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The overseas bit of this seems more about hipster posing; having a slightly more exotic story to tell. I don't think the cost arguments for relocating to a deve
by a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
The overseas bit of this seems more about hipster posing; having a slightly more exotic story to tell. I don't think the cost arguments for relocating to a developing country make any sense. You can live in third tier cities in America or Europe very cheaply. It's only major cities that are expensive. I think in a lot of folks' heads saying "I live by a beach in Thailand" is for some weird reason more cool than saying "I live by a beach in a cheap town in Florida."
- dalke 12y agoThat makes a lot of sense! That would explain my confusion about "most remote" comment, since it's hard to find a thatch-roofed bar on a really remote beach. Interpreted as poser one-upping, I now read it as "not where all the other tourists go." Well, except the Swedish women. FWIW, I spent a couple of weeks living by a beach in Florida in the panhandle. Not much going on there. Would rather live in a city. If you want to live in a first tier city, the cost arguments do make some sense. I enjoyed Cape Town a lot. It had plenty of night life, activities, stores and other attractions, and even for a tourist month-stay apartment in the Fresnaye neighborhood, between the mountains and the sea, and with cleaning every other day, it was about under 1/2 of what I paid in the US. I didn't like (when I was first in Sweden) the feeling of being illiterate. I imagine for Thailand, outside of doing tourist things where they cater for foreign money, that it would be similar.