Why aren't you practising geographic arbitrage?

>>60618125 (OP)
because i dont want to leech off some shitty chink society

>>60618135
>leech
You provide domestic consumption and drive economic activity at a time when their birth rates are already below replacement rate. What's the issue? I fail to see how you're "leeching".

>>60618139
you provide consumption but don't produce anything, which drives up prices for the natives

I'm posting this from my $500 a month high rise condo in Thailand. It's newly built and has a 7-11 on the ground floor, gym, yoga room, pilates room, onsen, infinity pool, etc.

>>60618125 (OP)
>Moving closer to jeets, chinks, poverty, and in a land completely unable to defend itself.
Great plan dipshit! You know you can fly there, fuck your ladyboys, and leave right? Just move to Arkansas or something. You can live cheaply and still be around whites/the first world.

>>60618147
What do you produce in your native country?

>>60618150
But what are you producing?

Brown monkey pussy arbitrage if we're being honest with ourselves

>>60618152
I'm producing semen to dump in my gf every night. As long as my stocks and crypto don't go down in value too much, I don't need to work another day in my life.

>>60618139
what do the local male populace think about this?
how come they never revolt at their wamen being taken?

>>60618152
>What do you produce in your native country?
I work a local job providing services for the local population and buy local good and services from locals. If some rich foreigner came in with a more valuable currency and could afford the services without having to provide anything then it would fuck up the balance

>>60618150
>I'm posting this from my $500 a month high rise condo in Thailand.

I am so jealous

Incel thread.

>>60618163
But you're just a cuck wagie working a job then. That's nothing to be proud of. I'd rather be the rich foreigner.

asia is the easiest place to make gains.

work for a POGO or something, earn $6500 a month living in manila and you're pretty much winning at life.

>>60618150
>$500 a month high rise condo in Thailand
post photo of your place
been interested to go there

>>60618226
I don't wanna doxx my exact location. Here's a pic I took from the floating terrace.

>>60618254
How much do you need to spend to live comfortably there? Including rent food and casual sex/date

>>60618287
There's a million videos on youtube that discuss this. I live in Bangkok and have loose a budget of about $1500 per month. $500 for rent, $60 for utilities, $500 for groceries/eating out, $60 for transportation, $150 for my gf's family, and $250 for fun/misc stuff. I plan to travel with my gf around Asia over the next year so add on another $10000 over the next 9-12 months.
You can spend way less as a single guy living outside of Bangkok (like in Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Isaan areas, etc). Or spend a lot more if you want a bigger, more luxurious living space in the expensive parts of Bangkok.

>>60618287
Middle class salary in Thailand is between $8k to $15k per year USD
So 1k a month is very comfy

>>60618125 (OP)
if i was gonna be that poor i would just kill myself

What are Thai women like? Do they only like you for your money?

>>60618162
they transition instead of seething

>>60618125 (OP)
Wouldn't it make more sense to buy farmland in El Salvador and produce a good while HODLing your Bitcoin, you can leverage your currency, contribute to the local economy, live freely.
The renaissance of El Salvador is only beginning and it is the best run country in the world in my opinion.

>>60618503
Assuming you owned your own land, the cost of living in El Salvador on a rural lot is only a few hundred dollars a month or even less if you are frugal.
>no property tax
>affordable food
Your biggest expenses would be transportation and food.

>>60618314
So what's the catch with Thailand? I never understood how things can be so cheap over there. They aren't exactly a manufacturing powerhouse so they import a lot of things with their undervalued currency.
There MUST be certain things that are insanely expensive there even for an expat.
I've never been there myself, but looking at Bangkok on Street View, it doesn't seem like a dirt poor shithole like India or Africa. It actually looks nicer than Latin American cities and yet you could never live a comfortable life with that kind of budget in Latin America. It's also safer and has better infrastructure. I cannot think of any other third world country that has such an extensive metro system and a world class airport like Bangkok. Even when you check poorer areas away from central Bangkok, it looks reasonably clean, the streets are paved and well maintained etc.

I really can't understand the economics behind Thailand being so cheap. Their GDP per capita is higher than South Africa for example and there is no fucking way you could live comfortably on a $1500 budget in a major South African city.

>>60618314
congratulations anon.

>>60618254
they all have the same plans of architecture
i guess you live in these tiny boxes where walls are just sliding panels
grim

>>60618314
>$150 for my gf's family,

the absolute state

>>60618540
>So what's the catch with Thailand?
basically, there is no catch. thailand is literally the only county in the world without any significant tradeoffs.
>safety
check
>affordability
check
>quality infrastructure
check and check
>good food
check and check
>amicable native population
check
>beauty
check
>tolerance
check

>>60618564
Thats practically free, hookers in EU go for 100e/1h

>>60618566
>living around bugs
check
>no property rights
check
>having to renew your visa every 30 days
check
>hiv ridden women everywhere
check

>>60618540
Keep in mind the entire country is not Bangkok. But, in general, labor costs are very low and the country is big on agriculture so that leads to lower prices on food and services. The catch is that imported brand name shoes/clothes and electronics are more expensive. Prices overall are higher than when I visited for the first time in 2018 and oldheads will tell you that the 90s and early 2000s were dirt cheap compared to now.
>>60618559
What do you mean? There are studios, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom units at this particular condo.
>>60618564
I'm a millionaire so $150 a month is nothing for me. I'd rather my gf not go to work to make $12 a day.

>>60618540
>So what's the catch with Thailand?
also, i'll add that insofar as residential property is concerned there's no domestic demand for the secondary market. so, meteoric tourist demand coupled with a matching supply have encouraged ever higher quality developments to meet an expanding demand.

>>60618577
prices have doubled since my first trip in 2013 but remains a steal due to rising quality.

>>60618150
Living the dream

>>60618165
idiot

>>60618150
Also, do you have to pop across the border regularly for a fresh visa?
Pattaya veteran here, btw :)

>>60618597
Thank god no with this Cambodia border bullshit. I have the Destination Thailand Visa and it's good until 2030.

>>60618602
2030 eh? Thats great - whats happening witht he Cambodian border?

>>60618577
>millionnaire
>living in a shitty 500$ condo in bang kapi

>>60618609
Seethe asshole

>>60618608
Smol dick Asian soldiers poppin off at each other. I'm sure they'll reconcile soon.
>>60618609
I still have $3500+ a month of expenses (house, car, maintenance, etc) in America. There's no reason for me to splurge in Thailand if I'm comfortable.

>>60618602
the new 6 month tax residence laws have gone into effect have they not? global tax without ability to harvest losses. EU's attempt at killing the threat of a good example and slow capital flight out of europe threatening their tax and spend replacement agenda.

I went to Thailand this last December/Janurary, Bangkok and Ao Nang. Amazing place.

On AirBnB for $1,500 a month you can get a spacious luxury 1 BR (sometimes 2 BR) apartment. After the earthquake it's probably less. If you want a studio you can get a great one for $1,000 a month. You can probably get for way less if you book directly with the building instead of using AirBnB I just dgaf and I enjoyed the peace of mind of using an American app.

I stayed next to the BTS line at Phrom Phong, there were 3-4 different modern malls nearby where you can get any type of food from the food court for $5-$15 per meal (depending on what you get).

And no shit an amazing quality foot/back/full body massage for 1 hour for $15... Not talking about happy ending (my wife gives me those for free) but those massages are one of the biggest things we miss about Thailand.

I also lived in Argentina, Brazil, and Bali I can talk about any of those.

picrel it's one of the shopping malls I'm talking about

>>60618622
>those massages are one of the biggest things we miss about Thailand
>high quality of life
check
>Argentina
were you there before milei when they had the blue dollar? how dope was that? i hear it is comparatively expensive.
>Bali
have you spent any time in java? i'm looking towards yogy.
>Brazil
which cities? would you go back? worth the trouble?

>>60618635
People have no idea what it's like to be able to get 3 massages a week and what that does to your body. Huge quality of life benefit (in USA you're probably getting a 1hr massage for $100 in most places).

>Argentia
I went there early November 2023 and left May 2024, (also spent 1 and a half months in Brazil during Carnival).

Back then you could get a 400-450g ribeye for $12 and that was big enough to share with another person plus a side. And the quality of the meat was really incredible (still probably is). picrel

For housing you could find a good 1 BR in Palermo for $1,500-2000/mo, not as luxurious as Bangkok apartments but imo I liked BA as a city way better than Bangkok.

Fortunately or unfortunately Milei actually fixed a lot of things and now for expats it's almost as expensive as life in America, I had a buddy go there this last December and he was saying the place we used to grab steaks at for $12 is now like $22-25. Housing is probably a bit more expensive now too but then again idk I've heard he unlocked a lot of the housing supply due to de-regulations so maybe that balanced it out.

I went to Buenos Aires, Bariloche, and Mendoza. Overall really loved the country I just wish it was cheap like it used to be.

>Bali
No time in Java, I stayed in Canggu, Ubud, and Uluwatu. If you're single Bali is great because there's a lot of meetup groups for foreigners. But Bali is not really developed, super dirty and overcrowded. I liked Thailand way better than Bali, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are single or like to surf.

Also Bali belly is a real thing and I got a really bad case of it there. I think it was actually from swimming and not the food, I swam on a beach that was 200-300 meters away from a "river" runoff. (river of shit probably)

>Brazil
I went to Rio De Janeiro, Cabo Frio, Iguazu falls, and Buzios. Brazil was pretty fun but not incredibly cheap and definitely not as safe as Argentina.(1/2)

>>60618696
>>60618635
cont. (2/2)

Brazil is good for a 1-2 week vacation but it's not a place I would want to live (even for a short 1-2 month stint). The beach in Rio is fun but there's a lot of vendors bothering you every 5 mins.

It just sucks having to actually worry about your phone and money etc. I got a cheap $100 samsung phone as a burner for Brazil.

Cabo frio was boring as fuck, Iguazu falls was great (but again that's just a 2-3 day trip), and Buzios was really good (more touristy but also that means safer).

>>60618169
We're on 4chan. Every thread is an incel thread

>>60618151
Who the fuck wants to live in Arkansas lmao

>>60618125 (OP)
>Moving to a total garbage country.
Yeah, no thanks. I'd rather just work in the best country in the world and chill.

>>60618162
White people are completely clueless about those women.
Local men don't revolt because everybody know these women are LITERALLY whores.

>>60618744
>garbage country
>Better public transportation without any chimp behavior.
>World class healthcare that costs a fraction of what it costs in USA and no wait times like in Europe
>Rolls royces, lambos, ferraris etc in the good neighborhoods.
>Every single luxury brand you can think of within walking distance.
>36 Michelin starred restaurants

If you call Thailand a garbage country you are 100% coping... Indonesia is a garbage country, Brazil is a garbage country etc.

>>60618696
while i've only been to ubud, i found bali a bit off-kilter compare to thailand. balinese have a superficial pleasantness which belies something darker underneath. i knew about the regular internecine pogroms and felt somewhat on-guard there. admittedly, i've not seen 10% of what bali has to offer but from i saw it all felt a bit stale.
>Brazil is good for a 1-2 week vacation but it's not a place I would want to live (even for a short 1-2 month stint)
that's surprisingly intolerant. from what i've heard, adjusting for risks to personal safety, i would've thought 3-6 months would be well-tolerated. it seems to be the case the public spaces are much less enjoyable due to the "tax" and as such what passes for luxury is the absence of the "tax".

>>60618772
if thailand were a person:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VH8LKDnr0

>>60618778
I swear I felt some demonic energy while in Bali... I'm not a spiritual wuwu person but something just felt heavy.

And you're 100% right the locals hate the foreigners unless they're working in the tourism industry like a hotel or restaurant.

As for Brazil it's not just the safety also just you don't get as much bang for your buck as other countries in South America or SEA imo.

>>60618163
This is actually more or less what happened in my eastern european capital a decade or so ago. I would go out with friends on Friday/Saturday night to the old town, where most of the nice bars and pubs were. Eventually, because of Tripadviser and such, all the good places were so full of tourists that it would not be possible to get in, and prices rose accordingly.
In the past five years the trend is that if people are going out, it's to local bars outside city center. Still very expensive because prices rose a lot during and after covid, but they never came down, and salaries did not rise accordingly.
Life got shittier in general.

>>60618814
>As for Brazil it's not just the safety also just you don't get as much bang for your buck
which preclude living cheaply without taking on risks to personal safety. i hear the northeast is more affordable but again somewhat dangerous. all the same, i would love to go despite the risks as i've had a long distance love affair with brazil for some time now.

>>60618503
Based Norm putting that faggot Neil in his place. RIP Norm.

>>60618125 (OP)
Moving to some tropical authoritarian shithole run by brown people because you were too dumb to make enough money to retire in a real country huh. Many such cases. Calling it “geographic arbitrage” is really some next level cope though. Your family and friends in the USA are still going to think of you as the degenerate uncle who probably fucks kids and definitely fucks dudes dressed as women if you move to Thailand, and they will be correct

>>60618772
I'm not an Amerimutt. I live in the actual best country in the world.
You would have to be retarded to move out of this country. Only exception is if you are a billionaire, then you can afford to move to the next best country in the world.
The idea of moving to the shithole that is Thailand just to enjoy what? Money pit cars, money pit brands and money pit restaurants?
Amerimutt brains are truly fried.
Nah man, I'm staying here paying my taxes and be free from chimpouts and other undesirables. Everything I need is within a 2 minute drive.

>>60618832
Just go to Rio. It's "expensive" but obviously not nearly as much as any first world country.
Rio's South Zone is the nearest Brazil has of a first-world place. It's also safe as fuck. Police and local government cares A LOT about South Zone safety because all the big money circulates from there.
Plus is full of foreigners there. You won't feel "alone".

fuck off back to /r9k/
\thread

>>60618870
believe me, i'm working on it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZg8q1bKBDU

>>60618125 (OP)
that shit was smart 15 years ago, but too many retards did the same shit and now bangkok is expensive and whores are spoiled

>>60618914
>now bangkok is expensive and spoiled

where else is it good and affordable?

>>60618924
vietnam is one tier below

>>60618927
been in saigoon too but vibe was meh

>>60618927
maybe further north, na trang, da nang or so on might be good. havent been.
any tips?

>>60618321
You shoud do it anyway. Noone here likes you.

>>60618861
>The idea of moving to the shithole that is Thailand just to enjoy what?

Enjoy the same things you can get in other countries but cheaper.

>Money pit cars, money pit brands and money pit restaurants?
For someone who's so concerned about wasting money you should consider living in a cheap country.

>>60618914
>now bangkok is expensive and whores are spoiled
thailand still offers great value for money no matter if bkk, pattaya, or chiang mai. to the extent it's expensive if wholly dependent on one's appetite. provided you're not clubbing 2-3X a week and whoring as often, then it's clearly a fantastic deal and will end up costing less than $1k/month.

>whores are spoiled
i always said the whores were just the cherry on top. europe's a better deal wrt to whores but doesn't have thailand's rizz.

>>60618840
>the degenerate uncle who probably fucks kids and definitely fucks dudes dressed as women if you move to Thailand, and they will be correct
yes. and?

>>60618840
I actually somewhat agree with this. SEA/South America should only be a temporary living situation while you focus on your sigma grindset and make enough money to live a life of luxury back in America/Europe. 1-2 years max and then by then you should have your own remote business.

But yeah for a 1-2 year stint where you're cutting down costs and building something this is a great lifestyle, not to mention fun and adventurous.

>>60618618
This is the biggest loser cope I have ever seen. You don’t spend money because you don’t have it. No one would want to voluntarily live in a third world shit hole. You’re a wagie.

>>60618956
No you do t get it. A self described millionaire needs a monthly expenses of only 1k vs 4k in the first world. Do you really think a millionaire can afford to spend 40$ on a ribeye instead of 12$?

>>60619039
no drama. have you ever been abroad, specially in s.america or SEA?
its nice for holiday or overwinter. you cant blame passport bros...
but if your happy where you are back home. good for you!

>>60618839
thankyou for the (You),
Norm is one of the best and he was a brilliant man.

>>60619039
If you're a millionaire (like $1-3 mil) you still aren't making that much money.

If you invest that $1-3mil in the S&P500 you're probably making ~10% a year on average which is $100k-300k, half of that you need to save to compound so you're taking home $50k-150k, it's the same as having a decent job...

If you have $10 million or more then yeah you can actually afford a luxury lifestyle anywhere just based off of the investment income.

>>60618151
>Moving closer to jeets
No one ever said move to India. I would actually be getting away from all the jeets in the west now.

>>60618125 (OP)
As a thailandske man you should move to america for a better wage

too bad its so humid in these cheap countires.

you need to be in AC all day all year...

>>60618125 (OP)
most people are insects
they would rather stay near their crowded hometown and endlessly bitch about rent or even risk homelessness rather than move to a less crowded area and instantly improve their material conditions
and if you tell them so, they will invoke business opportunities, as if most of them aren't near minimum wage anyways

I think it makes sense, but I wouldn't want to raise a family in a third world country. What is better, I think, is if you can make a high income remotely and live in the countryside with good infrastructure, clean air, fewer undesirables and lower cost of living than the big city.

>>60618874
>i'm working on it...
I'm working on it too. There are plenty of affordable options in Ipanema, Leblon, and Lagoa. Safe, restaurants, bars, women, beach, etc etc. I'm hoping to cash in after the bull run, then wait for Brazil's currency devaluation or real estate market stagnation to make the money go further.

>>60618151
>USA
>white
>first world