- If you earn in Dollars a US or Europe wage, it's going to be a very cheap place for you.
- Amazing food, I couldn't live without Argentinian pizza or ice cream
- Truly the city that never sleeps; if you are hungry at 3AM you can probably find somewhere decent to eat (except maybe in more suburb/residential areas). Same if you want to go to a nightclub a Tuesday.
- Great and cheap public transportation 24/7
- The people in Argentina in my experience (I might be biased since I'm from Argentina) are much more laid back and friendly than anywhere else, it's probably easier to make friends here than in Europe or USA.
- Argentina is a *very* centralized country, it sucks if you live outside of Buenos Aires, but if you live here pretty much everything is in the city: tech conferences, concerts, universities, transport, anything bureaucratic or medical, etc. which means that you are pretty much 1 bus or subway away from any major event.
- I know many fellow Argentinians will disagree but Buenos Aires is probably one of the safest cities in Latin America, and it's pretty safe overall. In a more personal take, in around 4 years of living here I've never had any sort of issue not even with pickpocketing, and I sometimes walk home in the wee hours.
- Progressive and LGTB friendly.
- Weather is (usually) nice and it's not too cold, read the cons.
Cons:
- Whilst there is a tech scene, I don't think there are many interesting tech companies to work here, there are a few but not that many and they mostly are in the fintech industry or similar. If you want to work in Embedded, Systems, Biotech, etc. anything remotely "niche" you are going to have tough luck looking for a job set in Argentina, you can always remote to outside, if possible, obviously.
- I think it gets a bit too hot during the summer months specially these past few years, and it's not uncommon to have power outages during the summer.
- I don't think the city is very aesthetic, whilst there is some great architecture, sometimes garbage piles up in the streets, sometimes it floods when it rains, there's people living in the streets, etc. We are far from being the Netherlands.
- The usual political and economic instability that comes from living in Argentina; you won't suffer most of this if you earn in USD and you'll probably live like a king... but it's hard to ignore if you have family or friends going through tough times.
- The areas outside of Buenos Aires City are not that nice and not that safe, though if you move in car, uber or know where you're going you'll be okay. (I mean in the Greater Buenos Aires area, I'm not saying there aren't any other nice places in Argentina(.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is from Argentina, as I'm sure you're aware. So maybe not so far in some regards...
Buenos Aires does appeal to me as perhaps a periodic place to spend several months, and I assume there are some good salsa, bachata, and kizomba dance communities.
Pros:
- If you earn in Dollars a US or Europe wage, it's going to be a very cheap place for you.
- Amazing food, I couldn't live without Argentinian pizza or ice cream
- Truly the city that never sleeps; if you are hungry at 3AM you can probably find somewhere decent to eat (except maybe in more suburb/residential areas). Same if you want to go to a nightclub a Tuesday.
- Great and cheap public transportation 24/7
- The people in Argentina in my experience (I might be biased since I'm from Argentina) are much more laid back and friendly than anywhere else, it's probably easier to make friends here than in Europe or USA.
- Argentina is a *very* centralized country, it sucks if you live outside of Buenos Aires, but if you live here pretty much everything is in the city: tech conferences, concerts, universities, transport, anything bureaucratic or medical, etc. which means that you are pretty much 1 bus or subway away from any major event.
- I know many fellow Argentinians will disagree but Buenos Aires is probably one of the safest cities in Latin America, and it's pretty safe overall. In a more personal take, in around 4 years of living here I've never had any sort of issue not even with pickpocketing, and I sometimes walk home in the wee hours.
- Progressive and LGTB friendly.
- Weather is (usually) nice and it's not too cold, read the cons.
Cons:
- Whilst there is a tech scene, I don't think there are many interesting tech companies to work here, there are a few but not that many and they mostly are in the fintech industry or similar. If you want to work in Embedded, Systems, Biotech, etc. anything remotely "niche" you are going to have tough luck looking for a job set in Argentina, you can always remote to outside, if possible, obviously.
- I think it gets a bit too hot during the summer months specially these past few years, and it's not uncommon to have power outages during the summer.
- I don't think the city is very aesthetic, whilst there is some great architecture, sometimes garbage piles up in the streets, sometimes it floods when it rains, there's people living in the streets, etc. We are far from being the Netherlands.
- The usual political and economic instability that comes from living in Argentina; you won't suffer most of this if you earn in USD and you'll probably live like a king... but it's hard to ignore if you have family or friends going through tough times.
- The areas outside of Buenos Aires City are not that nice and not that safe, though if you move in car, uber or know where you're going you'll be okay. (I mean in the Greater Buenos Aires area, I'm not saying there aren't any other nice places in Argentina(.
Glad to take any questions!