I wanna visit Malaysia to see if it's a place I wanna move to. Is this a bad idea? Have any of you guys moved somewhere after visiting? t. Middle eastern guy living in US
>>2873659Why do you want to move to Malaysia?
>>2873660I don't wanna be American anymore, and from what I understand Malaysia has a large English speaking population
>>2873661So of all countries in the world where English is common you choose Malaysia?
>>2873664Yes, any advice ?
>>2873666I guess you're probably a Muslim if you are choosing Malaysia. They tolerate other religions like Christianity and Buddhism as well. Kuala Lumpur is the big city, assuming that's where you want to go. I saw a video showing some condo buildings on the outskirts of KL that are almost empty somehow. It's called the Ghost City, might can get a good rate on a place there. I know some people who went on vacation. They seemed to have a good time. It seems relatively safe and clean as far as SE Asia goes. Also seems like a fairly conservative country. It should be pretty warm. Not far from Singapore too (who they expelled for being too Chinese btw).
>>2873674I heard there's a big Chinese diaspora there, would I need to know Chinese you think?
>>2873674>Also seems like a fairly conservative countryI had an easier time getting alcohol there than in Thailand.
>>2873678Seems like a lot of them speak English.>>2873689Yeah, I guess alcohol doesn't equal liberal to me. Maybe compare some other policies between the two countries and get back to me.
>>2873689wtf haram
>>2873659>I wanna visit Malaysia to see if it's a place I wanna move to. ok>Is this a bad idea?of course it is a good idea to be familiar with a place before moving there. as a non malaysian living in malaysia i would not particularly recommend it unless you are reasonably wealthy.>Have any of you guys moved somewhere after visiting? yes, i moved to malaysia. it was kind of stupid but here i am>t. Middle eastern guy living in USok so you are basically another jaded fantasist. there are lots of them on this board>>2873674>I saw a video showing some condo buildings on the outskirts of KL that are almost empty somehow. It's called the Ghost Cityi guess you are thinking of forest city. pic related. basically an entire city of tower blocks built by chinese builders for chinese property investors, that never caught on. yes you can buy property there cheaply but it's not a place that many people would want to go to unless they are making a video about what a gigantic flop the place is>>2873678>I heard there's a big Chinese diaspora there, would I need to know Chinese you think?across the whole country the population is about 20% chinese origin and falling (in the 1960s it was 30%). no you don't need to know chinese but they tend to use chinese as a way of excluding the malay and indian populations from businesses etc>>2873689>I had an easier time getting alcohol there than in Thailand.alcohol is available everywhere but it is quite expensive as it is heavily taxed
>>2873731I have quite a lot saved but I don't wanna buy a house in the US, I've only recently started travelling I'm only in my early 20s. Is it really a jaded fantasy for me to wanna move?
I've always loved the Petronas towers but what practical purpose does the skybridge even serve?
>>2873733>I have quite a lot saved but I don't wanna buy a house in the US, so don't buy a house then. i don't remember it being a law that you had to do that>I've only recently started travelling I'm only in my early 20s. Is it really a jaded fantasy for me to wanna move?so you've "only recently started travelling" but you already think you're going to up sticks and move half way around the world to a place you've never even visited and know nothing about, because of some unspecified resentment against your country of residence. yes that's a jaded fantasyalso using "wanna" all the time makes you sound like a retardif you really want to move to malaysia, do some fucking research, come and stay here for a couple of months (you can stay 90 days without a visa), don't just stay in the tourist areas, try living like a normal person for a bit. if you really are fairly young and wealthy you can have a good quality of life here but sooner or later the oppressive bureaucracy, corruption, weird inescapable mix of race/religion/politics etc will get a bit tedious>>2873734>I've always loved the Petronas towers but what practical purpose does the skybridge even serve?tourist viewpoint, evacuation route in case of disaster in high floors of one tower, architects just showing offalso wtf is going on with these weird captchas
>>2873731A 500 mL can of beer at a 99 Speedmart - the cheapest convenience store in Malaysia - costs about RM 11.30 ($2.80 USD). Last time I was in Malaysia a year ago, a 640 mL bottle of Tiger beer at a food court cost RM 21 ($5.44). This was a significant increase from the previous year, where the beer cost RM 18 and the exchange rate was 4.7 MYR to 1 USD, for a USD cost of $3.80.Unlike Thailand, you can buy beer any time in Malaysia. >>2873659Malaysia is one of my favorite countries. You can of course find a lot of things to complain about in Malaysia. It's an Asiatic country ruled by a coalition of Islamic sultans, so a degree of Oriental bureaucracy and corruption is expected. Malay and Islamic supremacy are baked into the constitution; if this bothers you in any way, you shouldn't move to Malaysia.Islam is kind of a no-fun religion, and its influence means that your opportunities for titillating pleasure can be very limited. Some foreigners in the country can't stand this lack of distraction. Drinking teh tarik in plastic chairs with your friends is peak nightlife for most of the country. Geographically, Malaysia is rather dull, a country of green rolling hills and muddy rivers for the most part. If you don't have your own transport, you will find it very difficult if not impossible to access the cool backcountry areas with rushing waterfalls, pristine rainforest, remote east coast beaches where you can swim nekkid, etc. Hitchhiking is very rare in Malaysia, so don't expect people to give you a ride if you try to wave them down. There are good public buses connecting the various cities and towns, but they are mainly a public service for brokie migrant laborers. Frequent rainstorms mean that most locals consider a car a necessity for travel. Traffic in most of the country is orderly by Asian standards, but cities have weird traffic patterns designed to limit traffic conflicts, and traffic jams do occur especially in the KL metro area.
>>2873766>>2873739Do you guys have good resources I can go to? Every time I look up Malaysia it's just bald white dudes talking about how the night life is dead
>>2873659Why would it be a bad idea? At worst it’s a average idea
>>2873793Best resource would be a roundtrip flight to KL. This anon >>2873739 acts like you expressed a desire to move to Turkmenistan or some other hellaciously exotic Asian shithole. Malaysia is the opposite; it is blandly agreeable and prosperous and Western-friendly. Easy as pie to show up, get your 90 day visit pass, rent a monthly apartment on airbnb, or better yet take a tour of the country. Either rent a car, rent a motorbike or take public transport. You really don't have to do much of any research before arriving; you only need to fill out your e-arrival card before boarding the plane. Imegresen will be butthurt if you forget this step. Malaysians are friendly and trustworthy people, in my experience. English fluency is limited in the poorer parts of the countryside, but Malay is as easy as Asian languages get. Chinese Malaysians are insular and unfriendly to non-Chinese, but you didn't come to Malaysia to eat pork and drink beer every day, did you? Marrying a Malay girl (again, if you are a Muslim) is a straightforward pathway to getting permanent residency in the country. Unfortunately, the good-paying jobs, if you're looking to work in Malaysia, are all in the urban sprawl zones along the western corridor, which is traffic-ridden and will feel more like an Asian Florida than a tropical paradise escape from America.
>>2873808Look how small North America and South America are in comparison. Really puts things into perspective.
