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  1. M

    How can the food here be so bad ?

    My favourite food here is honestly just to get some juicy bife de chorizos from the butcher and cook it myself The fish and chips from Gibraltar bar is ( was ?) very good although that's a bit sad since it's hardly real Argentine food ha ha it just reminds me of home. I say was because the...
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    If you had an Argentine friend in a really bad situation

    From my experience 99 % of Argetines are just too lazy and dull to ever learn English sad but true sorry not sorry
  3. M

    If you had an Argentine friend in a really bad situation

    Living at home at 21, working 7 days a week earning a pathetic wage in pesos with the cost of everything going up, what advice could you realistically give then? Anything at all ? Or is it all just hopeless. And if they are asking you for advice but you know their situation is hopeless...
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    How can the food here be so bad ?

    I love Argentina but how? Something as simple as a sandwhich de milenesa will be so dry and awful every bite is a choking hazard. Buy a simple "Milenesa con pure" and its so thin it almost doesn't exist. And this restaurant is rated 4.5 stars in google maps so Argentines actually think this...
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    Is "bolsa" honestly that hard of a word to understand? Native Argentine opinion?

    Time to leave Argentina if you can't handle the heat
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    Is "bolsa" honestly that hard of a word to understand? Native Argentine opinion?

    I go to a supermarket today, buy a bunch of stuff, then ask for a "bolsa" to take it home The IDIOT cashier who left school at 5 plays dumb and says "What's a bolsa?" We keep arguing like this until eventually an Argentine girl behind me in line screams "BOLSA!!" then the scum gives it to...
  7. M

    Is it¼ true

    That if you enter on a tourist visa and stay 2 years you can auto get residency ? Heard that somewhere
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    Newcomer Is San Telmo/Monserrat a safe area?

    Now I feel bad, I don't want to dissuade you from staying, to reiterate I've been coming to Buenos Aires 15 years and this is the only time I've been robbed.
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    Apart from a perma ban whats the worst they could do to you for overstaying?

    Say you overstay 5 years then try to leave. Most likely they'll ban you from returning but what else? Can they issue you a massive fine? What if you say "no hay plata" ? Jail ?
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    Newcomer Is San Telmo/Monserrat a safe area?

    My wallet with maybe $20 US worth of pesos and a cheap old cell phone The funny thing was after I was in shock and just stood there in the street, while the thief also just stood there. Then after a minute of awkward standing he pointed the gun at me again and told me angrily to keep on...
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    Newcomer Is San Telmo/Monserrat a safe area?

    I have been robbed at gunpoint basically right on that corner lol. But that was at 2am walking home. There are lots of people in the street until like 9 - 10pm and I feel perfectly safe walking around until then, Later than that make sure you are travelling by taxi. I used to hang out at a...
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    Newcomer Taxis in BA

    Some of my Argie friends tell the driver street by street which route they want him to take but I never bother since its literally $2 to go anywhere I need up to like $4 to go from one side of the city to another
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    Is it true that 2 visa overstays = auto 5 year ban?

    My remote work assignment ends in Sept 2025 i'm at a crossroads between just overstaying what will be 2 years but then i'm scared if I want to live Argentina the rest of my life I will be hurting my future
  14. M

    Newcomer Good starting point for a walk

    Thank you Walking along Corrientes is my favourite
  15. M

    Is it true that 2 visa overstays = auto 5 year ban?

    90 day tourist visa overstays obviously So you overstay, pay the fine and leave Then you come back a year later, overstay again, pay the fine again, but this time they hit you with a 5 year ban
  16. M

    Is it true that 2 visa overstays = auto 5 year ban?

    Nice how did you end up in Buenos Aires ?
  17. M

    Is it true that 2 visa overstays = auto 5 year ban?

    Are you really from Scotland ?
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