Buenos Aires | The Pros & Cons of Living in the Argentinian Capital in 2024

Today I go through some of the most important things to know for any expat who is interested in moving to Argentina. Buenos Aires is a city with so much color, culture and history.

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0:00 Introduction
0:40 VERY CHEAP AT THE MOMENT
1:44 EASY TO INTEGRATE TO
2:55 FEELS PRETTY SAFE
3:59 DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS
4:46 AMAZING WEATHER
5:34 CREDIT CARDS ARE A NO GO
7:38 EXPENSIVE SHORT TERM HOUSING
10:07 SLEEPY SUNDAYS
11:24 LEARN SOME SPANISH!

[dviuz]

Finally, a travel blogger who gets to the damn point and doesn't hype shit up. Too many travel YouTubers sell the glitz and glamour but I don't care about that trendy café near your hostel Susan. Give me the real scoop like where and what to avoid and how the city operates in real life.

[LeonardoYouTube]

I am from and live in Colombia and I totally think Argentina is def a top destination for people to travel to. One of the best countries in this continent despite the crisis. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city.

[TracerLA]

The food is actually amazing, it’s the quality of the ingredients. Every where you go, it’s next level.

[richardwilkinson]

I like the Christian tradition of closing businesses on Sundays. I am old enough to remember when it was the case here in the United States. It gave everybody time off so they could go to church and gather with their families. It created a pause, a time for relaxation and contemplation before the start of another work week.

[vitaliiivanov]

If Argentina fixed their economy, it would be the best country! I love staying here not only because of climate, nature, architecture but mostly because of that sense of freedom it gives. That's what I missed in my country of origin.

[anaflaviastefani]

I'm a Brazilian from São Paulo, and I lived in the downtown area. It was so dangerous, and food was incredibly expensive, rent also out of control after pandemic. I moved to buenos aires last December, and I can say that I will not regret this. People say that economy in Brazil seems better than argentina's, but what we experience as citizens, is absolutely hopeless. Thousands of people living in tents on the street, smoking Crack all over downtown, police doing absolutely nothing when people got robbed, human feces on sidewalks and garbage everywhere. Buenos aires is a dream, compared to São Paulo.

[faustovii]

Yeah Argentina really keeps that "family day" mentality about Sunday. Which in my opinion is great if you are native because you just grew up living along with that tradition. Cinemas and Shoppings are roughly the only thing open.

[bobguillen]

I just returned from Buenos Aires from a wonderful 12 day trip. Update on using US credit cards, I got about 320 pesos to the dollar using Visa. Amex did not get that rate. Paying with 100 dollar bills resulted in even more discounts. I have mothing bad to say about my trip there. The weather, people, food, energy, tree-lined streets were just amazing.

[yewsoonfatt]

I like Argentina. this country is so beautiful, and the people are so friendly and they work hard, and another reason that made me like Argentina is that they are so good in football. they have lots of natural resources as well, but why is the economy of Argentina not good? who and what is causing this? i wish the best for Argentina. love from China.

[laurab]

The "blue dollar" (unofficial rate) right now is approximately $300 Pesos to $1 USD. The bank (and credit cards) exchange is $139 Pesos. YES! Absolutely crazy! Also, people usually take a BUS (plush seats - way better than Greyhound) almost everywhere. Flying to another city is too expensive for locals.

[gldentalok]

I have a dental office in Buenos Aires and I have a lot of patients who are tourists. That happens because usually dentistry is very expensive in US Canada or Europe so tourists can do treatments here that would be very difficult to afford in their countrys like implants or crowns. For example I use Straumann implants (they are from Switzerland 🇨🇭) wich in my opinion are the best, so it doesn’t mean that because is cheaper than another country’s it’s a cheap treatment it self. So if you ever need anything don’t hesitate in sending me a message 😊🦷

[capitaobravo]

Buenos Aires é uma cidade muito linda!

[jackierubinstein]

It's not that we eat european food. Our great grandparents and previous generations moved here and brought their lifestyle with them. That is the reason. We, argentinians, don't like for us to be compared to other countries in latin america, each country and culture is different. saludos

[halconar]

The "last" pro would be the public transport. Efficient. Regular. Cheap. And secure, also. ;)

[mechatex]

Really good vlog! I was born in Buenos Aires, and i can say you explained things that locals struggle to explain to foreigners in a really simple way. If you are a local and you have been living in the city for a long time, the public transport (especially the bus) can take you to almost any place in the city and its outskirts. It only takes time to get to know the path that makes each bus line. Unfortunately if you didnt like that a lot of places are closed on sundays, it is much worse in the rest of the country. In small cities in another provinces everything, and i mean EVERYTHING is closed except some restaurants

[nahuelcassullodiaz]

Im originally from Buenos Aires, my family moved up when I was young to Canada and I regularly go back. The thing is to say the summer isn’t hot is a bit misleading, it can be INCREDIBLY hot and humid in Buenos Aires

[TheLAMARQUENET]

Crime wise Buenos aires has around the same murder rate than toronto in Canadá. It feel quite safe in general even at night with people running on the parks and family up with kids until late. I have been living here already for 3 years. Pretty cool city and really safe overall. If you are looking a very latin american experience i will say to look other place, in Buenos Aires mostly people look, dress, eat and behave very similar to european. Still they have some spark that make them more enjoyable. Btw womans are so pretty in Argentina. I came for the good life standard and very hight IDH, and low price and stay for a woman 🙂

[melinamelinita]

Buenos Aires es simplemente hermosa. Al igual que toda la Argentina. Es un país magnífico, sus paisajes, su gente, su cultura. MAGNÍFICO PAÍS.

[Tchild]

I was a Mormon missionary in Buenos Aires 1987-1989. I visited again in 1996. Buenos Aires absolutely captivated me, it was so exotic and strange with beautiful women and food and the bustle and scale of the city almost overwhelming. I remember walking the streets and seeing tall, blond or brunette women with European features, green eyes, blue eyes, just stunning. Also in the summer many women wore shorty shorts and with all the walking everyone does, everyone's legs were toned and fit. It was just too much eye candy. When I first arrived, they used the Austral. It had an exchange rate of 1:1 which did not last long. I remember buying full steak meals that cost about $2.00. Another vivid memory was watching a coup unfold on T.V. with tank battles and dead soldiers. As inflation worsened crime intensified and almost daily there were shootouts and robberies on the collectivos (buses). Despite this, as the author notes, the city itself felt very safe, even at night. The people of Argentina were so fantastic, but for the working class, there was a sense of hopelessness as jobs paid very little and inflation ravaged any chance at getting ahead. That sense of hopelessness started to seep into my consciousness and it made me very sad for the Argentine people.

I lived in B.A before the era of household computers, the internet or cell phones. Walking Buenos Aires there were these used book stores everywhere, cinemas and in many areas it felt like a time warp to the 1940s, with old historic and vintage buses and automobiles. One of my favorite pastimes was going to the bootleg cassette music stores (remember cassette tapes) and buying crappy sounding bootleg music for .50 cents to a dollar. Buenos Aires had a lot of English Ska that I loved.

Buenos Aires today is not much like I experienced it, but I thought I would share memories from the past.

[TheReelRevolution]

Just got back from Argentina. Was there during the World Cup. Amazing experience. $1 to 310 Pesos at Western Union.