Originally Posted by
Marambio
As long as you take all the normal precautions and use common sense you shouldn't worry. My best advice would be try not to look like a tourist. Also try not to use your mobile phone on the street and if you do hold it with both hands - thieves on motorcycles ("motochorros") are known for grabbing phones from the hands of the users without even dismounting. They are very skillfull, the porteņo thieves.
Hi Marambio, Thanks for all of your contributions in the Argentina threads of late. I think you provide and accurate account of all things BsAs and find your writing style very refreshing and informative. This was written in August 2015 and supports your claim of the existence of motochoros and petty theft that occurs in BsAs and in Argentina:
https://www.quora.com/I-have-heard-t...t-Is-that-true
I travel quite often to BsAs, am street smart (Grew up in NYC, live in Los Angeles) and nothing has ever happened to me. But a Buddy (a prominent Winemaker in Mendoza did tell me an acount of him being robbed of his Rolex at Gunpoint while at a Cafe in Recoleta (so it even happens from time to time to the Nationals as well) This is not specifically an Argentina thing, it happens world wide these days. But the link is specific to issues in BsAs and Argentina..
Thanks and Safe Travels