Pros: amazing walkable (currently) cheap city with basically free public transport in international standards (subway at USD 0.08). Top restaurantes and cocktails scene that I think it is better than NYC. A ~250 m2 apartment in a classic neighbourhood such as Recoleta is around USD 500k. Buenos Aires never sleeps. Good Internet infrastructure with fiber optics. Very social. Things you wouldn't find in other cities which is infinite walk in [1] and [2]. Amazing icecream. Top entrepreneur city, companies are formally radicated outside Argentina. Good weather.
Cons: insecurity (don't pose as a tourist and be careful of using your mobile phone or other devices in public places). Bureacracy at its limits. Corruption in every level. No beach.
It is important to highlight that Argentina is huge and other places are amazing.
I've lived in Buenos Aires all my life. This is my biased pros/cons list:
- It's a beautiful city with a lot of art and beautiful places.
- Food is great
- Most of the people is nice and open minded (same sex marriage is accepted here)
- We have a lot of good IT professionals and great entrepreneurial ecosystem (including cryptocurrencies)
- Argentina is a beautiful country to do some tourism
- Our timezone is great, we are close to NYC time for example
Cons:
- Prices. I've been travelling a lot this past years and I found Buenos Aires might be as expensive as other big cities.
- Inflation, it's really hard to deal everyday with it. I've lost sense of prices to be honest
- Some places are really insecure. Also, you might have problems on safe areas too. I live in a good neighborhood and someone broke into my apartment when I was out.
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