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sorry ist auf Englisch.
das Ziel war, das ideale Land für mich zu finden, mit niedrigen Lebenskosten, gutem Klima, Strand & warmes Meerwasser, niedrigen oder keinen Steuern, guter Infrastruktur, verfügbarkeit von Produkten, anbindung an internationalen Flugverkehr, Sicherheit, niedrigen Immobilienkosten, gutem Essen, usw.
QUOTE - northern mediterrannean countries (includes Portugal) are not suitable: too expensive, taxes too high, water temperature too low
- southern mediterranean: no thanks - either safety issues or religious issues, don't like the food
- Africa in general: unsafe
- Central & South America: unsafe, I don't like the food and I don't like the sound of Spanish/Portguese languages, I don't like their manners in general
- Carribean: same about the language, Martinique & Guadeloupe too expensive, it's too isolated and too small
- North America: too cold and/or too expensive, tax burden
- Russia/CIS/China: too cold, unfriendly
- India: don't like the country, the food and the people's looks/bahavior.
- Australia: not bad, but a bit expensive and high taxes
Remains: South East Asia:
- Indonesia, Malaysia: too much muslims, religious laws, not for me. Don't like the food.
- Singapore: too expensive!
- Philippines: seems a bit unstable, some regions are beyond government's control, safety issues, infrastructure issues
- Laos, Burma, Cambodia: still too unstable, bad infrastructure, hospitals not good
- Vietnam: not bad, but some burdensome laws, poor infrastructure and hospitals
- Thailand:
Many positive aspects: safe for foreigners, best medical infrastructure in SE Asia (Singapore excepted, but SIN is so small), good overall infrastructure (airports, roads, ...) very low cost of living, big & nice houses with pool for cheap, and all the benefits of a big metropolis with Bangkok, tax law (allowing for 0% tax), relaxed life, the good aspects of Mai Pen Rai, friendly people, etc.
Some negative aspects: restrictions on land ownership, residence permit restrictions, restrictions on business, the latent exclusion of foreigners and the bad aspects of the Mai Pen Rai mentality.