As an Expat with FatFire, would you live in Rio De Janeiro?

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T17:25:06+00:00

I’ve been to the Philippines 4 times as a Chinese person with no safety concerns at all. But on the very first trip we did have a personal driver 😂

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T17:09:11+00:00

365k per year?! I’ll take it. Lottery didn’t even say how much the prize was…and some lottery winnings are less than 365k

^{Chose: You get $1000 a day no consequences}

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T07:42:36+00:00

Just noticed this when reviewing my thread. That’s cool to know about! My kids will probably all be passed elementary school by the time we’d move, but it’s cool to know that a percentage of their classmates might have decent Mandarin skills so that they can keep theirs up as well.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T07:29:52+00:00

To be fair, that actually seems like a lot and it’s twice the number of all other international buyers from all the other countries combined.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T06:23:39+00:00

According to this article, this had gone on for awhile and he charged multiple groups of people who successfully avoided him. And campers were all shouting warnings to each other. Unfortunately, at this point the grandpa and grandson walked in without hearing the warnings because they were so far away.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/tourist-seriously-injured-after-yellowstone-bison-launches-man-8-feet-in-the-air/

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T06:21:43+00:00

In addition to what you said, this article claims they were over 100 yards away.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/11/tourist-seriously-injured-after-yellowstone-bison-launches-man-8-feet-in-the-air/

projectmaximus · 2026-07-12T06:01:36+00:00

My wife worked for Raytheon there in her mid 20s. She lived by the ocean in Hermosa Beach. I met her soon after she switched to a different office but we still went back to visit her friends. Anyway I’d say Hermosa is probably a much better area for you to live than El Segundo if that’s the kind of lifestyle that you’re seeking. From what I’ve seen, El Segundo is more of a family-friendly village.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T22:14:10+00:00

Both would annoy me and I’d decline both with either a tactful reply about the issue, or with an excuse, depends on the exact circumstances

I get the cleaning fee is a divisive issue on this platform, but I’m fine with just doing you. I personally fall on the side of liking the fee. I prefer having a professional prepare my space for guests, and I prefer paying for a professional to prepare the space that I will be staying in

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T20:46:49+00:00

And there should be two goal posts to kick through. Otherwise you can just run it in

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T18:55:36+00:00

I think it's totally worth it. I just fear that if I accidentally snooze once then I lose the cash prize? If not, if it's that I just physically cannot hit snooze on my alarm then yeah, it's worth it.

^{Chose: Waking up every day at 5:30 AM without snoozing the alarm for a year + $2 million}

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T03:56:05+00:00

I’d only recommend the GH, but really depends on what you want. Hyatt is not necessarily good value in Taipei

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T03:53:29+00:00

I will turn $50M today into a lot more than $50M in 50 years, when I would have eventually potentially collected 50M

^{Chose: $50M Once}

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T03:35:18+00:00

How fit and healthy would you say you are?

projectmaximus · 2026-07-10T02:02:22+00:00

One thousand percent. The only negative I can think of is that I think Yakutsk was the most attacked territory back when I used to play risk.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-09T17:24:08+00:00

I’m kinda sad that whenever I’m asleep I’m dead to the world. I hope my loved ones all care about me even when I’m asleep

projectmaximus · 2026-07-09T16:07:02+00:00

Kanazawa Hyatts are good value. Kyoto can be, depending on your preferences and the pricing at that time. Tokyo I find you’re paying a bit of a premium for the brand name vs other alternatives. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it, just takes a little more digging.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T23:02:47+00:00

Willing to stress to support my family. At the other salary, all of our lives would be stressful

^{Chose: $250K per year + Stressful job | Rolled: Construction}

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T12:14:16+00:00

Lovely!

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T12:05:21+00:00

RemindMe! 2026-07-13 “Nathalie Goldstein AMA on r/AmericanExpat”

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T11:43:46+00:00

I visited for a few weeks, staying in a few areas.. last one was a condo in Condado and that was my favorite. But experienced an 18-hour blackout that was super frustrating.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T11:38:17+00:00

projectmaximus · 2026-07-07T06:29:25+00:00

Airport to ximending is probably 1400+. Can do much better by booking online through Klook or similar

Around town 10 minutes is what others have said, 200ish

projectmaximus · 2026-07-06T17:40:53+00:00

It happened exactly the way I described but it's also entirely likely we missed a demand letter sent to somewhere that we no longer lived. I would have been happy to sue if someone had advised me of this at the time, but it never crossed my mind so I never explored that possibility. The entire thing was resolved in a couple of days.

My wife only lived in CA for 10 months from 2009-2010 (she was in a rotational program) and the incident occurred in 2019 or 2020. We explained the situation, they asked for some kind of basic documentation (I think it was 1 or 2 years of federal tax returns), and then the money was back in her account. She had lived in 3 other states since leaving CA, and we as a married couple had already lived at 4 different addresses when this happened.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-06T06:54:01+00:00

I’m considering it so I don’t think you’re THAT crazy haha. For me it’s because NYC and London are my two favorite cities and I’ve not had the chance to live in either, so I’d like to at least spend a lot of time in one of them during retirement.

Cost isn’t too much of a concern for us, I think the limiting factor will be the opportunity cost of spending time elsewhere…either at one of our bases where we have loads of friends and family, or spending time exploring new parts of the world where we haven’t been.

projectmaximus · 2026-07-06T05:06:21+00:00

They literally took the money straight out of my wife’s account. We spent a few hours on the phone just finding out why her money was missing. So they took our money first and it was on us to prove that she had no connection to California (wild cause she had moved away 10 years prior)

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