Uruguay has a higher murder rate than Argentina [0]. This is also true if you compare the city of Buenos Aires with Montevideo[1], though exact numbers are harder to find and I don't have a reference handy. If Buenos Aires has more crime(I have never been able to find numbers on amounts of roberies), it is not as dangerous.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... [1]: http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/156754/un-argentina...

I fell in love with Uruguay when I was there last year-- really an amazing place with a great climate of living and enjoying life fully. People seemed very happy in Uruguay.

Definitely planning a trip. We were going to make a run last week to get out some Yankee bucks but it turns out that Xoom seems to work fine for the purpose (when you factor in the price of the ferry ticket and so forth). But yeah, I think we're going to catch the ferry over at some point.

And you get asado de tira (beef short ribs), which for some reason are less popular in Argentina.