La diferencia entre venir de los barcos y ser el patio trasero 😎

Mercosur basado

Wikipedia is a secondary source. It quotes official sources you can check out.

Because Uruguay’s economy was booming like Argentina, the US and Canada. The country also adopted policies to favor immigration.

Because Mexico didn’t need immigrant labor, the country had a large population to begin with, while Argentina, the US, Canada, Uruguay and Southern Brazil were sparcely populated.

Also the economy wasn’t good at the time while the economies of the US, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil were booming.

It doesn’t mean there aren’t Mexicans of recent European background, but the % is negigible compared to the US, Argentina, Canada, Brazil and Uruguay.

The countries in the Americas that received a major wave of European immigrants from 1820s to the early 1930s were: the United States (32.5 million), Argentina (6.5 million), Canada (5 million), Brazil (4.5 million), Venezuela (2.2 million), Cuba (1.3 million), Chile (728,000), Uruguay (713,000).[57] Other countries that received a more modest immigration flow (accounting for less than 10 percent of total European emigration to Latin America) were: Mexico (226,000), Colombia (126,000), Puerto Rico (62,000), Peru (30,000), and Paraguay (21,000).[57][56]

From Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_emigration

Keep in mind that Mexico has 3x the population of Argentina or Canada, and 30x the population of Uruguay.

At its peak, less of the 0.5% of the Mexican population was born in Europe, compared to 14% of the US or 40% of Argentina and Canada.

Yeah, I agree with you. The bus network is pretty big and efficient, though. I’ve read it’s the largest in Latin America.

The city needs to double its subway network and enhance commuter trains (more frequencies) so they work more like the metro

I agree with your comment, except for the network part. Yes, it’s a short network for a city its size (3M inhabitants) but keep in mind that Greater Buenos Aires (14M inhabitants) has a huge electric commuter trains network (+200 km) unlike other Latin American cities that built their metro system from scratch more recently and have a larger network (but almost unexistent commuter trains).

The system needs to improve so the subte (metro) has a better integration with the commuter trains network. Obviously a larger network should be built, but considering the large commuter train network it doesn’t need to be a lot larger.

Vio casapueblo y flayó Santorini

In Buenos Aires, around 1500-2000 USD per month for a single person, renting a 1bdr or studio apartment in a nice area.

kjj toda la información está mal. Los porcentajes, el norte es la región más Amerindia y tiene la mitad del centro? por dios

No sabés nada de historia. Argentina era uno de los países más pobres, relegados y con menos infraestructura de la colonia. Mucho después de la independencia, con la consolidación del Estado argentino moderno (1860) empezó el boom económico alentado por la inversión británica (en ese momento Argentina era considerada “la cuarta colonia británica del hemisferio sur”) y la llegada masiva de inmigrantes europeos.

No conozco a nadie que haga semejante payasada. El bullying que le harían acá lo impide. Debés haber conocido a algún estúpido o lo estás inventando

El Cuartito by far

Pirilo no me gustó. Muy aceitosa y de mala calidad la última vez que fui

Just be aware that short distances can take a lot of time, especially when crossing the country. A short 200km trip can take more than 8 hours by car or bus. Road infrastructure isn’t great, mostly single-lane roads with lots of curves and heavy traffic (big trucks).

Funny you heard about the term “tincho”. It’s the nickname used for people named “Martin”, which is believed to be a typical name among people of upper class (more commonly known as “chetos”). So “tincho” became synonym of “cheto” or upper class.

Here in Argentina the definition of “chetos” varies. There are different types of chetos: new rich, old money, from Buenos Aires, from the provinces, from the countryside, etc.

The typical old money cheto wears classical clothing, doesn’t show off, studies at a good public university like University of Buenos Aires or the most expensive private universities like UdeSA or Di Tella and lives in a traditionally rich neighborhood. A lot of old money chetos own vast extensions of farmlands and a home in the countryside. They have a traditional surname (from the colonial period), usually two Spanish surnames.

The typical new rich cheto lives in a gated community, dresses according to the latest trends, wears fashion brands, goes to private universities like UADE, likes to show off and has a normal surname (not from the colonial period), usually Italian.

It’s the “default” architecture of Argentina (the dominant region of the country: Buenos Aires, Rosario and all of the central area).

I think people associate “regional architecture” with specific architecture from some regions that is more special, like Spanish colonial architecture in the northwest or Alpine architecture in the south.

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Here energy bills are 5 to 10 USD per month, so everybody can afford it (in fact, people overconsume energy and that’s a problem). We have 60% natural gas coverage, so homes in Patagonia have proper heating and do not have to burn wood like in Chile (where you can’t breath air during winter due to pullotion from wood burning in southern cities).

Food is widely available and people can afford it even in the worst crises. Any country with a similar crisis to Argentina wouldn’t even survive. Being self-sufficient in food and energy is key to what the future seems to be heading to.

Not so much since we never been an important Spanish colony and were very relegated, unlike Mexico, Peru, Colombia or other important colonies that had entire cities built by the Spanish.

Here there were just small cities/settlements scattered throughout the territory with few buildings.

The Argentine modern state was almost built from scratch after the 1860s with mass immigration. Until then we had fewer inhabitants than Chile lol

But Chile would also benefit from Argentina’s free and massive university education, scientific institutions, energy, food, resources, sport talent, etc. Not everything is about inflation.

The national government enacted several policies to erase the Spanish colonial past (which was seen as backwards) and looked at France and England as role model.

So the government basically demolished most of the colonial buildings, built big boulevards and parks, and along companies and the elite hired European architects and urban designers to build on different architectural styles, especially French Academicist and Art Nouveau.

At the same time there was a mass arrival of immigrants from Europe who also followed similar architectural styles.

Colonial Spanish architecture: the Northwest. It’s the part of Argentina where colonial Spanish architecture survived, unlike other regions where most was demolished to give way to French, Italian and other architectural styles. We could add Cuyo region too.

Alpine style: Western Patagonia, especially Bariloche, San Martin de los Andes and neighboring towns. Most buildings follow an Alpine-German-like style.

Wood houses: very common in southern Patagonia, like Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz.