A big thank you for watching this video, unfortunately as covered in the video, it came to a pretty abrupt end. A big thank you to all my Patreons for their support: www.patreon.com/indigotraveller I will be back soon with another series :)
Nick siempre será bueno verte en cualquier lugar, gracias por la oportunidad de guiarte de nuevo, el video es una joya 💎😍, saldremos adelante donde sea que estemos, un abrazo 🤗💪🏼
@@s125ish that person meant that Nick is showing those places straight as they are in real life. Not trying to make them look better than they actually are (or worse) - just exactly as they are (with both their good and bad sides), letting you decide what you think about them.
I’m an Englishman and a few years ago unknowingly walked through Villa 31. I got an overnight bus to the station and Google maps took me through this area when I was trying to walk into the city. I got robbed at gunpoint and they took everything - it’s really interesting for me to see this video. Thank you!
You are lucky to be alive I also visted Argentina I had a robbery attempt also but I beat up both thieves … outside of the nightclub area keka I think it’s called in Palermo
@@SmoothMentality93 Palermo is a rich and touristic neighbourhood, anyway, usually there are some thieves there mainly robbing tourists (but most times in a non-violent way, like pickpocketing, because it's an area with frequent police presence, street cameras and also private security in some parts). But you were lucky that those thieves didn't had guns.
The contrast between the villa and the upper-middle class neighborhoods located a few hundred meters away is simply brutal. I live in one of those neighborhoods and I had never been able to see the inside of the villa until you showed it. I am very sorry that you fell ill during your stay here, as you say, Buenos Aires has a lot to see, I hope you can return in the future
Being Argentine and from Buenos Aires. I thank you for showing the reality of the villa. Although there are other villas in Buenos Aires that in my opinion are much more dangerous since not even the police enter there. I had several friends and acquaintances from my school who are from villa 31 or other villas and they are all very good people. As always, great job with your videos.
@@jjdavis7471 right now 2023, anything inside Capital (Ciudad de buenos aires) youre good. outside that, provincia, there are too many places to mention you have to be extremely aware and have info about the place or not go without a guide
So sorry to hear you got sick! Nice to see Lenny again. Such a contrast between the neighborhoods but very surprised to see the inside of Maria’s place and that it cost as much as it did. As always, there is a mix of situations and opportunities. Thanks for sharing this. Safe travels to you. 🙏🏻
I saw this place literally my last day in argentina after spending 2months. I was coming from chinatown and in the Uber on my way back to my Airbnb I stayed a block away from Obelisco. But as the taxi was driving on the highway I see these huge slums and like houses built on top of each other like the favelas in Brazil I was shocked to see it. I just knew it was “the hood” and rough part of town. Buenos Aires is huge! Glad to see Lenny is back on the channel and made it out of Venezuela after your incredible series a few years ago 👏👏…Venezuelans are literally in every country in South America now lol
Argentina is not a bad country at all. It's a country where you will be safe as long as you avoid the bad areas just like in any other countries. Me and my brother are going to Argentina in January next year. I am looking forward to this trip.
As someone who traveled here a month ago, it felt just as safe walking through a New York or a Chicago. Lots of pickpockets so be weary of that. Absolutely beautiful city, i hope you enjoy!
Yes, beautiful by all means! Entao vai morar la. Argentina esta quebrada: a maior divida externa na historia do FMI; inflacao acima de 100%; 52,9% de pobreza; uma moeda que vale uma m*.
I moved to Argentina over 10 years ago and with no plans to leave. The Villa 31 isn't as bad as it used to be. There is another large villa area in the neighborhood of Chacarita, but they have built proper housing there, so the safety has gotten a little better. If you are truly interested in visiting worse places in BA (the suburbs are generally more dangerous than the city proper), check out La Matanza, San Martin, and Quilmes. It is true though that Argentines are awesome, and you won't have more fun and a better welcome anywhere else in the world. I live in Mendoza now, and I think it's the best city to live in Argentina, so come visit us!
Argentina will be better when it deports the 15 million foreigners who are living there (Paraguay,Peru, Uruguay,Chile,Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Rca Dominicana,Venezuela)
@@crikafelix You should try to educate yourself. Those millions of immigrants bring more poverty, the government gives them money, they take away places in hospitals from the Argentines themselves. Never I have seen so many foreigners in Argentina, there are places called villas where only Peruvians live, others Paraguayans, and Bolivians I was shocked when I saw that on TV.
There are so many areas in Buenos Aires that are the complete opposite of the slums shown in this video, it's a great city with so much history and things to see and do. The food culture is unbelievable, not just Argentinian food but loads of different countries and cultures can be found. Argentina is a massive country too with one of the most geographical diverse landscapes imaginable; you can be walking amongst penguins and doing snow sledding in the South, riding boats around whales in the east and skiing or snowboarding the Andes in the west or exploring desert areas in the North. It's like a mixture of multiple countries from different world regions in one.
Argentina isn't really that dangerous though is it my sister lived in Brazil and it's dangerous there but she lived near the Argentina part and she said it was safe
Compared to what you usually cover, the villa seems so tame lmao. Watching this after the haiti videos is surreal. I am from a small coastal town in argentina, Necochea, we don't have villas and it's fairly safe. I'm very ignorant of what happens in these other parts of my country and honestly, I thought it was going to be worse. I get that it's bad and the living conditions are awful, but the housing developments and the guys grilling every friday made me feel better. There is development happening
La 31 está así por el gobierno de la ciudad, que le quiere sacar la fama de encima. Si querés una villa como la que era la 31 antes, andá a la 1-11-14 en la ciudad, o sino cualquiera del Conurbano sur
La villa 31 es pobre pero no esta TAN mal como suelen decir gente la verdad hay barrios muchos peores en el pais pero en Capital esta suele ser la mas famosa.
Sorry to hear you got so ill Nick, but thankyou for sharing this video on Argentina nonetheless. I've been binging your videos every night to help wind down, and just need to thankyou for your time, energy and for showing us the world from the comfort of our own homes. Take care of yourself, love from your sister country Australia ❤
I was in BA 20 years ago after watching Evita. I was warmed by hearing that maybe the places aren’t as bad as some may report. I hope you are feeling better now. Glad to have you back doing your thing. Thanks man.
I just got home from Buenos Aires, it’s crazy how I was staying in an airbnb no less than 15 minutes away from here. I loved Buenos Aires such an amazing city - A Yankee
Ah man, I feel so bad you got sick! I really wanted to see more of you around my native country of Argentina, there's so much to see.. shame, but loved this video!
That's not even close to be the most dangerous place, is just the most famous shanty town in Argentina because it's very close to the city center of Buenos Aires. Also, it has improved a lot in the last decades. Inside the city of Buenos Aires there are shanty towns like Villa Zavaleta, Villa 1-11-14, Los Piletones or Ciudad Oculta, that are far more dangerous, and in the metropolitan area that surrounds Buenos Aires (composed by dozens of satellite cities) there are many more. Anyway, if you go with locals you can show those places.
I actually love the shipping container fire station. Through the whole video it's just wonderful to see how resourceful Argentinians are in these areas. Love to see yet another series and see Lenny again 👍🏻
You are the absolute champion of travel vids. Nobody else comes close. All aspects of your content is top notch. This was such an interesting place. I get so so excited every time you drop a new video. I hope there’s more Argentina content coming.
It's unfortunate people have to do business illegally, I feel for Maria. She's worked SO hard for her little spot and anyone with more power or standing than her can just roll in and say, 'Well, there's no papers this building is illegal, now it's ours.' It's seemingly gone on for some time, however so perhaps she'll be able to hold onto it for a long time to come. I hope for her. Great work as always, Nick. Sorry to hear about getting the ick, glad you recovered well!
If this situation (illegal immigrants from Bolivia squatting on government land, stealing electricity from taxpayers and living in unsafe conditions) happened in the USA you'd be calling for their deportation. Let's not be hypocritical.
They could choose to do things the legal way (rent a cheap apartment in the outskirts of the city and endure a 2 hour commute to work, like many poor people do) but squatting on this terrain is convenient because it's located in the heart of the city on some of the most expensive real estate. They choose to live in this irregular situation.
Also I should mention, that about two decades ago, the city government offered to relocate them to nice apartments in the outskirts of the city but they refused. So the government can't evict them, they won't relocate voluntarily, so they have settled for just trying to "urbanize" the place, build infraestructure, make it safe and try to integrate it with the city. But it's a very complicated situation.
So much respect for the people living there. I never knew about this neighborhood until watching this video. I love that people still smile and they are welcoming and I wish them better/safer area in the future!
I've visited Buenos Aires before for our TV show and I totally love their food, the city's architecture and their street arts. I've seen that neighborhood and people advised me not to go there. I may not be able to go there but thanks to this video. Now I see it without any sugarcoat.
I somehow missed several of your travels over the last several months! I am so glad this popped up in my feed again! Missed your reporting. One thing I loved about this episode, besides the excellent reporting…is how brightly painted many of the homes and streets were. It shows the hope, creativity, and spirit of the people. Even with tough circumstances they want to brighten and make the area lovely.
It’s sad to see the poverty and poor living conditions in Buenas Aires, but the United States also has ghettos/barrios/homeless encampments still in 2023. I’m 71 years old and don’t know when things will change for all of us worldwide. Good Bless ❤
So good to see Lenny back!! I remember him from your Venezuelan videos which caught my eye and ever since those came out, ive been your regular viewer! What a great video and cheers from Prague
Take good care of your health, Nick. Your work is very important and your videos are very interesting (and often wholesome and somewhat sad) to watch. Thank you very much for what you are doing.
Your videos are edited really well. Especially love when the translations happen. Also, love when you add music to your videos and my sub woofer activates.
Was just starting to worry about you again! But glad to see you uploading again. Looking forward to this upcoming series! Love and support from South africa 🇿🇦!❤
The people that you interviewed were shown with dignity, humanity and respect. Well done. This is the first video I've seen by you, I will be checking out others.
Nick - long time viewer here. Have really enjoyed all of your series and especially this recent one about Argentina. I really think you should do your next series on Mexico. Just wanted to put that out there if it hasn’t come up yet. It’s got a lot goin on in the country.
I went to Buenos Aires in 2018. I did a walking tour and the guides talked a bit about this neighborhood. One of the guides was from this area and said we shouldn't visit this area but also offered to take us if we wanted. I ended up not going so it's interesting to learn more about.
I just travelled here a month ago and you could tell that the country has been damaged by inflation in recent months. Many times, we’d get money back on our purchases between the time we swiped our credit card to when the purchase was finalized because it was so out of control. Very beautiful country and definitely enjoyed my time there. Thank you for showing the other side of Buenos Aires that the normal traveler wouldn’t have the opportunity to see!
There are two exchange rates in Argentina; the official (which is rubbish) and the 'blue dollar' rate which is double, by which everyone goes by. To encourage tourism and foreign spending, the banks give you a rate closer to the blue dollar if you're paying with an international card, so you get a rebate sent back into your account a couple of days later. It's actually not inflation-related, but glad you enjoyed the country.
Buenos Aires is an amazing city with so much diversity. The people are very friendly and regardless of our communications barrier, I really enjoyed their company. I would suggest anyone who wants to go, you should. I never once felt unsafe. Sorry to hear you got sick, Nick. Wish you could have explored more and enjoyed your time. I left there with a stomach bug myself, maybe it was the Quilmes.
Brilliant as always Nick. You've inspired me to go to India and get well off the beaten tourist track. Plus do lots more travel and vlogging.. At 65... Bring it on!
@@IndigoTravelleryeah thanks. The trek to Basecamp may lure me.. Anyhow take care my kiwi bro. You're an inspiration to many including me. Cheers Pete
I got nothing but respect for you Nick. You don't sugarcoat nothing. You are fair and unbiased in your videos, unlike mainstream media. I got mad ❤️ for 🇦🇷, it's people, culture, cuisine (they got the best steak in the world), and of course, the National ⚽️ team. They also have a very good rugby team. I know your from 🇳🇿 Nick and you probably a fan of the All Blacks. Best of luck to them as they play 🇮🇪 next Sunday. Stay safe in during your stay in 🇦🇷 sir.
Funny story, I had my entire wardrobe stolen from me as I was checking out of an Airbnb in Agronomia (right outside of Buenos Aires). I had to go to Gallerias Pacifico for new clothes later that day. That theft could have happened literally anywhere though. I still really enjoyed my time in Argentina and would love to come back.
I’ve lived in London, as well as Buenos Aires, I worked right by this neighborhood, I also lived in Detroit and Medellin. London is so mind blowingly safe it’s insane. People get there phone stolen, but there isn’t a city this big and this safe anywhere else in the world. A council house in the worst neighborhood would be a mansion en la villa 31 or any villa en CABA.
Argentina seems to be very similar to Brazil. Lots of beautiful areas but also a lot of poverty and dangerous areas. The difference is that in Argentina, it gets pretty cold and gloomy.
You should do a video in bad neighborhoods in peensyvenia. You should go to Kensington PA. Don't just go to obvious third world countries. A lot of people suffer In developed countries too.
I always look forward to your videos. What I’ve learned is there aren’t any perfect countries. Some are better than others, I never imagined Argentina had any problems whatsoever.
Happy to see you made it to my home country Argentina. I've never been to that neighborhood, so cool to see it through your eyes. Great content as usual.
Excellent work as always Nic. The people of Argentina are so resourceful and resilient...much respect. Nic, you should come to Appalachia in Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky...real poverty here too, but some of the most beautiful landscapes and genuine people (my opinion). Stay safe Nic!!
@@IndigoTraveller Go to Los Angeles, New Orleans, Denver and New York You will see so many people homeless sleeping on the streets and YES! the most powerful country in the world have this issues
Ehh, the poverty is not THAT bad. After Watching Peter Santanello and Danny Mullen you realize it’s just a ghost town with a small amount of old people who don’t work and just so drugs instead lol.
It’s important to see what is going on, in the south, central and North America. The demographics and stories have changed in just the few years since previous travel videos were made. The mass migration, labeled invasive in Texas , is going to change everything from this point on. There’s too many variables to predict exactly how.
I have been there many times and most recently was 3 weeks ago even did some shopping at the market by the retiro bus station, and I will say yes it has some issues. But many very good people who have ran into very difficult times; But they have a heart of gold!
I'll be in Buenos Aires next month for some linguistic fieldwork. Thanks for showing this neighborhood. I can't understand just how chronic the finacial crises are there, getting better or worse. Fortuantely, i have colleagues who can help with paying my participants. Despite all the problems, Argentina seems much safer than Brazil, although I love Brazil too.
Buenos Aires is very safe, the main problems are outside of the capital area so as long as you are weary you should be fine, obviously there are safer and less safer areas within the city but it doesn't get as bad as in other places.
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A big thank you for watching this video, unfortunately as covered in the video, it came to a pretty abrupt end. A big thank you to all my Patreons for their support: www.patreon.com/indigotraveller I will be back soon with another series :)
Great to see you´re back, Nick.
I´m looking forward to watching your next experiences. Take care and thanks in advance
Nick siempre será bueno verte en cualquier lugar, gracias por la oportunidad de guiarte de nuevo, el video es una joya 💎😍, saldremos adelante donde sea que estemos, un abrazo 🤗💪🏼
Damn. That must have been some illness!!! Hope you are fully recovered.
Sorry to hear you got sick but I'm glad you're better now. Another great vlog Nick! Aloha from Hawaii
yoooooo big fan love your work
I am argentinian, I live in Buenos Aires. Thank you for the respect you showed in this video and for your good wishes. Your words were very touching.
That is so nice to read, much love to Argentina :)
Argentina is on my Travel List. It appears to be a wonderful country. Much safer than the USA.
JAVIER MILEI
@@elcubanito2442 hehe not at all
Great comment Vanesa. You are my hero
I like the fact he shows everything, no sugar coating. Good job Nick.
Appreciate that, thank you :)
Not exactly...it is a bit skewed but as a blanket statement...partly true
What is sugar coating
@@s125ish that person meant that Nick is showing those places straight as they are in real life. Not trying to make them look better than they actually are (or worse) - just exactly as they are (with both their good and bad sides), letting you decide what you think about them.
I’m an Englishman and a few years ago unknowingly walked through Villa 31. I got an overnight bus to the station and Google maps took me through this area when I was trying to walk into the city.
I got robbed at gunpoint and they took everything - it’s really interesting for me to see this video.
Thank you!
Ohhh... Google is your friend.... Facepalm!
You are lucky to be alive I also visted Argentina I had a robbery attempt also but I beat up both thieves … outside of the nightclub area keka I think it’s called in Palermo
@@SmoothMentality93 Palermo is a rich and touristic neighbourhood, anyway, usually there are some thieves there mainly robbing tourists (but most times in a non-violent way, like pickpocketing, because it's an area with frequent police presence, street cameras and also private security in some parts). But you were lucky that those thieves didn't had guns.
Interesting to see how the crime changes from places to places.
In my city the last place you can get robbed is inside the slums.
So you're British and you feel surprised about robbery and thieving? Hahaha, so that's how it feels?
The contrast between the villa and the upper-middle class neighborhoods located a few hundred meters away is simply brutal. I live in one of those neighborhoods and I had never been able to see the inside of the villa until you showed it. I am very sorry that you fell ill during your stay here, as you say, Buenos Aires has a lot to see, I hope you can return in the future
Thank you, appreciate you sharing your perspective. Much love to Argentina!
@@atomicfusionvideofor who ?
En ese pais son todos una manga de ladrones del primero al ultimo.
@@atomicfusionvideoexactly, super socialism. The libtards will disagree, without doing any research. Here we go:
This is so true
Being Argentine and from Buenos Aires.
I thank you for showing the reality of the villa.
Although there are other villas in Buenos Aires that in my opinion are much more dangerous since not even the police enter there.
I had several friends and acquaintances from my school who are from villa 31 or other villas and they are all very good people.
As always, great job with your videos.
Thank you so much :)
❤
What areas should tourists stay away from if they are visiting there?
@@youtubhi so is JoeB5705 one of the lucky ones? He lives in a good upper class area.
@@jjdavis7471 right now 2023, anything inside Capital (Ciudad de buenos aires) youre good. outside that, provincia, there are too many places to mention you have to be extremely aware and have info about the place or not go without a guide
Good to see Lenny again, I follow him on Insta and knew he had emigrated to Argentina, hope life is better for him.
Beautiful. Yeah, top guy!
So sorry to hear you got sick! Nice to see Lenny again. Such a contrast between the neighborhoods but very surprised to see the inside of Maria’s place and that it cost as much as it did. As always, there is a mix of situations and opportunities. Thanks for sharing this. Safe travels to you. 🙏🏻
Much love!
I saw this place literally my last day in argentina after spending 2months. I was coming from chinatown and in the Uber on my way back to my Airbnb I stayed a block away from Obelisco. But as the taxi was driving on the highway I see these huge slums and like houses built on top of each other like the favelas in Brazil I was shocked to see it. I just knew it was “the hood” and rough part of town. Buenos Aires is huge! Glad to see Lenny is back on the channel and made it out of Venezuela after your incredible series a few years ago 👏👏…Venezuelans are literally in every country in South America now lol
Definitely a unique scene with the highway. Great to have Lenny back and thanks for the long time support!
Argentina is not a bad country at all. It's a country where you will be safe as long as you avoid the bad areas just like in any other countries.
Me and my brother are going to Argentina in January next year. I am looking forward to this trip.
Totally, enjoy the trip ;)
Not like any other country. Not all countries have places where you’ll be in danger from other people.
@@Zei33 Every country in the world has "bad neighborhoods" that you dont want to go in
As someone who traveled here a month ago, it felt just as safe walking through a New York or a Chicago. Lots of pickpockets so be weary of that. Absolutely beautiful city, i hope you enjoy!
@@Zei33so there are some countries where people arent dangerous? tell me where 😂
Wow was not expecting an Argentina series Nick. Looking forward to watching this. Stay safe mate
Thank you Nate, unfortunately it ended shorter than planned.
I am Brasilian , and live in Rio de Janeiro..Oh, god what a beautiful and lovely country is Argentina.
VAi morar pô
Kkkkkkkkkk
Vai morar lá
Yes, beautiful by all means! Entao vai morar la. Argentina esta quebrada: a maior divida externa na historia do FMI; inflacao acima de 100%; 52,9% de pobreza; uma moeda que vale uma m*.
I moved to Argentina over 10 years ago and with no plans to leave. The Villa 31 isn't as bad as it used to be. There is another large villa area in the neighborhood of Chacarita, but they have built proper housing there, so the safety has gotten a little better. If you are truly interested in visiting worse places in BA (the suburbs are generally more dangerous than the city proper), check out La Matanza, San Martin, and Quilmes. It is true though that Argentines are awesome, and you won't have more fun and a better welcome anywhere else in the world. I live in Mendoza now, and I think it's the best city to live in Argentina, so come visit us!
I loved them ❤
may I ask where are you from? thank you in advance!
@@luccaspagnuolo originally from the US but have been living in Argentina for many years
Nice video Nick! I hope the situation in Argentina gets better. Much love from Brazil 🇧🇷 🇦🇷
Love to Brazil!
Argentina will be better when it deports the 15 million foreigners who are living there (Paraguay,Peru, Uruguay,Chile,Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Rca Dominicana,Venezuela)
@@kellyk5123sweet illusion… immigrants have not to do with the Argentina crisis or Brazil would be in a hole like Argentina is 🙄
@@crikafelix You should try to educate yourself. Those millions of immigrants bring more poverty, the government gives them money, they take away places in hospitals from the Argentines themselves. Never I have seen so many foreigners in Argentina, there are places called villas where only Peruvians live, others Paraguayans, and Bolivians I was shocked when I saw that on TV.
@@kellyk5123 You might want to double check Argentinas constitution.
Argentina doesn't look too bad. I hope can visit sometime soon.
It is great, you should :)
There are so many areas in Buenos Aires that are the complete opposite of the slums shown in this video, it's a great city with so much history and things to see and do. The food culture is unbelievable, not just Argentinian food but loads of different countries and cultures can be found. Argentina is a massive country too with one of the most geographical diverse landscapes imaginable; you can be walking amongst penguins and doing snow sledding in the South, riding boats around whales in the east and skiing or snowboarding the Andes in the west or exploring desert areas in the North. It's like a mixture of multiple countries from different world regions in one.
Argentina isn't really that dangerous though is it my sister lived in Brazil and it's dangerous there but she lived near the Argentina part and she said it was safe
@@leahflower9924Buenos Aires is really dangerous.
People kill to eat here, its rough
@@vargasmartin7143there’s levels. I’m guessing you’ve never been in an actual dangerous country.
Been fascinated with Argentina since I was a teenager. Great insight Nick.
Compared to what you usually cover, the villa seems so tame lmao. Watching this after the haiti videos is surreal. I am from a small coastal town in argentina, Necochea, we don't have villas and it's fairly safe. I'm very ignorant of what happens in these other parts of my country and honestly, I thought it was going to be worse. I get that it's bad and the living conditions are awful, but the housing developments and the guys grilling every friday made me feel better. There is development happening
La 31 está así por el gobierno de la ciudad, que le quiere sacar la fama de encima. Si querés una villa como la que era la 31 antes, andá a la 1-11-14 en la ciudad, o sino cualquiera del Conurbano sur
La villa 31 es pobre pero no esta TAN mal como suelen decir gente la verdad hay barrios muchos peores en el pais pero en Capital esta suele ser la mas famosa.
this is far from the worst place in argentina
nah, esto no es lo peor de lo peor en argentina, ni de cerca
So if you are argentinian you should know what your country was years ago and how fucked up is nowadays.
Sorry to hear you got so ill Nick, but thankyou for sharing this video on Argentina nonetheless.
I've been binging your videos every night to help wind down, and just need to thankyou for your time, energy and for showing us the world from the comfort of our own homes.
Take care of yourself, love from your sister country Australia ❤
Much love and thanks
I was in BA 20 years ago after watching Evita. I was warmed by hearing that maybe the places aren’t as bad as some may report. I hope you are feeling better now. Glad to have you back doing your thing. Thanks man.
I just got home from Buenos Aires, it’s crazy how I was staying in an airbnb no less than 15 minutes away from here. I loved Buenos Aires such an amazing city - A Yankee
miss you buddy! keep it up the good work 🤍 🇦🇷 Viva Argentina!
Thank you guys, much love! Your latest adventures look amazing :)
Sorry to hear about your illness, Nick. I'm glad you're better now. I hope you will be able to come here again and keep seeing and showing Argentina.
Ah man, I feel so bad you got sick!
I really wanted to see more of you around my native country of Argentina, there's so much to see.. shame, but loved this video!
That's not even close to be the most dangerous place, is just the most famous shanty town in Argentina because it's very close to the city center of Buenos Aires.
Also, it has improved a lot in the last decades.
Inside the city of Buenos Aires there are shanty towns like Villa Zavaleta, Villa 1-11-14, Los Piletones or Ciudad Oculta, that are far more dangerous, and in the metropolitan area that surrounds Buenos Aires (composed by dozens of satellite cities) there are many more.
Anyway, if you go with locals you can show those places.
Yeah it looks functional at least.
what about Ingeniero Budge?
He should go to el bajo flores o puerta de hierro, villa 31 is not the most dangerous at all but for this guy everywhere is dangerous
@@aSome1 ahí o en innumerables zonas más del AMBA tenés villas más peligrosas, lo mismo varias de Rosario y el Gran Rosario.
@@dalerojo2.091 llega a ir a rosario no sale vivo jajajajaja
Another great video from you Nick. I’m so sorry to hear that you got extremely ill, and I certainly hope you’re well again.
I actually love the shipping container fire station. Through the whole video it's just wonderful to see how resourceful Argentinians are in these areas. Love to see yet another series and see Lenny again 👍🏻
Thank you, much love
You are the absolute champion of travel vids. Nobody else comes close. All aspects of your content is top notch. This was such an interesting place. I get so so excited every time you drop a new video. I hope there’s more Argentina content coming.
Good to see you’re catching up with Lenny again! Love his photography too
Super talented guy
That fireman seemed to really fancy nick.
It's unfortunate people have to do business illegally, I feel for Maria. She's worked SO hard for her little spot and anyone with more power or standing than her can just roll in and say, 'Well, there's no papers this building is illegal, now it's ours.' It's seemingly gone on for some time, however so perhaps she'll be able to hold onto it for a long time to come. I hope for her.
Great work as always, Nick. Sorry to hear about getting the ick, glad you recovered well!
I'd say it's unfortunate we have to do business legally aka under the state mafia
Illegal inmigrant living off taxpayers money...
If this situation (illegal immigrants from Bolivia squatting on government land, stealing electricity from taxpayers and living in unsafe conditions) happened in the USA you'd be calling for their deportation. Let's not be hypocritical.
They could choose to do things the legal way (rent a cheap apartment in the outskirts of the city and endure a 2 hour commute to work, like many poor people do) but squatting on this terrain is convenient because it's located in the heart of the city on some of the most expensive real estate. They choose to live in this irregular situation.
Also I should mention, that about two decades ago, the city government offered to relocate them to nice apartments in the outskirts of the city but they refused. So the government can't evict them, they won't relocate voluntarily, so they have settled for just trying to "urbanize" the place, build infraestructure, make it safe and try to integrate it with the city. But it's a very complicated situation.
Great to see you back Nick! Sad to hear you were sick and hope you have recovered completely. Stay safe!
Nice to see you!
Thank you for putting out great content for us.
Thanks Stephanie!
Lenny!!!!! So nice to see you again! Excellent video Nick as always!
thank you
Great to see a new episode on this channel. Missed your content :)
Getting ready to watch in 3, 2, 1....
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Thank you as always!
Oh man, absolutely love your channel and love Lenny Ruiz. He’s a hell of a photographer. Thanks for having him back on your channel! 🔥🔥🔥
Continually love your videos, you go to places I couldn't imagine being brave enough to venture into.
Thank you for comming to our country Nick! 🇦🇷 We’re having presidential elections soon, and hopefully we'll overcome the crisis
I left Argentina in 1995, only visited once in 2001. Heart breaking to see my homeland descend to this level
@@Horizon429 yes and? The Mapuche themselves were invaders from araucania.
Why has it gone downhill?
@@hugolafhugolaf terrible management and a culture of adding the bucket
@@cmsacademy1673I don't know that adding the bucket means, but terrible management is pretty clear.
Los que viven ahi no son Argentinos
So much respect for the people living there. I never knew about this neighborhood until watching this video. I love that people still smile and they are welcoming and I wish them better/safer area in the future!
Thank you Nick for providing such amazing content. Can you visit Marseille, France and do a video there any time? Would be interesting
We're glad you're back... 💯💯
Yay Lenny!! Good to see him again. Stay safe Nick. 🥰
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Nice to see you and Lenny again .
I enjoyed your entire video! I hope in the future you will make another visit to Argentina! Cheers!
I've visited Buenos Aires before for our TV show and I totally love their food, the city's architecture and their street arts. I've seen that neighborhood and people advised me not to go there. I may not be able to go there but thanks to this video. Now I see it without any sugarcoat.
Lived in Argentina for a few months. Loved Buenos Aires and will be heading back early next year to stay for one year.
Great city, enjoy!
I somehow missed several of your travels over the last several months! I am so glad this popped up in my feed again! Missed your reporting. One thing I loved about this episode, besides the excellent reporting…is how brightly painted many of the homes and streets were. It shows the hope, creativity, and spirit of the people. Even with tough circumstances they want to brighten and make the area lovely.
Thank you Wendy :)
Was waiting for you 💖
Hope you're feeling better now nick. Take your time getting better and have a good rest please. Great video! :-)
So thankful you're okay! You're so loved.
It’s sad to see the poverty and poor living conditions in Buenas Aires, but the United States also has ghettos/barrios/homeless encampments still in 2023. I’m 71 years old and don’t know when things will change for all of us worldwide. Good Bless ❤
Yeah! Checko out Los Angeles, Denver, New Orleans and New York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so much people sleeping on the streets
Barrios are not ghetto by default 🤦🏻, but yes Argentina is a beautiful country with bad leadership… hopefully their barrios will see better times..
So good to see Lenny back!! I remember him from your Venezuelan videos which caught my eye and ever since those came out, ive been your regular viewer! What a great video and cheers from Prague
Take good care of your health, Nick. Your work is very important and your videos are very interesting (and often wholesome and somewhat sad) to watch. Thank you very much for what you are doing.
Your videos are edited really well. Especially love when the translations happen. Also, love when you add music to your videos and my sub woofer activates.
Stay safe, I love learning about different countries through your videos keep it up 👍
Thank you!
omg youre back lennys back what a treat! Thanks nick!
Was just starting to worry about you again! But glad to see you uploading again. Looking forward to this upcoming series! Love and support from South africa 🇿🇦!❤
Thank you!
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
The people that you interviewed were shown with dignity, humanity and respect. Well done. This is the first video I've seen by you, I will be checking out others.
Sending so much love to Argentina. And Lenny's photographs are goosebump beautiful
Always a great day when IndigoTraveller uploads 🙌
Haha cheers!
Welcome back missed your videos the last 2 months. Keep safe!
Nick - long time viewer here. Have really enjoyed all of your series and especially this recent one about Argentina. I really think you should do your next series on Mexico. Just wanted to put that out there if it hasn’t come up yet. It’s got a lot goin on in the country.
Fascinating to see a Huge house on top of a highrise building
Amazing huh
@@IndigoTraveller really appreciate your reporting. you go to places most of us would never dare. thank you!
I went to Buenos Aires in 2018. I did a walking tour and the guides talked a bit about this neighborhood. One of the guides was from this area and said we shouldn't visit this area but also offered to take us if we wanted. I ended up not going so it's interesting to learn more about.
Finally you are back
Im Chilean and been to Buenos Aires a couple of times. It’s beautiful, the people are very welcoming and the food is amazing 🙌❤️
So good to see Lenny again! Hopefully there will be more collaborations in the future.
Travelled this country for 8 weeks. No matter what - I love Argentina, people are amazing. This country deserves so much better.
Collab we did not ask but we all needed, so good to see Lenny again :)
I just travelled here a month ago and you could tell that the country has been damaged by inflation in recent months. Many times, we’d get money back on our purchases between the time we swiped our credit card to when the purchase was finalized because it was so out of control.
Very beautiful country and definitely enjoyed my time there. Thank you for showing the other side of Buenos Aires that the normal traveler wouldn’t have the opportunity to see!
Thank you for the comment. Definitely sad to see the economy take such a downwards turn
There are two exchange rates in Argentina; the official (which is rubbish) and the 'blue dollar' rate which is double, by which everyone goes by. To encourage tourism and foreign spending, the banks give you a rate closer to the blue dollar if you're paying with an international card, so you get a rebate sent back into your account a couple of days later. It's actually not inflation-related, but glad you enjoyed the country.
El gobierno devolvía el impuesto al valor agregado, por eso te devolvían dinero. Ahora ya no.
Love seeing Lenny again. Hope there are more collabs in the future. Would be great to hear his thoughts
Buenos Aires is an amazing city with so much diversity. The people are very friendly and regardless of our communications barrier, I really enjoyed their company. I would suggest anyone who wants to go, you should. I never once felt unsafe.
Sorry to hear you got sick, Nick. Wish you could have explored more and enjoyed your time. I left there with a stomach bug myself, maybe it was the Quilmes.
I also loved BsAs, mind you I mostly stuck to the common touristy areas, and the waterfront and outskirts.
Happy to see you back!☺️
Much love!
Brilliant as always Nick. You've inspired me to go to India and get well off the beaten tourist track. Plus do lots more travel and vlogging.. At 65... Bring it on!
Have fun, sounds amazing!
@@IndigoTravelleryeah thanks. The trek to Basecamp may lure me.. Anyhow take care my kiwi bro. You're an inspiration to many including me. Cheers Pete
I got nothing but respect for you Nick. You don't sugarcoat nothing. You are fair and unbiased in your videos, unlike mainstream media. I got mad ❤️ for 🇦🇷, it's people, culture, cuisine (they got the best steak in the world), and of course, the National ⚽️ team. They also have a very good rugby team. I know your from 🇳🇿 Nick and you probably a fan of the All Blacks. Best of luck to them as they play 🇮🇪 next Sunday. Stay safe in during your stay in 🇦🇷 sir.
Funny story, I had my entire wardrobe stolen from me as I was checking out of an Airbnb in Agronomia (right outside of Buenos Aires). I had to go to Gallerias Pacifico for new clothes later that day. That theft could have happened literally anywhere though. I still really enjoyed my time in Argentina and would love to come back.
Agronomía is not "outside" of Buenos Aires but inside of it, it's one of the neighbourhoods of the city (and a pretty good one by the way).
Another excellent video Nick! 🙏 Thank you. I m sorry to hear that you got so sick. That can happen when traveling. It’s happened to me twice.
Seems as safe as London tbh
in 2024 UK or London in general is way more safer than Buenos Aires, I guess thieves dont have guns in UK lol
I’ve lived in London, as well as Buenos Aires, I worked right by this neighborhood, I also lived in Detroit and Medellin. London is so mind blowingly safe it’s insane. People get there phone stolen, but there isn’t a city this big and this safe anywhere else in the world. A council house in the worst neighborhood would be a mansion en la villa 31 or any villa en CABA.
Lenny's back! Glad to see you got a chance to reconnect.
Much appreciated!
Argentina seems to be very similar to Brazil. Lots of beautiful areas but also a lot of poverty and dangerous areas. The difference is that in Argentina, it gets pretty cold and gloomy.
And not to mention extremely hot, humid and unbearable come December (in Buenos Aires anyway).
Similar but not as bad as Brazil
It's nice to see you again, Nick. Great content as always! 🤩
You should do a video in bad neighborhoods in peensyvenia. You should go to Kensington PA. Don't just go to obvious third world countries. A lot of people suffer In developed countries too.
That would be interesting. And also do a video of real life in new York.
@@vintagetriplex3728life in New York is much better than Argentina
how dare you call argentina a 3rd world country? They are the best of europe in latin america
Peensyvenia 😂
Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia 🙄
Glad your back Nick! Stay safe out there.
I wish to visit this fascinating country
Good to see Lenny again. Great content as always.
I always look forward to your videos. What I’ve learned is there aren’t any perfect countries. Some are better than others, I never imagined Argentina had any problems whatsoever.
It's great to see Lenny again!
Top guy he is!
Compared to some recent videos I have seen of the USA this place seems mild and safe in comparison.
Happy to see you made it to my home country Argentina. I've never been to that neighborhood, so cool to see it through your eyes. Great content as usual.
Thank you!
Excellent work as always Nic. The people of Argentina are so resourceful and resilient...much respect.
Nic, you should come to Appalachia in Eastern Tennessee, Southeast Kentucky...real poverty here too, but some of the most beautiful landscapes and genuine people (my opinion). Stay safe Nic!!
Would love to see more of the USA!
@@IndigoTraveller Go to Los Angeles, New Orleans, Denver and New York You will see so many people homeless sleeping on the streets and YES! the most powerful country in the world have this issues
Ehh, the poverty is not THAT bad. After Watching Peter Santanello and Danny Mullen you realize it’s just a ghost town with a small amount of old people who don’t work and just so drugs instead lol.
Great job as always Nick!
Cheers from a short city break on Crete! 🇬🇷
Thanks as always, enjoy greece!
Que bueno verte en Argentina. Siento seguro ahí pero tiene problemas como pobreza.
Casi todos paises tiene alguns lugares peligrosos
Pero no ha ese nivel.
Great to see you again,best documentaries!!!🥇🏆
Thank you!
It’s important to see what is going on, in the south, central and North America. The demographics and stories have changed in just the few years since previous travel videos were made. The mass migration, labeled invasive in Texas , is going to change everything from this point on. There’s too many variables to predict exactly how.
I’ve missed your videos Nick, thank you for showing us the world and specially the “slums” and whatnot.
Thank you for joining!
I have been there many times and most recently was 3 weeks ago even did some shopping at the market by the retiro bus station, and I will say yes it has some issues. But many very good people who have ran into very difficult times; But they have a heart of gold!
I'll be in Buenos Aires next month for some linguistic fieldwork. Thanks for showing this neighborhood. I can't understand just how chronic the finacial crises are there, getting better or worse. Fortuantely, i have colleagues who can help with paying my participants.
Despite all the problems, Argentina seems much safer than Brazil, although I love Brazil too.
Like every big city, just be aware and, pls, don't go around with your phone in your hand, you may get robbed....
Buenos Aires is very safe, the main problems are outside of the capital area so as long as you are weary you should be fine, obviously there are safer and less safer areas within the city but it doesn't get as bad as in other places.
Great that you're back filming Nick.
Thanks!
Milei 2023🗽
I like that you're real. Thanks.