[Tango-L] Percentage of foreigners in milongas

[Janis Kenyon]

My estimate of foreigners at Nino Bien last Thursday was 95%.  I didn't go
around the room and count the portenos.  I merely observed the dancing and
didn't see very many locals.  I have lived here almost nine years and know
the portenos from the foreigners.

I remember when the portenos outnumbered the foreigners in Nino Bien.  The
fact is that portenos cannot afford several nights a week at the milongas as
they did only five years ago.

If foreigners are content to travel to Buenos Aires to dance with other
foreigners, then the trip is worthwhile.  If not, they may want to
reconsider.  That's the reality of the situation.  It's not going back to
the way it was when portenos were the majority in the milongas.