The Story of Buenos Aires, Argentina's Megacity

[@kronop8884]

Back when I used to live and work in Brazil, taking a weekend trip to BA was the antidote to homesickness for Europe. Even though I really enjoyed life in Brazil it is sometimes necessary to connect with familiar sights. Springtime in BA is just wonderful.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Wonderful that you didn't need to cross the Atlantic to get a taste of home :)

[@sanexpreso2944]

Buenos Aires is the city with the most theaters and libraries in the world, The City of Fury

[@CinCee-]

yea right.. fake news!

[@danielmino1690]

the city of fury, i like that

[@bhg123ful]

I only spent one day in Buenos Aires but loved it. I feel Argentina is one country that feels weirdly familiar to the US of any non-English speaking country. (and the "southern cone" in general). I honestly feels like it could be the latin American city that is most like Chicago (grew up in the outlying suburbs). (massive grid on a flat plain with prairie/pampas beyond, beautiful architecture built 100 years ago, some which could use a little upgrade/restoration, many areas away from the core downtown that are poor and high crime, etc.) A massive city made up of different Europeans that immigrated there over the past 100 years, old beautiful buildings, built in European style, some which show they've seen better days, in a country with a MASSIVE territory with a "frontier" history that include "rugged frontiersman" (cowboys/gauchos) and indigenous people living in the most naturally beautiful and remote parts of the country feels familiar, even if I only Spanish rather poorly.

[@lucasnahuelrimoldi8607]

Hello, I am from Argentina, and you are not so wrong in what you say, I always knew that Argentina is very similar to the US, both in the city of Buenos Aires as well as its area of cowboys or gaucho fields, I like American culture and we are similar, a territorially huge nation, a lot of immigration from all over the world, few years of history, native indigenous people, etc. Certainly until the 40's Argentina was very prosperous but everything fell! The USA continued to grow, they owe everything to their constitution, hopefully they continue to respect them!! greetings!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Interesting parallel to the Windy City. Definitely see it now that you say that!

[@Rfpenab]

Fantastic video. I had the honor of spending the first semester of my junior year there. It was unforgettable and I made lifelong friends

[@TheDailyConversation]

That is awesome!

[@estebanjosearancibiardrigu4068]

​@Life as we know it no, to us we are far from everyone. It has it's advantages, like during the world wars, and it disadvantages. We say we are on the end of the world :)

[@COMPASS_MDP]

The video is mostly accurate, but... The guy start talking about Tango and the backing music is anything else but Tango. Nont only italian and spanish arrived, they came all around Europe; russians, french, german, scandinavians, british and even from farer, like japanese or syrian immigrants. Argentina was the second destination to immigration at that times, just behind US. As french writer André Malraux said about Buenos Aires: "It seems like the capitol of an empire that never existed"; that's the impression the city gives to the visitor. Cheers

[@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806]

You forgot turkic and polish, those are the most relevant out of those forgotten

[@COMPASS_MDP]

@@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806 Syria and parts of today's Saudi Arabia were part of the Otoman Empire at the time in which most of middle easterners arrived to Argentina; that's why all arab descendants always were, and still today are, called "Turks". But, they came from so many countries around the world that the list is very long.

[@gnolan4281]

@@COMPASS_MDP Carlos Menem comes to mind. Syrian no?

[@COMPASS_MDP]

@@gnolan4281 Sadly...

[@goggleman7211]

Basically no Scandinavians or Japanese (that was Brazil) arrived, stop exaggerating. It's not like it's a contest.

[@jgonz260]

Buenos Aires, undoubtedly is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, full of life and old world charm,

[@rascott2935]

The African population used to be more than 50 percent of the Argentine population, and there used to be more black people in Argentina than in Brazil, Argentina committed mass genocide against its African population, and I personally would never set foot in Argentina. Argentina from 1868 to 1874, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, undertook a genocide' that wiped out the Afro-Argentinean population to the point that by 1875, there were so few Black people left in Argentina that the government didn't even bother registering African descendants in the national census. Tellingly, Sarmiento wrote in his diary in 1848: What is [to be] done with such blacks, hated by the white race? Slavery is a parasite that the vegetation of English colonization has left attached to the leafy tree of freedom,” - International Business Times. imagine they killed half their population. the land of Argentina was fertilized with the blood and bones of Argentina's former African enslaved population. the food that grows in Argentina, and the grass that grows, for which the cattle graze on, was fertilized by the blood and bones of, its former African enslaved population, that unique taste that you taste, when you eat food grown and grazed in Argentina, is the blood and bones of your former enslaved people. African slaves built Argentina, and then the former slave owners paid back the slaves for the great works, toil, and effort, with mass genocide, the most complete and comprehensive genocide in human history. most of the present black and African population in Argentina are recent elite African and black immigrants, who did not arrive in Argentina until after 1980 and are not descendants of Argentina's African enslaved population. Argentina has gone a long way in whitewashing the genocide of its former African enslaved population, by allowing marginal mostly elite African immigrants, who themselves are somewhat anti-African, and tend to be very invested in absolving the European Argentine population of its genocide past, one of histories most comprehensive genocides committed against Argentinas descendants of Argentinas African population descendant of the trans-Atlantic slave system

[@jgonz260]

@@rascott2935 More than 50% of the argentine population? Where is this coming from? Over the centuries, the US, the UK, the Dutch, the Belgians (Belgian Emperor Leopold II ordered unilateral hand amputations of African boys and girls in the Congo, Africa, a horrible, cruel, disgusting, and despicable act), the Portuguese, and Brazil maltreated the enslaved African population much worse than Argentina ever did. Yes, there were more black people in Argentina around the turn of the century but I never heard of such a mass genocide. The country of Uruguay, next to Argentina (also part of the Rio de La Plata) has a population that is 4% African or black descendants. The African culture and presence in Uruguay is celebrated all the time with the Candombe, a rhythmic dance played with drums and danced on the streets even by white folks there,

[@rascott2935]

@@jgonz260 The difference between Argentina and even the grotesque King Leopold, is that all those countries eventually stopped, after subduing their population, through brutality and murder. Argentina did not stop, argentia, back then or today, did not reflect not even once, that possibly committing genocide against their African population was wrong, not once. argentina did what Hitler wished he could of done. argentine killed every single last man woman and child, not even babies in their mother's arms were spared. Argentina was killing so many black people that it had to use the dead bodies as fertilizer. now giving Argentina one of the most fertile lands in the region.

[@andersongodoy1927]

I would love to visit the city. Argentina is a great country. Hugs from 🇧🇷 to 🇦🇷 !

[@TheDailyConversation]

Yes!

[@grantbablitz9835]

I love Buenos Aires and can't wait to return.

[@ChrisRD526]

I’ve always wanted to visit Buenos Aires!!!!!🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷💙💙💙

[@rafaelmartinezhernandez5320]

Increíble video, me encantaría visitar algún día. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México 🇦🇷🇲🇽

[@GenericUrbanism]

🇺🇸❤🇲🇽 Mexico City seems like a nice place.

[@federicosting9796]

You're more than welcome to come. Leaving the tickets out of the equation, it's not an expensive city, specially right now. If you come during the autumn (more rainy) or spring (less rainy) the weather is simply the best you can ask for. Hope you can make it! Good luck!

[@lewizzrocks]

@@GenericUrbanism the best city this half of the world. Rome/Paris dominate the other half

[@luisorozco4370]

@@lewizzrocks Buenos Aires, along with New York and Mexico City, in my opinion.

[@EuropezonUruguayo1]

🇦🇷👨🏻🤜🏻🤛🏿👨🏾🇲🇽

[@wmw05]

Buenos Aires is amazing! I wish I could go back. I would recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity.

[@wmw05]

@user-lk2ec4dn9o oh yes!! The food is amazing! It's a culinary paradise

[@pedropicapiedra4532]

This has me in tears, I left to europe cuz I couldn't pay my bills as a student living alone in BSAS, but I miss the city so much, it took me 2 years just to accept I wasn't going back soon, I miss having a cultural center in every corner, the dozens of independent theatres, my beloved University of Buenos Aires, I miss the feeling of a city that is alive. I hope one day I can go back to what I still consider my favourite city, maybe even be a teacher at a public university if things work out. Great video.

[@joaquincimas1707]

Where do you live now?

[@TheDailyConversation]

I’m sorry you’re so homesick, Pedro. Thanks for the comment and I hope you make it back soon.

[@galaxiandancer]

As a porteño myself I have to say I feel deeply honoured that you've made such an accurate video. BA is one of the most beatiful and alive cities on Earth. There's free, or almost free, activities of all kinds all year round and you can meet people from all american and most european countries there. I haven't lived there in over a year but I always tell people that I left Argentina, not BA. If you go, make sure to enjoy the nightlife, it's very good. Also, there's a lot of great museums to visit and great restaurants to enjoy. Just try to avoid the summer, due to the lack of parks and rain it gets very annoying. Most importantly, don't get fooled by the looks of the city, you´re still in South America so be safe and always watch out for your phone and wallet.

[@TheDailyConversation]

I feel deeply honored by your comment, Jorge. Thank you for your insights, can’t wait to explore the city one day soon!

[@navegandomivandestadt34]

Lucky you only have to look for your wallet in South America whereas in EE.UU if you are caught in a shooting you have to look for your life

[@galaxiandancer]

@@navegandomivandestadt34 I'm really sorry for your people. I hope you can finally get some legislation passed to stop the madness. Good luck my friend

[@markrush2319]

I lived in Buenos Aires Argentina for 10 years and am in Buenos Aires now in San Telmo Buenos Aires is truly an beautiful international city it is like living in New York City, Paris France and Washington DC. It is a safe clean city you can live a very comfortable lifestyle in Buenos Aires from about 1500 to 2000 dollars a month US.

[@tadeoguerrero7892]

I live a very comfortable life with 500 dollars a month. 😅

[@markrush2319]

@Tadeo Guerrero can you travel to other parts of Argentina or can you travel to a surrounding country on 500 dollars a month can you cover an unexpected emergency on 500 dollars a month but it comes down to everyone's own comfortable lifestyle I don't doubt someone could live on 500 dollars a month in Buenos Aires but I can't it is just my personal perspective.

[@tadeoguerrero7892]

@@markrush2319 I can travel around the country and I do with that salary. I even go to fancy restaurants every week. I don't even cook. The thing I'm saving the most is rent (I pay 100 dollars per month for a room in a nice hotel near the Obelisco). But it's also all about knowing how to find the good deals. I live traveling between Europe and here, so I don't have many belongings and I'm fine with this place.

[@markrush2319]

@Tadeo Guerrero am in San Telmo now and you are not telling the truth it is impossible for you to rent an apartment pay for cable electricity go out to eat in fancy restaurants and travel through out Argentina on 500 dollars a month. I took the ferry to Colonia Uruguay and a round trip ticket cost 90 dollars alone to visit Rio de Janeiro will cost you at least 1500 dollars. I use the Blue rate in Argentina this doubles my purchasing power in Argentina and I still spend at least 25 dollars at a fancy restaurant. What hotel can you rent for 100 dollars a month am aware of these hotels with a shared bathroom this is not for me.

[@pijafinocchio]

@@markrush2319 How much is an apartment in San Telmo?? (blue dollar rate) Next month I will be staying in Palermo for a month and would like to know the prices around the popular areas to rent!

[@Camila-do8ot]

This made me tear up, how am I supposed to leave this country and this city? hahahaha I love it even with all its issues

[@manuelmdemarco]

Porteño here! Super accurate and well done video. I hope we can solve our economic and social crisis but it seems very unlikely

[@shazamdeal]

Went for my 50th birthday- loved the city

[@Tyler_spence]

I’m surprised to hear about the lack of green space mentioned. I’m currently visiting Buenos Aires for the first time and I found some of the popular neighborhoods to have a significant amount of green space and parks - much more than any US or other South American city I have visited. However the province portion of the city seems to have much less green space, I’m sure other neighborhoods don’t fare as well either.

[@pablov1532]

depends on the area... Olivos, Acasusso, Martínez or Vicente Lopez are located in the Greater Buenos Aires Area (Province) and are full of green spaces... a lot of middle and upper-class people live in those areas too..

[@Tyler_spence]

@@pablov1532 I didn't get to see much of those - I was staying in Lanús which wasn't completely empty of parks but definitely didn't have as much as the Buenos Aires itself. I wasn't sure what other places in greater Buenos Aires might be like.

[@Kiennguyen22360]

@@Tyler_spence because most american cities are trash when it comes to urban planning

[@petergrennonviel7270]

@@Tyler_spence The riachuelo is like our berlin wall 😂

[@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806]

@@Tyler_spence Well, if you were visiting, why did you stay in Lanús? It's not the worst place but it isn't even remotely close to the best place for living, which are usually the ones that got the most green spaces

[@artoftravelling]

Buenos Aires definitely has it's charm and people also play a huge role!

[@danielyang3995]

THanks for showing us another part of the world!

[@TheDailyConversation]

👍

[@alejandroalonso4853]

I am “porteño” and I was amazed by your objectivity and your clarity. Congrats!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Oh why thank you! That's great to hear.

[@COMPASS_MDP]

[@maximogabrielgag9061]

@@COMPASS_MDP jejej son gringos los sacas de su primer mundo y se hiper ventilan 🤣✌

[@tadeoguerrero7892]

As a local tour guide and Buenos Aires nerd. I approve this video. Very well made. Congratulations!.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Fantastic! Thank you for that.

[@Mariaveronica7457]

Que hermoso video!!! Gracias por mostrar lo bello y maravilloso de este país al resto del mundo, me encantó!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Gracias!

[@juanmanuelblasco9587]

Something you didn't take in mind and have a huge impact in the economy was the opening of the Panama Channel in 1904. Bs As was the last port before crossing to the Pacific Ocean and ships from everywhere docked for a fews days, stock supplies and keep going.

[@josebartoli9921]

1914

[@jackierubinstein548]

Beautiful video, you truly captured the vibe and beauty of Buenos aires. As a porteña who has moved abroad several times, nothing resembles the feeling of being back home in bsas. Saludos!

[@TheDailyConversation]

😊

[@etienneterblanche9717]

I visited more than 20 years ago, would love to go again, stunning city!

[@TheDailyConversation]

It would be interesting to see how it’s changed in 20 years.

[@ChrisAndEmilie]

Thank you for sharing the history of Buenos Aires. We're traveling to Argentina for the first time in January and really enjoy videos that allow us to learn more about this history of the area.

[@haniwamaster14]

It so sad to see a beautiful country like this getting completely ruined by it's politicians

[@javiervisnovezky6842]

Greedy banks, tycoons and corporations are a greater hazard to our beloved country than politicians, as a porteño I can assure you that.

[@haniwamaster14]

​@@javiervisnovezky6842 Por las dudas, yo tambien soy porteña.. No te comas el verso, los politicos tanto de un lado como del otro llevan haciendo daño muchos años al pais

[@javiervisnovezky6842]

@@haniwamaster14 no me como ningun verso amiga, pero insisto, la avaricia de algunos empresarios { argentinos y extranjeros } nos hizo mucho mas daño que la clase política, corrupción incluída y todo. El discurso anti-política no ayuda mucho además, el mejor sistema que tenemos es la democracia, y alguien tiene que representarnos. La sociedad no se regula sola, porque siempre que se intentó ganaron los más poderosos y perdieron los más débiles, es la naturaleza humana.

[@hernanrios4604]

@@javiervisnovezky6842 grande Javier, es agradable encontrar a alguien pensante, en este tipo de páginas se suelen reperir los mismos lugares comunes que nos han ido imponiendo desde los medios y lamentablemente han calado hondo. Los políticos argentinos son tan buenos o malos como los de cualquier otro país, los ciudadanos de a poe no nos podemos hacer los desentendidos.

[@haniwamaster14]

@@javiervisnovezky6842 Bueno, respeto tu perspectiva en el asunto.. Realmente no es que haya venido a comentar para cambiar de idea a nadie y es verdad que logicamente hay empresarios o gente con poder en el privado que son corruptos, pero esa gente tiene ese poder por que el estado es lo que lo permitio en primer lugar... Yo no digo que la sociedad se regule sola, el estado debe existir obviamente por que hay cosas que debe garantizar, pero hay que reducirlo mucho mas de lo que es ahora, por que actualmente el estado nos tiene a todos agarrados del cuello. La inflacion y los impuestos vienen del estado despues de todo, no de los privados.

[@princekalender2154]

As a porteño of some years, I've seen the City's quality of living has been decreasing slowly but firmly. It's easy to find it better than the rest of the country, as Peronism continues to ruin it, but the last 3 years it had a downwards spiral. Plenty of businesses went broke, criminality is up and hobos are everywhere. The gobernor of the city of course deny it, but it's easy to talk a walk and see it by your own means But more important, is the eductional level of most of the population here that's far removed from other global cities. For example, if you asked "which music do you listen to?", most would answer reggaeton or some local trap artists unknown to the rest of the world bar Latin America and Spain. If you like other genre like I don't know, heavy metal, the look you can get is of deep contempt. It is hard to find families that have bookshelves. Partying all week is the norm, disregarding job and hobbies. If you diverge from that obligatory path, you get very lonely. It's not a city open for variety of ideas. The European architecture is slowly dissapearing. Not only because of speculation, but because people say "It's old, so it sucks". So they demolish a palace to build a generic building with a pool. The city we want BA to be is no longer Paris, it's Miami.

[@arielgustavoruizdiaz9243]

Gracias al Peronismo te bañas con agua caliente y calentar la pava para el mate.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thanks for sharing that. Sorry to say it seems anti-intellectualism is a growing trend around the world. The gov of Florida (DeSantis) being a prime example.

[@alfiovillordo350]

Agree 100%, I'm afraid these cultural milestones on libraries and theaters and therapists will soon go away, and we'll get near the south american levels.

[@goggleman7211]

"And hobos are everywhere ." So Buenos Aires is turning into San Francisco? Do you have an Opioid/Narcotics problem there too?

[@princekalender2154]

@@goggleman7211 no exactly, but our government (national) is pretty lenient on crime. They even freed prisoners during 2020 for humanitarian reasons because COVID. When someone gets shot or killed, there are always people on the left saying "well, but he (the criminal) was a victim of society)".

[@moronichuman762]

argentina is such a pretty and amazing country - saludos desde bs as

[@S5Dic09]

can't never trust the source telling you is good

[@commandergree2428]

@@S5Dic09 Don’t do it, it’s actually a country that their own people have driven to the worst situation possible

[@maxiaguirre]

Awesome and humble people! Greetings from Claypole!

[@polepino]

Awesome video, heading here in May for a week and have been doing quite a bit of research. You should also do some work on Bogota, Lima, and Mexico City! I've been to all and I've enjoyed them.

[@sebastianbardon391]

Is there anything you would like to ask to a native porteño? Let me know if you need help with the research!

[@goostrey4210]

Great video. BA's remoteness might well become its biggest asset in the coming decades, as the challenges in the overpopulated north become more acute. The story of BA's fall from extreme wealth to decades of dysfunction and instability is one that I fear we will see many other cities following in the years to come.

[@bundevsawhney7578]

I spent a semester in BA and live in Chicago now and while I'd say overall Chicago feels a bit more first world, there are plenty of ways in which BA already feels more so, particularly given changes in the past few years. Crime is more frequent and extreme in Chicago, public transit far slower and less reliable...I think in the next couple decades Chicago and other US cities will see the decline in cleanliness and building maintenance, plus rates of inflation, that will make them more resemble typical BA conditions of today

[@lecirdaluz]

The World's most southern mega city - Buenos Aires - is NOT just one of the best places to live in Latin America but also in all of America, including Anglo-America. Been to all those countries except Central America. Love Argentina 🇦🇷, Canada 🇨🇦 and Brazil 🇧🇷.

[@S5Dic09]

keep dreaming, is still a third-world city

[@lecirdaluz]

@@S5Dic09 : It is politically incorrect to use the Anglo-American invented term “Third World” not to mention arrogant. Buenos Aires is cleaner, more sophisticated and greener than any of the boring cities in the so called “developed world”. Look at Detroit, Baltimore, Liverpool…errr filthy, ugly, filled with McDonalds and Burger Kings…not to mention dangerous..you just will never know if you’re going to be shot at or choke-held by brutal police…that's the definition of third world to me. Don't be jealous, just eat your heart out..my friend…things will get better at your knack of the wood..

[@idk-ye7ur]

@@S5Dic09 It has problems, but it's not at all a third world city, that's some heavy exaggeration.

[@goda7137]

@@S5Dic09 ikr

[@lucasmanso1]

Bs As is the first world city

[@ignrey]

Incredible video editing.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Glad you think so!

[@reev9759]

"A rare metropolis that feels like the center of the universe" is too bold a hook to never circle back to again.

[@Rfpenab]

I can answer this for you. The city is huge and diverse. You could spend your entire life and not visit every aspect of the city. The people are proud and the culture is incredible. It truly is a unique place. My perspective comes from my 6 month study abroad there.

[@pablov1532]

😍😍😍

[@reev9759]

@@pablov1532 huh?

[@Neukhal]

Who said that ._.

[@S5Dic09]

@@Rfpenab "the people are proud" that's exactly is a third-world trait which is also a defect, most porteños are racists Mussolini-era folks

[@-finalboss]

great video, but why the generic central american music when talking about Tango in Argentina??😅 Also for anyone wondering, Buenos Aires has the highest percentage of Italian immigrants in the world, to the point that the language itself is quite "Italian sounding" in its melody, very beautiful.

[@royconejo]

It doesn't just sound Italian; we borrowed many words from the XIX century Italian peninsula dialects; check "Lunfardo." We also "speak with our hands," which is very culturally Italian. According to the "ius sanguinis" principle of the Italian citizenship legislation, at least half the Argentine population is also Italian. Many people have dual Argentine/Italian or Argentine/Spaniard citizenship.

[@-finalboss]

@@royconejo si así es👍🏼

[@princekalender2154]

Tango is no longer listen to, nor rock or pop. It's mostly Caribbean music everyday, all day. Think of reggaeton and similar genres. There is almost no variety.

[@lucasomalley]

Holy crap! This video was amazing.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Glad you liked it!

[@bautistadebenedetti]

Amazing video! Would love to visit one day. Saludos desde Recoleta

[@TheDailyConversation]

You should!

[@Eferor]

Sadly the City's Goverment made a change in the urban planing wich allows more (and taller) buildings and less green spaces

[@gnolan4281]

I enjoyed this because I have a soft spot for "BsAs", having visited there twice. In this and several other recent TDC videos I inhale them as if they were a breath of fresh air because they're balanced without pushing a narrative that favors the left. They don't particularly favor the political right either. Balanced is the word that comes to mind. I like it. Kudos.

[@PHlyestofNerds]

This is an interesting observation. Is there usually coverage that is biased to the left?

[@gnolan4281]

@@PHlyestofNerds In my experience yes.

[@sebastianbardon391]

The left never ruled here. We are where we are due to the US influence. It's not by chance that we are the country with the biggest debt to the IMF. As someone who is about to become an economic migrant, your comment is so infuriating.

[@gnolan4281]

@@sebastianbardon391 You are where you are because you deserve to be there due to massive corruption. You did it to yourselves. Blaming all your never-ending troubles on the US is a juvenile exculpatory fantasy. What a shame that your magnificent country is a klepto-democracy.

[@sebastianbardon391]

@@gnolan4281 Well, do you know about the Operation Condor? The CIA orchestrated regime changes in the region, our national debt skyrocketed during the dictatorship. Ofc there are local complicits but who buys them? The US has fingers all across the region. Anyone moving to the left becomes the enemy of the markets. We can't be free, we are not sovereign.

[@sourcedtravel]

This video gave me a new perspective on Buenos Aires, thank you!

[@TheDailyConversation]

You’re welcome!

[@triciclosonido]

Nice video, a couple of observations: - public funded universities located in the city are actually federally funded, not by the city administration (which has a very anti public education agenda). - transgender rights and gay marriage have nothing to do with 1994 Constitution reform and they are not exclusive to Buenos Aires. They were sanctioned in 2010 by the peronist government of Cristina Kirchner at national level. - transport is far from ideal for such a big city. In fact, subte grid is very lacking and not a single kilometer was constructed in the last decade. Again, good video. I love my city and I wouldn't change it for any other in the world.

[@ezefidz5418]

Siempre un kuka tergiversando la realidad.... la Ciudad no es anti educación pública.. al contrario quiere hacer que el magisterio sea una carrera universitaria no un terciario pedorro... los derechos lgbt vienen con la lucha de grandes referentes desde los 80 s, la ley no fue sancionada por Kretina, fue al Congreso a ser debatida y votada como corresponde en una República con división de poderes, de hecho el proyecto no era de ella, como tampoco lo fue el de la AUH cuya autoría es de Carrio. Respecto al subte estaría bueno que aclares que Kretina unilateralmente le encajó el subte a la Ciudad sin darle fondos e incluso sacándole coparticipación cada vez que puede, incluso teniendo en cuenta que miles de argentinos provenientes del conurbano lo usan, al igual q el sistema de salud de la Ciudad. Contala como quieras pero hecho mata relato, no quieras reescribir la historia, no sé si lo haces por ingenuidad y lavado de cerebro pensando que la historia comienza con Nestor o lo haces con malicia mintiendo, cosa que sería infinitamente peor y peligrosa...

[@Gabriel-vz2tf]

BA is indeed a very beautiful city that was once one of the greatest in the world, but now, due to South America's constant economic instability and a heavy dependence on simple products like comodities, struggles to develop and achieve its true potential. Like Brazil, Argentina is a country of the future that never happens.

[@jgonz260]

Buenos Aires has long achieved its true potential. Its subway metro was done in 1908 (1904 in New York and 1900 in Paris). True, high inflation is the result of decades of "peronismo" policies, now about to be changed by Milei. Over the decades, a lot of progress has occurred in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, etc. I truly believe that these are indeed the countries of the future, to which increasingly a lot of Europeans and Asians are flocking to at this time,

[@KillerTacos54]

Fantastic video!

[@efradangond9492]

Amazing video as always !! hope you can make a video on Colombias capital, Bogota, the 3rd highest in the world, thank you !!

[@thnktank1]

Any Portenos here! Insist your economy focus more on semiconductor production. I love you and I have wanted to visit since at least 1999. One day I will come and I want you to succeed. An American -

[@PP-dz6gv]

Love the part they mention tango and play caribbean music in the background instead lmao

[@princekalender2154]

Nowadays it's all Caribbean music here, everywhere (from the grocer to parties). Tango has mostly dissapeared.

[@thememberslounge]

Best City in the World!

[@FrannB]

3:12 that music is not Tango

[@Ricosuave91596]

Argentina is an awesome country along with the rest of the South American nations 👍👍 Greetings!!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Greetings!

[@efcanalytics8358]

One critique take out the salsa background music you put at some point, put Tango instead. The rest is probably the most factually accurate video I have seen about Buenos Aires.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thank you, there's always a thing or two I'd change. Too bad YT won't let me.

[@ashrafaarofficial6820]

Beautiful city I love it

[@darioadrianz]

As much as I like TDC, to start the first 10seconds with a factual error that big is a severe lack of production quality and research: Buenos Aires Metropolitan area hosts around 3M people, while the greater area up to 6 or 7M, it is the whole state/province (like NY State) that's around 17M people. Also, lack of green spaces is crazy, compared to other cities in Europe and especially America, the amount of trees and plazas is outstanding.

[@LautaroTessi]

The city hosts about 3M. CABA+GBA (the megacity) is 14M. So, yes, Buenos Aires province is the one that has 17M, but 14M still illustrates how huge this megacity is.

[@damiansacco9661]

@@LautaroTessi yeah, and it's true that the are a lot of green spaces in the city center. But taking into account the whole city, it actually lacks of green spaces on a per capita basis. So TDC did a good research after all

[@jandron94]

@@caranguejo_de_inhambane The Rio de la Plata is maybe not worth a swim but the water of the Riachuelo is clear and fresh like a mountain river... hum hum

[@jandron94]

@@caranguejo_de_inhambane Es una cloaca, de verdad

[@calzabbath]

@@caranguejo_de_inhambane te están cargando, el Riachuelo es uno de los ríos más contaminados del mundo. El "agua" es básicamente basura y petróleo. Hay partes donde ni los buzos de la policía científica pueden entrar.

[@jamesrosemary2932]

The opening of the Panama Canal condemned many South American nations to poverty. Bear in mind that only 10% of the world's population lives south of the equator and therefore the major centres of consumption are in the north. The canal made transport cheaper and therefore South American products were no longer attractive. But all is not lost. If you can't compete on price, you have to compete on quality. This is what countries like New Zealand and Australia have done. And this is the path that Argentina, Uruguay and Chile should follow.

[@jgonz260]

I am not sure I agree with this at all. There has been lot of progress in Southern American countries and cities especially over the last 1-2 decades, including the city of Asuncion in Paraguay. Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago de Chile, Southern Brazil, even Lima are largely first world, with of course some pockets of third world, which are also found in inner city Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, southeast Atlanta, Paris, Rome, etc. You need to update your information and get rid of stereotypes. Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, indeed the Paris of South America, actually better in my opinion,

[@jamesrosemary2932]

@@jgonz260 I I lived in South America for ten years. My comment is historical rather than contemporary. Of course the South American countries, some more, some less, adapted to the new situation during the 20th century. But it is evident from the statistics of GDP and economic growth that the region declined right after the opening of the canal.

[@jgonz260]

OK, I accept all that. All I am saying is that in the 21st. Century there has been a lot of progress in these countries. Buenos Aires has an old world historic charm up until the present although it has suffered obviously from persistent inflation, as pointed out elsewhere. It appears Milei is trying to correct this situation,

[@jamesrosemary2932]

@@jgonz260 I hope so.

[@vsmoraes0]

The thing about Argentina, and much of Latin America by extension, is the overreliance on exporting commodities and lack of a domestic industry. As such, whenever commodities' prices fall, the country enters a recession. The less diverse the economy is, bigger the crash when the price of their commodities go down, the most extremme example being Venezuela, who not only has a commodity based economy, it is based on a single commodity. The biggest barrier we have to overcome in order to industrialize is the lobby from western countries and the local elites for neoliberal policies and the sanctions forced our way when we do try to nationalize our economy. When commodities prices are high, we need to make sure the money don't bleed out to foreign companies and use it instead to fund our own industry and services' sectors that is today controled by multinationals. A common currency from Mexico to Argentina to trade free of dollars is a good way to start as this will mitigate the effect of sanctions to countries that do try to nationalize their economy. Promoting our own culture more than we currently do will help as well. We consume so much western media to the point our public opinion to western countries is somehow positive.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Good point on BA’s dependence on commodities. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

[@mixiekins]

Very well said! We left Neuquén because there was no local source for semiconductors and related materials/equipment for my husband's line of work. There have been small tokens to try and bolster home-grown commodities, but it's been too little and too late. It's a chicken and egg issue, you need to have local materials to support local manufacturing, but local manufacturing can't start without the capital for importing materials. We need a perfect storm like the post war economic miracle Japan enjoyed. But, it isn't called a miracle for being common nor easy. It sucks to see the solution, as you've described so well, but being unable to enact it. The lost potential is heart wrenching. And double-agreed on the culture aspects. Here in Chicago we make Simpsons references but get puzzled looks. Yet, anyone outside of the country simply acknowledged our existence and our jaws dropped. It broke my heart when my African American step mom refused to visit the Argentine side of the family, or my bestie took me aside and sheepishly asked "so, Argentina, huh? So you guys aren't racist against blacks? I was prepared for the worst but you're actually alright!" And similar generalizations about our supposed "Falkland angst" from British tourists. I don't even know where to begin, there is so much stigma that doesn't seem to fit the current generation. It's like assuming that because someone is an American that makes them a gun toting burger weirdo; sure, stereotypes don't spring from a vacuum, but it's the noisiest individuals that give an entire culture a bad rap. Perhaps it's not misinformation, but outdated information that originated from the few elites that called the shots. What a mess, what missed opportunities. I'm just glad to see some kind highlights.

[@idk-ye7ur]

That last part is scary when seeing history, one would think to not be so positive. xD

[@vsmoraes0]

@@idk-ye7ur That's because when done in isolation, the country that nationalizes its economy just gets boycotted. If not straight up sanctioned. Global South countries get coherced into open up for foreign capital or protect their domestic economy and be condemned into isolation. But if the global south nationalize their economies all at once and trade among themselves, western sanctions will lose its effectiveness.

[@nikiyoussef55]

@@idk-ye7ur 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMaxik]

The video is very good. Thank you.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thank you too

[@bellainbuenosaires]

I love Buenos Aires !

[@19bendunk]

We have to take in consideration, that now there is at least a 25 more very big cities in SA , so the opportunity of trading goods, is there. I don't think they depand on Europe

[@agme8045]

You seem to be missing the fact that all South American countries produce the exact same things. There’s no point on selling Soybeans (Argentina’s main export) to Brazil or Paraguay, when those two countries also produce tons of soybeans to export. It’s the same for beef, wheat, corn and most primary products. This isn’t Europe, we don’t have huge manufacturing capabilities. Brazil and Argentina have the largest industries in the region, and do a lot of trade between themselves, but we are far from being the European market.

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

​@agme8045 then trade with North America too

[@alfredodonato208]

DICEN QUE LA HERMOSA BUENOS AIRES SE PARECE MUCHO A PARIS,YO DIGO QUE ES MAS LIMPIA E ILUMINADA !!!!!!!

[@MikeAlvarez02]

Always since the end of the 19th Century Buenos Aires wants to be a European city in South America and in the Americas. For one reason my city,I'm from Buenos Aires, was called the Paris of South America

[@manu9819000]

I am from Buenos Aires and Argentina is not just Buenos Aires. We have 23 provinces with the best landscapes in the world, investigate Patagonia and the coast

[@agme8045]

Es literalmente un video sobre BUENOS AIRES! Que carajo tienen que ver las otras 23 provincias

[@manu9819000]

@@agme8045 buena trola

[@mariojose899]

Like al comentario en español que estabas buscando 👍

[@thomasmurdochduncan]

Some inaccuracies, including the implications that the "progressive" legislation is local and particular to the city bec of its autonomy. These are federal laws, it has nothing to do with the local city governments who are historically neoliberal and conservative leaning.

[@luisgalioto7391]

Macri neoliberal???🤣🤣🤣

[@thomasmurdochduncan]

@@luisgalioto7391 La reencarnacion de Thatcher en version mafia calabresa. No se le cae una idea, repite el dogma neoliberal de memoria

[@luisgalioto7391]

@@thomasmurdochduncan cual es el dogma neoliberal?? a ver explicame, como me hacen reír los zurdos de youtube.

[@nikudevin]

Argentina Champions of the World

[@G_Confalonieri]

I'll answer the last question. "Stop inflation". It's been the constant from 1949 until 1992-2001 period, and since from then. A retirement pension is roughly 150 dollars a month. Any imported good or component doble its price within a year or less. Unions cannot match salaries at the inflation rate, and any raise whatsoever, pushes up inflation too. As an Argentine myself I feel I have wasted all my life in a country that only makes you poor.

[@wildone8397]

Sorry to hear that. I hope the inflation crisis gets better for Argentina.

[@michaelroark2019]

There seems to an economic rot in Argentina which is related to the political class and corruption. I hope that Argentina can change, but the rot is measured by the almost continuous, persistent high inflation. There is a serious financial structural issue that needs a deep fundamental reform. Given the past performance of several decades, I doubt that Argentina can get out of the hole. There is something deeply flawed in the political culture that resists the needed change.

[@drimastermaster1911]

You nailed the analysis. The political decadence is related to a moral and cultural decadence though

[@michaelroark2019]

@@drimastermaster1911 Never been there or studied it extensively but to have that kind of inflation and currency problems for so long reveals a very serious and deep flaw in the system.

[@lucas8409]

Estamos en crisis hace más de 70 años, pero el país sigue funcionando. Nos la arreglamos para sobrevivir y estar solo detrás de Chile en desarrollo humano.

[@S5Dic09]

pues el mayor defecto de los porteños es su orgullo y no aceptan tal verdad, por eso el comentario más certero a penas y tiene likes

[@estebaniannarelli1058]

@@S5Dic09 y cual seria la verdad q no aceptamos? obvio q tenemos orgullo, es increible nuestro pais

[@commandergree2428]

@@S5Dic09 Argentina es tan increíble que medio país está fuera buscando trabajo en Chile, Brasil, Mexico, España o Estados Unidos

[@rodrigoliffourrena1782]

@@commandergree2428 No sé de dónde sacás que vamos a Brasil o México, los otros puede ser, pero irse a vivir a Brasil o México no tendría sentido alguno, son países con una desigualdad mucho mayor, menos desarrollados, más peligrosos y más pobres. Aclaro que amo Brasil, pero solo para ir de vacaciones. En general el que se va, se va a Europa, por el tema de la doble ciudadanía y los acuerdos migratorios que tenemos con ellos, como los tiene Chile, y en menor medida Brasil.

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

@@commandergree2428 nadie se va a Brasil o Mexico jajajajaja al máximo va a Europa o Estados Unidos.

[@kerengarcia1811]

Can someone tell me what song are the fans singing in minute 8:22? It sounds so upbeat

[@mmjj7685]

Do Singapore or Manila next.

[@jotocaful]

Argentina has been in economic crisis, some say, for at least 7 decades. Still, they manage to be second in terms of quality of life and HDI in latinamerica, only behind Chile. It's amazing.

[@matid741]

Kskdkdk callate un poco

[@pablodamore9091]

Detras de Chile???? Y esa quien te la vendió?? Somos primeros , lejos, en LATAM!!!

[@nestorsalinas3311]

Chile está en profunda decadencia ,tuvo sus 5 minutos de fama y adiós.....

[@danielrojas-db9nq]

@@nestorsalinas3311 el que está en profunda decadencia es y sigue siendo Argentina con la inflación en 84%. Chile siempre a estado mas arriba en hdi y ni hablar del sueldo minimo que es casi el doble del argentino.

[@jefferyduplessis1577]

Good video, though I'm not sure I have ever seen an in-depth video on Argentina that didn't refer to slavery, racism and Nazis.

[@rodrigorodrigo1055]

Existe mucho más que eso, pero son los títulos "gancho"

[@mrcarioca8046]

It would be interesting to see a video like this about the city of São Paulo in Brazil🇧🇷

[@gustavogoncalves3900]

Já tem

[@mrcarioca8046]

@@gustavogoncalves3900 atualizado po

[@Juanmau1853]

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[@iossorio]

Paris of the south!! 😘BA

[@danielcalero3929]

Really Buenos Aires hasn't 17 millions, only 3, aproximately. Another thing is the Great Buernos Aires, which are satelit cities. This conglomerate reaches, with Buenos Aires, 17 millions

[@WDI2008]

Need to do Seoul and Beijing next for Megacities!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Yep, on the list ;)

[@WDI2008]

@@TheDailyConversation So when will those come out?

[@chinninaveen000]

The greatest city on southern Hemisphere then now forever "Buenos Aries " It's rival to NY ...

[@lewizzrocks]

Mexico City takes that honor.

[@pabloorqueraisa8898]

@@lewizzrocks ciudad de mexico no esta ni siquiera cerca

[@luisorozco4370]

​@@pabloorqueraisa8898 Quizá la supera. Ciudad de Mexico, sede de unos Juegos Olimpicos. Ciudad de Luis Barragán, el primer arquitecto latinoamericano en recibir el Premio Pritzker (los otros dos que lo han recibido son brasileños, no porteños). Ciudad que alberga la Torre Reforma, ganadora de forma unánime del International Highrise Award en 2018 como el mejor rascacielos del mundo. Segunda ciudad del mundo con la mayor cantidad de museos, después de Londres. Sede de una fecha del Gran Premio de Fórmula 1. En fin, Buenos Aires es maravillosa, una de las tres grandes de América, junto con la Ciudad de México y Nueva York... hay que leer y viajar más.

[@pabloorqueraisa8898]

@@luisorozco4370 estuve en ciudad de mexico hace un mes, decepcion total. Especialmente la avenida reforma. La precariedad en la ciudad es notable. Ni hablar del trayecto a tehotihuacan con montañas y montañas literalmente devoradas por casas humildes. Ud claramente no conoce Buenos Aires, ciudad con mayor cantidad de teatros y con mas librerias per capita en todo el mundo. Lo invito a conocerla y sorprenderse.

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Do one about Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

[@zdor8]

3:51 Fake map. The Mapuche in viridic history never had much land in central Argentina. The other limits, it's "ok". And 3:11 that's not Tango, it looks more like salsa or similar. Great job, nice video.

[@gastonsalinas3009]

Right, the mapuches lived in Chile

[@franciscotuzinkievich]

Why would you use Salsa music when mentioning Tango?

[@evolancer211]

I asked my Argentinian coworker and no one calls it "BA" lol

[@CoffeeBreakHQ]

I'm an expat living in BA and the expat community here calls the city BA

[@evolancer211]

@@CoffeeBreakHQ so maybe it's an expat thing and not a native thing?

[@moronichuman762]

@@CoffeeBreakHQ people call it caba or capital

[@gabrielfelippemateus]

BA is the official branding of the city, people don't call it BA but the government promotes it like that. Like NYC is branding but not name.

[@evolancer211]

@@gabrielfelippemateus ah, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying/correcting my ignorance

[@neptune1525]

Can you do Moscow next?

[@TheDailyConversation]

Coming soon

[@neptune1525]

@@TheDailyConversation thx soooooo much! Cant wait🙏😆

[@moosehead6147]

It really bothers me to equate a South American city to as European. This is not necessary, we have our own uniqueness and beauty.

[@bagaboiebailey]

I want to move there now 😢

[@guillermojudt2095]

Argentina❤Russia. MALVINAS ARGENTINAS 💪!

[@eterno.devenir]

Tango it not Bachata. Video edit huge mistake.

[@MrDude826]

The only city in the continent of America that is actually worth living in. NY, Chicago and Los Angeles are too expensive and the cheap neighborhoods are cesspools. Buenos Aires is no NYC but it's better in terms of livinf standards and captures that slow paced European feel.

[@S5Dic09]

what? you've only been to ghetto cities, and for sure with your low-income salary, BA is s*pool

[@jotocaful]

Bold to say that a city with a 30% of people under the line of poverty (arg stats) and with entire neighbourhoods without acces to safe drinking water has better living standards than, NY or LA.

[@MrDude826]

@@jotocaful I wouldn't put my neck out into saying the water in New York is exactly safe. You don't travel much do you? Take a trip to the Bronx and South Chicago. You'll be impressed that about 30%-45% of people live in poverty.

[@vera_seppuku]

my city!!!!!

[@Vrealita]

How can you talk 10 minutes about Buenos Aires and not distinguish between the autonomous BA City (the Federal Capital of Argentina), pop 3M, and the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, pop 15M, for starters?

[@cindyfos]

❤

[@julianfrancisco8198]

Sudamerica consume Buenos Aires y su cultura. Buenos Aires consume Occidente. Orgulloso de mi Ciudad y su cultura a pesar del contexto siempre supo brillar. yoo soy porteño, es un sentimiento, no puedo paraaar!

[@fabrixioable]

3:12 you use some generic salsa like song to exemplify tango? That's low effort...

[@Mathin3D]

One day I am going to Buenos Aires, bee chess!

[@GabrielCaroprese]

La Argentina always spends more than it earns because for over 80 years it has continued to create rights that someone has to pay for, and increasing taxes and regulations to make it increasingly difficult to legally start a business and create genuine employment. This means that, due to the lack of financing, we unfortunately keep accumulating debt as a country and do not honor our debts. As a result, we print a large amount of national currency without backing it up, causing the poor to suffer from inflation, resulting in more poverty and a shrinking middle class, causing wealth to flee the country.

[@KentBenit]

Nice

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thanks

[@JoseJose-pg6vy]

argentina the best country in the world and away from the usa too...

[@juanpablobandoli6329]

🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Good very Good

[@wildone8397]

Bring me a Ship

[@Hellowp]

8:34

[@sar983]

❤😊

[@richardnuevo]

Beautiful city. I Will definitely like to visit