Culture Shocks From Living in Argentina? (Buenos Aires)

We explore the culture shock that foreigners experience while living in Argentina. We talk to expats from countries like Germany, Jamaica, the UK, US, Russia etc. to figure out what have been the biggest struggles, what they like and dislike the most and how has living in Argentina changed them.

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CREW:
Camila Salazar (host):
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CAST:
Bella (Jamaica):
Hanif (USA):
Marius (Germany):
Joe (UK):
Ryan (USA):

0:00 Intro
1:14 How are the people different here than in your country?
3:53 Biggest culture shock?
4:40 What stereotype did you have & how true was it?
5:57 What do you love about Argentina?
6:15 What is something you don't like about Argentina?
10:40 How did living in Argentina change you as a person?

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • @Waltaere says:

    Beyond Bordeers 😃

  • @user-ql4rh8cn2t says:

    ﴿إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ }رسالتي الئ كل مسلم ﴿إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ }سبحان الله هذه الآية لها تأثير كبير في القلب كان إذا قرأها سيدنا أبو بكر في صلاة الفجر يبكي😭،فيبكي الناس💔.﴿ إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ ﴾وفي ليلة من الليالي، كان سيدنا يعقوب في السجود يبكي بكاءً شديداً ويقول :يا ربّ ،أما ترحم ضعفي؟ياربّ ، أما ترحم شيبتي؟ياربّ ، أما ترحم كِبَر سِنّي؟ياربّ ،أما ترحم ذُلّي؟ياربّ ، أما ترحم فقري؟قال تعالى ﴿وَابْيَضَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ فَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ ﴾فأوحى الله إليه: (يايعقوب وعزتي وجلالي ،وارتفاعي على خلقي ، لو كان يوسف ميتاً لأحييته لك )ثم جاءته البشرى في اليوم الثاني فقال:﴿ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ﴾ مناشدة 😭يشهد الله ضروفنا قاسيه اجبرتني على هذا اشي ارجوك سامحني💔اخي عاد باقي اخوه إيمانيه طلبتك حق كيس طحين اخي احنا نساء ما بتقدر نخرج بين الرجال عاد باقي مره عندكم اخي ربي اكرمكم انكم رجال احنا نساء ما بتقدر نخرج ولا نشتغل مثلكم اخي وين الاخوه الايمانيه في قلوبكم احنا نساءلاخوه ولا رحمه😥 ولا شفقه ولا انسانيه وبشر الصابرين هي أكبر أمل بأنتظار ما 🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😢__. كم. ناديت وكم كلامت وكم نشتد ولالكن لاحياةالمن تنادي. ياخي احنا معنا. امي تطلب لنا اكل من المطعم. زويده واليوم. امي روحت. تبكي قالت ليش يامي تبكي. قالتي يابنتي. اني اسال. الله اني. يعزني بالموت. قالته. ليش. يامي. تدعي علينا. قالتي.يابنتي اليوم صاحب. المطعم. سبني قله.ليش. اشله الزويده من حيث الناس. اني اسال الله يابنتي. انه الله يحشرني. بالموت وحده حشره افضله. من هذا البهدله واهذ الهيني. صحيصح. اني هذا الكلام. ينقص من قدري ومن احترمي. لاكن ياخي. شهدالله اني مانطقت هذا الكلام ابوس جزمتك. من اشده الجوع ماعد ضمير سمحه لي اني اخلي تروح تطلب لنا اكل. اني ابوس جزمتك ياخي واني اسالك بالله العظيم وفي كتاب الالاله ياخي اني ابوس جزمتك ياخي. غير علينا غره ياخي حتي الف ريال يمني نشتري لنا كيوله دقيقه ياخي ارحمنه من في العرض يرحمكم من في السماء ياخي هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967737726277 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله ألاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير يعلم الله ان صاحب البيت بيخرجنا في الشارع بين الامطار بسبب الاجارشوفو حالتي ب انفسكم اسالكم بالله الحي القيوم تساعدوني والله العضيم حتا في اليل ما نقدر ننام من الخوف لا معنا فرشات ولا بطانيات ندفا بها من البرد كل شي غرق من الامطار وحنا ليس لدينا احد الا الله ثم انتم اخواني ابوس جزمتك لا تردني خايبه ساعدنا بلذي تقدر عليها هل يرضيكم اننا نعيش في هاذي المكان نحنا بنات وليس لدينا احد ابونا توفا اعتبرونا بناتكم وعرضكم وساعدني يلذي تقدر عليها جزاكم الله خير?!!!توتن،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،،ا.ا.ا.ا.ا.ا.<>\¶¶¶¶¶\

    • @user-lj5oj3rk3q says:

      Your situation is sad, but the 9th chapter of the Quran says that all followers of the Quran are terrorists, and your people and your culture are the reason you are in this sad situation. I hope your suffering can end soon.

  • @lauracristin1389 says:

    MARIUSSSSS!!! 😂😂❤❤❤

  • @Rajubhaibambawala says:

    Isn’t it weird to witness plenty of Argentines looking like Europeans until they scream or speak despite being Latinos…. 😊

    • @faygox955 says:

      We look European because our roots are European. More than 90% of our population is of European descent, mostly Italian and Spanish, but also from other countries. To give you an example, I could say that 50% of my ancestry is Italian, in fact I am an Italian citizen, 25% of Spanish ancestry and 25% of German-Jewish ancestry.

    • @iryynaaa says:

      True, Argentinians and Uruguayans look europeans, mostly italians or eastern europeans as well as germans or dutch

    • @Rajubhaibambawala says:

      @@faygox955 Thanks for your honest fact and personal heritage 😊. Same thing could be said for the Brazilians living in the Southern states like RS, Parana and Curitiba followed by the state and city of Sao Paulo.

    • @faygox955 says:

      @@Rajubhaibambawala As you rightly commented, this also applies to a region of Brazil, the south to be more specific. But unlike Argentina and Uruguay where more than 90% of our population is of European ethnicity, in Brazil it only applies to one region, which consequently affects a lower percentage of its total population of European ethnicity. And this is not a criticism, in fact many Argentinians like to vacation in the south of Brazil, and one of the reasons is because it is easier to find places with bidet… A custom inherited from Italy and some parts of Spain.

    • @annie.phoenix says:

      Although when you see us argue with another Latin Ameircan (that is not from Argentina or Uruguay) you can tell we are a diffrent kind of flavour of latino hahah

  • @jamesgreenldn says:

    There is a lot of Germans in Argentina and Brazil

    • @franciscovilcheavila960 says:

      Not much germans in Argentina , they are a little more in some parts of the countryside.

  • @JAG214 says:

    Does no one in this video know about Che Guevara or the new President Javier Milei who is a character himself

    The Jamaican lady want it to be more open so she can find stuff from her country then she in the wrong country because in the US it very open if you live in a big city were their people from all over the world

    As for food like I said before in this comment the US is very open if you live in a big city where their people from all over the world because you will never get bored with food because you can find foods from all over the world

    I live in Dallas, Texas US and as a Foodie since I been born, I can go to an Argentina restaurant one day then go to a Jamaican restaurant the next day then go to a Mexican restaurant the next then go to a xyz place the next day and so on and so on which is great because it shows how diverse Dallas/North Texas area is as a whole

  • @user-dz6gw4nm8e says:

    I think Germans are kinda locals in Argentina after some events at 1940s

  • @MrDigitalman78 says:

    Argentina is the most whitest or European nation is South America which is a fact

    • @LamuelHenrique says:

      Argentina is not white lol, just the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires that received a large number of Europeans in the past, but leaving Buenos Aires you only find indigenous people and mestizos, just like in Brazil, there are several places in Brazil that have a huge population white, but this does not mean that Brazil is a predominantly white country

    • @MrDigitalman78 says:

      @LamuelHenrique  I believe what you’re saying. It’s ethnically diverse like the other South American countries.

    • @LamuelHenrique says:

      @@MrDigitalman78 Currently, not even the USA is a predominantly white country, outside of Europe the only countries that I would consider majority white are Canada and Australia

    • @lissandrafreljord7913 says:

      Clearly you’ve never been to Uruguay. Uruguay is far whiter, while Argentina, especially in the Northwest provinces, like Jujuy and Salta, have a significant indigenous pedigree. Besides, Argentina gets a lot of more indigenous or mestizo people from Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and now Venezuela, that some of them are already second or third generation naturalized Argentines, while the Italians, Spaniards, Germans, Poles, and other Europeans have stopped migrating in massive numbers. There is also a sizeable West Asian (Lebanese, Israeli, Armenians), and, to a lesser extent, East Asian population (Chinese, Korean, Japanese).

    • @AvonFidalgo says:

      ⁠@@LamuelHenriquenot even Europe is fully white, not Canada either. This shows that whites are being attacked and are being invaded.

  • @faygox955 says:

    I fully understand why some people are confused by our appearance with respect to the location of the country. Unfortunately, culture is confused with ethnicity. We are proud to be Argentines, and we are proud of the roots of our families, that can be seen represented in several factors, from the majority of restaurants to the brands of vehicles we drive. And since the majority of the population is descended from the European immigrant stream between 1880 and the end of the Second World War, that is why more than 90% of our population is of European ethnicity. This has repercussions in our customs and culture, which has repercussions in that we are not so attached to the customs of the original people, as can be seen in other Latin American countries.

  • @annie.phoenix says:

    Being Argentine it’s a bit crazy when I hear them say that we need to be a bit more open, until they clarify that they mean with food lol
    We are quite stubborn in that regard, yeah. In my case for example, being vegan for years, I had to go through the stage of people wondering what in the world I would eat if not asado and empanadas de carne. But little by little we’ve become more open with trying more food and incorporating it daily. So if you visit Argentina as the years go by, I’m sure you’ll see more and more variety 🙂

  • @bellainbuenosaires says:

    ❤❤❤ It was so nice to be a part of this!

  • @FdelAzul says:

    Si alguien habla mal de los argentinos, seguramente son mejicanos. Lo demuestra el americano. Igual acá los queremos mucho pese a que se ponen pesados y lo toman personal.

  • @AfroAngola says:

    The Spaniard commenting on Argentina’s use of profanity is hilarious. 🤓😂. It’s basically the pot calling the kettle black.

  • @SophiaDalke says:

    I’ve been to Buenos Aires twice, and it was surprisingly pleasant and comfortable. And as an American, though I hope the economy improves for the sake of the locals, I can’t help but enjoy how far USD goes in the country. It’s cosmopolitan enough that you can get anything you want for a fraction of what you would pay at home.

  • @sofiaalejandraromero1693 says:

    07:55 About the bus driver, they usually do not usually greet you even if the passenger greets him, there are very few bus drivers who greet, they are usually always in a bad mood. And I say this because I’m Argentinian and I live it every day

  • @mushtiar_Engineer says:

    Ur mic so biggest

  • @ilhuicatlamatini says:

    lol the Jamaican woman is funny with her commentary, I think we’d be good friends if I knew her irl 😆

  • @tobiojo6469 says:

    Interesting video

  • @iliminator7 says:

    Damn hanif is yoked

  • @milksmoothie says:

    Great video!😍

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