FIRE Number for Buenos Aires, Argentina

A furnished monoambiente in a characterful non-prime barrio like Almagro, Boedo, or Villa Crespo, walkable to cafés and the subte. Most meals are cooked at home, with empanadas, a neighborhood parrilla, or a menú del día a few times a week, and getting around runs on the SUBE with the occasional Uber. Health cover is an entry OSDE prepaga, enough for private clinics. Free parks, museum days, cheap milongas, and a fútbol match fill the weeks. Buenos Aires no longer feels bargain-cheap in dollars now that the peso has firmed, but this is a frugal, culturally rich life.

A comfortable furnished one-bedroom in prime Palermo or Recoleta, on a leafy street near the best cafés and restaurants. Dining out is frequent — mid-range tables plus regular steakhouse dinners with good wine — and health cover steps up to a strong OSDE 410 plan. Nights out mean theatre, concerts, the occasional Teatro Colón seat, and a premium gym, with Uber and remis covering transport. This is an affluent porteño life, well above what most locals experience, in Buenos Aires's most desirable neighborhoods.

A best-address residence — a Puerto Madero tower or a grand Recoleta apartment — with a full-time housekeeper and cook. Dining is near-daily at the city's finest tables, from Don Julio to the closed-door circuit, and healthcare shifts to an international concierge plan with worldwide coverage and medical evacuation. A private driver and premium car handle transport, and the uncapped discretionary budget runs to Teatro Colón boxes, polo, art and wine collecting, and first-class travel. This is Buenos Aires at its most opulent — a trophy address, resident staff, and the full sweep of the city's grand cultural life.