USA : Best country in the world?

[syntaxmachine]

I have loads of American friends that live in Thailand. There's expats from all over the world that live here and all of the other countries I've lived in. Almost all major non-US cities have an expat magazine for people that moved there - many of them Americans.

Not sure how to put it politely - but expats aren't your typical citizens anyway. They aren't moving to a place because they currently live in a 3rd world dump like a large percentage of those moving to the US. They move because of the lifestyle and to some extent because of freedoms they enjoy in those countries that they don't in the US. Many do it just for the experience It is often people with rare skills or people that are the best in their field that can go to another country, earn a boatload of money and live like a king.

So - it seems to me, the people that move TO the states are poor, with very little going for them back home and in the US. That's why they are all maids and drivers. On the other hand, those leaving American have a lot going for them and that is why they have maids and drivers.

In terms of house and car sizes. This is a cultural thing and also of course related to the cost of land/population density. In Tokyo I didn't have a car and if I had, I wouldn't have used it. A car would be totally useless in Tokyo for me. When I lived in Toyama, a car was mandatory as were snow tires and a rack for your snowboard. I lived in very modest accommodation in Toyama but the money was crazy out there. Anyway - there's lots of cultures that do not equate big to good.  

Good job setting this somewhat ignorant boob straight in a non-abusive fashion; I was too lazy to punch something out.

Team Expat

[Rami]

but the government is gargantuan

[Natural Man]

With my language skills, and being exposed to many cultures while growing up, i can move to many countries and feel right at home.

Canada besides it's beautiful nature, and modern infrastructure, it's rapidly losing significance in my eyes. First world living standards come at a high cost, especially in our current ultra competitive economic world.  

High taxes
High cost of living
Low wages
Large influx of economic immigrants
Rapidly shifting demographics
Limited economic opportunity due to first world labour laws and socialist ideals


Best thing to do is manage to make money and then go somewhere cheap to live.

Let s be serious here. Canada is just a big state of the USA nobody talk about because it s not crowded enough.

[Mr Nobody]

I liked living in Toronto back in the mid 2000s' but fck moving back there.. your housing market is even more ridiculous than the one here in northern California. Isn't the average price something like 12 x the average wage now?

Toronto has high inflation.

[Necrosis]

in what regard? Political? Economical? culturally?

politically and economically. What culture?

[Whiskey]

Since you guys bring up Thailand here is a true story for you....

One of my good friends was doing well for himself, he lived in the Washington DC area, had a successful commercial real estate business which he had inherited from his dad and managed to grow, drove a  nice Porsche (paid off), dated young cute chicks half his age.....You could really say he was living the dream....  then he swears he saw the financial collapse of the US economy coming (around 2005 or so), so he pretty much sold ALL of his assets.... everything he had in the US he sold....  then took all the money, moved to Thailand, bough some land there, and started a few businesses there.   Now he is living like a king - anytime I talk to him he tells me how happy he is there, he is dating a young Thai girl, and tells me all about his life and really has no intention of ever moving back West.  And his business there is really growing and becoming a household name!

A forneigner can not own land in Thailand, the title deed would have had to be signed over to a Thai national, if he's not married this can be extremely risky, Thailand is very corrupt and Thais in general worship at the alter of the almighty Baht.

What's the name of his business?

[syntaxmachine]

What culture?

Big Macs, Seinfeld, Michael Jackson, Terminator, blue jeans, etc.

[ukjeff]

Big Macs, Seinfeld, Michael Jackson, Terminator, blue jeans, fat c*nts etc.

fixed

[Psychopath]

fixed

Uk is full of fat c.unts too.

[Natural Man]

each and every country has his fair share of fat c*nts and good looking wh*res.

[ukjeff]

Uk is full of fat c.unts too.

Agreed, but the USA are the world champs for sure.
Theres a TV show on in the UK where they take fatties over to the USA to show them how they will end up if they don't stop shoving food in their gobs.

[Teutonic Knight]

Australia seems to be tightening the ties with China... the US will be pissed.
I was thinking of leaving for New Zealand though read somewhere that they'll be flooded too - with immigrants I mean.
Shit is a mess, being born in a pretty good country like Austria and seeing it and it's viable alternatives rot away.

NO, Australia is selling iron ore & other minerals, cash business & nothing else.
At this moment the "War Games" a in progress (Queensland/Coral sea) with participation of
28 000 Australian & U.S. troops, most interesting is parachute battalion from
Alaska (in tropics here  ),7th U.S. fleet is there.
So Chinese a really piss off with those annual war games  

[Mawse]

Agreed, but the USA are the world champs for sure.
Theres a TV show on in the UK where they take fatties over to the USA to show them how they will end up if they don't stop shoving food in their gobs.

Yes, supersize vs superskinny is what i like to watch while i do cardio, great motivation .

When it comes to fatties the Uk is literally just a couple of percent behind the us, but now the messicans are the world leaders in obesity

[ukjeff]

but now the messicans are the world leaders in obesity

Ah yes, good old "Manuel" the guy in bed in the shop window.

[Griffith]

A forneigner can not own land in Thailand, the title deed would have had to be signed over to a Thai national, if he's not married this can be extremely risky, Thailand is very corrupt and Thais in general worship at the alter of the almighty Baht.

What's the name of his business?

Yes, I was also wondering how he was able to buy land in his name...

[FitnessFrenzy]

Uk is full of fat c.unts too.

the whole world is full of fat girls. We should all invest in companies making diabetes medication.

[MORTALCOIL]

[cswol]

usa, canada, and mexico are all now one state, called the north american union

http://intellihub.com/2013/06/13/the-north-american-union-and-the-process-of-transformation/

[MORTALCOIL]

usa, canada, and mexico are all now one state, called the north american union

http://intellihub.com/2013/06/13/the-north-american-union-and-the-process-of-transformation/

Thanks to that, you can finally sit your large ass in only one state at once.

[cswol]

its a sad world we live in, nothing like the 80s when you could actually do something

[Whiskey]

Yes, I was also wondering how he was able to buy land in his name...

He can't, there are 2 options...

1. Buy the land in the name of a Thai person, wife or someone you think you can trust then have them lease the land back to you
    for 30 years with an option to extend for another 30. If the relationship ends you will lose everything.

2. Start a Thai company in which you can own up to 49% of the shares and buy land through the company, I believe the remaining 51%
    has to be made up from at least 3 Thai juristic people that your lawyer can arrange for you. Again, the Thais will own the majority share
    without putting any of their own money in, if the relationship turns sour, you will lose everything.

  

[pedro01]

He can't, there are 2 options...

1. Buy the land in the name of a Thai person, wife or someone you think you can trust then have them lease the land back to you
    for 30 years with an option to extend for another 30. If the relationship ends you will lose everything.

2. Start a Thai company in which you can own up to 49% of the shares and buy land through the company, I believe the remaining 51%
    has to be made up from at least 3 Thai juristic people that your lawyer can arrange for you. Again, the Thais will own the majority share
    without putting any of their own money in, if the relationship turns sour, you will lose everything.

  

There is an option 3....

Invest over 40 Million Baht in Thailand and apply to get permanent residence and the right to buy land.

Then see your rightful application sit on the interior ministers desk for infinity because he's a xenophobic asshole.

OK - so maybe 2 options..

[Archer77]

its a sad world we live in, nothing like the 80s when you could actually do something

Would you ever go to a Masonic Lodge.  I can show you around if you want.  Im dead serious.

[King Shizzo]

Would you ever go to a Masonic Lodge.  I can show you around if you want.  Im dead serious.

Are you a Mason?

[Archer77]

Are you a Mason?

Yes