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Firstly I'm sure Nomad capitalist mentioned something about PH recently changing residency things for the worse.
Having lived in Asia most of last year (coming back to blighty for the pandemic). Doing business with the west with the Time zones is a fucking pain! staying up till 3am to make client phone calls isn't great.
Surviving in a poor country isn't great, when shit hits the fan you need that means and funds to fly back to where your from. A lot of expats couldn't afford flights let alone to fly back to the west and live when the pandemic was starting (bare in mind we all thought it was going to be 100x worse than what it turned out to be.) So even when covid is over you still need to half bugout money. Be it you've pissed off some shady expats (A lot of ex-crims in SEA avoiding the law) or you've got to fly back for a sibling or friends weddings or unfortunately a gravely sick parent you still have to have bug out money. You'll run through savings faster than you think in SEA its deceptive.
People in SEA are starting to get really fed up with western Sexpats and fuckups in SEA, Thailand especially but you're not seen as a greek god like you use to. The Chinese are the guys who now flash the cash and get the girls (Seriously).
Best thing to do... have a base in the west and a base in SEA. Spend the summer in the west when its beautiful and the winters in SEA. When you're in SEA you can put your property or Airbnb and vice versa when you're in the west.
Also, health care is bad, health insurance is a must and I'd still recommend you fly back to have surgery in the west in most of SEA.
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