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Originally Posted by insidemanpoker
i'm an idiot. for some reason i just assumed this thread was about moving to argentina. not a biggie, but sorry about that.
I'm not sure if there was any sarcasm or so in the replies about your question but this thread is a perfectly acceptable place for them. Other places and cities within Argentina have been discussed in the past. Also, there are some Argentines that do appear in this thread from time to time.
I think one problem with your question is that very few of us have ever done anything but be tourists in the places where you seem to be interested in living. So we don't really know.
Earlier in the thread I remember some college aged person maybe living in Cordoba and others asking about Rosario. I don't remember specifics, they seemed to get by alright and they enjoyed it. Definitely not as many expats there. But really, those cities are smaller than BsAs but are still big cities in their own right.
Mendoza is also a pretty big city. But has a lot of nature options that you might be interested in. There is an expat community there. It´d be harder than Buenos Aires to set up shop there but not that much of a difference.
One of the issues I could imagine about finding a small town is that it might be difficult to find a place to live. Not because they are not available but the whole market of renting to expats without guarantees may not exist in the smaller cities. I just wouldn't know where to start. Craig's list probably.
In Patagonia which you thought was cool you have Bariloche and Calafate which are cities you might be interested in. You mentioned you don't want touristy but I'd say these places only exist due to tourism. You can't really avoid it but I think you could deal with it. You are always going to be dealing with the trade off of having nice places to eat and things to do versus being touristy. I don't know how the internet is there. I was last in the area about 4 years ago.