Originally Posted By: ducktapeguy
But by reading his blog (as recently as this week), he makes it sound like it's still happening.

Again, I still think it's a good read with good info, but I have never seen any other supporting evidence. You'd think out of a country of 30+ million people and the widespread influence of the internet, you'd hear at least one other person who would be writing about the situation if it was as bad as he makes it sound


But why would you hear about it? There are living conditions like this all over the world, it's too common to be reported. Argentina is not unique in this respect. And I think it would be possible for someone to visit Argentina without really knowing how bad things are.

I'll give you an example I'm familiar with. Here's a link to a google map showing a section of Nairobi, Kenya:
google map

You can see a golf course right next to the worst slum in Kenya, called Kibera. Kibera is home to about 1 million people who live without electricity, running water, or even decent sanitation. It's said that most people who live there don't venture outside at night because the danger. Just to the north west of the golf course, if you zoom in, you'll see a place called Prestige Plaza. Here you'll find a Nakumat (like a super walmart), a large movie theater, and some other shops as nice as anything in the US. My point is, that a tourist could visit the shopping center without realizing they were a few hundred yards from unimaginable poverty. There's a huge disparity of wealth there.

I don't doubt the guy's story at all. It's just one person's experience though. Some people probably had it better, some had it worse.