>>2877315
The bald half-jew used to be very good back in the day when his vlogs were getting like 10k views on avg, but he took all the edge out of his videos after he blew up + went viral and got sponsors

It's sad

>>2877315
Old school Kurt Kaz was peak travel content. His new stuff is boring though since he just goes to Europe and complains about immigrants.

>>2877528
He just cries and whines.

>>2877528
I like his channel, but stopped watching after accidentally reading the fake subtitles third time. I literally tried to create a mpv player script to block the subtitles with black rectangle but then it was weird to not be able to understand anything at all. Yes, it was funny first time when subtitles said that somebody rapes someone haha, but after 20 videos, it was getting old to avoid reading subtitles, then third time accidentaly reading because I forgot.

>>2877315
Roca News is mostly U.S., but they visit lots of interesting towns and cities that get missed.
Bald and Bankrupt is entertaining in a similar way, he hits a lot of Eastern Bloc and un-glamorous destinations.
Britannica does the dark tourism thing without too much edge. Visits dangerous countries.
Matt and Julia are a little more PC but visit some obscure and dangerous spots.

>>2878808
Have you talked to black men and asked them how they feel? They have just as varied experiences in the west as men of any other race do.

>>2879101
>Have you talked to black men
This is 4chan, you know he hasn't.

>asked them how they feel?
This is 4chan, you know he doesn't care about how others feel.

>>2879101
Yes, I do all the time. They often complain about prejudice and discrimination and subconscious racism and other things that make their life hard and annoying.
I want to experience their shoes

>>2879205
Lots of European places dislike Amerimutts. Wander around random rural towns with a huge backpack and a goofy thrift store T-shirt. Speak only American English, and be proud of it. When they reply in the local language, go "huh?" like they just said some gibberish to you. You'll get all the passive-aggressive xenophobic responses you could wish for.

>>2879243
I just repeat ENG-LISH. ENG-LISH, DOOO YOOOOOU SPEEEEAK IIIIT?

>>2875424
pet goats

>>2875424
Jeets and third worlders in Dublin. Not much in Galway. Dingle is probably the best if you like hiking and you have a car. Excellent seafood if you cook it yourself.

>>2875424
Gotta pick berries in dingle

>>2879225
If we get the crime down a few notches this town would be the next big thing. It has everything that urbanist nerds like. I have no idea why everyone is sleeping on New Orleans.

Maybe someday. But then again, crime keeps the boring people out and the houses cheap.

>>2879239
I grew up in Baton Rouge and for me and my friends, a regular part of the New Orleans experience was getting mugged or your car broken into, not to mention harassed and shaken down by corrupt NOPD. I live far away now and haven’t been back post Katrina but do tourists get jumped on a regular basis? In NYC, crime is mostly a thing in certain outer borough neighborhoods and even in Detroit you have to go looking for trouble or be really unlucky. Louisiana always seemed like mayhem could break out anytime anywhere.

>>2879261
My truck got broken into once. That's been my only real experience with crime. Katrina was before my time so I can't say for sure, but I feel like it's gotten a lot better since then. I've been told that the Marigny and Bywater used to be rough. They're pretty nice neighborhoods nowadays.
I'm also huge so I'm not a likely target for crime. Probably has something to do with it.

>>2879239
>I have no idea why everyone is sleeping on New Orleans.
Because of the crime and lack of opportunities for yuppies. Are you a personal injury attorney? Doctor? In the line of succession of a successful family business? If the answer to that is No, the state tells you to go fuck yourself.

We see this cycle every decade or so. Subsidies bring in X industry enamored with the romance of the bayou and Crescent City. Professionals from Tulane, LSU, and out of state hop on. The workers and companies grow disillusioned with the basket case of the state and city and low quality of life. They fuck off after 10-15 years. This happened with film. This happened with tech. This even happened with petroleum, since a lot of those guys fucked off to Houston.

New Orleans should be the Chicago of the South, but it is such a corrupt, dysfunctional shithole that Houston, DFW and Atlanta slurp up most of its young professionals, since there are very few professional pipelines.

>>2879280
>New Orleans should be the Chicago of the South
It’s the Detroit of the South, the southernmost Rust Belt city, and it’s been on a long slow decline since the late 19th century when it was the wealthiest city in the South. Railroads, highways and airlines made shipping less vital and even though it’s still a major port there’s no need for masses of labor to load and unload ships. Shipbuilding is all but dead. The petrochemical industry comes with a ruinous environmental cost and is slowly fading. The next big hurricane will hit sooner or later. You can’t keep a city going on charm and tourism. Global capital doesn’t want to deal with banana republic corruption and poor education. It’s one of America’s few great cities but will always be a hot mess.

>>2877626
sounds just like Canada

>>2877626
It started off as a penal colony, why do you sound genuinely disappointed?
The entire rock is a barren desert - only the coastal regions are habitable. Even with 2026 technology they haven't been able to establish sustainable growing cities its centre.
The only saving grace is that the seas are relatively calm the further south you go from QLD tropics.
The fact that they didn't give it up as the shit hand of card it is - that's an extraordinary achievement already

Live? Depends on how much money you have. If you have just enough to get here then Melbourne is the answer. If you have more money and your ideal Australia is beaches and living like Chris Hemsworth try Sydney up to Brisbane on the coast. If you want to earn money then try Perth and working in the mining industry. Buying a property anywhere will be very expensive.

>>2877626
Melbourne CBD is not even remotely bad. I was there tonight. There's a couple of streets where skitzos hang out. Just don't go there. It's one of the safest cities in the world.

That's like asking "what is the best STD?" or "what is the best maximum-security penitentiary to live in?"

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How come OP doesn't mention the most obvious way of traveling Appalachia...hiking the AT? How does it rank with other long-distance trails around the world? I've talked to some people who made out like it was one big party full of drink and drugs and casual hookups between smelly hiker trash. In summer it gets yucky hot and humid, with bugs being nearly unbearable on many stretches. But what if I just go out there and hike it anyway?

Bro, do it. The mantra of the trail is HYOH(hike your own hike). The trail is a blank canvas for you to paint. You could do it like a purely physical challenge. Or as a Naturalist cataloging species. Or an artist looking for a quiet place and inspiration. Or as a spiritual quest for you to reset, strip away the material bandages of normal life and reconnect with nature in your "naked" form. The trail changed my life, maybe it will do the same for you.

>>2879104
Appalachian Trail is for people who think the only good parks are National Parks and collect them like stamps. If you want it, there's tons of info about it and I don't have much to add. It's a very specific person who wants the clout of the AT, and I think there's lots more interesting trails, even backpacking trails, though with harder resupply difficulties.

If you want to try the AT, take a 3-5 night backpacking trip and see what you think. I recommend the southern part of the trail, that's the nice bit imho.

>>2879149
the problem is people do it to brag and to say they've completed the most popular/longest trail of all - so it's like the Gucci of trails. 4chan is a good place for esoteric nature, but the AT is the most normie hiking thing possible and you don't need my help figuring out how to do it.

>>2879164
Most other trails are out and back trails. You park your car at the trailhead, you go on your hike, camp out or whatever, then you come back to your car and continue on with your life. The AT is a thru trail, no car involved. On the AT you keep moving forward, making progress across the landscape on foot. That's a very rare experience in car-centric America.
>most normie hiking thing possible
All sorts of characters hike the AT. You'll find your own crew, or hike alone. It's all good. Other trails like the North Country Trail are far more poorly maintained or else incomplete. I tried walking a few stretches in Michigan and was seriously worried about losing my way due to how overgrown and little-used the trail was.

>>2879250
there are plenty of loop trails you dumb nigger
the AT sucks because people laser-focus on it as the be-all end-all of hiking, and won't go anywhere else and people come to the US, fly internationally, JUST to see the AT, and nothing else.

>>2877082
I don't really care about boats or being in the water. Which lake has the best scenic bluffs to hike?

>>2876556
>1. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
>2. Cleveland Indians Ballpark
>3. Cleveland Browns Stadium
How fucking boring and pedestrian. A bunch of low IQ alcoholics getting excited about watching a ball being thrown around.

>>2877094
Lake Superior is incredibly scenic with some massive bluffs, and I haven’t even been to the Canadian side.

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>>2876491
Cleveland turned into the definitive shithole midwestern city because it used to be a top 5 city in the US. There were Rockefeller mansions, a "millionaire's row" and you can still see the influence all over Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights. There are some crazy neighborhoods on West Park in Shaker, a great place to go for a walk or bike ride. There is a Frank Lloyd Wright house you can actually stay at which is something really cool but hardly anyone does.

Cleveland has a lot of Central and Eastern European influence, plenty of people speak Polish or Russian at home, even 3rd-4th generation families. Little Italy actually feels European when people are out for patio season or a feast day. There is lots of cultural influence here, but it's mostly White people so it's not really celebrated.

The worst areas of East Cleveland are probably on par with Chicago South Side but Cleveland is notable in that the "no-go" zones are pretty much impossible to reach unless you intend to go there. There aren't highway exits for it at all. Libs will say that this redlining effect created systemic racism but I think it's one of the reasons why Cleveland was able to have containment zones unlike its peer Detroit. The average Clevelander is pretty left as a result, blaming the billionaire class stealing from the working class.

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>>2876552
Cleveland Arcade (free to walk through), reminded me of Galeries St Hubert in Brussels

Playhouse Square - the largest performing arts center outside of NYC. Nice and always something going on

Edgewater Park / Battery Park has the potential to be beautiful in the summer when it's not absolutely taken over by the usual suspects (picrel). It's fine in Spring or Fall but good luck going in July.

The Cleveland Art Museum is really good and free. You can also see the real taxidermied Balto at the Natural History Museum.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park, there's a great bike trail from downtown that takes you straight into it. Worth seeing probably the most obscure national park.

Skip West Side Market, sports stadiums, zoo, etc. Rock Hall is good but not amazing so I wouldn't suggest unless you are a big fan.

>>2878594
>largest dairy producer after all
how do you know they aren't milking those diseased trash-eating cows in the street?

>>2879061
Hey anon, I'm not OP but I moved to india in 2017 and loved the india generals, thank you

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>>2879069
Just like Bisleri is the gold standard brand for drinking water, Amul is the gold standard brand for dairy products all across India. But yeah, it's possible that the rancid-tasting dahi you got served at the local thali joint might've been made with milk from a street cow fermented with whatever yucky cultures they have on hand.

Bageshwar (picrel) is a very pleasant mountain village. The mountains near here are not stark towers of rock slashed by rubbly ravines, but rather rounded hills covered in thick pine forests. Everything is surprisingly green in the area. The morning sky was baby-blue clear, but by afternoon it filled with billowing clouds which bring erratic rainshowers. It's like a mini monsoon.

Historically India has been dry and hot in the month of April, but this year has seen numerous disturbances which spawn powerful storms from thin air as they pass over the land. Bengaluru just got hit by a monster T-storm straight off the Texas plains. Ten jeets died, and high temps in the city dropped 8 C afterwards.

Finding a room here was a slog, because it's wedding season in the Himalayas. Entire hotels are monopolized by wedding parties, and the less important guests then fill up all the neighboring hotels. After a dozen refusals, I found one hotel that was out of the way and got a room for 800 per night. The bed is cheap, but the room is on the quiet side of the building and has a decent view. No need for A/C at 3000' elevation; interior temp is a comfy 26 C.

Travel in India can be a real chore. I left the pleasant Velhe/Rajgad area on March 25th; from then 'til today, every one of the twenty places I've stayed along the way has been unsatisfactory in some fundamental way. Travel burnout was beginning to catch up. But here in Bageshwar I have found a happy place once again.

There's so much right about this village. Everyone is remarkably friendly. Lots of quirky personalities as well. The streets are well-drained and completely devoid of mud or filth (apart from a few rubbish piles in the old market area). The river flows clear and cold down from the distant mountains, unlike many other Himalayan rivers which are plagued with massive gravel operations, landslides, and other activities which turn the river turbid with silt. Even the few bits of rubbish strewn across the riverbank by careless tourists were collected and then carried away. Not lit on fire, but removed from the area. Supposedly the river fish from this area are very good, served at local eateries.

People actually care here. The riverfront temple, bridge and walkway with its seating pavilions is built to a high standard of quality, with painted murals lining the path. The young guys hanging out in the park were quiet and well-behaved, speaking seriously with each other. Traffic becomes very light as soon as you leave the principal intersections behind. There are many forested hills surrounding the town, with temples and paths and other features worth exploring. A good range of food options are present here as well. Starting prices are very low at the old market eateries, but you can also enjoy upscale family dining as well. One fancy restaurant near my hotel had half a dozen blue-light fly traps. Some with sticky sheets, others with zappy grids. The air inside was filled with the sparky scent of freshly electrocuted pests. Now if only the rest of India could stop treating flies as sacred and holocaust them in the same manner.

>>2877594
>two laptops
If I'm on vacation, I'm not bringing a fucking laptop, much less two
>no books
I bring books I intend to finish and leave there
>tecsun radio
Very interesting

>>2879228
your vacation is probably two weeks or some shit, so far my vacation is 7 months and counting

>>2879235
A vacation means not fucking working. Working while traveling is not a vacation. It's one or the other.

>>2879267
>browsing 4chan and watching anime is working

>>2879267
Bro if you think I'm not going to watch tng on the plane on my linux thinkpad with ali express iems while wearing vibrams toe shoes you have another thing coming

That's a lot of money to live here. As for gaucho lifestyle you also have Corrientes, and a bit less Entre Rios, both are humid a kind of hot places. Buenos Aires too
Do you have some climate or geography preference? This country is really big and diverse

>>2876976
>What's the internet access like in the rural areas?
Get Starlink and you won't have to deal with any issues.

>Are there any places I might be priced out of living?
I was kind of shocked at how expensive Buenos Aires was. I mean, the average wage there is only about $350/month. Food is 20% higher than in the U.S. (and I don't mean "at a fancy restaurant", I mean grocery stores and Wendy's). Rentals, I don't have a good handle on them because "tourist price" but even a cheap hotel was $55/night (and the more expensive hotels didn't offer anything better to make them worth higher prices).

Mar del Plata is supposed to be nice if you want ocean.

If you need to cash out any Bitcoin, I only found a single currency exchange that would do it for me. A few places handled USDT on the TRON chain (TRC20).

>>2877016
The place felt pretty safe to me, but then again, I stayed in the nice part of BA.

>>2877198
>stay in the bubble and pay USA prices to live in the third world
>leave the bubble and look stupid and get robbed

>>2876976
What's the internet access like in the rural areas?
starlink
I plan on renting a car for mobility as I hate public transport.
ok but in BA public transport is better
What's the best places for rural living where I can enjoy the Gaucho culture?
South if u wanna be alone, Entre Rios if u want populated rural area
Are there any places I might be priced out of living?
Palermo, Belgrano, Recoleta, San Telmo.
Bariloche.

6000 is stupid money to live, i use 1300 monthly and i spend a lot on bullshit

>>2877198
get out of tourist traps and youll see how cheaper it gets

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I was just there on holiday so take my limited view. Buenos Aires is a very cool party city but not really cheap. If you have a child then perhaps you won't take advantage of that anyway. Do you speak Spanish? You better if want to have a great time. I loved BA and Patagonia for a holiday. I have heard of people doing the digital nomad thing in BA. For living there I reckon you would really need to embrace the lifestyle and learning Spanish. The rest you could overcome easily.

>>2873842
>Any tips?
do not respond to people on the street asking you things, no matter how polite they are. at the best just say "sorry, no" but really just keep it moving

Anyone ever been to G-Fest?
Was thinking of going this year and seeing Chicago in the meantime, but I'd really only have 2 days, one for the convention, and one to do anything else. Idk if it's worth it (I'd have to fly about 2 hours, ~$400 for ticket)

>>2873948
Rosemont has that giant convention center.
Park Ridge has the birthplace of Hillary Clinton.

>>2873842
Avoid interacting with black people. Like the other guy says, ignore them if they try talking to you, but also run away if they are moving to approach you. I am not joking.

This is especially true in the late evenings and after dark. Just walk the fuck away even if you have to turn around. Run if they pursue. Keep track of nearby stores you can duck into, like Starbucks or car dealerships or whatever.

There was a recent video on Twitter of some semi-elderly couple walking to their car on Lower Wacker Drive after leaving some event. Some homeless black dirtbag approached making comments to them. The man told the dirtbag to back the fuck off, and his fucking retarded wife grabbed onto her husband. What neither of them seemed to ever notice during the whole thing was that the black homeless dirtbag had a knife in one hand that he was holding sorta behind his hip.

Somewhat related, there was a "social justice major" college student who apparently didn't get the memo, and she went wandering around there some summer evening I think last summer. Anyway, she got knifed to death by one of her pets, and nothing of value was lost.

The blacks in Chicongo will absolutely fucking kill you if you give them half a chance.

>>2873842
Walk fast, avoid standing still on the middle of the pavement, lean against a building if you gotta stop and check something. Get ready to do lots of walking. Buy a Transit pass

>>2876036
>Buy a Transit pass
Lots of nigger attacks happen on the CTA. If you see a group of young niggers wandering down the subway car's aisle, get ready to defend yourself. An in-law of mine was attacked a few years ago; he was sitting with his 7yo son just talking to the kid when five nigger "teens" came by, one said "he looks like he deserves it", and the next thing he knew he was getting beaten up, thrown to the floor, and kicked.

>>2879183
I was there in winter 2022. all i saw was east asians and the occasional white
>>2879191
surrey is a specific jeet suburb

>>2879193
Yeah okay, you can gaslight me about what I see day to day. But Canada is circling the drain and all the smart Chinese have already left. Whites all moved to Alberta or the USA. Only leftist antifa types here and other assorted third worlders.

>>2879191
More like Curry Skytrain

>>2879114
>how so?
there's not a single path
but many EU countries have really easy paths to permanent residency for US citizens
like Germany's freelancer visa, which just requires you to have a 2-3 german clients making >12k/y
or Italy retirement visa, with >31k/y from passive income (which should be easily achievable with a NW of ~1million)
talent visas are also a thing in many countries here, like France, usually with laughably little requirements like 1400/m income there

or you can just use the regular 90day visa free entry to search for a job locally

if you have a STEM degree, super easy to go for a blue card

for US passport holders (and a few other "trustworthy" countries) you ain't gonna get many questions
and most employers will not discriminate against you (other than maybe lack of language knowledge in smaller companies)
so it's really emigration on easy mode

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Poland,,,,its comfy level is on par with Japan west of Poland is a nightmare

Travel isn't always about seeing, it's also about doing.

>but I can do XYZ at home
The appeal of doing it abroad could be many things. It could be cheaper (even with travel expenses). It could be higher quality. It could be faster/more efficient. It could be a matter of availability. It could even be something that's illegal in your own country, but legal elsewhere.

Most famous example being medical, dental, and cosmetic procedures. In other countries, it could be cheaper, better quality, and getting an appointment could be much easier.

Another one that I occasionally see is driver licensing. There are people who go to other countries to get their driver's licenses (because the exams are easier), go back home, and go to their local DMV to convert their license to the local equivalent.

>>2879137
cost of living is lower for me to live as a remote worker abroad

>>2879137
If you want to stay home and watch TV, then stay home and watch TV. There's no need to invent spurious justifications for your homebody behavior. You're not cut out for a life where you have 100+ decisions to make every single day.

>>2879145
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>>2879188
I live comfortably in a first world country I have no intent of moving out of. None of these reasons are valid.

>>2879273
>I live comfortably in a first world country
u work?

>>2877222
I saw a gypsy try this on a train in Romanian and they immediately booted him out

>>2877222
>sneak up from an economy flight to a premium/business
I have seen it done, just pretend like you belong there. Maybe wear a suit. It's not like they have a passenger list and call you by name, or confirm your meal choice, or know exactly how you paid for your seat.

Fake it until you make it. Pretend like you didn't know if you get caught. No harm done.

>>2879241
Nice LARP, they absolutely do for first class with every airline I've flown.

>Tricks to Upgrading Class?
don't be poor

>>2877222
>sneak up from an economy flight to a premium/business tier
i have seen a few people try this while i have been travelling in business class myself but i don't think i have ever seen anyone succeed
once i saw two kids try it, just teenagers who wanted to see if they could get away with it, they were sort of egging each other on to do it. i kind of wanted them to get away with it but they were too obvious and got caught out when one of the crew walked past
another time i saw some awful muslim woman with her brood of screeching kids and carrying about a hundred bags just try to take over a whole area of the business class section. it was pretty empty and there were only a couple of other people in the section as well as me. obviously the crew stopped her and she tried to claim those were actually their seats but they kicked her and her feral nightmare children back to economy