10 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 19 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
Buenos Aires was such a colossal PITA when I lived there twenty years ago -- getting basic services for your apartment (e.g., getting internet set up) took an ungodly amount of time -- corruption + bad infrastructure + economic freefall made everything friction-full.
Any idea if it's better now, at least in regard to that stuff?
No first hand experience with those things, but I don’t believe things have turned around just yet. Sure is a special city though. The Argentinian people deserve their time in the sun again.
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For sure. Remarkable place. I always described it as "Post-apocalyptic New York" and think there's a lot of truth to that. A city where people were trying to make up for economic hardship by teaching Latin and Ancient Greek. Incredible amount of education and culture. I'd move back in a second if family circumstances permitted it.
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I don’t watch rugby anymore, but when I was a kid I remember the way the Argentinian kickers used to make a mound out of sand with their hands, instead of just using a plastic thing for putting the ball on.
It showed a kind humble passion that I still remember. I sometimes think a good dose of hyperinflation could actually do good things here in New Zealand to humble people and get rid of the blind adoration for big government and materialism, especially with regards to housing.
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