[lm28469]

The vast majority of the world is amazing if you come with western money as a tourist, Cuba, Turkey, Kirghizistan, &c. you'll have a great time, most locals are great people but living there as an average citizen isn't that amazing in term of quality of life, access to necessities, infrastructure, ...

[anal_reactor]

Nothing beats being rich in a poor country

[generic92034]

Being filthy rich in a rich country, perhaps? :)

[anal_reactor]

No because in a rich country you need to adhere to laws and regulations while in a poor country you can just pay bribes and do what you want

[wruza]

That really depends on what you want. A poor place may simply not have a “utility” that you might want to fully entertain due to inherently low standards. They may literally not know any better and nobody went there to fix that.

[yieldcrv]

In rich countries the things you want to do are already legal, or are in the rich country next door

but worse case for violent criminal things, there isn't a functional difference between a campaign donation to the district attorney in a wealthy nation or a couple bucks to a police officer in your face in a poor country

[sunaookami]

That still holds true in rich countries...

[sandworm101]

It really doesn't. Rich countries have base rules that all must follow. Justin Timberlake was just arrested for drunk driving. He might get off because he can afford the best lawyers, but he was arrested. That is a thing that happened. It would not have happened in somewhere like Tajikistan where a roadside bribe would nullify the entire situation. For the equivalent of a few hundred bucks they would have given him a ride home and nobody would be the wiser.

[hobs]

Just make sure to be a cop and then you'll be fine.

[runamuck]

I have a friend from Nigeria and he said you can avoid arrest with a $2 bribe. That shocked me.

[red-iron-pine]

really just a function of how much money, and how you define "rich".

poor countries just shift that number lower. but if I had $100MM I'd rather be sorta-rich in Los Angeles than mega-rich in Bolivia