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Is Buenos Aires as 180 as it looks?
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Date: September 24th, 2024 11:37 AM Author: 401 que? im looking to pop my South American Cherry - thinking BA is the best city to do so. Seems a little cleaner and classier than other spots. fairly safe. rich history (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126528) |
Date: September 24th, 2024 11:44 AM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., not so interesting from a historical perspective, but a fun city with 180 food and culture and people watching and walking around various neighborhoods.
certain areas are safer than others. if you're street smart and take the normal precautions you'll be fine.
there are better places in south america for a 1st trip if you want traditional historical shit |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 12:04 PM Author: 401 que? like? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126649) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 12:07 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i'd say peru has the most interesting history, despite xo schtick hating on macchu picchu (there's much more than MP in peru). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126662) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 11:45 AM Author: Reverend Right from what i've heard your dollar goes really fucking far there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126561) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 11:52 AM Author: UhOh the palermos are nice. recoleta is super rich and fancy. downtown is fine, typical busy big city stuff. other than that it can be hit or miss and some areas like la boca are legit dangerous. i never felt unsafe on the subway but that was many years ago before their economy imploded. tigre is a nice day trip, as is the ferry to colonia. take lots of hundos and exchange them on the blue market downtown, then buy their finest wine, steak, and leather goods for pennies on the dollar.
montevideo is pretty much the same thing but it's safer and more chill, but their currency isn't fucked up. |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 11:55 AM Author: VoteRepublican (A true Chad!! where's your gf/wifew?) do they ship the Wine n steak for u? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126611) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 11:58 AM Author: UhOh wine probably, but the freight is expensive as fuck and you'd pay import taxes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126625) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 2:40 PM Author: Rick Reuben Cr take Go to Montevideo instead so you won’t get robbed which is 90% chance in BA first time |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 12:51 PM Author: Soren "Bob" Odenkierkegaard quality of prostitutes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48126820) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 2:49 PM Author: bronco (i'm losing my edge) i did a SA trip that included BA. it was great. the dollar is strong AF. be sure to bring crips 100s as the prior poaster noted, and exchange them via the unofficial market. our hotel had a guy (at a convenience store) who did it. seems shady but it's totally accepted. we had zero issues with anything shady (but are both experienced travelers and have lived abroad) and went all over the place. be sure to hit up a parilla and no earlier than 10:00 p.m. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127282) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 2:50 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., >be sure to hit up a parilla
*a* parilla?
where else would one go. op should go to one every night |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 4:22 PM Author: bronco (i'm losing my edge) right on! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127551) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 2:50 PM Author: average/ordinary/typical citizen/person Yes. Best city in the western hemisphere. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127288) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:01 PM Author: Obeezy I enjoyed Rio more. Santiago is pretty cool too but sketchy especially if you don’t speak Spanish or understand South Americans. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127323) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:02 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., santiago is absolutely terrible and chileans are awful ppl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127329) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 4:07 PM Author: .,..,..,,..,.,.,:,,:,..,.,:::,.,..,:,.,.:.,:.,:.: What do we need to understand about South Americans? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127514) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:06 PM Author: Trump is the Lib Killer (TDNW) I have it on good authority that it’s a dump (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127342) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:33 PM Author: UhOh just poked around the internet and it sounds like the blue market is over, so you can't arbitrage the difference and live like a king. everyone says it's pretty much back to euro/american prices for tourists. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127415) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:38 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., why do tourists worry so much about how far their money goes in x place or y? im as cheap a jew as any, but currency fluctuations in any given country just dont concern me. i'm not gonna go or not go somewhere because hotels are 20% cheaper or more expensive than usual. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127427) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:39 PM Author: UhOh the thing was there was a secondary street market for dollars that was like 2 or 3 times the official rate, so you could really ball out relative to the locals who were operating on the official rate. that's a fundamentally different situation than going to some random place and celebrating the general exchange rate and cost of living. it was like going to africa or something but its european latin america with all the amenities. anyway xo milei put a stop to it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127432) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:43 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i get it. there are various places ive been where the street rates are much better than the official rates. this phenomenon wasnt unique to argentina.
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:45 PM Author: UhOh yeah well you can't buy grass fed steak and nice wine in cuba. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127446) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:48 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i get that BA is more expensive for gringo tourists now, but who's really not going to go to BA now because beef and wine while still really cheap is not fucking dirt cheap?
just making up numbers because i dont know how much non-kosher parillas are there, but is someone really not going to BA for a once in decade trip for 3 nights because a parilla now will cost them $40 instead of $20 for a meal that would either way cost them $300 in MFH? |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:50 PM Author: UhOh no but it would definitely push people into month(s) long trips to BA, bariloche, cordoba, and patagonia. the savings would be yuge. working remotely from there for 3 months at a time would've been nuts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127460) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:54 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., yeah, sure. when i'm talking about currency fluctuations, i'm talking about 1-2 week tourist trips. obviously if you're gonna digital nomad for 3 months, it makes a huge difference to go somewhere with favorable conditions.
i'm just saying, most people arent gonna go to japan more than once in their lifetime for 1-2 weeks. it really doesnt matter to them whether the yen is weak or strong. yet they talk about it a lot. |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:55 PM Author: UhOh i take at least one two-week international trip a year and it certainly affects my decision making. i'm going to go to all of these places eventually, so there's no rush, why not look for a deal? been eying japan pretty hard actually due to their situation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127479) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:58 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., if you get the oppy to take only 1-2 int'l trips a year, and you're planning on having kids eventually, you've got limited travel opportunity. you better rush to get to where you want!
i wouldn't put off a place i really wanted to see based on some fx situation. |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:47 PM Author: Trump is the Lib Killer (TDNW) not street rate, black market rate. I doubt you’ve seen that in many countries outside of NK and the like
that being said, Millei seems to have solved the problem with some reforms |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:52 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i remember it in algeria, most recently. google backs me up: Last week, the official exchange rate allowed one euro to be sold for 145 Algerian dinar, while on the same day, currency traders were selling one euro for nearly 241 dinars on the black market — 66% higher than the official exchange rate.
https://www.voanews.com/a/algeria-s-black-market-for-foreign-currency-underlines-its-economic-woes-/7491577.html |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:53 PM Author: UhOh yeah bro, algeria and argentina offer very similar standards of living and tourist activities. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127470) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:55 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i didnt say it was. just saying a black market isnt uncommon.
and algeria is 180 and a beautiful and a hiden gem |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:57 PM Author: UhOh my point is that people got excited about this particular arbitrage situation because it was in a pretty nice country for once instead of some third world shit hole. no one's going to fucking algeria. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127482) |
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Date: September 24th, 2024 3:59 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i see your point. my point is that even now, BA is still very cheap for beef and wine and well worth going. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5600709&forum_id=2#48127487) |