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Memo to Blades: Cheap cocaine!
By The Boss on Feb 24, 2008 | In Expat | Send feedback »
Most of us have seen the new TV ads from Ruben Blades' IPAT praising Panama as a cheap destination if you, say, go on vacation to buy a flatscreen TV. No, of course that makes no sense, but he doesn't listen. The Argentineans are much smarter and understand what the American tourist wants. Nada de cheap TV's, cheap coke is what makes them fly south!
After a college, a bunch of kids I knew abdicated the whole "get a job and health care" scene and moved to Argentina. Down there, the beef is good, the rent is reasonable and the dollar is strong. And get this: the low cost of living even extends to recreational and/or habit forming drugs. Low grade coke is cheaper in Buenos Aires than bottled water is in New York.
In South America cocaine is no longer the drug of elite. Due to porous borders, commoners and the indigenous alike are able to enjoy increased the heart rate and euphoria that coke provides. Tourists might have trouble finding the good street stuff, but down there, the toilets flush the other way and three lines go for $6.
Get that, salsa king? (Through Gawker).
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