Population Size Density and Growth

How does this affect the way people live in Argentina? 

In Argentina’s cities there are huge buildings and it is very crowded, but in Perth, though it is still crowded in the city, it is nowhere near as crowded as Argentine cities. 

Urban

There is a big variation in the lifestyles of urban Argentines.  Some have no running water, others live in mansions, some also sleep on the streets. 

There is a big gap between the rich and the poor and this can be seen in the different housing in the city. In Buenos Aires, the busy centre is packed with high-rise apartments. These are surrounded by both middle class suburban neighbourhoods and slums.

In the slums of Buenos Aires people are crowded together in unstable shacks, often living more than 3 to a room.  Families build their homes out of sheet metal, salvaged wood, bricks and even cardboard.  Rain turns the unpaved, garbage filled streets to mud.  Few of these areas have sewer systems or electricity.  A third of the population has no access to clean drinking water.  They often suffer from illness because of these the filthy living conditions.  The infant mortality rate is nearly 3 times the national average.  

Rural

Argentina’s sparse rural population live in towns and on small farms on the plains of the Pampas, in the Andes mountains and on the Pategonia plateau. In rural Argentina horses pull carts along cobblestone streets.  A few members of a family might balance on a bike all at once or ride horses to get around.  Since rural towns lie far apart and far from cities, people often travel by bus, when it’s rainy and muddy it has to be horse and cart.