i already sunk too much into moving to the inland empire (massive mistake) if had to give that up and start over AGAIN i would rather just do it in china where it’s cheap, east, and there is a built in social network for expats

good to be an island nation in a pandemic

dude COVID was such a pain in the ass in china, i came back at the end of it after it was pretty much over in america, so i dont know what it was like here, but in china it was pretty annoying. luckily i lived in shenzhen though, so it wasn’t that bad, just, really annoying

yeah, thats the dilemma. although, i will say, after spending the last 6 months east of LA in the inland empire, its just as much of a hole as china is, as shitty as with worst parts of dongguan, except minus the public transportation and a lot more homeless and violent crime. It just is what it is.

China is convenient, but the constant threat that the government could one day take you away and lock you up in a light without so much as letting you know why is always looming

WFH is not an option for me at my current company, even though i just shit around an excel and various adobe apps. I need to be in the warehouse about 15% of the time but they want me in this warehouse on a computer 100% of the time. and i spent a LOT of money relocating thinking that this salary is massive and i’ll make the money back easily.

exactly. i was there, it was very annoying and kind of scary. But ah, i do miss the easy life

oh for sure the government gets in my way less. i only have to deal with them a few times a year for visa, banking, and when i enter/exit the country, but they do scare the heck out of me