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It seems like many people visit Bali as tourists because of geoarbitrage — dollar for dollar meals and housing are so much cheaper than in the states, and overa
by tedmiston 8y ago
It seems like many people visit Bali as tourists because of geoarbitrage — dollar for dollar meals and housing are so much cheaper than in the states, and overall it's a nice place to work remotely (except internet) or vacation.
It does sound like tourism has the potential to be exploitative. Maybe they can find a way to charge more only to tourists borrowing tricks like "resort fees" from Las Vegas. Or doubling prices and giving only residents discounts somehow.
- ImaCake 8y agoI feel like the internet in Bali is actually quite good. South-east asia has world class internet.
- tedmiston 8y agoHaven't been there myself, but I've mostly heard speeds along the lines of "Internet: 8mbps" [1][2]. Maybe it's that we've gotten use to 100+ Mbps in the US, or perhaps Ubud is an outlier? [1]: https://nomadlist.com/ubud-bali-indonesia https://nomadlist.com/ubud-bali-indonesia [2]: https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/50033/any-fast-internet-good-wifi-in-ubud-bali https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/50033/any-fast-in...