Ask TheMetetron about living in or visiting Buenos Aires

[mason55]

I dont suppose it's possible to pull the leave and come back trick with Schengen countries? I know there's a 90 day limit for staying, I was thinking about trying to leave and come back once so I could stay for 6 months. Also, I saw on a Spanish expat site something about a visa if you were self employed and one of the examples they gave for this was if you worked online, did you ever hear about this/do any research into this visa?

Thanks for the thread

[TheMetetron]

The Schengen countries are all linked and have a 90 days within a 180 day period explicit rule.

I've never heard of that particular visa, but I'll look into and get back to you later tonight.

[MicroBob]

living in BA and finding the veggie places is one thing.

He was going there on business and attending big conferences and meeting with various predientes at the 'summit of the americas' they had and stuff like that where you pretty much have to eat what they serve...or somebody hosts a cocktain gathering and, again, you're stuck with steak and that's about it.


Anyway, when he was telling me that in all his trips around South America (including some more remote places) his vegetarianism sometimes becomes an obstacle and he can really stick out.


It was just something I remembered when you mentioned all that steak down there.

[LionelHutz00]

Did you line up a permanent apartment before you went there? Or did you stay somewhere temporarily first (a hotel or whatever)? If you had the apartment before you showed up, how did you know what neighborhood you wanted to live in?

What hoops do you have to jump through if you want to play on Party/ use Neteller/ do other things that Americans can't do anymore? What did poker sites do to make sure that you were giving them a real address?

Do they have any American sports on cable TV channels?

[TheMetetron]

Yeah. Even trying to get a restaurant to not put bacon or something on an entree for a muslim or jewish friend is damn near impossible. They are like... what?? No pork? WHYYYY???!?!?!

And then of course they either forget or don't care.

[TheMetetron]

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Did you line up a permanent apartment before you went there? Or did you stay somewhere temporarily first (a hotel or whatever)? If you had the apartment before you showed up, how did you know what neighborhood you wanted to live in?

What hoops do you have to jump through if you want to play on Party/ use Neteller/ do other things that Americans can't do anymore? What did poker sites do to make sure that you were giving them a real address?

Do they have any American sports on cable TV channels?

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I actually had my apartments lined up for the first 7 months I will be here. I sort of lucked into getting the perfect location that I would have wanted had I known more. I just made sure I was staying in Recoleta and it was sort of hard to screw up.

I'd recommend getting a place for one month in Recoleta or Palermo. Then explore the city and see what area you like best. From there you can get a longer rental somewhere else and even see the place before you commit.

I lived in Sweden before living in Buenos Aires, so I've been able to play on every site for a while. Most sites want a scan of your passport and an electricity bill or lease agreement with your name and address on it. Party will even cross-check your IP the email is coming from to make sure you are in the right country you say you are and they also check your IP when you long on.

I fund my accounts with my Swiss bank account via bank wire. I'm trying to figure out how I want to fund my party account at the moment but I think I'm going to need to order a Visa from my bank and do it that way as they get upset I live in Argentina yet want to use a bank in Switzerland.

For TV, there are a bunch of different levels of programming. I get VH1, CNN, MTV, ESPN, and a few other American channels. You could probably get the whole lineup if you are willing to pay enough. Usually cable is included in your apartment price, but you may be able to upgrade. Using a slingbox or other such device is another way to watch American TV if you are so inclined. I usually just stick to [censored]. I don't really care, but it won't get you sports.

Also, for sports, you may as well get used to lots and lots of soccer. That's the only sport you are going to hear people talk about and see constantly on TV. But it is for a good reason, Argentina is actually pretty damn good.

[TheMetetron]

citanul,

Please resize the Puerto Madero picture, I didn't realize it was oversized until just now. Don't want to screw up the alignment. Thanks.

[Sandviper23]

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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?

[mark_foley]

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.

[galmost]

Do they hate the British because of the Falklands war?