I left 5 years ago. I speak the language. Most every business in a mile radius knows who I am because it's not a tourist area and probably 4 other expats. There's plenty of food. Expat communities are where you get othered, because you live in an othered area by nature. I appreciate what you're saying, but from day one I've spent my time living as a local instead of living among them.
Great post and thanks for the links, especially the 2nd one. I'd encourage people to take a look at the Figs. 1 & 3. Of course those results don't control for any other confounding factors, but does show a significant reduction (1 and 2 orders of magnitudes) between countries that administer the BCG vaccine and those that don't.
All three of those places have far more social cohesion than the United States does, especially the Japanese. Of all the most densely populated areas, Japan is probably the safest.
Reading his posts, it's clear he DOES have connections which enable him to be safe in these areas.
This travel advisory, is of course generalized as most people do not have his level of comfort in another nation.
I left 5 years ago. I speak the language. Most every business in a mile radius knows who I am because it's not a tourist area and probably 4 other expats. There's plenty of food. Expat communities are where you get othered, because you live in an othered area by nature. I appreciate what you're saying, but from day one I've spent my time living as a local instead of living among them.
Great post and thanks for the links, especially the 2nd one. I'd encourage people to take a look at the Figs. 1 & 3. Of course those results don't control for any other confounding factors, but does show a significant reduction (1 and 2 orders of magnitudes) between countries that administer the BCG vaccine and those that don't.
All three of those places have far more social cohesion than the United States does, especially the Japanese. Of all the most densely populated areas, Japan is probably the safest.
Reading his posts, it's clear he DOES have connections which enable him to be safe in these areas.
This travel advisory, is of course generalized as most people do not have his level of comfort in another nation.