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I think it probably helps that I only put a few hundred in once a month and I pull that few hundred out within a few days. I don't think anyone is going to give me a hard time about wanting cara grande bills for only $600ish. That said, I keep my actual money abroad.

I haven't gone yet this month, but I've only gotten cara grande with the occasional blue bill. The oldest I've gotten were the series 1996, but those are "cara grande" and my landlord still accepts them.

If it's the ramen place I'm thinking of, they absolutely do charge that. Remember, there are four types of economies in the world. Capitalist, Communist, Argentina and Japan.

It's literally just like any other job en blanco where the taxes are taken out of the paycheck along with the obra social and retirement. The only difference is, after that stuff has been taken out at official rate, it's converted back at the same rate and sent to Uruguay instead of deposited in...

Yeah, I wouldn't spend 34k on a ramen lol... As for the bit about not getting 1300 yet... I got 1320 yesterday when I transferred some funds in from Uruguay using CCL

There's no real reason to move the funds to Argentina when they're perfectly safe in Uruguay, and it's all en blanco and declared anyway so there aren't any complications with ARCA. ARCA gets their cut right off the top, the banks here are pretty much hot garbage for service compared to Uruguay...

So, my case is slightly unusual because I have a good-paying startup gig that pays me en blanco, depositing the dollars in an account across the river in Uruguay... I only transfer enough into Argentina to cover expenses and I only put enough dollars in the local account to pay any USD expenses...

Not yet, but part of it is that it's not a necessity, so I'm taking my time and looking for the perfect one.

I won't say my costs are the same as last year, but they aren't far off. About this time last year, a week's worth of groceries was setting us back around 80k pesos and now I'm looking roughly 100-110k for a similar trip. In a couple of cases, prices are lower now than they were last year. For...

I just got my local license about a month ago, after being here two and a half years. I've driven maybe 4 times (locally) since I've been in Argentina, including the driving exam. You really don't need a car in CABA

I saw something a day or two ago with Pato complaining about the barrabravas and wanting to crack down on them, and my first thought was "First the retirees and now the barrabravas... They really want to see if Milei can do a de la Rúa impression, don't they?" It's a midterm election year in...

I'm starting to sense the shifting of the tides as well. I think the debacle in front of the Congreso last week was a tipping point for more than a few, as well. When folks as far out as Colegiales and Belgrano are beating their pans in solidarity with the protestors in front of the Congress...

Likewise. I might go out for coffee once a month, because my wife and I like to get an occasional breakfast or brunch at Havanna, but that's about it. I make far better coffee at home with my moka pot or my pourover, for far less. We just bring roasted beans back from artisan roasteries in...

Two years, fixed in USD. The owner is very chill, and as long as she gets her greenbacks on time all is good. Lower cost of living and still close to transit. I had friends living in Once at the time, so I'd walk between home and there without any real issues at midnight or 1AM. Just dress...

We're pretty much in it for the long haul at this point. September will mark three years in BA for me and two for my wife, and I'm applying for citizenship in November, once I hit two years from the "fecha de ingreso" on my DNI

I'll preface this with the fact I'm willing to live in places a lot of expats won't even dare. My last place I had in BA before getting married was on the edge between San Nicolás and Once to put things in perspective. It was mostly okay, though someone stole the parrilla off my rooftop patio...

That's for just my wife and I, but that's also without paying super close attention to grocery expenses and with dining out once or twice a week, plus she takes yoga and acting classes, we have a personal trainer we see weekly, etc... As for my rent, base expense is $650/month plus expensas...

Looking at our spending over the past couple of months, we're between 3 and 4k USD a month, including rent, utilities and expensas. A good bit of that was also furnishing our place, since we rented a completely empty apartment. With the furnishing expenses starting to fade, it's looking like...

You can rent a monthly space for around 100k pesos/month depending on the neighborhood.

There's one other restriction... If you want to rent a car and have a local license, the local rental companies won't rent to you if you have a principiante. None at all. But, everything was apostilled and translated and certified, while I heard the UK won't apostille driving records.