Santiago in Brooklyn, who appears to be a transplanted porteño, has a funny posting titled Are you from Buenos Aires? with a list of You know you’re a porteño when:

– Nothing is good anymore, it’s bárbaro
– You can walk the entire length of Florida without being heckled once by a money-changer or flyer distributor
– You think nothing of hopping on a bus for 15 hours to get away for the weekend
– You don’t find it surprising that 2 of these hours are spent leaving the city

See his site for more….