Post: #76

(11-20-2015 08:26 AM)RichieP Wrote:  A couple hundred deaths from terrorism is horrific and always grabs headlines, but in terms of real risk to any given resident, it's minimal. Assuming they don't start succeeding with area-effect attacks like dirty bombs etc.

Vietnam has 5x more traffic deaths per person than France, food covered in chemicals and pesticides, residual cancer-causing Agent Orange in the soil, etc

I would wager Vietnam is the riskier place to be over the next 10 years in terms of health and safety risks.

That said, OP would be somewhat insulated as he's from a relatively wealthy background (e.g. can drive car vs motorbike, can eat imported veg/meat, etc)

Pretty much. You guys probably think is a big deal but here everything is back to normal as everyone predicted. I'm hitting the club tonight and so on. Now that I've found a job here in Paris there's very little benefit to tuck tail.

And Richie was 100% correct, you have a much higher chance of getting killed in traffic accident or eating poisoned food in Vietnam than getting your intestines blown off in Paris. For reference Vietnam gang war is a lot more bloody than this but nobody gives a shit. And no I'm not insulated... It costs a lot to eat healthy food in Vietnam and driving a car just means that instead of certain death you are more likely to have severe trauma.

All in all I can ALWAYS go back home wherever I want so staying here can not hurt me in anyway.

Trust me guys, your best set up would be main base and main income in USA/Europe but spend multiple holidays and blowing your money in Asia.