I've heard Punta is sort of the Hamptons for BA/Montevideo, which sounds up my alley.
Will be at a going away party Saturday for an acquaintance who's moving to BA in 2 weeks. Gotta figure out what his plans are down there (he works in private equity here in NYC, probably doing the same there). BA sounds great -- one can buy an apartment in Recoleta for 1/4 what the place would cost here, so if an American banker or has managed to scrape half a million dollars together, one can buy a nice place and relax, just working to earn money for living expenses. I could see myself doing that someday... consider this trip a "trial run".
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
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