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"rented by argentinians" - an odd remark.

I thought the same thing, Johnp.

Indeed.


I find it interesting that it is a rental.

yup, odd.

Yoop! Where can I sign up to be the "female presence" in a dynamite little house with hot Argentinian investment bankers? Consider my application submitted.

Funny, when my wife and I were dating, she lived in the 2nd story apartment directly across 19th street. When we looked out the windows, it looked straight onto that house.

So one of those windows in the background, in the photo of them seated there, should be the window of her old apartment.

Small house. Small world.

Normally, I would agree that the whole "rented by Argentinians" thing would be odd except if you read the article. The fact that they are Argentinian is actually of significant focus in the piece because of how they choose to use their space.
That said, Aaron, I think maybe you should have chosen your words more carefully to emphasize why you are saying it. As it stands, the phrase seems terribly biased.

zero -- How is the term "Argentinians" biased? Would it be weird for the "home" section of a Buenos Aires paper or shelter blog to note that an interesting BA house is "rented by Americans" (or nortamericanos), especially if the previous renters were from the same country, and apparently passed it along to their compatriots? I do understand that there might be some odd connotations if the "Rented by _____" construction were used with some sort of group that's frequently discriminated against, derided, feared, etc. But Argentinians?

"Oy, those darn Argentines, always with their meat and their tango! Why don't they just go back to Argentinia, or wherever they came from!"

It's also a very cool looking little house.

Haven't been on the block in ages, but this was always my favorite spot and made me smile. As I recall, across the street there were 2 side-by-side carriage houses (I thought how sweet the neighbors could wave from their little havens), and when one of those others fell into disuse/disarray I feared it would be lost forever and was so relieved (at least for the visual continuity) when it appeared the other owners took it over and joined it into theirs.

The first thing I thought of was that's Stuart Little's (the mouse) family home!

Well okay his home had 2 floors.

AND they have a disco ball... love it.

I've taken a picture of lil house back a while back but since it wasn't from a digital camera...it is packed away with all my 35mm photos. Must dig through there sometime soon!

I walk by this house almost every day and have always wondered about it.