SPIN: What countries do you think are better than the USA?

[HabitualChiller]

Honestly, I was looking at Japan as well.

Homie made me do a double take with Mongolia, but Japan would be best suited for me by myself. Only issue really is that it’s expensive af compared to other countries (maybe even US too)

I am also interested in Ghana, Colombia/DR/Cuba, Guyana, Canada (might be easiest) and Phillipines/Thailand due to it being cheap.

No where in the UK would I go live just based off the food alone

No, it definitely isn't expensive. Like I said in another post, a man earning 40k a year post-tax is able to adequately provide for a family of 3. A GS-9, Step 1 or above is doing just fine out here.

 

[HabitualChiller]

Why aren't you buying vintage rolexes then?
Are they marked up because they are for tourist? I heard you can get one at good prices.

I just got here a month ago, fam. Give me time to adjust and get my house and car.

Planning on buying 2 more Tudors, a Grand Seiko, and an Omega Seamaster before I get my first Rolex.

 

[pickles]

I just got here a month ago, fam. Give me time to adjust and get my house and car.

Planning on buying 2 more Tudors, a Grand Seiko, and an Omega Seamaster before I get my first Rolex.

Did you get the Tudors for a good price?

 

[Roger king]

If you are asking for black people then UK and canada are the only genuine alternatives, no sane black person would choose these nordic european countries if they have lived and grown up there. Try being a black man in spain and see the vitriol and hate you get there on a daily basis, even their star football players get thrown bananas at and called racial slurs. Europe is hardcore racist neo nazi

 

[HabitualChiller]

Did you get the Tudors for a good price?

I copped em in San Diego, so I got them at market value. Paid $4,000 for my Black Bay 58 and $2,000 for my 1926.

 

[UpAndComing]

Other first world countries have social safety nets that America lacks. Even some less developed countries have universal education and healthcare.

The USA has the 3rd largest population in the world. Easy for other countries to have "social safety nets" if they don't have to worry about a massive population

 

[Idaeo]

I’ve “lived” 4+ weeks in Japan, South Korea, Australia and Spain. Out of those options, I’d choose Spain.

Similar climate to California, different cultural regions in a small area. I’d need to have a US job though, because european salaries <<<< American. Housing is relatively affordable. Tons of under the radar beach towns all along the southern coast.


Outside of those, Thailand..been thinking of retiring there anyway. Your money goes so much longer there. I could see myself living in Samui. It’s not as crazy as Phuket, incredible beaches, great food.

 

[IrateMastermind]

So, Japanese women have a very different image abroad as opposed to the reality when you get out here. Their society is heavy into social drinking, and the women (who are normally super reserved outside of social events) will use alcohol as a cover for being wild and horny.

That's another thing that isn't really apparent until you get over here. Japanese society is run on perception. People will live their whole lives trying to not stand out because standing out is usually a bad thing, so they'll try to blend in and conform as much as possible. It's the total opposite of America, where everyone thinks (or privately hopes) that they're special or way above-average.

Japanese people tend to turn the fúck up when they're in clubs, and that's definitely true for the women. If you're decent-looking, fit, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE a cool dude, you'll have joints in the crippler crossface. Like I kind of insinuated, the women here love people that stand out behind closed doors and are confident. That's the biggest thing that I've seen with dudes that bag a lot of women out here. They're either good-looking with confidence, or super confident with great social skills. I've seen dudes bag Japanese women that barely spoke English off a translator app, bro.

And these are kats that probably would be fighting for scraps in the states.

I can co-sign this. It’s a bizarro world over there but kinda in a good way. People leave the house to have a good time in Japan. Sometimes, I feel like people leave the house to do anything but have a good time, here.

Socializing is way more chill there. I went to high school in Japan and had a good time.

The ones that f’d with us knew where to find us. We never needed a translator cuz they spoke enough English to get chose.

 

[maxamusa]

Every country should take get pride and usually does.


but to say 1 is better than another is ignorant.


the majority only knows one country as home.

 

[maxamusa]

This not true or accurate but a blanket statement. You forgot to mention networking skills, knowing numerous languages and adapting to cultures with rules in any given country. A person with money doesn't just erase all of that.

I've traveled to 15+ countries and met Americans, Europeans and Canadians from major cities who were working standard 9/5 jobs struggling but turned into successful entrepreneurs outside of their country. Many people are afraid of change and love routine but will complain about things they can change.

On the other hand I've also met remote workers that make money in higher currency but live way better internationally where currency is weaker. Cost of living and what you get with higher currency has many people living like they are millionaires overseas when they only make less than 6 figures internationally.

Whenever I travel I always chop it up with locals.....the majority of people outside of the US complain about taxes / quality of life. Doesn't matter where I've been.

We complain about taxes here but in the rest of the world they got it way worse.

and it seems like the people who don't have shytty government services.