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By Paul Perry, featuring Yuri Izrastzoff When a Buenos Aires real estate broker tells me the city is “trendy” in the States, I push back. Not because Americans aren’t coming — they are, in numbers I never saw in the 1990s — but because “trendy” implies a TikTok fad, and what’s happening on the ground...

By Paul Perry, featuring Alex If you’re a Deadhead who’s moved to Buenos Aires—or you’re thinking about it and wondering whether your tribe exists down here—you already know the ache. You’ve left behind the lot scene, the bootleg swaps, the bar where the bartender knows your drink and the game is always on. You step...

By Paul Perry, featuring Darrel Upson If you land in Buenos Aires with a degree, a backpack, and a prayer in 2026, you’re walking the same streets Darrel Upson walked in 1997—except he had no smartphone, no WhatsApp expat groups, and no digital nomad visa. He built a career from scratch, surfed a country’s economic...

By Paul Perry, featuring Janice When Janice rolled her 2008 Lincoln Navigator off the container ship in Buenos Aires in December 2022, she thought she’d solved expat life. A retired American CEO, she’d driven the Pan-American Highway from Texas, planned the move for a year, and arrived with her vehicle, her dog, and a clear...

By Paul Perry Johnny O’Dowd didn’t come to Buenos Aires for the digital nomad visa, the steak, or the cheap rent. He came because an ayahuasca retreat in Peru cracked something open, and a tarot reader on a San Telmo street corner told him he was exactly where he needed to be. If you’re a...

By Paul Perry, featuring Manfred Manfred came to Buenos Aires for a month or two. That was three years ago. The Wisconsin native—a tech salesman who plays basketball like it’s a contact sport and treats rejection like a performance metric—sat down with me to break down what actually happens when a single professional tries to...

By Paul Perry, featuring Hunter Two friends, two separate conversations, one life-changing suggestion: “You have to go to Argentina.” For Hunter, a 22-year-old American content creator and sales professional, that advice from an Argentine friend in La Plata and another who’d done an exchange there was enough to book a flight. Now he’s navigating the...

By Paul Perry If you’re dreaming of working remotely from Buenos Aires, Argentina’s Digital Nomad Visa offers a clear path to make that a legal reality, saving you the hassle of endless “visa runs.” Introduced in May 2022, this visa formalizes your stay, providing peace of mind and access to everything this incredible city has...

By Paul Perry, featuring Diego Sardone If you live in Buenos Aires or are considering it, you’ve probably noticed or heard about Argentines seeking opportunities abroad, particularly in the United States. This isn’t just a casual trend; it’s a complex decision driven by a desire for economic stability and different life paths. For expats here,...

By Paul Perry Walk through any record store, tune into an Argentine radio station, or chat with a local musician, and you’ll quickly realize Luis Alberto Spinetta isn’t just music history here – he’s still a living legend. For newcomers in Buenos Aires, understanding “El Flaco” (The Thin One) isn’t just about listening to music;...

By Paul Perry, Argentina’s La Albiceleste just clinched a dominant 3-1 victory against Jordan, securing their top spot in Group J for the FIFA World Cup 2026. If you’re an expat, digital nomad, or long-stay traveler in Buenos Aires, this isn’t just a football match—it’s an essential slice of Argentine life you need to experience....

If you’re living in Buenos Aires, you’ve undoubtedly felt a shift in the air since early June 2026. The passing of Carlos “Indio” Solari, the iconic frontman of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota, at 77 on June 5, 2026, sparked widespread national mourning across Argentina and among the diaspora. For newcomers, this moment...