Ask TheMetetron about living in or visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina - Page 11

TheMetetron · #**101** 02-03-2007, 12:25 PM

I'm going to defer to Chairman Wood for a good Thai place. I'm sure he knows the restaurants better than me. I would guess Palermo as well though.

fish2plus2 · #**102** 02-03-2007, 12:45 PM

Audi,
Can you describe Chinatown? Thanks.

Met,
That is a nice apartment and you wont have to worry about trying to sell your furniture if you decide to leave in a few years.

---Does anyone on 2+2 live in a different SA country? I would really like to hear about Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru.

Where is the Bruiser to talk about Latin America?

fish2plus2 · #**103** 02-03-2007, 12:50 PM

From Wikipedia

"the population of Argentina is heavily made up of inhabitants of a white European background - 97%[17], the largest being Italians, and Spaniards. There are also significant German, Polish, French, and Slavic populations."

"The Chinese population alone has risen dramatically, now at over 60,000."

Wow, I never would have guessed there were that many whites.

fish2plus2 · #**104** 02-03-2007, 12:52 PM

Met,

How religous are people there? Wikipedia says only 7% of people are non-secular, which seems like a pretty low number.

TheMetetron · #**105** 02-03-2007, 01:21 PM

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Met,

How religous are people there? Wikipedia says only 7% of people are non-secular, which seems like a pretty low number.

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I believe the official religion may still be Catholicism. If not, you have to be Catholic to be president. Still, it is very much symbolic. The vast majority of people are Catholic (some Jews, Muslims, and Protestants though) but they don't really practice. Sort of like in the United States as far as I can tell.

TheMetetron · #**106** 02-03-2007, 01:22 PM

[ QUOTE ]
From Wikipedia

"the population of Argentina is heavily made up of inhabitants of a white European background - 97%[17], the largest being Italians, and Spaniards. There are also significant German, Polish, French, and Slavic populations."

"The Chinese population alone has risen dramatically, now at over 60,000."

Wow, I never would have guessed there were that many whites.

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Yeah that's pretty accurate. Argentines who have been here for generations are white. They came from Europe over a hundred years ago. The non-whites are all people who immigrated later from other parts of SA or Asia.

TheMetetron · #**107** 02-03-2007, 01:25 PM

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Met,
That is a nice apartment and you wont have to worry about trying to sell your furniture if you decide to leave in a few years.

---Does anyone on 2+2 live in a different SA country? I would really like to hear about Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru.

Where is the Bruiser to talk about Latin America?

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My apartment includes the furniture, so I never have to worry about selling it. Microbob can chime in on Peru as I think he spent a few weeks there recently. Also Boquense just spent 3 weeks or so all over Bolivia and he can give a pretty good comparison between that and Argentina. From what he told me, I have no desire to go to Bolivia. It is 3rd world in every sense of the word.

Audi · #**108** 02-03-2007, 01:32 PM

Overwhelming Catholic here, though only when they want to be, if you know what I mean.

China Town is actually pretty small. I wrote a short review of the place here quite a while back. Essentially it's a few blocks by a few blocks in size, with a range of restaurants from cheap buffet-style asian food to up-market sushi bars. There's 3-4 supermarkets selling Asian ingredients (very hard to find anywhere else in the city in my experience) and a few street stalls selling your typical chinese-style nik-naks.

Chairman Wood · #**109** 02-03-2007, 01:35 PM

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Met,

How religous are people there? Wikipedia says only 7% of people are non-secular, which seems like a pretty low number.

[/ QUOTE ] Everyone is Catholic but they pretty much only go to church for weddings, funerals etc.

gmblpdam · #**110** 02-07-2007, 04:56 AM

Metetron, great thread!
Like many others, I have been strongly considering relocating from the US. I must say that Beunos Aires really does sound like the perfect fit for me. However I was more into the casinos more than poker (though I have been forced to go back to poker since Neteller went down). I was wondering if you have had any experience with playing online casinos from Argentina. e.g. what form of ID do you send, passport and local utility bill?
Also, my girlfriend is currently in medical school and would like to continue her education wherever we decide to go. Are you familar with any of the local medical schools? From a google search it appears that the University of Beunos Aires has a pretty respectable program. What is the local consenus on the University?
Thanks again for the awesome thread. The Argentinain government should give you some money for this! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]