Thanks to all Sunday Session readers for your kind words. This was the first time in a few weeks I wasn’t writing from a noisy pub or an airport lounge, so I was extra glad to read your responses. I’ll follow up on some of the other points in future musings. Cheers!
Thanks for the great piece, keep them coming please! Love your response to "aren't you taking advantage of the poor", you and your family have done more to bless the hard working people in your sphere of influence than any hand wringing do gooder can even imagine.
It seems from your latest epistle that you are as close to your personal Valhala as you are going to get. Here in NZ our papers are full of articles about people that were so stretched by the Copvid Lockdowns that their work-life balance became severely compromised. They suddenly found that they didn't have to work all day everyday to be able to live. Stressed out and in an unhealthy mental state maybe they should take a leaf out of your book of life and enjoy the wine and steaks - while we are still allowed to eat them.
well well Joel how good is that ..? delivers whole new meaning on getting an 'inside perspective' on life elsewhere .. excellent to understanding why you're there and I'm here .. I think your generation was still waiting for another savior after the Gough Whitlam debacle. Sadly even that has now expired into US media infotainment oblivion .. Australians are still looking for their identity rather than hanging on for someone else's (first Britain and now USA) although the recent increases according to our latest census indicates that the 'Asianisation' of the Island continent is well underway and should exceed 50% before this decade is out .. I suspect those migrant have an entirely different view of what social/economic/environmental environments they seek to live under but initially most are just relieved to be out of firing range. After several years they have learned to take a deep breath and begin to look around and see the apathy corruption and absolute waste of just digging holes in the ground and producing absolutely NOTHING .. even our sheep shit is being exported since they can't be bothered to reprocess anything like phosphate fertilizers etc so literally everything you can imagine is being imported as the refiners have relocated to better tax havens (Singapore) and any great ideas (Aussie innovations) are quickly stolen/sold to our Asian neighbors who are only to glad to keep Australia at the backend of the supply chain paying taxes on every import that of course keeps the ruling parties feeding their snouts at the trough of promises that are never kept or always delayed till next election .. yes it's the same incompetence that rules all supposedly western (free) democracies (demagogues) who chide other systems for their lack of individual freedom .. yet after 44 years in Oz, they still live under that same delusion that it will somehow get better .. Ok enough said as you'll recognise professional incompetence where ever it appears so all you've done is made me look a lot closer at alternatives of which Argentina is just one but a number of others (Vietnam Cambodia Laos) etc also look like they will deliver greater value to their residents than the so called freedom loving "we're always right and the rest of the world is just a shithole" are busy butchering their children while the under developed nations are just getting on with life .. yep your not missing anything unless you like Kanga Steaks bangers snags and polluted seafood .. so yep stay where then PEOPLE are worth living with rather than the external glitter which ain't worth a shi* when some idiot is shooting at you from the rooftops becasue they think they know it all .. to many of them so time to re-consider other options .. many thanks for excellent perspective that would never be possible to get except from excellent people who have realised what's important in having a good life!
My family are currently searching for real estate in other countries, waiting for the final collapse of our current banana republic and for the day Eva Paron comes back from the dead (AOC) and is placed on a pedestal by our corrupt media to be Presidente of these United bankrupt States….we love a good dry aged prime steak with a bottle of Caymus and some of the worlds finest beef comes from your part of town 😋
Thanks Joel for this Sunday Sesh or sobremesa, you and Bill know very well Argentina and really is the perfect match for anyone who can mix time between Buenos Aires and USA or Europe or north hemisfere. We are family living about, half year in Argentina and the rest in USA or travel around world. Like a Building Developer retired and consulting now, i can share a brief-paper in pdf if you like it. As resume the oportunity in Argentina are both in real estate: a) apartment in buenos aires capital or b) land on countryside, Salta, Mendoza, Cordoba and bsas too; a lot of safe places, small towns or neigbords.
Joel, you picked a Hell of a time to visit my former home town. It's hot and shitty season in H-Town Bro. As for BA, the steak & wine is reason enough. Always look forward to your commentary and sarcasm. Dave
Great article! “ No illusions that the next election or government program will change anything.” I am almost there; I have no faith in those that run America, but I do have faith in the American people and God. Our history is a good foundation for believing and hoping although it looks mighty dark.
PC, Honduras, 1968-70. I traveled by land from Columbia to Santiago, Chile, in 1970, and flew back on Air France, the trip $350. The dollar was king, traded dollars for Escudos on the border at Portillo a week after Allende was elected. Could see the stupidity of American CIA policy pasted on all the walls. First time I questioned my country. Train ride from Cusco to Salta and a bus ride to Mendoza, best little town I ever visited, then we walked across the mountains to Chile, even had a hot spring bath.
I am not much for open borders but the people I lived with and met in SA were the best I ever encountered. Always wanted to move back. Maybe, that is why I read Bonner and have read Casey, you can throw in the great David Galland. You are similar to David, always erudite and unique.
Bill has competition! Your weekend emails have been eagerly awaited and this one in particular answered the question (sorry, couldn't resist pointing this out!) that I asked of you some time ago. The one regret I have is that I am NOT rich at all. I only have a UK State pension, so the price of a subscription would be too high, as I haven't the money to invest on the basis of paid advice. However, I will say that as a 'free subscriber' for many years, what free money I did have I have invested according to the ideas I picked up from you all. So far, I've done far better than those who thought the Tech companies were the places to make wealth. (Or Crypto's for that matter.)
I enjoyed all of your articles but this one the most honest about cost ect. Hope to read more very interesting even for a 81 year old I send them to my grandchildren . Maybe they will learn something .Thanks keep writing about your travels I miss Tom writing about his family travels. Shannon
Thanks to all Sunday Session readers for your kind words. This was the first time in a few weeks I wasn’t writing from a noisy pub or an airport lounge, so I was extra glad to read your responses. I’ll follow up on some of the other points in future musings. Cheers!
I always like your essays, but this is one of your best. Worth the wait today!
Thanks for the great piece, keep them coming please! Love your response to "aren't you taking advantage of the poor", you and your family have done more to bless the hard working people in your sphere of influence than any hand wringing do gooder can even imagine.
It seems from your latest epistle that you are as close to your personal Valhala as you are going to get. Here in NZ our papers are full of articles about people that were so stretched by the Copvid Lockdowns that their work-life balance became severely compromised. They suddenly found that they didn't have to work all day everyday to be able to live. Stressed out and in an unhealthy mental state maybe they should take a leaf out of your book of life and enjoy the wine and steaks - while we are still allowed to eat them.
well well Joel how good is that ..? delivers whole new meaning on getting an 'inside perspective' on life elsewhere .. excellent to understanding why you're there and I'm here .. I think your generation was still waiting for another savior after the Gough Whitlam debacle. Sadly even that has now expired into US media infotainment oblivion .. Australians are still looking for their identity rather than hanging on for someone else's (first Britain and now USA) although the recent increases according to our latest census indicates that the 'Asianisation' of the Island continent is well underway and should exceed 50% before this decade is out .. I suspect those migrant have an entirely different view of what social/economic/environmental environments they seek to live under but initially most are just relieved to be out of firing range. After several years they have learned to take a deep breath and begin to look around and see the apathy corruption and absolute waste of just digging holes in the ground and producing absolutely NOTHING .. even our sheep shit is being exported since they can't be bothered to reprocess anything like phosphate fertilizers etc so literally everything you can imagine is being imported as the refiners have relocated to better tax havens (Singapore) and any great ideas (Aussie innovations) are quickly stolen/sold to our Asian neighbors who are only to glad to keep Australia at the backend of the supply chain paying taxes on every import that of course keeps the ruling parties feeding their snouts at the trough of promises that are never kept or always delayed till next election .. yes it's the same incompetence that rules all supposedly western (free) democracies (demagogues) who chide other systems for their lack of individual freedom .. yet after 44 years in Oz, they still live under that same delusion that it will somehow get better .. Ok enough said as you'll recognise professional incompetence where ever it appears so all you've done is made me look a lot closer at alternatives of which Argentina is just one but a number of others (Vietnam Cambodia Laos) etc also look like they will deliver greater value to their residents than the so called freedom loving "we're always right and the rest of the world is just a shithole" are busy butchering their children while the under developed nations are just getting on with life .. yep your not missing anything unless you like Kanga Steaks bangers snags and polluted seafood .. so yep stay where then PEOPLE are worth living with rather than the external glitter which ain't worth a shi* when some idiot is shooting at you from the rooftops becasue they think they know it all .. to many of them so time to re-consider other options .. many thanks for excellent perspective that would never be possible to get except from excellent people who have realised what's important in having a good life!
My family are currently searching for real estate in other countries, waiting for the final collapse of our current banana republic and for the day Eva Paron comes back from the dead (AOC) and is placed on a pedestal by our corrupt media to be Presidente of these United bankrupt States….we love a good dry aged prime steak with a bottle of Caymus and some of the worlds finest beef comes from your part of town 😋
Thanks Joel for this Sunday Sesh or sobremesa, you and Bill know very well Argentina and really is the perfect match for anyone who can mix time between Buenos Aires and USA or Europe or north hemisfere. We are family living about, half year in Argentina and the rest in USA or travel around world. Like a Building Developer retired and consulting now, i can share a brief-paper in pdf if you like it. As resume the oportunity in Argentina are both in real estate: a) apartment in buenos aires capital or b) land on countryside, Salta, Mendoza, Cordoba and bsas too; a lot of safe places, small towns or neigbords.
Wonderfull article! Especially ( nosotros tenemos um equema). We know a Guy!
Joel, you picked a Hell of a time to visit my former home town. It's hot and shitty season in H-Town Bro. As for BA, the steak & wine is reason enough. Always look forward to your commentary and sarcasm. Dave
Great article! “ No illusions that the next election or government program will change anything.” I am almost there; I have no faith in those that run America, but I do have faith in the American people and God. Our history is a good foundation for believing and hoping although it looks mighty dark.
PC, Honduras, 1968-70. I traveled by land from Columbia to Santiago, Chile, in 1970, and flew back on Air France, the trip $350. The dollar was king, traded dollars for Escudos on the border at Portillo a week after Allende was elected. Could see the stupidity of American CIA policy pasted on all the walls. First time I questioned my country. Train ride from Cusco to Salta and a bus ride to Mendoza, best little town I ever visited, then we walked across the mountains to Chile, even had a hot spring bath.
I am not much for open borders but the people I lived with and met in SA were the best I ever encountered. Always wanted to move back. Maybe, that is why I read Bonner and have read Casey, you can throw in the great David Galland. You are similar to David, always erudite and unique.
Bill has competition! Your weekend emails have been eagerly awaited and this one in particular answered the question (sorry, couldn't resist pointing this out!) that I asked of you some time ago. The one regret I have is that I am NOT rich at all. I only have a UK State pension, so the price of a subscription would be too high, as I haven't the money to invest on the basis of paid advice. However, I will say that as a 'free subscriber' for many years, what free money I did have I have invested according to the ideas I picked up from you all. So far, I've done far better than those who thought the Tech companies were the places to make wealth. (Or Crypto's for that matter.)
Reading the essay is like looking at myself in the mirror jajajaja .. Regards from a porteño ( born and living in Buenos Aires)
Joel, excellent piece! I thoroughly enjoyed this one. May be your best one yet.
Brilliant article, Joel!
I enjoyed all of your articles but this one the most honest about cost ect. Hope to read more very interesting even for a 81 year old I send them to my grandchildren . Maybe they will learn something .Thanks keep writing about your travels I miss Tom writing about his family travels. Shannon
escapeartist . com has good information on living abroad. I would definitely recommend moving to young people. The golden years of America are over.