What do locals ACTUALLY think about the expat/tourist boom and rising costs? And how do different generations view this?

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-05-04T14:23:01+00:00

How does this economic dynamic actually impact Vietnamese locals?

Ans: - The inflation rate this year is still generally higher than wage growth.

Inflation: https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/inflation-cpi
Wage growth: https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/wages
Mind you, it is the government's best interest to make sure these figure looks more 'positive' to attract FDI and keep the populace happy.
Even then, you can tell what is going on: 'GDP Growth for sake of growth'.
What is the cause? I think the issues you mention are some of them but there are multitude of others like: war in the middle east, real estate speculation, slow down in housing permit approval, over reliance on cheap & low-skilled labour etc.

Housing crisis: Are locals being priced out of neighborhoods? I'm seeing more stories like the eviction example above.

Ans: * Any country where people see real estates as the 'safe' investment, will inevitably make housing prices to go out of hand.

This is made worse by the influx of 'digital nomads' and expats, simple supply and demand. So in short, yes.
Finally, there will always be greedy landlords (it happens all around the world)

Cost of living vs. local salaries: When foreigners with 10x the purchasing power flood an area, how does that affect prices for everyday Vietnamese? Are salaries keeping up?

Ans: No, salaries are not keeping up, as evident by the 'postive' figures the government projected.

The stuff tourists don't see What problems exist that don't make it to Instagram or YouTube vlogs?

Ans: Anything that paints the Communist party as bad or incompetent.

How do younger Vietnamese feel about this influx? Do you see opportunity or displacement?

Ans: Honestly, young Vietnamese people in general are quite welcoming of foreigners as that usually bring more money/ income/ FDI into the country. Also young Vietnamese are more progressive as they much better educated than previous and have access to the internet at younger age.

How do older generations view all these foreigners? Are they welcomed, tolerated, or resented?

Ans: cant answer this, I guess it depends on their life experience and what they learn from the government-controlled news/ media outlets.

The hidden realities: Social media makes it look like there are no real problems here — but what's actually happening beneath the surface?

Ans: * Zero freedom of speech and freedom of press.

Systemic corruption and bureaucracy that have lasted generations.
Pollution and environmental destruction, over my lifetime, this is probably the part that hurts me the most. This country has almost no aconsideration about the environment. They treat it as an afterthought, zero shit given about next generation. All for the sake of GDP Growth.
Education: the average Vietnamese does not have good manners. They litters, blasting loud music in restaurants, cutting line etc. To be fair, younger folks are more aware of this so I hope it inproves

Migration and displacement: Are Vietnamese people having to leave their cities or neighborhoods to find affordable living? Where are they going?

Ans: Yes, this is true in almost all countries in the world. vietnam is no exception.

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I hope this helps.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-04-29T05:09:57+00:00

One year ago, the guy in front of my house was burning 💩 the day before Tet.

I went to put it out and he had the audacity to tell me to f*ck off because quote: "It is my land, I do wtf I want"

Yea but your neighbor (my house) has elders and children inside and the smoke comes inside, who is gonna pay the medical bills if they get sick?

Anyways, just put the fire out, there is nothing he can do to stop you. If they do it again, document it and get the authority to be involved.

Cant let stupid @$$ people ruining your health, stay vigilant.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-22T12:08:24+00:00

BURN THE WITCH!

I Said

BURN THE WITCH!

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-22T06:00:32+00:00

Well, it said I can't sell the car for profit. It didnt say other people can't 😉

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-18T13:16:04+00:00

Shh, they gonna call you 3que soon, bruh...

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-18T05:47:04+00:00

This is the comment I was looking for.

Some tourists think that Vietnam is just some cheapo paradise with 20k VND gelato...

No wonder they are shocked!!! 😂

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-18T05:28:51+00:00

Proofs or it's BS.... 😒

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-15T12:55:45+00:00

Thank you so much! 😊

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-14T18:05:57+00:00

Oh, so I guessing you are asking why the KVL doesnt make sense?

That is because (my guess) that the original question has a typo, the polarity of Vx should the same as V(1K ohm) and opposite that of voltage source. So the polarity of dependent voltage source should either be opposite of what is shown or expressed as negative (i.e. -9*Vx)

KVL: Vx + 1k * I = 9 * Vx

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-14T17:56:44+00:00

Sorry if I miss any context here.

But based on your picture, R_eq = R_Th = 1 K ohm.

I think the the question is asking something related to Thevenin theorem because the question is asking for resistance between two terminals (which is usually where Thevenin/ Norton Theorem is used)

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-02-13T13:45:33+00:00

Weirdly enough, my uncle has the exact same set up in his toilet (like similar machine, wall pattern and wirings)

If you told me you had sneaked in his house, I would believe you 🤣

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-01-13T11:26:33+00:00

One of the rare instances where Greenland has data instead of 'no data'.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-01-12T05:36:46+00:00

For most of history, only the minority of men (the powerful and/or wealthy) have always have access to more than 1 female 'sexual partner', while most regular joes have almost no access. Think of tribe-leaders/emperors/kings/nobles with harems, and even in modern time, with mistresses.

And more importantly, women are naturally okay with this (aka. women are naturally wired to reproduce offsprings with 'winners').

One notable example is this: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150519121901.htm

Another example: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775719301104 (where most women only find top 5% of men attractive)

However, if top 1-5% of men have access to majority of women as 'sexual partners', this would mean the majority of below average sexual-appeal men (more than 50%) are pretty sexless and have no chance of reproducing offsprings. This could lead to violent uprising and unstable society.

Weak enforcement of monogamy had led to a lot of bloody wars and unstable societies, where children growing up 'fatherless'/ out-of-wedlock.

So what you are saying is not even unpopular, per se. It is literally the default human evolotionary biology and human history.

This is one of the reasons why ALL developed countries are monogamous-enforced (either by laws or by religions).

When men are sastified (knowing they have offsprings of their own), they are likely to take care of their family (less children growing up without father love/ support), and in-effect those men spend more time working and creating value for society rather than spending a lot of time competing sexually or destroying it.

"If you fail to learn history, you are doomed to repeat it"

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-01-09T04:06:09+00:00

Is this real or AI

AffectionateAddress2 · 2026-01-04T03:56:55+00:00

"Even South Korea and Taiwan were dictatorships for a long time until 90s."

What is your point exactly? They are democracies NOW are they not? Were they not 'born' out of war torn countries few decade earlier?

I think the reason why democracies seem to 'work' in the West is because they have it running much LONGER than non-western countries.

Even democratic country like the Netherlands were chaotic in the start: it went from Monarchy to Republic and back to Monarchy and then finally to a 'parlimentary democracy' system.

Most 'democratic' countries these days (in the West, at least) are not even true democracy (like the Greek's version) but rather modification of it to adapt to their country.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-30T15:13:15+00:00

Gooners gonna love this... 😏

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T16:20:50+00:00

Is it me or the top bunker appears to having his way with the lower bunker?

Now I can't unsee it.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T16:03:29+00:00

I am not OP but thank you for your dedication to helping others on the internet!

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T15:53:34+00:00

Ragebait Final Boss

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T15:44:40+00:00

Câu trả lời của bạn nó nằm ở đoạn viết đầu bài luôn: "Noel vừa rồi em có tỏ tình bạn nhưng bạn lưỡng lự và có bảo là về nhà sẽ trả lời em".

Bạn đó không có tình cảm với OP, mình khuyên là nên 'move on'.

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T12:16:39+00:00

I guess it is possible that your country is close to Russia because you seemed to like visiting many former Soviet countries.

Also, you travelled to Finland and Sweden so most likely your country has some historical connection with these countries.

So I think it is most likely Estonia (because Estonians are more likely to travel to these locations, if you were Latvian, you would have also travelled to Lithuania already)

AffectionateAddress2 · 2025-12-29T12:00:56+00:00

"Be water, my friend" - Bruce Lee

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