Melbourne has been voted the best city in the world based on liveability, food, nightlife and culture. In your experience, is Melbourne really that good?
>>2835294Strange because I grew up in QLD and am used to the 6pm sunset. Then I visit anywhere else and realise its not normal>>2835329Yes cash in hand jobs are attainable, go onto gumtree Jobs and shoot messages you’ll land something. Or the fruit picking
>>2835329You Seppos are not in our good books right now so you might struggle a bit.
>>2835329It's possible for any person to pay their way through illegal jobs anywhere in the world, so why mention specifically Americans in Australia? Larping much?
>>2835332That Australia is long gone.
Yes. I wouldn't live anywhere else.For whatever reason the city is polarising. I think the fact so many people adore it pisses off some Australians who want to drag it down out of spite.
Spending a week a friend's house in Venetto Italy. Went to Venice, Bologna, Rovigo, Verona, Revana, Forli.Pros:- Not insanely hot- Amazing Food- Beer is not as bad as I thought it woul be.- Everyone looks good, the wops are actually white.- Surprisingly affordable if you aren't dumb.- People are ridiculously friendly, not used to this since I grew up with southerners and they're absolute scum.- Verona is the most beautiful city I've ever seen.- Trains are decent.Cons:- Niggers- Jeets- AbdulsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I've yet to have a decent meal outside of breakfast here.Kinda crazy how the Japanese make better imitation-Italian food than Italians in Italy. To this day the best pasta I've ever eater was in a random spot in Zurich.Everything is too fucking oily, too fatty, too sweet, all the coffee is the same brown-mud sour brand.Probably the worst soups I've had on average. I fucking love soup, but it's been nothing but disappointment.Who the fuck puts heavy cream in their coffee?? Italians do apparently. God.
>>2836558"Some boomer" could me one of my parents, so health insurance would take money away from my family as a whole, if not necessarily from me.Also accidents happen, your logic is fucking terrible>I can make money in the US and retire in europeIf you make money fast, sure. If it takes years you'll lose a lot of that money to all the various (((debt-creation))) systems you guys have.
>>2836564Who in their right mind would rather add some artificially flavored palm oil & modified food starch "creamer" to their coffee when they have the opportunity to add real dairy cream? An Amerimutt, most likely. Mutts have an inordinate love of fake food products.
>>2836596I don't have cream nor creamer with my coffee. The former makes the coffee viscous too it's fucking gross.
>>2820149>walking around with their wallet in their front pocketWhat’s wrong with carrying your wallet in your front pocket?
Where should I go next?
morocco for the tasty mint tea
Turkmenistan before they shut down the gates of hell forever
>>2836636Thailand you can spend a month there easily.
North Korea
>>2836636Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Caucasus
What are the most "old money" locations in the world?
>>2835214White. >>2835275White.
>>2835275The NBA has enough money to travel. Well read people understand this. Old Money people would understand this. Uncultured and desperate greed maniacs like yourself say, "Where can I find Old Money locations like the locust copy cat Chinaman I am?"
>>2835214The Massachusetts coast.
>>2835214I'd vote for Vienna because of classical music which is a strong cultural marker of the upper class.
>>2835255Gstaad is a strong contender to meet old money people in winter.
I live in Portland Oregon. I recently took a trip to a couple countries in Europe and the homeless situation there is vastly different. I saw one or two “camps” but they were clean and neat and the dudes had a bunch of chairs arranged in a circle where they’d just smoke cigarettes and drink. As opposed to here there are screaming fentanyl psychos who carry around piles of trash. I’m asking, what’s the difference? Why do the homeless over there conduct themselves with more grace? Is it the drugs? Do euros lock them up in asylums or something?
>>2833233These days, knowing first-hand how cheap it is to sleep in a comfortable bed in certain countries, it's tough to justify choosing a vagabond lifestyle that involves sleeping rough outdoors. So much fucking sitting and waiting around for hour after endless hour, staring into empty space, hoping for something interesting to happen but also hoping that you are left alone in peace. At least in a hotel you can be on your laptop using the WiFi to pass the time. You can shut your door and shut out the world with it.
>>2835157I'm talking from a point of just falling flat on your face homeless, not picking the 'lifestyle'. Even if it 'happens' to you and not a lifestyle choice, you can still make a 'meta' choice. Your average homeless person can be homeless for years and still somehow lack experience in the homeless life that they don't improve beyond sleeping in/on a carboard box
>>2828690It has to do with the extreme wealth that was in that area. It allowed liberal homeless derelicts to live pretty well for a while before it devolved into the times of Noah
In usa the homeless have alot more fear so have different defense mechanisms. They carry around heaps of garbage they declare is useful so they can't be easily evicted, or perhaps even become not homeless. Sometimes to hide drugs and other paraphernalia. They act obtusely crazy, and most of it is acting, because crazy people aren't considered viable victims either by hooligans or the police. Go tell a normal person to clean his environment up, and he or she might feel shame and do so. Tell a American homeless that, and they will explode in anger and act so crazy you feel ashamed for saying anything. They (american homeless)sleep in the open because of fear of being attacked. They absolutely LOVE the police. And the police love them. Without the police American homeless coild not exist. And the police are entitled to exist at least because of the apparent homeless. They know eachither by first name basis. The homeless call the cops constantly. Almost every single American homeless you see is a narcissistic piece of shit and the world woild be better without them. The ones you dont see are probably okay. You only see the homeless that choose to look so homeless you identify them as such. Its not hard to have clean clothes okay hygiene and carry your stuff in a backpack. T. Ive spent years among them and what I am saying is verified by experiance.
>>2836517To live as a civilized homeless person you have to stay a night in a campground with shower and laundry facilities on a regular basis. I'd say fully half of Americans are fearful neurotic creatures, due to the unpredictable aggression of their fellow mutts. It's hardly a trait confined to the homeless. People drive big trucks to feel safe more than anything.
>traveling with female friend in France and then into northern Italy a bit>turns out she hates food>refuses to take any time to stop at any of the food places so far in France>only will stop for quick bites at besttraveling with friends was such a fucking mistake
>>2836592> he thinks driving around in a shitbox with ragged used divorcees is the real go-getter mind setenjoy HPV and amounting to nothing
>>2836805It'll depend on how far & how long they've traveled, but I seriously question the mother more than the anon.Many 45-year old moms have kids who aren't fully grown. It's not impossible for them to have adult offspring, but it's not common. I was in middle/high school when my mom was that age. Anyway, what I'm getting at is, what was this mom doing spending time with some homeless boytoy, when she should be taking care of her kids?
>>2836600Sometimes you got to put yourself out there.I put out an ad on craiglist rideshare and she responded telling me she was staying with her dad in Yuma Arizona and looking to travel down Baja. She paid her half of the gasoline BTW.Previously I had traveled from Florida to Arizona with two Rainbow hippies, going from one gathering to anotherThey slept on the ground next to an alligator-infested swamp the first night, then smoked weed and played guitar inside a tent pitched on the roadside grass of a Ranch Road in the scrubland hills near Sonora, Texas. I told them about the Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico, and we smoked the last of the weed at the top of the Franklin Mountains in El Paso.
>>2836246You are the one complaining about her on an italian food travel forum
>>2836805It wasn't a shitbox back then. 4x4 LOW came in necessary on more than one occasion during my travels through Mexico.
Im going for an aviation degree somewhere in ausitralia. i want a city with no indians, i sae a griffith university online and it was hosted by an indian , so im skipping griffith. i just want to fly planes, surf, and hang with margot robbies.
Summer Bay
>>2835655checked, and im upset
>>2835575All white countries are being swarmed with Indians.
>>2836300*All countries
>city>no foreignersNot a thing, try some hick town with 600 people. Over half of Australians are either immigrants, children of immigrants, or grandchildren of immigrants. We gave up on the white man's country thing 80 years ago.
Tokyo – 8 daysTokyo Tower, Imperial Palace & East Gardens, Kanda Myojin, Koishikawa Korakuen, Hibiya Park, Asakusa/Senso-ji, Zojoji/Mausoleum, Nakamise, Sumida Park, Samurai Museum, Odaiba/teamLab, DiverCity/Gundam, Aqua City, Seaside Park, Rainbow Bridge, Shibuya/Meiji/Yoyogi, Shibuya Crossing/Hachiko/Shibuya Sky, Ueno/Tokyo National Museum/Solamachi, Kawaguchiko/Fuji, Maxwell Aqua ParkYokohama – 1 dayMinato Mirai, Landmark Tower, Cup Noodles Museum, Yamashita Park, Sankeien GardenKamakura – 1 dayGreat Buddha/Kotoku-in, Hase-Dera, Tsurugaoka, Engaku-jiKanazawa – 2 daysOmicho Market, Kenroku-en, Kanazawa Castle, Higashi Chaya, Samurai District, Seison-Kaku, Oyama ShrineOsaka – 4 daysSumiyoshi, Shitennoji, Dotonbori, Kita/Minoo Park, Umeda Sky, Grand Front, Osaka CastleComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2836491>quieterHmm, actually that might be the opposite of what im looking for, as much as i enjoyed akihabara, i do remember one mild annoyance of a lot of things in the area closing relatively early. Know any "loud" places with plenty of stuff open late? I didnt mind subwaying around to do my nighttime and then coming back to go to sleep, but it would be cool to have late night stuff right where I'm staying
>>2824422>Ctrl+f>Kodokan>Phrase not foundImperfect itinerary.
>>2836492Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Ueno, Akasaka, Roppongi, Shinbashi, Nakano, etc...
>>2836590Noted, thanks fren.In hindsight, ive been to shibuya and ikebukuro, but it was in the daytime and maybe thats why i found em a bit underwhelmingShinjuku i can pass, been there day and night, it wasn't "bad" per se but probably one of the least interesting places in japan imo, felt too much like some generic globohomo western city, and im not really into high end shoppingRoppongi sounds promising if theres lots of foreigners there, last time i was in japan i picked up some Australian chick at hub and we banged at some karaoke place a few hours and many many drinks later
>>2824422not bad. 8/10
>welcome to the Amarillo Central Parking Lot
>>2836792>and finally this is historic 6th street>over there across the street you might be able to see the famed Fat Dave's Smoke Shop>over on this side, the greenest grass you will ever see, right here on the 6th street verge, just between the road and the parking lot of the all-you-can-eat Golden Wok chinese buffet
>>2836796none of the things mentioned in that song still exist. had to pave over them to make room for parking lotsbut you can enjoy all the same opulence during your stay at Motel Six Amarillo
>>2836792You think this is bleak, you should try Midland or Odessa. Talk about soulless corporate architecture. Roswell is pretty bad too.
Yet picrel is also in Texas
This is where I lived in Texas. An employee dorm is hardly your usual McMansion. I could've gotten my own room if I accepted an offer of an assistant manager's position, but I didn't want to tell people what to do.
Is it worth it?I'm thinking about going in january/february/march since flights are cheaper and it won't be overcrowed with normies. But is it worth it? Are all museums open in winter?
>>2836137The sulfur springs, with their pungent odor reminiscent of a strong fart, are said to be effective for skin conditions like atopic dermatitis and eczema, as well as for achieving beautiful skin.
>>2836414>noooooooo you have to spend two weeks in tokyo even though it's hardly representative of the actual country at fucking all
You could see all of Japan on Google street view so what's the point of going?
>>2836618I dunno why people get so obsessed with tokyo. The urban jungle is immense, I know its alluring, but after awhile I get tired of it, you must spend around 1h minimum to get to the outskirts of the concrete sprawl (not counting nozomi) and even with many different district Tokyo feels a bit like one trick pony.I know osaka dont have /trv love, but I prefer it much more because of the closeby alternatives to the megacity feel. They are easier to reach and are more plentiful./jap general doomers will yell that dotonbori is full of chinks ect, but still I prefer its crowd much more than smth like asakusa or shibuya, which is a real horror.Tokyo is perfect for short duration trips or buisness trips with few days to spare for leisure. More than one week in tokyo, especialy if youve been there before, is a waste for me.Maybe people like it because they watched lost in translation or smth, or maybe they just prefer tokyo vibe in favor of japan atmosphere.
>>2822804NIGGERS tongue my ANUS
Will be there next weekWat do?>cultural shit>best way to get from airport to downtown>dive bars to meet drunken travelling slags>any other shit to know
>>2835873they can be
>>2835418>>2835433why do you need a tour for Budapest, it's not a hard city to deal with on your own unless you get involved with gypsy bullshit
>>2835418I've used GetYourGuide and I didn't have any problems. Probably depends on the tour company putting on the guide though.
>>2835934>>2836750I just want a guide to take me through all the main attractions and explain stuff without me having to plan for it myself. I also want to do food tour guide and taste the local restaurants instead of lining up in New York Cafe like all the tourists. I was baited into eating trdelnik in Prague and was ashamed to find out it wasn't even Czech. Paid nearly 20 bucks for a scam
>>2836777I think that if you can find a legit tour company on there, you'd be fine. I used them a couple of times this year and didn't have issues.
>tfw when you finally get to go to Japan after saving for 10 years
>>2835930>No, I'm a cook at a restaurant in a very high cost of living area.Well, maybe reconsider your lifestyle. Is it worth it to work like a slave if you can't save a last 30% of your income every month?
My last big trip I traveled America out of my van for 2 months, kind of trip that covered enough ground for travelling for like half my life. My next trip is also going to be Japan because its such an enigma to me that I have to experience it eventually.>>2835839whats the best of appalachia? northern or more southern? I live in one of the more northern states and will one day delve into it
>>2836765I do think the composition of who is visiting Japan plays a big part. Numbers for 2017 and 2023 are pretty comparable, even if you consider the fact that tourism probably didn't fully pick up right after covid restriction were lifted, but from personal experience 2023 felt far busier. Then 2024 comes along and breaks tourism number by 5 million people, and you can definitely feel the difference even more so.Personally I think visiting Japan is still a fun experience, but it does suck that you now almost have to go to a tourist spot first thing in the morning to actually enjoy them.
>>2836775>Personally I think visiting Japan is still a fun experience, but it does suck that you now almost have to go to a tourist spot first thing in the morning to actually enjoy them.That's really the gist of it. I've visited in 2015 and 2024 and Kiyomizu-dera and the buses in Kyoto are the only places where I've felt that they cannot handle the flow of tourists. Both times there were obnoxious tourists being loud in public transports, but nothing worse than that.
>>2836532I went for the first time this september and it wasn't that bad. The obvious tourists spots like Expo 2025 were overcrowded as fuck but there's still a ton of hidden gems only locals know about
Currently going back and forth between the two and hoping to make a decision next month. Iceland - Pros>Place I was planning on going to anyways>Lots of reputable existing tour companies offering fairly reasonably priced excursions where they will drive to wherever the best weather is day of ($100-200 per person)>Possibility to see auroras during the eclipse, odds are supposedly low but a literal once in a lifetime event if it does happenIceland - Cons>Really really cloudy, odds of any location having clouds is 80%, but odds of all locations having clouds is 30-40%>Tiny island so going to be super swamped with talk of road closures and skyrocketing pricesSpain - Pros>Large country with many places to view so demand curve will be flatter which hopefully means lower risk of last minute cancellations and price gouging>Great weather>Can move around day of or in days leading up to it to account for weather thanks to comprehensive train networkComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
So glad to see this thread I'm planning to go to Spain for the very first time to see the total solar eclipse, cross 2 things off my bucket list. Which city or town do you think would be the best to visit during this time? Looking for a place that would both have a good view of the eclipse, and also be a fun place to visit regardless during a trip to Spain.
>>2836018>you just know all the locals are gonna up their prices for everything by 300%I suppose getting pickpocketed in Spain isn't exactly cheaper. If it's like two days and you've already booked your hotels and mandatory geysir tour it doesn't bother me to pay 12 euros for a beer.
>>2835505Iceland - Pros>Literally every woman will gladly have sex with you every nightSpain - Cons>Most of the good places are paid to HATE tourists now
There's also an eclipse in Spain in 2027. Does that change the calculus for anyone?
>>2836773If I miss the 2026 eclipse because it's cloudy, then I'll consider going to Gibraltar in 2027. The 2027 eclipse will be partial for most of Spain.
Favorite places in Greece?
>>2836579Been there twice and still haven't been to any islands, I love all of it over there. Stayed in a poor small city in the Peloponnese last time, close to 3rd world, not a nice touristy place, house vibrated when cars drove by 100+ yards away, and I loved it. I love the people, the climate, the churches. Laissez faire. Can have a good time anywhere as long as you have a car. Get your priorities straightened up. Of places I've been though, I'm going Nafplio. Least favorite day was spent driving around Boeotia.
What country would be the best option for me?I have $2,000 USD in passive income from bonds for the next 25 years.I currently live in Belgium, where rent costs $1,700 USD a month.I’m tired of living in such an expensive city.My first option would be Chile, since I know basic Spanish.What are your thoughts on Chile in terms of accommodation, food, and safety?An honorable mention is Kazakhstan, although I can’t read Cyrillic.
>>2824925>I have $2,000 USD in passive income from bonds for the next 25 years.24,000/yr maybe you should just get a job?
>bond>presumably ladderedyou're leaving fuckloads of money on the table and probably losing real purchasing power.go balls-deep in income ETFs and withdraw as necessary then reinvest the remainder
>>2824925She's turning 30 soon
Unironically, Rural Latvia. At least for a few months. Figure the language out as you go.
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