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In a country with the third highest population density in the world and a solid advanced economy? (discounting city-states and low-population states) There are worse places to make that bet.
That sounds like the reasoning used in the US before the big 2008 housing market crash.
Lots of places in Pakistan and India you can do that on $1000 USD a month. If you don't do really well with hot weather you could pick a traditional hill station location (Murree, Darjeeling, Shimla, etc). They have lots of domestic tourism accommodation, I'm sure it wouldn't be impossible to negotiate month-to-month terms with some of the property owners there.
Why would anyone in their right mind go to Pakistan? Straight up dangerous for women, most places are dangerous for men as well. Sure they have nice mountains, but you have those in much safer places as well. When someone recommends Pakistan I feel like they’re saying: “Sure, Hell is a bit hot but it has great view”.
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> "shark attacks on submarine cables" I thought this was a euphemism for something but, no, an actual thing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2020/07/... Who'd have thought...
Nope, very real! You're working in your coworking space in HCMC, then all of a sudden all internet stops, friends miles away too. In the US/UK, one would mostly bet on Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS, GCP outages... There, it's either sharks, or some locals think it's an enemy country that's close by that's doing sabotage.
SHARKNESS
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Seoul & Jeju are probably the most expensive you could find. If you want a big city you can still do Busan, daegu, ulsan etc
Are foreigners really going to live on Jeju? Jeju in the winter isn't much fun...I can't imagine living on jeju. Sokcho is super underrated imo.
The next time I move to Korea (which I do every couple years), I'm gonna try Busan. I've visited a few times, but haven't ever lived there.
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How's safety. As far as I can tell America is more dangerous than most other places.
I was sure you were wrong. You are absolutely correct. https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Malaysia/U...
Sometimes it's fairly innocent e.g. a lot of people feel the police are the last resort. People are known to "settle" accidents. Even burglaries; you can have a gentleman's agreement that the robbers will inform all their friends that this house has been robbed and there's nothing left to take, while the victims agree not to tell the cops. Or say, a teenager caught for drugs may not be reported, because the punishment is death. They'll just be expelled, beat up, or let off with a warning.
- $1k allows you to comfortably live a upper middle class life-style
- It has a thriving tech scene, lots of interesting startups coming up (I know because I just had to close mine) and lots of techies looking for work.
- $1k also pays the salary of a decent developer there
- It is culturally very different to the US and offers interesting perspectives
Things I did not enjoy:
- A quite "negative" post-colonial mind-set. I struggled to deeply connect with locals because there is a big divide. This is a complicated topic imo.
- Traffic in Nairobi is bad
Come to Taiwan. My rent per month is about 336USD (live alone), I spend about 400USD per month on foods, and that's because I'm too lazy to eat out that I basically Ubereat everyday. (If you choose Taipei, the cost would be a bit higher, The point to live in Taipei is the convenience and it's more approachable to newcomers) There's a lot foreigners in Taiwan, so it won't be much trouble to blend in I guess. We have a…
As an outsider, do you have concern or daily impacts on your lift with the current China/Taiwan political issues? Maybe I’m misinformed but right now things seem a little more tense than they have been historically.
To be honest, the overall situation is usually better then I expected, international/domestics politics, economic, etc.
Do war breaks out tomorrow? I don't know, it could be, but it never happened in these years even though they threaten every year to subdue us.
- Georgia
- Ukraine, but not major cities
- Vietnam, but can’t get into the country for a while probably due to corona
- Serbia
Just check Nomad List :D
If you want to have a great experience, I would suggest South of Brazil (something like country from Rio Grande do Sul or Santa Catarina), Buenos Aires in Argentina, or my favorite spot Montevideo, Uruguay. In the 3 options, you can live well with 1k USD and have one of the best times of your life, without a super huge cultural shock. Have fun!
South of Brazil is alright, but as someone who lives in Porto Alegre it is not really 'safe'. By far the best place to live in Brasil is São paulo (state) countryside. Very safe cities, close to urban centers, not expensive at all. Santos is also pretty nice but 1k might fall short. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_S%C3...