I think Bangkok hits most of your bullet points. You could find a nice apartment with fitness, pool and a maid for 60% of what you're paying now. Most of the ni

I think Bangkok hits most of your bullet points. You could find a nice apartment with fitness, pool and a maid for 60% of what you're paying now. Most of the nicer places will want a year contract (and might whine if you're not a resident) but shorter term apts are certainly available. You can have a decent dinner for two for US $40 / $80 with wine. The French food here is so-so, the Italian and Japanese top notch. Chinese is good (not great). The Korean is great. They really never got American food here. If you don't want to spend, you can eat a couple of good bowls of noodles for $3. Internet access is decent. I get 8Mb/s (actual speed) for around $30 / month. Mobile is a different story. They never made the transition to 3G here so speeds are bad. There is one carrier that unofficially supports 3G (they get around the law by running a permanent trial in Bangkok) but even that is pretty slow. I still use my iPhone to look stuff up, but the experience isn't great. Cars are somewhat expensive (compared to the US). Sport bikes are insanely so (a Street Triple is taxed 100%, any BWM 200%). Mac prices are on par with the US (which IIRC would be more attractive than UK prices). If you're not broke they're pretty easy going about immigration. You can live here for well over a year as a tourist as long as you follow the rules. It's not all roses though. The city is congested. It's damn hot most of the time (unless it's raining like the world is ending). For a slight increase in cost, you could move to an island though. Then you get to live in paradise.