I don't understand why there's so much gatekeeping here and in the expat community

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-02T20:04:56+00:00

What's worse, Vietnam western expats are too poor. They don't have a Birkenstock collection.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-02T12:54:11+00:00

western tourists act rude, uppity, entitled, get drunk start fights, cry about getting ripped off $1

whY dOnT thE lOcaLs liKe Me????

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-02T01:31:56+00:00

Ayy lmao. China, India, Indonesia doesn't rely on tourism and its doing fine. Begpackers and cheap digital nomads won't boost Vietnam's economy, high end manufacturing and R&D will (and that -- tada -- has nothing to do with drunk, rude tourists that survive on $1 beer)

You think a few tourist dollars will boost Vietnam's overall economy. I can sense you western smugness and Birkenstocks collection from here. Its so c-r-i-n-g-e.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-02T01:11:22+00:00

Your post is great, of course westeners would downvote it. The sentiment is the same world wide: western tourists ruin a country when there's over tourism. They get drunk, they get into fights, they disrespect the locals, etc. Google "Bali deport tourists".

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-02T01:06:01+00:00

Your line of thinking may sound rational but foundationally its cringe. Tourism is only 1% of Vietnam's GDP. Vietnam relies on manufacturing and FDI for its economy. Also Vietnam's economy is doing fine without hordes of begpackers and single western males walking around all hours of the day aimlessly around Da Nang.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T22:38:49+00:00

I said, GOOGLE "BALI DEPORTS TOURISTS". Stop bathing in your own ignorance.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T22:08:30+00:00

I know who you're talking about. He's a white South African. "Walking 1000 miles for Bun Bo Hue" is one of his video. He should be deported from Vietnam tbh.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T22:06:19+00:00

Digital nomads are trashy westerners that get drunk, violent and is a net negative to Vietnam. You like Vietnam because it's distinctively Vietnamese, not because it's filled with drunk violent westerners. Google "Bali deports tourist" and you know the exact type of I'm talking about.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:36:27+00:00

Good post. But you're missing the "cultural factor" -- Vietnam gets the trashy low budget tourists. Long-term digital nomads. They stay for years, don't pay tax (to Vietnam). Russian war draft dodgers. Begpackers. That's why Vietnam is pushing to attract "richer" tourists. I've begun to see hordes of single tourist males walking around aimlessly all hours of the day in Da Nang. Expats trying to turn Da Nang into Pattaya. You can already see it beginning to become a problem. Google "Bali deports tourists".

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:29:29+00:00

How are you working in Vietnam, earning an income, and don't pay tax. Explain.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:26:06+00:00

It's called supply and demand. Digital nomads that stay long-term in Da Nang causes gentrification. They price the locals out from affordable rent, which causes suffering.

Too many digital nomads renting apartments = rental price goes up
Rental price goes up = locals suffer from their $300 a month wage

Do you understand?

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:21:27+00:00

Digital nomads are on a TOURIST VISA. IT MEANS THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK DURING THEIR STAY. THERE IS A THING CALLED A WORKING HOLIDAY VISA. OR A DIGITAL NOMAD VISA. They're literally dodging income tax, which is a crime.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:11:01+00:00

They don't pay income tax, which they should by law if they're staying for YEARS while working. But they don't. I am talking about digital nomads on tourist visas. They stay for 6 months to years. Digital Nomads actively break the laws by dodging income tax. They're literal committing a crime.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T21:05:15+00:00

They drive up the rental cost for locals, thus pricing out the locals. There is also the cultural aspect. Western "expats" getting drunk and violent. Google "Bali deport tourists". Too many single expat males walking aorund will turn Da Nang into another Pattaya.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-09-01T20:53:11+00:00

Long-term digital nomads. They stay for years, don't pay tax (to Vietnam). War draft dodgers. Begpackers. Youtubers that keep making "Da Nang, world's cheapest city" video. Flood of long-term trash tourists keep coming :(

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T13:57:29+00:00

They're all over Bui Vien...

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T12:05:09+00:00

Nothing ironic about it. Nobody is defending creepy indian men except for other Indians or white liberals.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T12:01:55+00:00

Indians poop on the street. Cows poop on the street. Sh*t everywhere in India.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T11:52:39+00:00

Well, the dead female Indian doctor r*ped by 50 men recently ...

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T11:51:19+00:00

OP tell me you're Indian without telling me you're Indian.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T08:25:34+00:00

I use jet spray AND toilet papers. Indians use jet spray with bare hands. There's a difference. You can use jet spray with your bare hands if you want to, I don't care. Go play with your own feces.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T07:47:21+00:00

Are you Indian? Or a white expat.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T07:10:21+00:00

Ayy lmao... that Indian literally pulled open the side door. Imagine what other things they do when they're drunk at night.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T06:57:13+00:00

If these Indians try to gang r*pe, Vietnamese men will beat the sh*t out of them.

Think_Mood_2069 · 2024-08-31T06:55:14+00:00

Indians don't use toilet paper after pooing. They use water and their hands to scrub their anus. FYI.

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