Ask TheMetetron about living in or visiting Buenos Aires

[TheMetetron]

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.. Winter in Sweden was getting a bit too cold for my tastes and I was getting a bit bored with the small town I was living in.

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What town in Sweden were you in?
I'm going to be living there form april through october in Karlskoga which is also a small town.

What did you think about the people there and the culture?

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May I ask what you are doing visa wise. I'm always curious. I lived in Amal. People are friendly, they hate muslims. That's pretty much the gist of it. If you aren't muslim you are cool. Everyone speaks English but in a small town they will start to resent you if they know you live there but don't make an attempt to learn Swedish.

[TheMetetron]

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Do they hate the British because of the Falklands war?

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I don't know if hate is the right word, but they did rename anything that had to do with the Brits in the city. The British clock tower is now called something else, etc. They don't like to talk about it and they certainly don't like you calling it the Falkland Islands. They have their own name and they still claim it as their territory on maps of Argentina.

[TheMetetron]

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How hard is it to obtain a bank account in Argentina? I have had trouble finding defintive information on the internet. I know that you have an offshore account but maintaing the minimum balance would be difficult for me.

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Your whole question confuses me. I don't think you have any vague idea of what you are talking about. I wouldn't get an Argentine account. Most offshore accounts require $10-50k minimum balances.

[LionelHutz00]

How did you decide to live in Amal? Seems like a very odd choice. Also, where are you originally from?

[Sandviper23]

I am going there to play baseball. The town has a baseball team in the elite division and they like to bring over pro or ex pro american baseball players to help streghthen their team.

So as far as a visa and everything, the team takes care of it.

I spent 7 months in Antwerpen, Belgium in 2004 and just had to worry about getting my passport.

Q : do they have any kind of baseball in Buenos, Aries?

Q : do you remember playing 2/4 at the alladin or something here in vegas in the magoo game where everyhone was buying in for like 1,000+?

[TheMetetron]

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How did you decide to live in Amal? Seems like a very odd choice. Also, where are you originally from?

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Yeah it is. Don't ask.

I was born in San Jose. Moved to San Luis Obispo for college. Moved to Vegas after that. Then Sweden, and now Buenos Aires.

[TheMetetron]

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Q : do they have any kind of baseball in Buenos, Aries?

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Hmm, that's a good question. Do you mean amateur or professional? There definitely isn't a professional league or even team. Even in an intramural way it's very, very uncommon and I've never heard of it. Basketball is a bit more common though, as Argentina did win the gold in Athens for Men's Basketball [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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Q : do you remember playing 2/4 at the alladin or something here in vegas in the magoo game where everyhone was buying in for like 1,000+?

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At the Aladdin? No, I've only ever played there once and it wasn't with 2+2ers. I've done something similar numerous times at Wynn and MGM, however.

[mark_foley]

I was saying that keeping atleast $10K in one account would be difficult for me, thats why I was asking about the banks in Argentina. However I just found a few banks that only require a $5K minimum in their offshore accounts.

[Sandviper23]

yeah, was probably the MGM, my roommate john said he remembered playing with you in the game, just thinking about how small the world is

[TheMetetron]

mason55,

I looked into that visa you were talking about. Apparently it does exist. You could qualify under the self employed visa or non-lucrative (filthy rich) visa. For more information you would have to contact the Spanish embassy as I don't know the exact details of either of them or even if playing poker would qualify for the first (having a huge bank accounts definitely qualifies one for the second, but it has to be HUGE). Also, you must show that you will have health insurance while you are there.

It seems to take 5 years after this to get citizenship, though Spain does not allow dual citizens, so you'd have to renounce your American citizenship or lie to them.