>it's great to travel to X, but it sucks to live in X
what the frick does this mean? do the allures of X magically disappear when you move there?
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>it's great to travel to X, but it sucks to live in X
God hates frogshit
maybe I should've posted an irrelevant picture of an attractive asian woman like the other threads?
Are you aware that posting bad shit doesn't mean your only option left is to post even worse shit?
Fricktarded homosexual
Yes, that would've been better. Also, this is a worryingly stupid thread and if- you actually posted it unironically you should consult a psychiatrist, get your IQ tested, maybe a neurologist too. There's a nonzero chance you might actually be clinically moronic.
>the absolute state of frog shitter logic
Yes, save this one and use it next time.
You're welcome.
>what the frick does this mean?
it means you get to enjoy the country without dealing with the negatives associated with it
>do the allures of X magically disappear when you move there?
no - they are just overshadowed by the negatives of actually living in the country and your inability to enjoy those allures as you are too busy dealing with the said negatives
>This place would be great to spend a vacation, but the price/local economy/practical aspects of living/remote location/snooty populace/etc would make it difficult to consider living here full time
It's not that fricking hard
Why don't you just stay home, and stop laundering money to these shitholes.
Overcoming adversity is compelling, there's a profound appeal to seeing how a society has solved difficult survival problems. But at the end of the day it's usually nicer to live in a place that's easy and comfortable.
>>it's great to travel to X, but it sucks to live in X
Tokyo
Living in Japan, tokyo specifically. Living in it sucks ass
-taxed for literally farting it seems
-pay is low for any skillset you have that would be worth moving for
-"I don't need a car" wears off super fast once you realize how getting around is as a non-tourist
-once you really understand japanese verbal/bodylanguage/writing you really fricking hate japan compared to the US
-housing sucks even by US 3rd world standards
-say you worked in japan and everyone jizzes their pants
-token white guy at work
-token white guy at parties
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>-"I don't need a car" wears off super fast once you realize how getting around is as a non-tourist
The subway is the subway? I don't get it.
>-once you really understand japanese verbal/bodylanguage/writing you really fricking hate japan compared to the US
Pls elaborate
>-token white guy at work
>-token white guy at parties
Isn't it fun being le special though?
>Isn't it fun being le special though?
It gets annoying after some time, it's fine as a tourist to be the life of a party. Not so much when you're trying to actively live a social construct or advance up the totem pole of work.
>Are you missing a word? How [bad?] getting around is? How is getting around as a non-tourist—expensive? Difficult? Slow?
I don't own a car and haven't for years, but I see the use in a metro like Osaka or such. Sure if you are living just downtown and really have no reason to ever leave the city go for it, but a kei car is so cheap and makes things nice for weekends that the nickle and diming of trains+cabs gets annoying.
>Is it just that your no-car commute has become more annoying over time? Would driving make it better? If so, what’s stopping you from getting the car you don’t officially need?
Because if you work overnight like many do in IT you're stuck sleeping at work till 5am.
Hauling groceries can be stupidly annoying in summer unless you are one of those morons who thinks shopping at 711 is the way to go.
Going to places to hike that aren't just random places at the end of train stops, no I don't want to go hike in Oku-tama... again...
Opens up going to a lot of events moreso than planning your train route+moving shit+getting there vs. just driving.
Again it's generally shit you only realize after living in Japan, if you're simply wow'd by Tokyo and Akihabara and that's it great. Glad you have simple pleasures.
>you're stuck sleeping at work till 5am.
Get fricked dorker. I remember how my dorker compatriat had to turn in at 10pm to start his shift. I’ll take what little schadenfreude I can in life if I can’t have my dream of living overseas
>token white guy at work
>token white guy at parties
what's the problem with this?
You're used to the western world where people are generally accepted no matter what they look like. In Japan you're never ever truly accepted and you'll always be a treated as a novelty, is that something you want to live with all the time?
You can make that same for any homogeneous country.
If you look physically and culturally different, you will always be a novelty and an outsider.
t. lived in Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul for a total of 6+ years, and I'm ethnically Asian.
>in the Western(US) world
Yeah because that place is Muttopia, specially big/international cities. Try being an Asian in bum frick nowhere Cincinnati.
Have you actually lived in Cincinnati?
Cincinnati is a shithole don’t do it
>t. Ohio resident
Wait, do Asian Americans actually think they have it hard? LMFAO
Yes, Asian Americans have a huge persecution complex and still think of themselves as an oppressed minority surrounded by evil racist whites. Despite making more money than whites, kek.
>what's the problem with this?
Because
>"LITERALLY ANYTHING HAPPENS WITH FOREIGNER"
>uhh anon bro? what's this do you all do this?
>have to explain for the 50th time no that's just some drunk euro/aussie c**t drunk again and did stupid thing
>"ohhhhh... Do your friends do this?"
>fuuuuck
>be at work
>be foreigner
>can't move up until every last fricking kaiji kun has moved up
>have to be in all meetings and "social team building nights" for clients, company doesn't pay you for this btw
>have to hand hold all the other foreigners because yuzu-san got too drunk off 2 large beers
>going to anywhere social
>be white guy
>lost tourists or someone just have to stop you and ask for help
>sorry guy I am busy
>WOT U CAN'T HELP ME? LAD?
>nope
>angry anglo sounds in the distance
>-"I don't need a car" wears off super fast once you realize how getting around is as a non-tourist
Are you missing a word? How [bad?] getting around is? How is getting around as a non-tourist—expensive? Difficult? Slow?
Anyway, I am a big believer in not needing a car, whether as a tourist or resident, because I don’t get pleasure out of driving, and at least where I am, owning, insuring, and parking a car work out to being less cost-effective than occasional short-term rentals. Driving only sometimes saves me time, as well; for a lot of the routes I take, trains end up being approximately as fast, and occasionally faster.
But I’m not in Japan, and I don’t think my impressions of this situation would be any different if I were visiting or staying longer-term.
Is it just that your no-car commute has become more annoying over time? Would driving make it better? If so, what’s stopping you from getting the car you don’t officially need?
I inhabit pretty much the opposite space. I live in an urban area in Switzerland, which I find great to live in but wouldn’t visit as a tourist. I don’t think Switzerland offers very good returns on investment to visitors in general, particularly when compared to most of our neighboring countries, which offer similar things to most of what we’ve got, but cost much less. Quality of life for residents is generally excellent, though, almost as good as its reputation.
Australia is great to visit, its literally a big holiday island.
Its not actually good at all to live here, its in fact hell.
from my research and understanding of australia, its literally the opposite tbqh. boring but stable.
low crime rates, high standard of living for poor people (unemployment benefits, healthcare, lower inflation cf euros), interest free education (yes loans but interest free), compared to euros the pay is decent.
the bad things are that it can be authoritarian and bureaucratic without any fundamental freedoms unlike america, switzerland or czechia.
I wonder what the future of australia will be in 100 years when its mining industry declines, as most of its industry is centered around trickle down mining with all other industries stemming from it.
>low crime
currently theres an out of control crime wave nation wide
>high standard of living for poor
plummeting standard of living* everythings expensive here
>free education
no free education
>authoritarian
yeahs that why you are saying nonsense.
you bought the propaganda
Scandinavia in winter is a famous one
> tourist
Holy shit this is le heckin winter wonderland!!! Metre of snow! Very cold temperatures! Excursions on skidoos! Gorgeous golden daylight! Two weeks was just long enough!
> live there
wow I am suicidally depressed
Scandis don’t suffer
you're an underaged moron if you can't see why visiting a foreign is completely different from navigating bureaucracy, rewriting your cultural customs, living all seasonal changes, and restarting your life from scratch in a foreign place. as expected from a frogposting redditBlack person who's barely graduated from high school
my man's got you
Amazing video, just made me realize why people love Florida so much and I'm over here trying to get out.
I love visiting friends in Seattle during summer but could never live there. Same with Vegas and Miami.
Yes
me as a mid 20s year old: Travel to South Korea, have like 5-6 days of pure fun, hanging with locals, kpop concerts etc
a week or so in: Start to get bored because south korea isn't actually that fun if you're not in kpopland
Living in the country and having to deal with the rampant crime, corruption and poverty on a regular basis, is very different from staying for a few weeks and only going to see the prettier parts of town especially designed to appeal to tourists with a paid guide
>t. Eurobeaner living in South America
If you're from Europe why did you move to South America? Or do you just mean you're white?
They're miserable for different reasons.
But this is about you as a foreigner having to cope with things like inconsistent public services, crime, the housing market, socializing, etc.
>Taxes
>Traffic
>Weather
>Cost of Living
>Lack of jobs
Take your pick.
>morons are mad enough about cartoon frogs to derail a thread within the first few replies.
Yes. When you live in a place, you are preoccupied with making a living. The fact that there is scenery and tourist activities to do has little bearing on your daily life. Your spending power as a local worker will never achieve that of a tourist on vacation, so you will always be a poorgay even if you do leverage labor scarcity to make a higher wage than you would in a humdrum city.
As a seasonal worker, you are treated by the local residents as just another transient. People are usually nice to those who help them do business and make money, but it's tough to break into social circles. If you are extroverted, however, the tourist hordes provide many opportunities to meet people and pursue conquests. Extroverts are far more likely to enjoy living in a bustling tourist destination.
>he thinks the experience of travelling is the same as a mundane life
Travel is fun. Some places are fun to travel to.
Living is boring. Some place are fun to travel to but soul crushing to live in.
Are you slow in the head or something OP?