Buenos Aires was once a top-tier global city, but has underperformed in the last century. Visit https://brilliant.org/TDC/ for 20% off your annual subscription! Subscribe to TDC for regular MEGACITY episodes: null The world’s southernmost megacity is among the best places to live in Latin America. With nearly 17 million people, it’s one of those rare metropolises that can feel like the center of the universe. But there's also a sense that this city once came close to achieving true greatness, but has fallen well short. This is Buenos Aires, the remote megacity. The University of Buenos Aires is one of the best in South America. It has produced four Nobel Prize winners and provides taxpayer-funded education to students from all over the world. Argentina also has nearly 20 million tons of identified lithium reserves in the Andean plains. This metal is a central component in the batteries of EVs and mobile devices, a resource worth more than $1 trillion to Argentina in the next two decades alone. In fact, the beloved Pope Francis is a born and bred Porteño. The city’s other religion is futból. With at least 24 clubs, Buenos Aires has the highest concentration of pro teams in the world and is home to the 2022 world cup champions. 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