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Comment by shortrounddev2

3 days ago

* Dense, walkable cities

* No red tape stopping people from opening small businesses

* Cheap medical procedures available on demand

* Lax immigration rules allowing the free flow of the labor market

Idk just sounds like Bangkok to me

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Apocryphon  3 days ago

As cool as that would be, most cyberpunk settings don't include a military government ruling the cities.

throwawayoldie  3 days ago

...note to self, move to Bangkok.

  • ljf  3 days ago

    A friend of mine works in Bangkok pretty regularly, so it ended up cheaper to rent an apartment than get hotels (plus he can leave clothes etc behind.)

    A nicely sizes 2 double bed apt is £450 a month all in including utilities - plus a pool and huge roof terrace shared with the other people there - looks great.

    If you can get a visa to work there, and have the cash, you can have an amazing life out there for sure.

    • lordhumphrey  3 days ago

      I was curious so had a quick look at the average monthly salary in Thailand, which apparently comes to ~350 GBP. Your friend's rental price is humongous.

      Thai HN users - what do you all think of this behaviour? What's the price of a nice apartment which doesn't have a pool and huge roof terrace, I wonder?

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