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post 1664595073 07-18-2022, 01:16 PM
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Damn, I wanna try living in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea or Japan srs

All 4 do not provide significantly inferior socioeconomics compared to UK USA etc although many possible benefits.

Has any one here tried?

I am thinking of getting my UK passport in Oct this year and then trying to move in of these.

Problem is Korea or Japan are probably out of the question as professional corporate jobs there really do prefer speaking the language (so without switching careers to international school teacher probably wont work). Whereas in SG, HK job market is smaller but English is used.
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Singapore would be goat if it wasn't so fkn hot/humid and the people there seem generally pretty boring/pretentious/money-driven, it's also a somewhat boring place
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post 1664595523 07-18-2022, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted By Anachron⏩
You wouldn't hack it HK.

Korea and Japan are out of your reach, as you already posted.

No idea about Singapore.
Why wouldn't HK work?

Korea and Japan have a lot of international schools that worship US and UK credentials but as I said dont feel like any career other than International School Teacher can work
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post 1664595913 07-18-2022, 01:32 PM
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Living in theee ckuntries is one thing....work in these countries is another...if you have passive income....your priority should be korea>>japan>>singapore>> hk
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post 1664596493 07-18-2022, 01:45 PM
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HK is the most expensive city to live in as an expat, make sure you allocate a lot for rent. On the plus side, noodles and public transport is cheap.
post 1664596693 07-18-2022, 01:52 PM
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Singapore would be amazing.

Japan has a chit working culture (deference to boss, fck that chit).

HK is becoming less appealing. A lot of locals are moving out. The freedoms are being squeezed…
post 1664596893 07-18-2022, 01:57 PM
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If your plan is to be an English teacher just go there and get your own students, you'll make 5x as much. I did that in my youth in a few places

Working for a school would suck. lol at going overseas to be a wageslave for poverty pay
post 1664597013 07-18-2022, 01:59 PM
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Dad lived and worked in Japan as an expat, he said the culture is ruthless and just totally unbalanced and unhealthy. I'd avoid the place for an actual career, this is no way they are going to promote u over a local high IQ incel willing to work 18 hrs a day

I'd probably go to Singapore for a while and then get back to the west. All those countries have literally no economic mobility as a workercel, btw
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Originally Posted By atgbrahsrs⏩
Why wouldn't HK work?

Korea and Japan have a lot of international schools that worship US and UK credentials but as I said dont feel like any career other than International School Teacher can work
As mentioned already, Hong Kong is expensive as fuk to live in. I will say it was BY FAR my favorite port visit when I was in the Navy though... besides how expensive it is, it seems like living there would just be a pretty big head ache in general. Awesome place to visit though at least.
post 1664597453 07-18-2022, 02:06 PM
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Good luck. The Golden Bulls don't just let anyone immigrate to their countries like the West does.
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post 1664598303 07-18-2022, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted By atgbrahsrs⏩
Why wouldn't HK work?

Korea and Japan have a lot of international schools that worship US and UK credentials but as I said dont feel like any career other than International School Teacher can work
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post 1664599013 07-18-2022, 02:30 PM
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id prob just have a month long vacation there and see if you like it

visited hk for 3 weeks and got bored in like a week
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post 1664600593 07-18-2022, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted By MyLastSerenade⏩
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post 1664601373 07-18-2022, 03:22 PM
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post 1664601663 07-18-2022, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted By zknarc⏩
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I am dating a greek chick right now but would abandon her for some hotpot, asian woman and hot weather (but not today's level of hot)
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post 1664622993 07-19-2022, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
As mentioned already, Hong Kong is expensive as fuk to live in. I will say it was BY FAR my favorite port visit when I was in the Navy though... besides how expensive it is, it seems like living there would just be a pretty big head ache in general. Awesome place to visit though at least.
I mean that sounds like any western metropolitan

I remain unconvinced that the wealth spread is significantly inferior
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I wouldnt want to live in HK longterm and I've been many many times. The whole place is just like a city, and everything is small even like 5 star hotel rooms. If you're staying longer term you'll get an apartment, and most apartments are old as fuk and tiny.

Hong Kong's interesting in that every Filipino there is like a maid/servant and they all have Sundays off and just hangout on the streets, don't think many countries have a race divide like that anymore.
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Pretty sure in these places mentioned you wont get work unless its an English teacher or something highly specialized-Eastern countries don't tend to hire foreigners for jobs a local can do. Having said that you may have a better chance in Singapore seeing as its a multicultural nation
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Originally Posted By atgbrahsrs⏩
All 4 do not provide significantly inferior socioeconomics compared to UK USA etc although many possible benefits.

Has any one here tried?

I am thinking of getting my UK passport in Oct this year and then trying to move in of these.

Problem is Korea or Japan are probably out of the question as professional corporate jobs there really do prefer speaking the language (so without switching careers to international school teacher probably wont work). Whereas in SG, HK job market is smaller but English is used.
Lmao

All of those countries are significantly superior in just about every way to the US

And no I don’t know if Hong Kong is a country and I don’t care enough to Google it
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Been to HK 5 times, Japan 4 times, Korea once and Singapore once. I'd live in Japan or Korear in a heartbeat SRS. My company has positions in Japan that I might consider in the future. Getting a job transfer is probably the easiest way to get into those countries. HK used to be dope but now it's basically communist China. Singapore was cool and very very clean but if you're not rich, there's not really a point. The laws there are super strict and like someone said, hot/humid as Hell
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Originally Posted By DesiredUser****⏩
Been to HK 5 times, Japan 4 times, Korea once and Singapore once. I'd live in Japan or Korear in a heartbeat SRS. My company has positions in Japan that I might consider in the future. Getting a job transfer is probably the easiest way to get into those countries. HK used to be dope but now it's basically communist China. Singapore was cool and very very clean but if you're not rich, there's not really a point. The laws there are super strict and like someone said, hot/humid as Hell
I have an offer for a top 3 USA bulge bracket bank so huge geo-span
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Originally Posted By atgbrahsrs⏩
I have an offer for a top 3 USA bulge bracket bank so huge geo-span
SG or HK is your best bet, if you go to tokyo you'll probably just be a translating and doing pitchbooks, modelling and not speaking to clients etc.

if you intend to live there for long, you'll need clients.

SG is hard now, everyone is leaving HK to go to SG. but forget going to SG unless you can get a visa. it's tight as fuk now with very high demand
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Originally Posted By forthenoodz⏩
SG or HK is your best bet, if you go to tokyo you'll probably just be a translating and doing pitchbooks, modelling and not speaking to clients etc.

if you intend to live there for long, you'll need clients.

SG is hard now, everyone is leaving HK to go to SG. but forget going to SG unless you can get a visa. it's tight as fuk now with very high demand
opportunity is algo trading platform product management (so mostly tech) not IBD

IBD or client facing markets work is impossible without the language, even in HK you would need Cantonese for that

my logic is simply that company internal transfer would be easy under a big name with a large geo-span

I know a guy who worked for the same in London for a year with the exact same academic credentials as me (but he worked in cyber security) and successfully went there
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Originally Posted By Softworn⏩
Would do unspeakable things to live as a zoo keeper in Japan, anything honestly — janitor, substitute teacher, whatever terrible jobs nobody wants to do here. I will do them all there if it gets me citizenship there permanently. Clown world can go **** itself on both sides.
altho careful with those rose tinted glasses because japan and korea have a crazy suicide rate
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
Lmao

All of those countries are significantly superior in just about every way to the US

And no I don’t know if Hong Kong is a country and I don’t care enough to Google it
LOL clown post

I'm sure they have better food, entertainment, white woman...latina women than the US 🙄
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