it is like to live in the city, even in the off months.

What you'll miss, apart from the crowds and some of the traffic, are a lot of the live entertainments but the parks and the galleries and the museums and the cafes and restaurants and shops will still be there. You'll have to ask a tango dancer if tango is still on the menu in summer.

One glorious thing this summer has been the series of free, open-air performances outside Teatro Colon. If they do the same again next year it will be delightful.

TomP
  3/9/2016 07:42 EST

Argentina is not a country to live if you are pinching pennies. If you have a solid income, say from the USA and can return to the USA several times a year and bring back US Ben Franklins you'll do well.

Conversely, if you run short on cash, pesos or US dollars you will find it very difficult to scrounge up any money.

Argentina is no longer cheap, a quart/liter of milk, pound/kilo of butter, loaf of bread or cut of meat is as expensive as any city in the USA. Gasoline is outrageous.

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