Most interesting expat you have ever met ?

[RN in BA]

Terrible about your friend @BikeEnthusiast. I hope you can be there for him and be a good friend. Some people like that just drown their worries away in alcohol to numb the pain. That isn't the solution. As others mentioned, he should talk to someone.

Buenos Aires has a lot of resources and many of the therapists there speak English. AA is a great idea and he will see he is not alone. You can't choose your family but a lot of friends I know have horrible families. Painful what they did but at least he has the financial resources to take care of himself. He can make his own family.

 

[Larry]

I'm clearly in the wrong expat circles. Nothing exciting here.

 

[Avocado]

I hope your friend talks to someone @BikeEnthusiast. Alcoholism is a terrible disease. It is a disease. His family being stupid won't kill him but the alcohol will if he lets it.

My most interest expat that I met was from Paris. She got tired of how Paris was changing so much. From trash piled up on the street to the diversity changing in her neigborhood too much. She said she doesn't recognize it anymore.

I think Paris is the best city. I am surprised when she moved to Argentina from Paris.

 

[lark]

Yikes! a bottle of vodka a day? Rough stuff. I used to meet up with expats when I first moved here but stopped as I didn't have much in common with them. Many didn't make any effort to learn Spanish. Also, I am on more of a limited budget and they were always dining out more. Most don't last too long here.

The most interesting person was from several years ago. I met him through another friend and invited him to a dinner we were having as my friend said he had never been to an asado. Nice enough guy but then after dinner he started acting strange. I assumed he was doing some drugs as his mood totally changed. Sure enough later that night my wife went into the bathroom and found a small bag of drugs that he had dropped. She was very angry at inviting him over to our place. Turns out my friend didn't know the guy too well either.

Long story short the guy was on an FBI Most Wanted List. After that I really didn't have too much interest in meeting up with people. Another friend that went to an Expat meet up at a bar had his place robbed that same night. I doubt it was coincidence on the timing. He said there was a strange expat at the cafe they met at and he saw him again a few blocks away after leaving. After he got robbed I decided there is little upside and many downsides to meeting up with strangers some of whom have escaped life back home for whatever reason.

Wow terrible that this person would do drugs in your house and leave his bag of drugs! There are nuts out there.

 

[Wally]

Wow terrible that this person would do drugs in your house and leave his bag of drugs! There are nuts out there.

Yeah the scary thing is I have kids so fortunately they didn't find it. But the same thing happens in the White House. Was probably Hunter Biden but still.

2023 White House cocaine incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Blockchain]

Haven't met anyone too interesting. Met a few scumbag expats here. One we met up for dinner and he claimed to forget his wallet and was going to Venmo me half and never did.

 

[FuturoBA]

A bunch of interesting stories, and such a small world where both vince and earlyretirement knew the same guy. The censored forum had an entertaining read about a scam artist who was posting there, including a few he was working with and those he scammed.

Reporting contact with an international fugitive in BA?

Does anyone know how to contact the appropriate Argentine authorities that they may have had contact with or might know the whereabouts of an indicted international fugitive in Buenos Aires?

baexpats.org

 

[Wally]

A bunch of interesting stories, and such a small world where both vince and earlyretirement knew the same guy. The censored forum had an entertaining read about a scam artist who was posting there, including a few he was working with and those he scammed.

Reporting contact with an international fugitive in BA?

Does anyone know how to contact the appropriate Argentine authorities that they may have had contact with or might know the whereabouts of an indicted international fugitive in Buenos Aires?

baexpats.org

Yeah that was funny to read @FuturoBA! There have been several grifter expats in Buenos Aires over the years. If you read some of the Facebook groups or forums you will hear about some of them. I don't think they last too long because after someone gets scammed they usually just contact the US Embassy or the FBI and they are apprehended fairly quickly.

 

[Vince]

Haven't met anyone too interesting. Met a few scumbag expats here. One we met up for dinner and he claimed to forget his wallet and was going to Venmo me half and never did.

That is shitty. That happened to me a while back too. Someone contacted me to meet up and we went to lunch. And then when the bill came they didn't have any money! I was doing them the favor of meeting up and having for his meal and drink wasn't my idea of fun.

A bunch of interesting stories, and such a small world where both vince and earlyretirement knew the same guy. The censored forum had an entertaining read about a scam artist who was posting there, including a few he was working with and those he scammed.

Reporting contact with an international fugitive in BA?

Does anyone know how to contact the appropriate Argentine authorities that they may have had contact with or might know the whereabouts of an indicted international fugitive in Buenos Aires?

baexpats.org

Buenos Aires is somewhat of a small world. Now there is Airbnb but before Buenos Aires rentals was mostly from a few bigger companies. I WAS surprised to read that someone else knew my ex-friend. Indeed small world.

Many people come and go here in Buenos Aires. I have seen many expats start businesses but most of them end up leaving. Only a few that have had businesses for many years here.

 

[JonJLA]

A bunch of interesting stories, and such a small world where both vince and earlyretirement knew the same guy. The censored forum had an entertaining read about a scam artist who was posting there, including a few he was working with and those he scammed.

Reporting contact with an international fugitive in BA?

Does anyone know how to contact the appropriate Argentine authorities that they may have had contact with or might know the whereabouts of an indicted international fugitive in Buenos Aires?

baexpats.org

I remember that incident. You have to be careful who you befriend in a city like BA. I know on that old board they have members that meet up with one another on a regular basis. Not sure what the purpose of it is other than to possibly make friends or people are bored and lonely. Someone I know went to one of those meetings and he told me there are 2 types that go to them. Either someone wants something from the other person. Or someone is looking to get something out of the new friend.

I read enough posts on the other forum to know that many of them aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

Over the years, I have met several expats here. Some good people that are nice. Almost all of them have left but still friends with several including some on this forum.

 

[earlyretirement]

A bunch of interesting stories, and such a small world where both vince and earlyretirement knew the same guy. The censored forum had an entertaining read about a scam artist who was posting there, including a few he was working with and those he scammed.

Reporting contact with an international fugitive in BA?

Does anyone know how to contact the appropriate Argentine authorities that they may have had contact with or might know the whereabouts of an indicted international fugitive in Buenos Aires?

baexpats.org

Yes that is a blast from the past to hear your story @Vince. I sent you a DM. You're right he was the nicest guy in the world. In fact, he was one of my first investor clients almost 2 decades ago. Really rags to riches story. It was very sad to see all the news when he was wanted by the police in Brazil for the kidnapping. I often wonder how things turned out for him.

I have been fortunate that there have been many interesting people that I had the good fortunate to meet here in Argentina due to the nature of my company and my investments in Argentina. I forgot probably one of the best chats that I had over dinner was a few months ago. Me and @bowtiedMara from Twitter met up for dinner with @Johnny and @Lucho from this forum and we had a great chat about Argentina. Both told one another many horror stories about the government and also corporate stuff. Probably the smartest Expat in Argentina. We will meet up for another dinner the next time I'm in town. But I don't think we left that dinner until 2 AM. What a great time.

 

[pennyless]

I had some interesting meet ups with some expats. But most of them were losers. It sounds like you can meet some people this way but I prefer making friends with locals. Far more interesting.

 

[James Bond]

I have met Tommy Lee Jones the American actor. A very nice guy. My friend owns some polo horses and Tommy owns a ranch here so I got to have lunch with him. Very humble and normal guy.

 

[GraceH]

I have met Tommy Lee Jones the American actor. A very nice guy. My friend owns some polo horses and Tommy owns a ranch here so I got to have lunch with him. Very humble and normal guy.

That would be so cool to meet Tommy Lee Jones. He’s such a great actor!

 

[oil rush]

We all know digital nomads but have you ever met an expat in BA for some interesting reason? Any stories to tell?

My one story would be an American I met here. He was gay and from an extremely wealthy but conservative and bigoted family. His family basically told him we will give you millions of dollars if you disappear and never contact us again or tell anyone you are related to us.

He was living in a whole floor penthouse in Belgrano and drinking a bottle of vodka a day I guess from the sadness of his situation. But he was a great person

Sad about your friend. I lost a friend to alcoholism a few years ago.

The most interesting "expat" I met in Argentina was an escort from Paraguay that lived in Buenos Aires. She owned her own beauty salon and bought a few properties. She was very interesting to say the least!

 

[España]

We all know digital nomads but have you ever met an expat in BA for some interesting reason? Any stories to tell?

My one story would be an American I met here. He was gay and from an extremely wealthy but conservative and bigoted family. His family basically told him we will give you millions of dollars if you disappear and never contact us again or tell anyone you are related to us.

He was living in a whole floor penthouse in Belgrano and drinking a bottle of vodka a day I guess from the sadness of his situation. But he was a great person

In my building in Recoleta several years ago, the American actress Melissa George owned an apartment. She was married to a nice gentleman from Chile. Unfortunately after their divorce I never saw her anymore.

 

[Bob]

Sad about your friend. I lost a friend to alcoholism a few years ago.

The most interesting "expat" I met in Argentina was an escort from Paraguay that lived in Buenos Aires. She owned her own beauty salon and bought a few properties. She was very interesting to say the least!

That sounds like quite a story!

 

[GlasgowJohn]

Sad about your friend. I lost a friend to alcoholism a few years ago.

The most interesting "expat" I met in Argentina was an escort from Paraguay that lived in Buenos Aires. She owned her own beauty salon and bought a few properties. She was very interesting to say the least!

I think we all want to see some photos!!!!

 

[oil rush]

I think we all want to see some photos!!!!

I never saw her as a client. She was just a friend of one of my amigas there that went to her salon. She became good friends with my friend. I was fascinated with her story. The girl was the hardest worker I know. She had a small salon and worked very hard and then was working on the side where I supposed she made all the real money. She owned a few properties that she rented out and is now living off the income from the apartments.

The interesting thing is she wasn't ashamed and we would talk openly about it. She just looked at it like a job. But she bought a humble place for her mother back home in Paraguay too.

 

[JonJLA]

I never saw her as a client. She was just a friend of one of my amigas there that went to her salon. She became good friends with my friend. I was fascinated with her story. The girl was the hardest worker I know. She had a small salon and worked very hard and then was working on the side where I supposed she made all the real money. She owned a few properties that she rented out and is now living off the income from the apartments.

The interesting thing is she wasn't ashamed and we would talk openly about it. She just looked at it like a job. But she bought a humble place for her mother back home in Paraguay too.

I'm always fascinated about hearing people's life stories. I always assumed that people in BA that owned several properties were wealthy but now I have a different perspective hearing that story. Good for her!