Who each one is for, and the catch.
Pick it ifPeople buying Zona Norte logistics — trains, car, garden — who don't need the postcard.
The catchRents have climbed fast and the gap to Olivos is now small; the Panamericana splits it, and the west side is a denser, different place.
Pick it ifYoung families who want a garden and a quiet street, and still go into the city most days.
The catchThe river park is the postcard; the blocks that actually face it are towers along Libertador, and the house-with-garden version is a few streets in and seldom listed.
Pick it ifFamilies, runners and dog owners who want a house-ish life inside the city line.
The catchNear the General Paz and the DOT it is towers and traffic, not hedges; the quiet streets are the ones between the park and the railway.
Pick it ifFamilies moving for a school, and anyone who wants trees and the river with a social evening.
The catchThe school run owns the mornings — Libertador and Maipú jam from half seven — and the house market is thin, dollar-listed and mostly through local agents.
Two or more points apart on the 1–10 scale, widest gap first. The tick is the median barrio.
Alike oncost value (3–4) · transit (all 7) · schools (8–9) · safety (all 6).
Each lens weighs the marks differently; what each one weighs is in the note below.
First landing — Walkable, transit-rich, English-friendly, food and culture on tap — with reported crime included in the comparison. With kids — Schools and healthcare first, then the clubs, safety, parks, quiet and walkable streets. On a budget — Lower asking prices first, with transit, walkability and reported crime in the mix. Creative & nightlife — Culture, food and walkability — and the louder, the better. Quiet & green — Calm streets and green space, with reported crime and asking prices in the mix. Car-free — Transit and walkability only — live here without ever owning a car.
Averages of asking prices; crime as reported robberies and thefts per 1,000 residents.
City barrios and province localities count crime differently (per barrio against per partido, with a third of the city's per-resident reporting rate), so no lowest is marked across the line.
Scores run 1 low to 10 high; “data” means derived from a source, “our read” is our considered opinion. Rents are averages of asking prices — the city statistics office for barrios (43 m² one-bedroom), the Zonaprop index for Zona Norte (50 m²) — converted at each table's bank rate. A missing dimension is left out of fit, never counted as neutral. Methods and every source with its date: how we score.