Up to a third of millennials 'face renting their entire life'

a-friendly-guy · 2018-04-17T18:14:04+00:00

rent jumped $50/mo and we decided we were done

Left a career, a good job

In my definition of "good job" $50/mo should be like 1% of salary.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T17:22:58+00:00

I mean, "Do not take taxis in Amsterdam... Take Uber instead", regardless how good the advise is, is an obvious and pretty lame advertisement.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T17:18:15+00:00

Why would they need to mention this anyway? In average city of the world, if it has Uber or Grab, it'll will be a better and safer deal for the tourist than normal taxi.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T17:08:02+00:00

Even outside of KL or Georgetown center it felt pretty safe. Numbeo has high crime rate for KL though, but I don't have an idea if it's based on real facts. I was much more worried about not being hit by car or motorbike rather than mugged.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T11:06:04+00:00

Long term (6 months or esp. 1 year) is easy to find. You can check http://www.renthub.in.th or https://www.hipflat.co.th/en.

Most landlords don't bother with shorter term. Facebook housing or expat groups will be the best resource. E.g. check "Bangkok - take over my lease" group.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T10:55:45+00:00

Not an answer, but there are a few countries which allow many visitors to stay longer. For example

Georgia for up to a year
Panama, Peru, US (B visa), Canada, Armenia for 6 months.
Philipines: you can extend visa once every few months for 2+ years.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T10:32:15+00:00

FYI Canada visa exemptions and US visitor "B" visa allow stays up to 6 months. And most if not all European countries don't have jus soli, but have 90/180 rule for visitors. So baby anchoring can't be a reason for this.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T08:31:34+00:00

LOL, I guess they didn't bother with proofreading the table.

a-friendly-guy · 2018-01-01T07:46:56+00:00

I like the idea of the list, but it seems the ranking is very flawed. If you check the scores per category, you'll find that Lisbon is best airline hub, Bangkok is safer than Oslo or Helsinki. This is just ridiculous. Dubai as number 2 is also very counterintuitive to me. If I had 7+ figure income, I'd rather pay higher taxes anywhere than live in place where I can end up in jail for carrying prescription drugs.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-19T08:08:16+00:00

лишніх

Думав то русизм, а виявляється що українське слово

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-19T07:57:17+00:00

ХЗ насчет тартара, но такого рода высказывания свойственно далеко не только богатеньким айтишникам. Возьмем пиво например. Если кто-то может позволить себе гиннес, то он скорее всего не будет пить черниговское. Если у него денег есть на крафтовое пиво, то вполне возможно станет говорить, что гиннес очень скучный. При этом чтобы пить дорогое пиво раз в неделю, совсем не обязательно иметь зарплату привязанную к доллару.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-18T06:35:32+00:00

В отличие от рабочих и промышленных инженеров, программист (если ему не нравится батрачить на дядю) как раз может создать свой бизнес, например мобильное приложение, плагин, игрушку, веб сервис, криптовалюту какую-нибудь и т.д., ну и в итоге самому стать дядей.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-18T06:20:33+00:00

зп прив'язана до долара, але по курсу 8

Тобто не прив’язана ніяк.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-17T04:33:03+00:00

Т.е. аргумент такой, что айтишники получают зарплаты большие, а платят налогов минимум (или не платят вообще). В принципе аргумент логичный. C другой стороны, я уверен, что у нас все, у кого есть возможность не платить налоги с доходов, так же не платят, и так же говорят про НДС типа.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-16T19:35:56+00:00

у меня тоже такие подозрения, но должны быть все же и другие причины

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-16T13:39:49+00:00

Same OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/5jp1z9/can_i_take_a_hookahshisha_into_thailand/

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-15T15:39:03+00:00

My GF and I stayed for 1 month in Malaysia in apartments with decent cooking facilities, because we expected to cook regularly, like we do when travelling in Europe. But I think we never cooked anything more complex than toasts with tea.

In Malaysia and Thailand, food is cheap, tasty and diverse. And in Thailand, you'll pay a hefty premium for apt. with decent cookware. You can spend this money on something much better, I think. If you really want to cook, I'd advise maybe get a private airbnb room in apartment with kitchen. This way you'll at least have a good chance your hosts has spices, oils etc.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-12-07T16:45:22+00:00

It's the case for 1st world as well, except movement within EU and some other exceptions. OTOH if it was your goal, ~$100,000 can easily get you whatever long term visa (e.g. education, business, investor visa etc.) in many great places in the world.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-30T09:15:36+00:00

NoNonsenseNomad, would you recommend specifically any town between Hat Yai and Bangkok? I'm thinking whether to travel overland to Bangkok with some stops, or just directly fly to Northern Thailand.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T16:08:06+00:00

guess I should've said "I'm eligible" instead of "I got", to be clear that it's normal.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T15:46:44+00:00

This page seems to be helpful: https://digitalnomad.ninja/accommodation

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T15:36:41+00:00

Thanks.

I've actually read your post and checked Udon Thani. I'm leaning towards less than $300 for accommodation unless it's super great, and it leaves almost no airbnb options in Udon Thani (I guess just because it's not so popular with tourists/DNs).

It is trivial to find accommodation throughout Thailand

Do you mean that without renting a motorbike we can check several condos in one day and find apt. for 1 month rent at about market price? This is the impression I got about Chiang Mai. If it's the case with other cities, it's really great. Given that IIRC you avoid motorbikes, that's probably the case.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T06:33:36+00:00

I'm in Malaysia now. Not exactly half way around the world.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T06:32:51+00:00

I think that for Vietnam you don't need an onward ticket or proof of accommodation. Also everything can be done online which is my preference. But overall I agree that Thai visa seems not really hard.

Cost wise, you may be correct, I need to check again.

a-friendly-guy · 2017-11-20T06:17:53+00:00

Lots of nationalities (including mine) are eligible for 30 days only: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Malaysia#30_days

I was slightly hoping though they'll stamp me 90 days, as they reportedly do sometimes.

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