I just got laid off from my USA tech job,with a severance into March. I'm 32 and have ~$1.6M, so if the US is going to suffer stagflation and just general turmoil for a bit, I think I'm going to hide out in SEA and just wait for it all to blow over.I'm already out here in SEA and have been living in Asia for a while, but haven't been able to be on a proper day scheduled and I haven't based long term in a non-capital. I was focused on banging mainly filipinas for the first half my stay, then did a sampler of a few countries.Now, I have the urge to settle in and go deeper on another place.I would like somewhere with:*1-2bd housing where the power does not go out. Good desk, comfy bed, moto parking, no egregious bugs, strong AC, easy delivery dropoff for goods/food. Basically, I want non-philippines housing w/a work station lol.* Easy to go on a relaxing motorcycle ride in and outside of town. I'm currently on a 3 week road trip in Indonesia and it is so relaxing to just carve some corners out in Lombok and Sumbawa.* Tasty, healthy food* Nice-to-have if I can enjoy a blunt (basically just thailand).* Also nice if something like a language school or local place with english taught classes is around or even a full blown university with interesting english-taught programs. I might even full on attend somewhere like Hokkaido university or somewhere in taiwan after taking some time fully off from work/formal study.* Clean, fun gym/exercise around. I do enjoy basketball, volleyball (at my recreational level), and muay thai when they are around. Bicycle riding can also be fun when you don't have to mix with traffic. Surfing is neat, but I understand how rare it is. Even rarer to get it with a decent logistics setup. bali you have to ride a moto in and overall worse than philippines where I lived 3min walk from surfing for a while.* Getting a local cutie to live with is also on mind. or even a western one if you'd base in a "nomad" hub where they pass by.
So what is it anons? Share your favorite low key SEA bases and lifestyles for riding out stagflation for a few years while leveling up.I'll perhaps spark off the discussion by saying that Indonesia has some potential. A lesser known place like Sumbawa Besar with 64,000 people would have some quaint charm, but isn't the ultimate base in this country surely. indonesia does let you live here long term if you buy a property at least worth a certain threshold
>>2812522Personally, I’d be very happy to fart around and lie low in many places in NE Thailand for a little while; among my favorite towns is the Mekong riverside border town of Nong Khai, but it’s pretty small and certainly won’t check all of your boxes. They have a university, originally a satellite campus of the enormous Khon Kaen University a couple of hours to its south, but since spun off as an independent school, but I don’t know if they’ve got any English-medium programs. KKU has a couple of master’s programs for international students that conducted in English. Khon Kaen is IMO an underrated city, but it’s pretty big and semi-shambolic, and a long way from either mountains or the coast, so it gets too hot in April. I worked there for a couple of years and love the place, but it’s not a tourist destination and never will be. Another Lao border town with a lot of charm is Nakhon Phanom, but Nong Khai is better-connected and probably has more English speakers assuming you don’t speak Thai or Lao.A final Isaan option might be Mahasarakham, which also has a large university, but it is a rural hinterland compared to Khon Kaen, which isn’t exactly the height of sophistication by Thai standards already.Outside of the Northeast, I worked in the small Northern city of Lamphun briefly, and it also has a lot to recommend it—it’s slowly turning into a suburb of Chiang Mai, but it’s not Chiang Mai and shares few of its problems, while remaining within easy commuting distance of the city if you want to smell digital nomads.Gyms and stuff to do can be found in any population center anywhere in Thailand.
>>2812522Da nang has a small surf scene introduced during the vietnam war, might be worth looking into. could also check Hoi an.
>more money and less age than meFUCK YOU
>>2812585>Da nang has a small surf scene introduced during the vietnam war,My filipina gf and I did a long extended visa run from bangkok here and....so many russians. Did we have some nice experiences? yes: playing basketball near monarchy apartment, eating USA style pulled pork sandwiches that are available all over, riding to the mountain pass.The My Anh nomads/expats behave like animals and the place is teeeeeming with russians unfortunately. This contrasts with the otherwise fairly sleepy town, outside of some 24 hour coffee shops. I could see how I'd probably like Da Nang more when it was pre-war and also less discovered.I'm also not sure the local women really mess with foreign guys in any appreciable amount.I'll keep it in mind and thanks for the recommendation.
>>2812568>Personally, I’d be very happy to fart around and lie low in many places in NE Thailand for a little while; among my favorite towns is the Mekong riverside border town of Nong Khai, but it’s pretty small and certainly won’t check all of your boxes. They have a university, originally a satellite campus of the enormous Khon Kaen University a couple of hours to its south, but since spun off as an independent school, but I don’t know if they’ve got any English-medium programs. KKU has a couple of master’s programs for international students that conducted in English. Khon Kaen is IMO an underrated city, but it’s pretty big and semi-shambolic, and a long way from either mountains or the coast, so it gets too hot in April. I worked there for a couple of years and love the place, but it’s not a tourist destination and never will be.cool cool. I will still have the capability to get out during april>Another Lao border town with a lot of charm is Nakhon Phanom, but Nong Khai is better-connected and probably has more English speakers assuming you don’t speak Thai or Lao.>A final Isaan option might be Mahasarakham, which also has a large university, but it is a rural hinterland compared to Khon Kaen, which isn’t exactly the height of sophistication by Thai standards already.nice little list, anon. Do you know anything about Nan? I went for a NYE road trip from chiang mai once and it had 1 weed shop and a cutie bartender trying to hit me up. quaint little place.>Outside of the Northeast, I worked in the small Northern city of Lamphun briefly, and it also has a lot to recommend it—it’s slowly turning into a suburb of Chiang Mai, but it’s not Chiang Mai and shares few of its problems, while remaining within easy commuting distance of the city if you want to smell digital nomads.lol. the smell.>Gyms and stuff to do can be found in any population center anywhere in Thailand.for sure. more or less aircon gyms in some areas, but present.
>>2812522get a nomads account, its only $100, there's a Telegram which is useful, and meetupsI'd recommend - Bangkok (city stuff, awesome Japanese onsens, Thai bitches, weed, parties) - Chiang Mai (khao soi, forest stuff, Buddhist bat temples)- Bali (surfing, motorbikes, temples, waterfalls. white bitches in Canggu, parties)maybe Vietnam or Phuket, haven't been..
Cebu Philippines. No brown outs, cheap rent, all the women you could ever need. Only problem is the food but just have your woman cook that shit and make you American style food.
>>2812522>have ~$1.6M>chat gpt post and imageyeah im not falling for this
>>2812695It's a dump. Really bad traffic, frequent flooding, bad infrastructure, street kids and beggars, many scams and thieves. If you really have to go to PH, choose a tier 2 city like Iloilo or Bacolod.
>>2812695Kill yourself cubnigger
>>2812522I'm in a similar position to you. Early retired. I've lived worked in 5 SEA countries and visited all of them. I'm currently in Indonesia too but the place that ticks all the boxes is Thailand. Sometimes I explore some remote parts of SEA looking for the grass that's greener but Thailand is the most comfy. You might want to check out Udon Thani (city). Just $30 flights from BKK, so you're still connected. It's like a mini BKK. And most of the foreigners are old as shit so it will improve your tinder matches. Lots of good food.
>>2812522Stop responding to this post whether it’s really or not, none of these dork faggots deserve any assistance. Don’t lift a finger.If he really has the money he can hire a “dork faggot relocation service” and they can help him and make him part with his money. Don’t help this faggot or anyone like him.
>>2812743The tard guard has returned to kvetch because someone said they have money. Such a poisonous little dwarf lol
>>2812625>Do you know anything about Nan?I’ve only passed through it a handful of times on road trips, but I remember it as very pretty with a few interesting historical bits—it’s got several very old and distinctive temples from back when it was an independent principality in the northern confederation that once competed with Ayutthaya for dominance of the Tai. I haven’t been there for ten years, and don’t know anything about what life is like for farang there, but I’m sure it’s okay. You might also like to look at Chiang Rai while you’re up there, which I’ve always found pretty cosy. You may also think about heading farther south and exploring Phitsanulok, which has always seemed nice to me when I have visited, although this opinion is surprisingly unpopular.
>>2812705The island is fine, Cebu city is a shithole
>>2812843Phitsanulok is a traffic-ridden dump. Chiang Rai has become part of the Chiang Mai - Pai circuit for tourists in northern Thailand. The city is a sprawl hell, but the countryside and mountains beyond is really beautiful.Nan is kinda traffic-ridden as well, but it's nice enough. The river park could use some improvement. Bicycling and fitness culture is big there; most properties offer guests the use of a bicycle. If you have a motorbike, exploring the mountains of Nan would be a lot of fun.
>>2812724BE QUIET
>>2813018Mmm. Delicious seethe
>>2813018no posting allowed on company time. Go back to waging, and get a haircut for the love of god
>>2812695>Cebu Philippines. No brown outs, cheap rent, all the women you could ever need. Only problem is the foodOP here.Food is far from the only problem in Cebu. The behavior there is atrocious >>2812705>It's a dump. Really bad traffic, frequent flooding, bad infrastructure, street kids and beggars, many scams and thieves. If you really have to go to PH, choose a tier 2 city like Iloilo or Bacolod.this anon gets it. I'm sort of over Philippines in general. you just give up way too much to live there. I'm not even talking about USA. you give up a lot versus even other SEA countries.
before my remote employment terminates, I think I will apply for a DTV visa and/or a Taiwan Gold Card.
>>2814354>you just give up way too much to live thereOh yeah, like what? I'm sorry you can't eat a cheeseburger anytime you want or have a beautiful white woman to look at. You're in SEA bro, what else did you expect?
>>2814386Lol I’d suffer every inconvience if I could rot in the Philippines for the rest of my life
>>2814396You will change your mind after less than a week.Even if you find a place that ticks all boxes by some miracle, you will still be in a corrupted, vulnerable country surrounded by mental and material poverty almost everywhere you go. Only sociopaths can truly thrive in The Philippines.
>>2814416Ok well I’m a sociopath lol and uh other reasons
>I have 1.6m from my tech job but I'm too retarded to puzzle out basic high school level problemsbot post
>>2812585Not again
>>2814416>You will change your mind after less than a week.>Even if you find a place that ticks all boxes by some miracle, you will still be in a corrupted, vulnerable country surrounded by mental and material poverty almost everywhere you go. Only sociopaths can truly thrive in The Philippines.And with cockroaches everywhere including new buildings the staff says is just 3 years old.That is EXACTLY the position I'm currently in. This place is so fucked.It's more fucked in the Philippines!
>>2814799Except it took me about two months. From place to place and neighborhood to neighborhood I've explored a decent bit of the manila area. More places I thought I wanted to go, but it mostly just seems to be the same low quality filthy shit everywhere.
>>2814804
>>2814538>bot postfinding a hidden gem SEA town in 2025 ain't HS level bro. many anons are scouring the region looking for their figurative Goldilock's porridge of a place to camp out in
>>2814386>You're in SEA bro, what else did you expect?well, as the rest of my post implies, a lot of SEA >>>> 2025 Philippines. My expectation is higher >>2814396>Lol I’d suffer every inconvience if I could rot in the Philippines for the rest of my lifewhy not just go and slum it now? if you're decent looking, a woman will literally let you slum with her. You could even work 1-2 years in USA to save up a nest egg for a PH house if you wanted that or some other 1 time purchases to kit yourself out with.Then start giving trike rides, open a sari sari store or do $9/day construction work or something. Go now if rotting in PH is desirable living
Places I'll be checking out soon: Kuching, Kho Hong part of hat yai. Just rode through a lot of Flores Indonesia and seems it's mostly children/old people outside of the main town. rare to see any women 22-35 that aren't aready impregnated MILFs out there
>>2812695How’s it for South Asian men? Do Phillipines women like South Asian dudes?
>>2816331NoYou smell
>>2816334Smell according to who? Maybe White people smell differently to us Indians? Have you ever thought of someone else’s perspective?
>>2816340Kill yourself you stinky pajeet
>>2816331>Do Phillipines women like South Asian dudes?my gf said indian guys have a terrible smell
>>2816353Your gf is a whore bhenchod
>>2816353She probably just said that to make you feel good.>>2816344White people smell like cheese and only shower once a day.
>>2816344Smell my dick
>>2816331You’re not fucking Asian of ANY stripe you jeet rape lizard faggot. You’re a fucking jeet. >south AsianNo. Stop. Fucking ghandu bhenchod
I recommend going to China and becoming a spy. They will give you a cutie gf (handler) and pay you in counterfeit USD
>>2816327Single, childless, liberated women open to dating foreigners are a Westernized phenomenon. There is nothing whatsoever "trad" about them.
>>2814416Exploiting poor women has to be so rewarding to you that you're willing to overlook everything else fucked about the country. In fact, you're glad that it's fucked, because if it improved, then it would be a lot tougher to bait girls with 1000 peso notes.
>>2816397The Chinese basically realized you don't even need hot ones anymore to steal state secrets >>2816364kek
>>2816331rangeban required>2814355before my remote employment terminates, I think I will apply for a DTV visa and/or a Taiwan Gold Card.How hard could it be to just fake the docs?
>>2816399>Single, childless, liberated women open to dating foreigners are a Westernized phenomenon. There is nothing whatsoever "trad" about them.never claimed to be looking for a "trad" girl, but ya I know passport bros are often on some trad waifu meme so it makes sense you are trigger happy to mention it. My body count is 30+, so my expectation is realisitc. modern with modern, trad with trad and a gal that is race mixing with me is unlikely "trad" to her core lol my filipina gf was just isolated/very busy/interested in white guys, but still enjoys the idea of breeding and waking me up with a smoothie + chicken salad. I just like some nice cooperative habits like this
>>2816570>How hard could it be to just fake the docs?probably simple. that's what I plan to do for my gf's. I'll write her a work contract
>>2816622>my body count is 30+Mines almost 200 you fuckin loser LOL like wtf were you doing for the past 30 years HAHAHAHAH
>>2816622>my filipina gf Post her nose so. Is it monkey tier?
>>2816634>Mines almost 200 you fuckin loser LOL like wtf were you doing for the past 30 years HAHAHAHAHactually having a few real friends and relationships. go ahead and cackle like a hyena while behaving like a lost animal
>>2816634>Mines almost 200 you fuckin loser LOLI've fucked over 200 girls. Who tf cares. On the list of things I'm proud of, it's like number 300 or not even on there at all. Do more with your life, you absolute loser
>sex is an achievement Losers
this thread shows, once again, that /trv/lers just can't act human
Best hideout I've found has to be Georgetown Malaysia>600 for a nice place with everything included no HUEHUEUHEU U PAY FOR ELECTRICITY SIRS Y YOU RUN ELECTRICITY SIRS like thailand or PH, can easily go to 350-450 if you don't mind a smaller room>all english speaking>stupid fucking cheap for food, booze, etc>clean air blowing in from the sea>mainly tourist town so hook ups aren't impossible in said muslim country>decent food, gyms, beaches, and nightlife open to foreigners>rarely bump into other white people unless they are +50 and the owner of the bars or a couple on holiday
>>2817871>HUEHUEUHEU U PAY FOR ELECTRICITY SIRS Y YOU RUN ELECTRICITY SIRSWhat are you saying here? Do you have to speak in sperg meme talk? Can you not convey information normally?
>>2817873If you want to go to tripadvisor and post there no one is going to stop you but this is 4chan sirs,
>>2817874I literally don't know what you're trying to say because you encrypted it in retard
>>2812522>i want everything nice from a HCOL area in the US>but in the philippinesretard>just wait for it all to blow overoh sweet summer child...
>>2817962>>i want everything nice from a HCOL area in the USdefinitely not what i asked for.didn't request pro sports, (high end) museums, being on a concert tour schedule, conferences, conventions, etcdidn't ask for it to be some elite university. i just said classes loldo you even know what a HCOL area in the US has to offer or is your belief that SF/NYC are just gyms and cafes + places people live in?
>>2818479Anon is saying you're wanting HCOL US luxuries in SEA where it will always be mid at best
>>2816331The WHOLE ENTIRE world hates you smelly brown stinky disgusting fucks. Money cant even buy you prostitutes because of how disgusting you are
>>2812625Nong Khai was super nice although I was only there for a few days in like 2017. I personally really like Issan and Udon Thani but I wasn't there long enough nor late enough in my Asia travels to really give this as serious advice. That >>2812724 also mentions Udon Thani makes me feel a little better. Certainly comfy motorbike trips in the province.>>2812634Absolute retard-tier post 10/10 nice job you even nailed the syntax. OP the only reason to go to Phuket is if you're training Muay Thai or society is imminently collapsing.t. lived in HCMC for two years>>2812523unfortunately this was Phuket for me lol I certainly leveled up there but there are certainly better places to do it
>>2814799Hi, OP here. Which SEA country does BOT have a problem with roaches? I can’t be around them, they make me black out and get homicidal, can’t have that happen again in Bangkok!
>>2818568in HCMC the geckos ate most of them
>>2818573There's still a lot left.
>>2812522>I'm 32 and have ~$1.6M, so if the US is going to suffer stagflation and just general turmoil for a bit, I think I'm going to hide out in SEA and just wait for it all to blow over.If you truly have 1.6M and think the USA of all places is stagnating just fucking LOL. This has to be a /biz/ graduate CPA talking out his ass.1.6M in the USA can take you extremely far if you plan right, not to mention tech jobs if you're willing to move can also be found basically anywhere. Many tech jobs are moving to the midwest to escape the hell of unstable mega cities and take advantage of lower cost of living areas. I relocated to SD recently, 90k tech job 6 mo in office then only required to keep residence within the state for tax/legal purposes. No income tax, my apartment is like 650/mo for a nice balcony view and 1br, utilities are cheap, food is good, and I can filter out most the trailer trash making 2x the household income here.By all means go be a doomer in SEA about the USA, just know you're passing up a lot of investments.
>>2818722This sounds pretty comfy anon ngl
>>2818723I'm surprised at the midwest honestly, compared to the west coast I make less on paper, but my take home is about the same if not slightly more.My commute is 15 minutes avg, compared to the 30-45 minutes one way because Karen forgot how to mergeCan eat at home more because how close it is, no more taking a look at the maps to see what delays are happening and go eat out at whateverConsuming far less alcohol due to less stress as tech people in the midwest seem far more relaxed and less chances the CEO swaps us out for H1B'sThe dating pool is smaller which sucks, but that's about the only real drawback I have outside some minor personal things. I guess you could say winters are bad but whatever, I kinda like snow. I am looking to buy a house as it's actually affordable to get a 150-175k 3br place, coming up depending on if I decide to nomad next year or not.
>>2817873Found the boomlennial.
>>2817873tell me you don't do any long-term travel without telling me.There is no worse hell than booking a long term stay somewhere only to have electricity not included and it ends up practically doubling the rent. Happens all the time in Philippines due to electric costs being so ungodly high. Some places in SEA specifically program the AC's start and stop times, limit the cooling to 25C, and so on. Not that I really like it all that cold, I usually have places at 80F but do like to turn it down when I sleep.
>>2818751>tell me you don't do any long-term travel without telling meHoly reddit tier
>>2816634Noice, I’m at seven :(>Giacomo Cassanova had between 120 - 130 bodies. >Hugh Hefner at 70 suspected he had upwards of 1000>Johnny Sins claims to be north of 2000>Gene Simmons has an estimated 7000 bodies>Warren Beaty 12000>BBC Wilt Chamberlain 18 - 22k These are all my heroes but none of them compare to Ghengis Khan.
>>2814416PH really is fucked. I couldn’t stand it there after 4 months. It’s just so poverty stricken. I feel like I’m going to be stabbed at any moment when I’m there and I see some extremely dark street kids just wandering or looking for food
>>2812522Did thailand not take back the weed thing? I hope so
Is it normal that pinays hate walking? Even if it's like 10 minutes to walk, they will just take a cab.
>>2819703Walking is seen as peasant/poor behavior in SEA. That and they’re unfathomably lazyb
>>2819703There's literally no sidewalks. It's miserable to walk stepping on to the roads, jumping over sewer holes, tripping on broken concrete. Who tf wants to walk in that dump
>>2819751>>2819757I remember my pinay gf had a complete meltdown when I convinced her to walk from DFA Aseana in Manila to Mall fo Asia. I tricked her into believing it's 5 minutes when it was like 15.
>>2819386>PH really is fucked. I couldn’t stand it there after 4 months. It’s just so poverty stricken. I feel like I’m going to be stabbed at any moment when I’m there and I see some extremely dark street kidsit's just so obviously 4th world trash tier these days.A decade or two ago, you could just lump them in with vietnam/indonesia/and perhaps even thailand of the time and be like "oh yeah that's SEA: undeveloped". there was some plausible deniability about the core state of things there.In the present day, with a lot of SEA on a positive trajectory, the "niggers of Asia" meme is really becoming such an obvious spectacle that it cannot be ignored, glossed over, or excused. Just a godforsaken place packed full of retards.>>2819703>Is it normal that pinays hate walking?yes.
I lived in the American South for several years.Every time I had to deal with the government or a hospital I had to deal with lazy, smelly, stupid blacks.I spent a year in the Philippines and I would happily deal with dumb, lazy. Mississippi blacks any day. Filipinos make Mississippi blacks seem industrious, hygienic, and high IQ in comparison.Blacks are also better cooks and a black woman of a healthy weight is actually a better sex partner than a Filipina. That is all you need to know about Filipinos.
>>2819945There is no such thing a “4th world” you stupid ass
>>2819757Manila has sidewalks along the bigger roads (that aren't one-way alley streets). I did not encounter any open holes either. >>2819751>they're unfathomably lazySo much THIS. Extremely lazy and extremely entitled. "I'm with a white guy, he can afford a car, so I don't want to walk".The idea of spending leisure time engaging in physical activity is horrifying to the vast majority of SEAmonkeys, particularly in the Philippines. Malaysia and Thailand have more of a fitness culture, but it's still only like 5-10% of the population.
>>2819963>There is no such thing a “4th world” you stupid assyou know exactly what I mean, you antisocial freak.no need to allude to a lecture on post soviet states and so on. the meaning is clearly "even worse than what you consider underdeveloped with widespread poverty">>2819975>Manila has sidewalks along the bigger roads (that aren't one-way alley streets). I did not encounter any open holes either.manila has some, but so much of the country is sidewalkless.>>2819975>Malaysia and Thailand have more of a fitness culture, but it's still only like 5-10% of the population.you just need to have a viable combination of 1) fitness/exercise2) good diet3) physical jobfilipinos were persisting on a combo of [2] and [3] for a while but [2] and especially [3] is quickly disappearing. vaping at a beer shack after a call center shift will turn you into a blob
>>2820130>you antisocial freak.It’s getting snarky in here
>>2819962> a black woman of a healthy weight is actually a better sex partner than a Filipina.I'm calling bullshit. Filipinas are notorious for being horny freaks. you can practically bend her over whenever wherever and she'll love it. bad cooks and lazy they may be, but a bad sex partner they are not.
>>2820198He didn't say they don't like sex, he said Africans are hornier. Having travelled throughout Philippines and Africa, I agree with him. Filipinas are still horny af tho
>>2820198>bad cooks and lazy they may be, but a bad sex partner they are not.a lot of them might be, but my filipina gf cooks up healthy food all day. it's one of the key perks about her. marinated chicken salads, healthy smoothies. rice + salmon + toyomansi sauce. so good
>>2820198>>2820200The horniness of pinays is actually becoming a huge problem for me. I'm visiting my gf again this month and we are planning to get her pregnant before we marry. She said she's expecting us to do it 7 times a day which I obviously can't keep up with. We have settled on minimum 2 a day.Any tips on how I can get horny often and keep the lil guy up? Also most the time I coom way too fast, how do you guys deal with that?
>>2820258How old are you? There are some treatments you can do but they can fuck with your heart if you're 40+
>>2820258>most the time I coom way too fast, how do you guys deal with that?I had this problem since I first lost my virginity. You have to edge yourself to come without orgasming. Think of it as pulsing and leaking. You have to grab your girl's hips so she doesn't move at this crucial moment and just cum in her without orgasm or much orgasm. After it subsides you can go again harder and longer. I've been using this technique for like 15 years.
>>2820214Post some pics of the food? And of your gf too if you'd like
>>2818726I really identify with this, thank you for the intrigue
>>2820258cut out the porn and masturbation entirely. It's going to be tough to do but if you can manage it, you'll be surprised at how hard and how long you can last by cutting out those two things.
