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Singapore is a remarkable place. Every time I visit, it feels like the rest of the world is 10+ years behind.

sho 4y ago
Yeah.... live there for a while though and you might find yourself wishing you were somewhere a little behind, especially if you don't agree with the government on every single little rule and prohibition. I lived there for a year and while I appreciated the efficiency, when I needed it, the feeling of control of every little aspect of life and commerce eventually started to feel oppressive. I could give many examples but let me just choose one - I live in Thailand now and I can state for a fact that the single street I live on has more live music on any given night than the whole country of Singapore. (1) Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but it sure matters to me. Singapore's one big, very well run, very efficient, very purposeful, corporate campus. Nice place to visit, you wouldn't want to live there. (1) OK, maybe not every single night of the year - there are concerts and events in SG sometimes. But 99% of the time, absolutely.
- devortel 4y ago
  Trading live music for GDP seems like a good deal. Although, I completely agree that SG does feel like an efficient well run corporate campus.
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
  A quiet city? That’d be like a dream come true for me.
imtringued 4y ago
It is probably more than a decade ahead because it is one of the few countries on earth that's actually tried to solve the land problem. http://www.wealthandwant.com/themes/Land_Problem.html http://www.wealthandwant.com/themes/Land_Problem.html As it stands right now, most people are born into poverty. Why? Because they are born into this world, that is already owned by the past generation and they have no place on this planet. They aren't just humans with no possessions to their name, no, it is far worse, they are people who don't even have the right to exist on this planet, people who have been deprived of the very things that should belong to them. A person born into land poverty has no means to help themselves, it is illegal for them to help themselves until they have bribed a previous land owner with years of their time. Imagine being born into this planet with an obligation to work 15 years to acquire land. Being born is no longer a blessing. Everyone who was born must justify their existence in front of the land owners.

sho 4y ago

Yeah.... live there for a while though and you might find yourself wishing you were somewhere a little behind, especially if you don't agree with the government on every single little rule and prohibition. I lived there for a year and while I appreciated the efficiency, when I needed it, the feeling of control of every little aspect of life and commerce eventually started to feel oppressive. I could give many examples but let me just choose one - I live in Thailand now and I can state for a fact that the single street I live on has more live music on any given night than the whole country of Singapore. (1) Maybe that doesn't matter to you, but it sure matters to me. Singapore's one big, very well run, very efficient, very purposeful, corporate campus. Nice place to visit, you wouldn't want to live there. (1) OK, maybe not every single night of the year - there are concerts and events in SG sometimes. But 99% of the time, absolutely.

devortel 4y ago
Trading live music for GDP seems like a good deal. Although, I completely agree that SG does feel like an efficient well run corporate campus.
aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
A quiet city? That’d be like a dream come true for me.

imtringued 4y ago

It is probably more than a decade ahead because it is one of the few countries on earth that's actually tried to solve the land problem. http://www.wealthandwant.com/themes/Land_Problem.html http://www.wealthandwant.com/themes/Land_Problem.html As it stands right now, most people are born into poverty. Why? Because they are born into this world, that is already owned by the past generation and they have no place on this planet. They aren't just humans with no possessions to their name, no, it is far worse, they are people who don't even have the right to exist on this planet, people who have been deprived of the very things that should belong to them. A person born into land poverty has no means to help themselves, it is illegal for them to help themselves until they have bribed a previous land owner with years of their time. Imagine being born into this planet with an obligation to work 15 years to acquire land. Being born is no longer a blessing. Everyone who was born must justify their existence in front of the land owners.