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Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

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Re: Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

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Post by jamongkad »

delackner wrote: post #96
alaskamiller wrote: post #45

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There's two routes: traditional software development in big corporations where it's all Japanese university graduates or with smaller proto-startups with a bigger mix. They're not clustered in anywhere in particular. If you have contacts, give that a shot.

Living in Japan 4+ years now, I just have to say ignore recruiters unless you have a financial background. All the interesting stuff is under the radar and small companies here are desperate for creative people. All the action is in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Nagoya. Wherever in the world that you think of moving to, by all means, take a 2-3 week vacation there first. There is no way to know you will be happy on the ground wi…

Curiously how's it like living in Japan? you have email? mine's is wrm932 at gmail.com

Re: Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

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Post by steveplace »

briansmith wrote: post #75
steveplace wrote: post #36

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That's when it comes in handy to have a U.S. passport.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay

Oh, I know about that. And the media backlash as a result has made it much safer for Americans in that area. And that was 14 years ago.

Re: Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

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Post by gm »

ssanders82 wrote: post #94
gm wrote: post #43

I moved the f*ck out of the US and set up a business in Mexico. I will not say what or exactly where, but my quality of life has shot straight up. Everything's cheaper, the girls are great, no Bush politics, I don't hear stories of police murde^H^H^H^H^Hacting in self-defense against normal people, and i'm a de facto super hero here for helping the economy pick up. Like someone else said: Look at what bothers you, th…

Hey, question for you: can you say approximately where are you in Mexico? I started looking at the Baja, like Cabo, but got very quickly turned off by many stories of violence/robberies against Americans.

A couple hours away from Guadalajara. Look for a city without drug gang problems.

Re: Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the US, but to where?

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Post by byrneseyeview »

rms wrote: post #62
byrneseyeview wrote: post #34

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'Punishable by torture' is ridiculous. Caning is rarely used, and I would probably prefer it to a prison sentence. But again, this is a matter of preference. If you love being an antisocial asshole, Singapore will be hell for you until they kick you out (if they let you in). If you're a responsible adult, you won't notice the laws because they won't apply to you -- the penalty for vandalism or heroin use or spitting…

>'Punishable by torture' is ridiculous. Caning is rarely used, By any definition, caning is torture. There's no potential ambiguity, unlike waterboarding. Singapore no longer publishes caning data, but illegal immigration carries a mandatory sentence of caning and more than 10,000 people were arrested for that in 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore Edit: there is a torture exemption for pain and su…

Well, yes. It's a very nice place to live, and part of the reason for that is how selective they are about who gets to stay there. So I can sympathize with the idea of really cracking down on illegals.

Anyway, compare it to prison: caning probably hurts a whole lot, and might take weeks to heal. And then it's over. Prison hurts less, but takes years -- during which the prisoner is subsidized by the taxpayers. If the US introduced caning as a prison alternative (for first-time offenders, at least) it would probably make the country a much nicer place to live.

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