The Economist has an almost famous beef with Singapore likely rooted in the competition with London. There’s a lot of spicy ambassador notes from Singapore in r

The Economist has an almost famous beef with Singapore likely rooted in the competition with London. There’s a lot of spicy ambassador notes from Singapore in response to some of their contortions and cherry-picking over the years. Having lived in a variety of places… I’m not sure I would phrase it that way, but I didn’t find “Southerners” to be remarkably hospitable or Canadians overwhelmingly polite. It’s hard to piece the expat bubble in Singapore - because many people come here for a few years, live in Condos and send their kids to International school and work in MNCs, so getting to know locals can be tough and take a while. And that’s not necessarily because people don’t want to mingle, it just is. - You need a green card equivalent to send your kids to local school and even if you have it, the curriculum is easily a year, if not 2 ahead of other countries (because of high investment in education, different school culture and the practical need to offset 2 years of military service following school and maintain international competitiveness) - You can’t buy government housing that 80% of locals live in as a foreigner unless you have the equivalent of a green card and fulfill a long list of requirements (including finding a block with space for your race) - Your job is gonna be in an MNC which will be a lot more mixed. If you live here long enough without getting home sick and overcome these, yes you will make local friends and I would say they will more likely be well educated, well travelled and fun to hang out with, especially when it comes to anything food or travel. But warm blooded? Not sure that’s a word I would use.