Today, April 17, 2023, marks the day that yours truly has seen a 99% percent drop in the value of the peso's fx rate (for the masses) with USD, from 4.03:1 to 403:1 . Cool to have converted at both rates (sheds a tear, awaits the Tshirt).
Even the dollar took about 90 years to achieve this feat...
After 2 years of living here and a few months of having thought about leaving BA, mainly due to the recent day to day hassles, out of control inflation, high prices (paying first class prices for third class level services/products), dollar control and land lady wanting me to pay rent at the...
dollar control
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expatriate experience
high prices
inflation challenges
leaving buenos aires
life change
moving decision
personal experience
personal story
political corruption
robbery experience
safety issues
santiago
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