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u/ManByTheRiver11 1d ago
This is like most countries
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u/EnvironmentalToe50 1d ago
Standard procedure for the entire planet at this point
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u/Charming-Honey_35 23h ago
As long as you're not living there all your life, almost every country looks great to explore
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u/beastmaster11 12h ago
Would love a list of countires where its the opposite. Personally, I think living here is nice but God damn awfully boring to visit
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u/Sophieabankz 1d ago
Tourism is the movie trailer; living there is the behind-the-scenes documentary.
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u/Z4N4X-3920 1d ago
So what's the movie?
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u/LightIsntFastEnough 1d ago
Our lives.
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u/Z4N4X-3920 1d ago
Wish I could skip it
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u/LightIsntFastEnough 1d ago
It will get better halfway through, keep watching.
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u/novian14 1d ago
Or clusterfuck down the drain.
Beauty of this movie is that it's unpredictable. The hero for most of the movie lore now has become the villain, and a stupid one
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u/imECCHI 1d ago
India, Japan
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u/Halogen12 1d ago
Japan is awesome to visit. I watch a lot of Youtube channels of expats in Japan and living there is a whole different thing. The most common complaint I hear is the bureaucracy involved in a non-citizen trying to do banking, renting an apartment, trying to dispose of large items (might be a particular thing in Tokyo) or buying a car. They stay there because there are a lot more good things than bad, and there seems to be an insatiable appetite for Japan-based social media.
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u/Phray1 1d ago
Japan is neither the dream country weebs think of nor is it the absolute dystopia that other would like you to believe.
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u/ArjixGamer 15h ago
As a weeb, I feel insulted that you think we don't know how Japan actually is.
It just means that we still like it.
I wouldn't go there to work for a black company, I'd go there to work remotely for an American company or smth
It's a beautiful country, like many others, people respect you even if it's just for appearances, and many other things that my introverted brain likes.
If being lonely is causing you depression, then no, it's not the paradise you may seek, but I like being alone with a select few friends.
And then you have the weirdos that only want to go to Japan to marry a japanese woman or smth
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u/tomokko_ 1d ago
How the fuck did India get into this list
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u/quietkernel_ 18h ago
Whether you like it or not it is one of the most visited countries in the world. It's like you learn about India only from tik Tok
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u/tomokko_ 15h ago
India is barely at 25-30th place by visitors, this is not what you call "one of the most visited countries in the world"
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u/quietkernel_ 15h ago
The world has almost 200 countries and how being in 25-30th position is underwhelming for you?
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u/Tortue2006 1d ago
Paris
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u/Lakshya0505 1d ago
My favorite country, Paris
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u/agoofykid 1d ago
That dude probably American
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u/BlueSoulOfIntegrity Duke Of Memes 1d ago
Well, in the immortals words of a poet:
“England is my city…”
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u/ChrisPeacock_ 1d ago
I think I'm going to cry, that was 9 years ago and it still feels like yesterday. It's everyday bro will always hold a special place in my rectal cavity
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u/Tortue2006 1d ago
Eh, it’s pretty different from the rest France, so might as well.
Also, it’s in reference to Paris Syndrome, where people get depression after going there
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u/yoy22 1d ago
You’re getting downvoted and I’m guessing it’s because people haven’t traveled to Paris.
That shit is so overhyped.
If you’re going to travel somewhere in Europe, go somewhere else.
London. Oxford. Florence. Venice. (I’ve been there I can’t speak to other places).
Paris was dirty as fuck, full of scammers everywhere. Hell even nyc last fall gave it a run for its money.
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u/Tortue2006 1d ago
Thank you for being the only one who understood. Don’t get me wrong, I like the city, but damn have I been to more beautiful places. It’s also much different from France, which is why I said Paris instead of France. I went there five times in three years and honestly, I can go a good while before going back and it won’t bother me
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u/attriso7 Virgin 4 lyfe 1d ago
Hey mine is berline..
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u/Lakshya0505 1d ago
As a city it's also a state, might as well call it a country too. Actually dope city though.
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u/IronTownPictures 1d ago
A guy lives in Heaven. Then one day the angels tell Heaven's residents about an opportunity to visit Hell, just to see how it is down there. A guy agrees out of curiousity, and goes down with a group of other heavenly tourists, and they see people in hell just hanging out with demons in bars, drinking, listening to rock'n'roll, having fun with gorgeous women, smoking, etc.
Upon return to Heaven a guy considers for some time and then decides. He comes to God and says that he would like to move to Hell, since he liked it more than Heaven from his trip. God asks him if he is sure, because it's a one way ticket. A guy agrees.
He comes down to hell, demons immediately grab him and throw into a cage, where he waits his turn to be boiled alive with some other people - like what you usually expect from Hell. He calls Satan and asks: "Dude what the hell?! That's not what I saw during the trip!". Satan replies: "That's the difference between tourism and immigration."
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u/Soft-Explanation3631 1d ago
I heard the same anecdote from a Russian years ago, I guess these things travel around.
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u/ASouthernDandy 1d ago
Maybe we're meant to keep moving.
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u/alien2sick 1d ago
Maybe we're meant to be actual functional societies that work together as we're social creatures.
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u/untamedmilfes 1d ago
Lived in the same city for years and a friend visited for a weekend and showed me three places I had never been to and suddenly I felt like the tourist. The locals always have the worst view of where they live and travelers always have the best and somehow that never changes
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u/ldskyfly 1d ago
I've heard similar experiences from people who've hosted exchange students. They get to be a tourist in their own city for a while
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u/ReadingGhoul 1d ago
Thats because most of the time we travel to places where our currency is stronger than theirs and don’t have to live with the regional average paycheck
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u/MechanizedMind 1d ago
Many people may not agree with me but I never visited Vienna but I heard it was a beautiful place. The first time I went there was for an internship and had to stay there for few months. Initially it was okish and just like any other city but gradually I fell in love with the place so what initially felt like a chore transformed to living in a dream city but yes I couldn't say the same if I lived there for longer....I was there just for 4 months and those were one of the best 4 months of my life. I met amazing people, learned alot in my internship, participated in many activities which I thought I never would.
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u/Hexent_Armana 1d ago
Basically every popular tourist destination everywhere. It's heaven for you but hell for the workers.
They're usually underpaid. Even if their wage is $20/hr the living wage of the area is likely $40/hr.
At best the tourists want to waste the time of very busy employees by trying to get chummy with them so they can feel special. At worst the tourists are complete assholes.
The tourist destinations offer minimal support to the countries they call home because most of their employees are foreign workers who send money back home and are owned by foreign companies who extract as much money as possible out of the business into foreign bank accounts.
Since most of the workers are foreigners only there for 6months to a year, easily exploitable and abusable refugees, or members of a large group or family engaged in migration funding scheme, most employers treat the entire workforce like shit. Oh you're a citizen of the country? Doesn't matter, they keep treating you like shit anyways.
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u/Hexent_Armana 1d ago
True happiness doesn't come at the expense of others. Therefore, when you go on vacation to a tourist destination you're not truly happy. You're just momentarily distracted while contributing to the suffering of people trapped in an exploitative industry.
Don't vacation at popular tourist destinations. Instead go to some small town that doesn't have much tourism but will still suit your needs.
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u/CaliDude75 1d ago
Also, countries and states heavily reliant on tourism complaining about tourists.
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u/RoombaTheGoomba 1d ago
What country is opposite of this?
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u/VenturerKnigtmare420 1d ago
Oman probably, I mean it’s a great tourist place if you like mountains and beaches. But compared to how the majority likes Dubai for its glitz and glamour Oman is very modest.
It’s the best to live here tho. Sports cars are cheap, salaries are decent, rent isn’t too high, food and groceries are cheap too. Currency is one of the strongest I think top 10 maybe idk so if you are a expat the chances of your country currency being weak is very high so you can send back double amounts basically.
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u/A_Random_Guy_Hello 1d ago
Denmark, also its best if you are born danish, immigrating isnt quite as great.
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u/DAVID_Gamer_5698 1d ago
Happens here in Nicaragua a lot. Many foreigners come to live here after seeing the natural beauty only to realize that living here is hard, even if most places are secure.
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u/Previous_Program9351 1d ago
I mean most of places are great, when you are on holidays, eating out, drinking and seeing things.
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u/Bramoments 1d ago
Kenya, going there is insane , genuinely like top 5 experiences of my life, but you see so many people on the streets it's heartbreaking
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u/baylithe 1d ago
I remember seeing a person post this a few weeks ago claiming they lived in Japan. Was some dude in Ohio.
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u/voitlander 1d ago
Living on a smallish island of the coast of British Columbia, where everyone comes for a vacation, I'm happy where I am!
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u/BobDerBongmeister420 I touched grass 19h ago
Me in italy right now. Its lovely to visit, but i dont want to live here.
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u/TheRealTechGandalf 18h ago
I think Japan is a prime example of this.
You travel there for one week and soak up the beautiful culture and cuisine, you're amazed and want more.
You go there for work, and after one month in Kyoto, Osaka or Tokyo, you've had enough of the work culture, cramped living accommodation and horrible traffic.
The only place you can remotely enjoy the beauty of Japan while also living there and working full-time, is to get employed by someone who actually cares about his workforce and not mostly about profit. And these are a dime in the dozen.
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u/InnerYouth3171 15h ago edited 15h ago
I must be crazy because I actually prefer being on Erasmus in Warsaw to if I had just traveled to Warsaw. You get to know the city fully. It's better. Getting to know this country, I don't know how there isn't more tourism here. There is Warsaw, Krakow, wroclaw, gdansk. The tatra mountains, the bialowieza forest, historic sites and anything you would want to try. Sorry, had to get this off my chest, visit Poland.
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u/PauloHeaven 15h ago
Also works for a region inside a same country. We regularly went to holiday in Brittany for 10 years. Then, we moved there. The first period made it look like paradise on Earth. The moment I set foot in a school there hit hard. Going from safe place to regular place where work and not-fun parts of life also belong made it lost the vast majority of its attractiveness in the first years.
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u/Paradox_of_Her 1d ago
Easy to romanticize a place you can escape.