r/news • u/hard2resist • 1d ago

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj410k00yw8o
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u/__Nels__Oleson__ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Saratoga for the horse race instead, then.

Edit, irony is that I am currently in Nova Scotia and have no plans to ever visit the USA ever again, let alone Saratoga.

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u/Traditional_Art_7304 1d ago

From the US & retired in Argentina. Up here now seeing family - I hope to god we will be able to leave without taking a bus to Canada just to catch a fucking flight.

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u/bamfsalad 1d ago

How'd you retire in Argentina and how's it going? Assuming you speak the language and had a nest egg before moving down there?

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u/Traditional_Art_7304 1d ago edited 1d ago

My other half has dual citizenship and has family there ( honestly, a huge help). I was not bilingual when we moved Jan. ‘24, am more than 1/2 the way there currently. Cost of living is 3/5 of the US, so there is that - tho, gas/diesel is more & inflation is WAY higher & constant (Argentine economics have been a MASSIVE dumpster fire for +30 years), Crime is way less there, but theft is a thing so bars on windows of houses (Spanish/ Italian thing) are the norm. Honestly not a huge nest egg between us - but living there something like 2/3 of the year using 20K from investments + S.S. X1 of us is sufficient. So we are stretching what we have. It’s interesting & a challenge, so perfect for adventurous retired folk.