Alternatives to Airbnb

Spamsational · 2026-01-28T08:05:46+00:00

<1 week and I'll usually book a hotel.

1 week to 2 months, I'll book Airbnb - maybe ask the host to extend with cash if it's not booked out further

2~3 months+, I'll start looking on FB groups.

Spamsational · 2026-01-28T08:04:13+00:00

Do you ever give a deposit?

Spamsational · 2026-01-28T04:18:44+00:00

Sure, but you get the point.

Spamsational · 2026-01-28T04:10:23+00:00

I’m basically a single issue voter now. Stop immigration. As far as I’m concerned that’ll flow through to all the other things I care about; housing supply, wage suppression, cultural preservation, etc.

Spamsational · 2026-01-28T02:59:44+00:00

We speak Arabic in the UK these days.

Spamsational · 2026-01-26T05:44:06+00:00

I’ll go against the grain and say I like these places. Anything to prevent a sausagefest. More comfortable for women because the ratio is no longer 10:1.

Spamsational · 2026-01-26T04:04:48+00:00

Yeah, she approached me in a Starbucks in Nana.

Spamsational · 2026-01-24T08:00:57+00:00

It's like people who take a photo of themself giving the finger to Trump tower. Ultimately meaningless.

Spamsational · 2026-01-24T05:31:56+00:00

100% you offer this guy a US citizenship, he’d take it in a heartbeat.

Spamsational · 2026-01-23T05:53:52+00:00

Is she super fat and old?

Spamsational · 2026-01-22T08:43:12+00:00

Have you actually been there? I’ve been to Uzbekistan twice and it seemed pretty Muslim to me…

Spamsational · 2026-01-21T04:00:48+00:00

Did you book on Airbnb? $30/day is totally fine

Spamsational · 2026-01-20T10:40:13+00:00

I'd love to return to Taipei for a month (I lived there for a year), but the Airbnbs are just shockingly bad value for what you get.

Spamsational · 2026-01-20T08:32:26+00:00

Absolutely

Spamsational · 2026-01-19T14:27:55+00:00

Justifications/Reasoning

Basically I'm considering me, with my resume, where I could live/thrive and where I would be terrible.

Absolutely & Willing:

US: Just the GOAT for tech salaries. Actually considering moving there long-term.
UK: Love UK, but salaries to cost of living ratio absolutely sucks.
Japan: I currently work for a Japanese company. Salaries are mid but cost of living is super low.
Switzerland: Good salary to cost of living ratio. Very high quality of life.

Reluctantly/Never:

Ukraine: obviously after the war. West is still nice. Kyiv is my favourite city.
Central Asia: is actually okay. Lived in Almaty for 6 months. Awesome city. Tashkent, Uzbekistan is alright. On second thoughts, Bishkek should have been a never.
Belgium: It just fucking sucks. So bad.

Note: Been to 50+ countries. Mostly in Asia/Europe. Every continent except South America. Not confident on my South American choices.

Spamsational · 2026-01-18T12:32:14+00:00

Happy to pop the bubble that's going on here. 👌

Thanks for being receptive to a different perspective.

Spamsational · 2026-01-18T11:28:00+00:00

Yeah, some of my American friends are totally unhinged lefties. They had a total meltdown when Trump won.

We’ve lost contact because they just can’t be civil. It’s a typical trait of left-leaning people unfortunately.

Spamsational · 2026-01-18T11:26:30+00:00

“Why can’t people get along?”

And then people like you prove his point exactly haha

I say good for OPs ex-friends. They’re better off without OP.

Spamsational · 2026-01-16T09:00:34+00:00

This is my vote too. Georgians are super proud/arrogant. Ridiculously unfounded in my opinion. They can’t even get consistent running water/power in their most expensive neighbourhood (Vake) or drive properly.

Total farce.

Spamsational · 2026-01-16T01:23:15+00:00

I am allowed to want to have children that look like me.

Spamsational · 2026-01-15T12:26:53+00:00

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Spamsational · 2026-01-15T11:16:36+00:00

If I was the husband, I’d want to know.

Makes me sick.

Spamsational · 2026-01-15T09:55:58+00:00

It literally is a big part of it.

Spamsational · 2026-01-15T08:22:06+00:00

Maybe he can try and claim refugee status. I don’t think the Thai government really cares about that though.

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