Southeast Asia has been absolutely awful ever since COVID ended. I've been traveling to Southeast Asia and even living there on and off again since 2015. Had a girlfriend and even at one point considered going all in on buying a condo in Bangkok and purchasing an Elite Visa for Thailand back in 2019. Have also spent long periods of time in Vietnam and Indonesia. Thailand and Vietnam are what I'm most familiar with. Here's the run down on at least why Thailand is an awful place to live and even visit in the post-COVID era/2025:

>taxes on foreign earned income when staying in the country for over 6 months. Even if you have to pay no taxes, you now still have to deal with paperwork every year and potential fear of audits from the Thailand Revenue Department.
>prices have skyrocketed from inflation since COVID ended, you are now paying borderline European prices for a third world experience
>(no, still being "cheaper than the US" in not an excuse for value, everywhere is cheaper than the US these days- Japan was literally cheaper than Thailand back when I visited both)
>women, especially Zoomers, no longer like or desire Western men anymore, they are all into Korean/K-Slop trash
>blacks, redditor digital nomads, upper middle class liberal white women, degnerate weed smokers (Thailand legalized weed after COVID) and IRL streamers fucking everywhere, where as before there used to be none. The whole country feels like you are in the Bay Area California for all the wrong reasons.
>Mandated 90 day check-ins with your local immigration office, no matter the visa
>To start a business in Thailand, you can only own 49% of the business, the other 51% majority must be owned by a local Thai
>literal DEI hire, NEPO baby, Millennial woman, WEF Prime Minister- this is the direction the country is headed in culturally/politically

You guys are way too late to the party. Southeast Asia peaked in the 2010's, they're on their "progressive Obama era 2012" arc now.

I'm sorry to tell you but this is more or less the same problem around the world.

>>2785262 (OP)
I felt it will be like that. What about Vietnam and Indonesia? Thailand has always been the worst of the three.
And where to go instead? South America? Africa? Fucking India? The Mediterranean?
>>2785276
No it's not.

>>2785280
>No it's not.
Killer argument!

>>2785262 (OP)
>women, especially Zoomers, no longer like or desire Western men anymore, they are all into Korean/K-Slop trash
Sexpats on suicide watch

>>2785281
>claims utter bullshit (no proofs)
>told to fuck off
>waaaaaaah gimme da PROOOFS
I only visited China recently and it was ok. Fuck off retard.

>>2785262 (OP)
Yup, SEA is pretty much finished.
Latam is where it's at right now.

>Thailand: DTV visa
> Thailand: doubled the length of tourist visas for first worlders
>Malaysia: De rantu visa
Things have never been better in SEA, you're just suffering rosy retrospection and getting old faggot, things were always shit.
I don't get your complaint about women, never seems to be a problem for me, sounds like (You) have a skill issue.
>Mandated 90 day check-ins with your local immigration office
Is that heckin 5 mins of my time 4 times a year
You doomer blackpill faggots crack me up. Asia hasn't changed, you have. Give up and go home.

>>2785262 (OP)
Found Insecurity Dork's youtube channel by pure accident. This dude has wasted countless nights of his life at his security job watching hour long streams about how to become a digital nomad, just to make the same useless comments on Youtube that he does here. And he even has a cringey "le epicsigma male" handle for his YouTube channel that you would expect a 13 year old to have as a gamertag in Call of Duty.

>>2785295
based bloomer, seeing joy in the world that others don't. we should all start huffing the copium and pretend the world isn't falling to shit, like this sweet little boy.

>>2785262 (OP)
i didnt go to any before last year, but im not too impressed with them. they're just the best shitholes of the world really, but i still dont wanna live around trash and ugly monkey people who werent able to develop a civilised society. fun for short trips and a bit of sightseeing but no point for anything else.
i think there's this problem with the girls in SEA too... 95% are unfuckable ugly, so the few who arent have way too many men chasing after them and they literally become even more demanding than east asian girls. if you're paying then you may as well skip the shitholes and go straight to japan

>>2785262 (OP)
>"all the beaches have been ruined by tourism!" says the beach tourist
Beach living is for faggots. Absolutely none of this crap applies if you prefer not to stay in some ladyboy-ridden tourist trap with a beach. Except for the weed shops, but all the Thai shops I visit are run by goofy local stoner kids.
>muh taxes, muh 90 day check-ins, muh ownership requirements
Expats and migrants have such a disgusting entitlement mentality. They think they should be able to show up anywhere on Earth and automatically be granted all the privileges of citizenship with no strings attached. Get lost. Foreign countries are for travelers only.
>>2785311
You've gotta be fucking kidding me. Post-COVID price inflation hit Latin America much, much harder than Southeast Asia. Couple that with rampant insecurity and stagnant economies, and you'd be hard-pressed to notice any improvement in a city like Bogota. Meanwhile, Southeast Asia has continued its course of rapid development and public works projects even as prices remain relatively stable outside the beach faggot destinations...and Chiang Mai, which is full of liberal faggots these days as well. In 2024 it made #5 on the list of world cities seeing the largest spike in hotel room rates. (The top contenders were all in India.)

The cheapest, best-value lodging and food in the world is still found in Southeast Asia, regardless of what the FUD posters say.

>>2785357
Idiotic self-absorbed Gen Xer. You lived a sheltered, privileged life which gave you an outsized perception of your own self-worth. Now that the bubble has popped, you're fucking miserable, and you're trying your best to project your misery onto the world around you. But it's not working. We see through your bullshit. You're just a flabby, repulsive 42 year old loser who has spent the past three decades refusing to learn from his mistakes and adapt to the world around him.

>>2785368
>>2785370
Who shit in your coffee?

>>2785311
SEA is a big place. you've still got the philippines, myanmar, papa new guinea

>>2785408
A tiny little tree monkey and I got charged extra for it

>>2785499
>A tiny little tree monkey
Stop being racist.

Lying ass FUD posters deserve excoriation.

Bet you have to look that word up, kek.

>>2785262 (OP)
Posted just yesterday on Youtube. The cancer that Thailand has become after the pandemic is starting to make it's rounds even within the normiesphere now. It's so over. Good riddance and fuck Thailand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzPOIioVVoA&t=55s

>>2785368
Lmao this fucking retard wants to pay taxes for no citizenship/residency or healthcare, while still getting charged 3x farang prices. Eat shit. Retard 2022 tourists like you who are bad with money are what killed Thailand.

no SEA is ruined because containment around India has been breached and now this walking humanoid plague is everywhere

>>2785997
One of many, many (borderline infinite at this point) reasons

>>2785293
>Sexpats on suicide watch
this but actually

>>2785368
which town should a 30yo millionaire expat set up his base in thailand in 2025?
Buri Ram?

>>2786095
which inflation scam did you use to make/steal your millions? was it some fake made up tech job, gambling on worthless "assets" like crypto or stocks, or selling drop shipping "digital bromad" courses on youtube?

So do you have some ideas on where to go for roughly the same experience instead?

>>2785262 (OP)
>To start a business in Thailand, you can only own 49% of the business, the other 51% majority must be owned by a local Thai
Except for Americans, who can start a 100%-owned company under the Treaty of Amity.

I've never heard of anyone actually doing it, but supposedly it's possible.

>Thailand legalized weed
Didn't they re-criminalize it recently? Last time I saw anything about it, they had already re-passed the criminalization thing and it was scheduled to go into effect after the notice period.

>>2786106
130IQ perfect grades narcissistic family system tryhard -> top university -> big(ish) tech but not FAGMAN + crypto

I did have a sense of wonder at what the fallout would be as it felt the Fed was printing right into my account for a while.

Many tech jobs are-perhaps abstractly, sneakily-tougher than you seem to believe, but many are indeed BS.

In any case, why did you not participate in any of these if they were so overpowered? I don't think digital bromads make all that much. enough to live and there are a few breakthrough chads that are essentially entrepreneurs that happen to live in bangkok

>>2786106
The amount of bitter seething posters in this board is hilarious. You absolutely must be a shitskin, i can feel the double digit IQ contempt

>>2786214
>Except for Americans, who can start a 100%-owned company under the Treaty of Amity.

Good luck with that. Let me know how it goes.

>I've never heard of anyone actually doing it, but supposedly it's possible.

Yeah exactly, and for good reason. Because the Treaty of Amity is rarely, if ever, given any privilege to American business owner in Thailand as intended.

>>2786423
That's why I wrote:
>I've never heard of anyone actually doing it, but supposedly it's possible.
Sorry you failed third-grade reading comprehension.

>>2786355
>I did have a sense of wonder at what the fallout would be as it felt the Fed was printing right into my account for a while.

the fallout is that you will lose all your fake money-printed inflation wealth on the very first day a recession hits.

>>2786443
>the fallout is that you will lose all your fake money-printed inflation wealth on the very first day a recession hits.
ha well...thanks for the house. I'm sure they'll take it back when I have no net note on it.
*checks total comp of my "dead" profession*
yep still 300k, but I make sure to FUD it on the internet at night. DO NOT learn computer science

>>2786438
>That's why I wrote:

Why even make your stupid post then if OP was correct to begin with? You are just wasting everyone's time.

>>2786451
Be careful bro, he's over employed (TWO, read it TWO security guard jobs) and can read old dusty erotic novellas while shitposting... bet you're regretting being a dork in college right now

>>2785993
>you'll get charged 3x farang prices!!!
>but anon, my average nightly room rate over 120 days in Thailand was $11.75 USD and total daily average was $21.50
>what, no way! that's barely surviving, you're staying in shithole slums, you're poor you're broke you're a sexless incel reeee OMG WTF how dare you publicly destroy my narrative with real-life experience!
The coping and seething is hilarious, both here and on reddit. Just admit it. You all can't figure out how to travel (or live) without getting price-gouged, so you blame le ebil system instead of blaming yourself for being an incompetent fool.

>>2786610
>bro if you just stay in the lowest budget rooms and don't do anything but walk around creeping on girls, eating street food and blogging about it you can experience the SEA of yesterday

>>2786610
>I pay 30% taxes on my foreign earned income so I can cheap it out in slums and eat oily/sugary street food every day

Cool financial strategy/life choices you got there. Let me know how that works out for you in the future.

I don't even pay taxes to my country of origin, why would I pay taxes to some corrupt brown monkey people who hate me?

>>2786890
Because they have 100% full control over your visa and ability to enter/leave/stay in the country.

>>2785262 (OP)
>To start a business in Thailand, you can only own 49% of the business, the other 51% majority must be owned by a local
Based, Foreigners should not be allowed to open businesses in other peoples countries

>>2786857
He doesn't work in foreign countries, he just wanders around their slums

>>2786980
You need a visa to enter the country. That means they know how long you're going to be there, when you're supposed to leave, if you are to exceed the 180 day tax rule (and thus if you had a filed a tax return), know where you are located because of mandated 90 day check-ins at the local immigration office and reporting when you change your residencies, and depending on the length of your stay may want to know how you are able to support yourself in the country for such a long time while technically not being allowed to work in Thailand without the proper work/business visa. Many ways they can keep tabs on your tax compliance and coordinate with the Department of Revenue. Skirting compliance may work well for a while (or not) but at the very least eventually you're inevitably going to have to leave the country, and that's when the questions are going to start- or perhaps just at the 90 day immigration office check-in.

>>2787008
Lmao you are a fucking retard if you can't figure out how to evade thai taxes.

>>2787037
You're going to get fucked. Enjoy your travel ban.

>>2787038
Cry some more little bitch. Enjoy those ratmonkeys shuffling around in your pockets and stealing your coins.

>>2787039
You'll be poor from 30% back taxes, interest, fee's and penalties, and you'll be banned from Thailand for life.

>>2786890
>86890▶>>2786908
>File: metanoui.png (3.54 MB, 1920x1080)
>GIGA-MIND

>>2786855
Those aren't the cheapest rooms, those are the conveniently located rooms with the typical two-star furnishings. Usually a balcony as well, because I like to smoke weed lmao.
>Agoda Trip Savings: You saved 84.32 THB on this booking!
What's expensive in Thailand is the favorite pastime of the LBH: intercourse and intoxication.
>>2787037
Yeah, it's called leaving the country and going to another country or another part of the world for half the year. You're a digital NOMAD who can afford a plane ticket every few months, right? Get off your ass and pack your bags, it's time to moooove.

>NOOO NOOO YOU HAVE THE FOLLOW THE LAWS IN THAILAND OR YOU WILL BE BANNED!
>THEY WILL CATCH YOU! THEY CATCH EVERYONE BREAKING THE LAW!!!

It's actually kind of incredible that tropical coastal areas aren't all already turned into Florida-tier resorts, Bay Area-tier cities and Mumba-tier slums.I don't know why anyone in their right mind would live in a non-coastal area, non-equitorial area where you go to work and come home in the dark, you need to wear "layers" to not be miserably cold and can't enjoy any physical activities over half the year because it won't stop being cold, windy and rainy for days or months at a time. I wouldn't wish making due with lakes on my worst enemy.

>>2787693
>t's actually kind of incredible that tropical coastal areas aren't all already turned into Florida-tier resorts, Bay Area-tier cities and Mumba-tier slums
right. I guess one might think "in the history of history of explorers and adventurers, nobody showed up and said "ya let's develop this".

There are lots of blockers to foreign direct investment I suppose, so a lot of these places require brownoids to at least control the project.

Without filpino pride, they could probably clean that place up in a year with white american management. Hell, even high IQ black can join the mngmt team and get this place churning

>>2785293
Kchads win again

>>2787693
>muh ocean
Mountains and forests offer better outdoor opportunities, year round.

>>2785498
>you've still got the philippines
gen Z pinays are heavily into korea slop.
philippines was already a leftover women spot, but at least they were sweet.

Just skip Cebu. it's ass in many ways, but especially in rude behavior. Whatever the women are feeding themselves on social media has made their attitude the sloppiest on the globe

best bet is a northern or mindanao gal that isn't glued to 5+ hours of Kmanga, K-drama, and kpop per day instead of working/improving herself. they're happy to just live at home with mom and do this while making $0-300 per month. maybe the word is more like content-in-the-moment rather than happy. they seem disconnected. seeing it reminds me of when I was a PC gaming addict

>>2786006
>One of many, many (borderline infinite at this point) reasons
right. there are a lot of ingredients that went into the change from early 2010s to now in SEA

>>2785370
A 42 year old would be an elder millennial. Even a Xennial. But not a pure Gen Xer by any metric

>>2785502
I'm not kopeh luwak

>>2785262 (OP)
>women, especially Zoomers, no longer like or desire Western men anymore, they are all into Korean/K-Slop trash
skill issue

>>2787693
The same people who bitch about 10 C drizzle being too miserable for outdoor activity will also say a 33 C tropical day is too hot and humid to be active outside. Lazy people problems.

I just fell in love with a thai girl named milli

>>2785262 (OP)
>>women, especially Zoomers, no longer like or desire Western men anymore, they are all into Korean/K-Slop trash
im sure theyre still into whites, just that they were never into fat retard white pigs like you...

Why are all you freaks on this shithole so miserable?!?!??!?!

>>2788536
I’m laying in the dark in my 123sqft “micro” apartment in America at 7:21pm where I’ll have to get ready to take the bus to clock in for my 12am-8am shift, followed by 10am-10pm shift at my other job. I usually work 52 hours a week.

If I’m not working, I’m sleeping, reading a book, or watching YouTube. I don’t have any friends, I don’t have any life, and I don’t get any pussy. The highlight of my day is when I decided to get a milkshake from shake shack because it’s near my job. That’s my one pleasure.

Other than that, whenever I step out of my house, I can “feel” the moral ethic that straight white men are never to be respected, their authority is not to be honored, and being hostile towards them is acceptable behavior because they’re “bad.”

I lash out at people who don’t have to live in America as a form of catharsis. I follow dozens of thailand groups on Facebook and I just attack any post I can until I’m sick of it.
>well actually I don’t think the girls like old fat bald sex pests like you
Things like that. I have every right to be angry and miserable.

>>2785262 (OP)
Where do you suggest I continue the hostel life of banging hot western chicks in hostels then? I don't really talk to Thai people; I don't find Asians attractive but Thailand is the easiest place to bang a hot western chick on vacation.

>>2787752
what is with this? I hooked up with a girl in tanzania and she spent the next day in my bed watching k-drama and doing nothing
I kicked her out

>>2788629
>what is with this?
I have no idea on the "why" or how it became so pervasive lol

I had a brief foray into K-pop for like a year at the start of college: 2011-12, because I played Starcraft. Hosted k-pop study break in the dorms, etc.

Haven't really listened to that stuff or watched more than a few signature films and one show from Korea since then. Their media seems OK, but silly to be worshipping for literally half your day, especially if you make contact with real life Koreans and realize they aren't worthy of worship or emulation at all.

This K-media stuff is basically sedating poor filipinos into being content with living the low life + streaming korean media in every bit of free time.

im going to SEA in a couple of months. im not sure where to go first. i plan on traveling for a couple months or more. where should i start off? i was thinking either manila since thats where a lot of connecting flights stop anyway. the flight to manila is already like 14 hours so maybe stop there first. or i just go straight to pattaya or something. i dont really know shit about SEA everything is a meme so i dont know what to really expect but im not trippin. thanks for reading my blog

>>2788953
>im going to SEA in a couple of months. im not sure where to go first. i plan on traveling for a couple months or more. where should i start off? i was thinking either manila since thats where a lot of connecting flights stop anyway. the flight to manila is already like 14 hours so maybe stop there first. or i just go straight to pattaya or something. i dont really know shit about SEA everything is a meme so i dont know what to really expect but im not trippin. thanks for reading my blog
What do you want to get out of the trip? I've lived in Asia for 6yr, including 1.5 straight in manila. Happy to try to toss you a little guidance.

I hear "pattaya" so that immediately sets of my p2p alarms, but I'm open to hearing if you're looking for something else. If p p2p is the focus, just go wherever you want thailand

Thailand has way way more robust expat community, infrastructure, and less seething pinoys. You'll even notice that the conenience store AC is better in thailands vs philippines.

Vietnam you need to arrange a visa for online. Quick, easy, but doesn't happen same day.

>>2788976
i dont really know what i want to do unfortunately. im just going to explore. p2p isnt my focus but i am interested in it. i would rather meet a local qt though. what about beaches? where is the best place to be a beach bum but not a bum? thanks for offering help anyway, i dont know enough to even have questions im just gonna wing it.

>>2788979
pop into bangkok, walk around, go to some meetup.com stuff.

You can get to pattaya from there if that's your thing

>>2787916
>skill issue

cope. yeah, i'm sure you're so different and special from literal millions of men who came before you.

What's the best smaller city (e.g. udon thani, khon kaen, chiang mai, rayong buri ram) or bangkok suburb to open up a small shophouse business and meet/breed a thai cutie?

I have low 7 figures net worth and a multi 6 fig remote job. I must breed a tight thai woman. help me accomplish the mission

I want to start a weed farm with her and y'all can have a smoke on me

>>2790597
That's not how it works anon. You show up, you hand all of your money to the Thai cutie in exchange for pussy access, then you go back home and she opens her boutique cafe or hair salon or other dream business with the money you (and her other farang paypigs) gave her. By now she is just another 38 year old childless Thai businesswoman. She's hit the wall and can no longer count on her looks to get her what she wants in life.

>>2786908

Nobody pays taxes in Thailand. They don't expect you to.

LOL NO BROWN PUSSI FOR LIL TIMMY!