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I've been a forum reader for 2 years or so; here's my part to give back.

For reference:
I'm 32, originally from the NYC area, mostly northern European ancestry (not recent), 6'3 170+, fit.
In 2010 I left America. Since then I've lived internationally, mostly in Baltic Europe, and most of that time in Estonia. Previous to 2010 I had spent about a year outside America. I lived in Thailand for about 4 months, but most of that time was spent Muay-Thai kickboxing in Chiang Mai.
In 2009 I tried moving to the Caribbean island, Utila, Honduras. That shortly came to an end after I was jailed for "crimes" I was never charged with nor committed (corrupt locals, corrupt police, and a corrupt United States Consulate).
In Tallinn, Estonia I experimented with owning hostels over a 2.5 year period.
Currently I'm no longer working, although managing my personal finances in today's economic environment could be considered work.
Now I live most often in Riga, Latvia. I haven't traveled outside the Baltics in almost 3 years, but overall I've been here and there in 58 countries.
Since June 2010 I've fornicated with 337 females from 35 or so countries. Here are a dozen comments from a great few years...

1) America is perhaps the best country on Earth...for being a consumer. That's where it ends. If you're a producer, an entrepreneur, a creator, a free-thinker, liberty-oriented, then America is NOT the best country on Earth, nor even close. Modern America rewards consumption at the expense of production.
*But if you like your shopping, soulless consumerism, debt, servitude, indoctrination, drugs, spectator sports, pop-music, pop-culture #icebucketchallenge #coolclockahmed #cecilthelion #caitlynjennertwerksonarainbow, then America is probably the right place for you, and don't read this post.

2) American has become a toxic place, and Americans have become very sick. Isn't it telling enough that the presidential candidate of America's youth is a guy running on the same platform as Karl Marx? A bewildered, old, clown-like character with a spitting/quivering over-bite, dilating pupils, and poor posture. If you met Bernie Sanders you might guess he was a serpentine mattress salesman from Long Island. The type of guy who would con you into spending 3 times the amount of money for a pillow-top “premium” mattress, and then lure your child onto his lap with candy while you're in back signing the paperwork. #change #longhairdontcare #rainbows #sheep #pedophileforpresident2016 #hillaryforprison2016
There are also very few things I find more offensive here in the Baltics than encountering leftist American travelers; their voice (sometimes even talking to themselves), rhetoric, and demeanor. Close seconds are Australians, English, Scottish, Irish, Canadians, Spanish and so on.

3) If this started as too much of a downer, then I've found that the hottest girls in the world come from the 3 Baltic Countries; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (probably in that order). And of course Baltic pussy is superior to American; healthier diet and lifestyle, less chemical foods and so on. I'm writing this as I break to look at the 8+ girl working here at the cafe in Tartu, Estonia.
PBS Model Supply Chain mostly agrees - http://www.pbs.org/pov/girlmodel/infogra...jdfwvkrLIU
Latvia would be higher without the large Russian population. If you simply want to fornicate with anything, quality irrelevant, then forget this and go to the Philippines (I haven't been).
As a whole Lithuanians have the best faces and hair, but can't say they're physically better than Estonians due to their inferior shaped asses (and terrible behavior). #1 are Estonians, with the best and biggest butts, most blonds, and also the best top-tier. Latvians, a very close #2, have the most naturally attractive appearance over-all, and superior asses to Lithuanians. I rank Latvians as the most intelligent and interesting to converse with. Of course that's personal preference and many find Latvians as contentious, and cold. and difficult.

4) Owning a hostel (or so-called “hobby business” abroad) isn't what you expect. I've owned moderately small hostels in Tallinn. While they were OK for me, and certainly had their positives, it's a 24 hour business that will consume you. If you expect owning a hostel to be a non-stop party and fuck-fest then you're wrong. The hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit, although I can thank at least 1 threesome to having the hostel. Friends who also own hostels have had their their social lives ruined, and attribute this directly to the hostel business.
BONUS: Spanish are by far the worst guests and people.

5) Hostel pub-crawls, couch-surfing and foreigner meet-ups are a great way to meet the least attractive girls in the area. Student events/parties are a terrible waste of time as well. They tend to be cliquey events where the majority of attendees have had their social skills towards outsiders degenerate through repetitive familiarity with each other. Cock-blocking is high, and Erasmus student quality is low.

6) My sexual results and interest from the opposite sex directly correlate with my sexual desire and current level of Jing (male life-force/essence in Taoism). Socializing with girls without proper desire (that Jing again) is a social detriment and damaging to your game.

7) The majority of "game" comes from within, and should be a personal adaptation dependent on your individual character. I've encountered many characters in these 6 years of travelling and owning hostels. Many who have studied "game", but can't practically apply it, as what they're conveying is too much of an artificial deviation from their own individual character.

8) Without physical health there isn't mental health. Bob Knight said, “Basketball is 90% conditioning.” Without proper diet and fitness your over-all health will hinder you.
Sauna is my best performance enhancing tip for increasing work-out gains. Check these below relevant links from Tim Ferriss and Dr. Mercola.
http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/04/10/s...more-11990
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articl...efits.aspx

9) Fast-pace travel is for maniacs, merit-badge seekers, and the delusional. To consistently sacrifice the present time for some fantasy paradise city somewhere the future, may fit the definition of insanity, "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" - Einstein. You'll hear fantasy stories of incredible female/male ratios, places with big butts, big boobs, loose girls, and so on. There will always be another party and another place. Perhaps Emerson made the best argument against this sort of travel in his article “Self-Reliance.” Queue up Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here.”

10) Simplicity is clarity. Bruce Lee said, “It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away the unessential.” Every day we should simplify, evaluate, self-examine.

11) Roosh already shared this easy one - stop using shampoo every day.
I'll add to that; soap/body-wash and deodorant (especially that offensive spray-on shit). Instead try rising with water from taking a quick shower in the morning and at night. It's true, your body will naturally adapt and re-balance. Also, improve your diet, exercise, consume less chemicals, etc and your hygiene will naturally improve. Until then if you're stinking like a horse at the bar, rub some lemon-slices under your arms, so the female horses around you won't have a long face.
*My choice is a natural nettle shampoo; once every two weeks.

12) Here is the Baltics there is more desire for what's natural and less for what's material. This seems to be the general consensus outside of America, where you'll find a better attention to the essentials of life, and less social bankruptcy.
A good mentality is contributing more than you take away, and producing more than you consume. Protect what you work for, invest wisely, and plan in case of change.
In the end, freedom and health are wealth, and the greatest currency of wealth is our time.

I'm off to the gym and sauna...will check comments later.

PS: My pet rabbit Sir Nomsalot is considered some kind of financial expert. He will soon resume posting a valuable and free weekly Financial News Feed (along with some of his investment positions) at CitizenLiberty.com. It's mostly a way to chronicle/link readings, and to save anyone who's interested the time/effort of reading as much as my rabbit does. Some other stuff there as well, but not for profit.

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Nice plug...

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A datasheet on your business that you started at 19 that made you location & financially independent would be very appreciated at least the broad outlines of the type of business.

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(11-05-2015 02:44 PM)Travesty Wrote:  A datasheet on your business that you started at 19 that made you location & financially independent would be very appreciated at least the broad outlines of the type of business.

He has a lot of energy. And that is all a man may need...more than depth or intelligence.

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Very true that getting in the rental and hostel business, does not get you laid that much. One exception I saw... were the hostel owners around Parque Lleras, in Medellin 5 years ago

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(11-05-2015 02:44 PM)Travesty Wrote:  A datasheet on your business that you started at 19 that made you location & financially independent would be very appreciated at least the broad outlines of the type of business.

Haha, good reader.
Chauffeur Service in the NYC area catering to high-end clients.

Chauffeur Service Data-Sheet
Terrible, never do it.
Total Chauffeur Service Lays: 0

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(11-05-2015 03:27 PM)chochemonger1 Wrote:  Very true that getting in the rental and hostel business, does not get you laid that much. One exception I saw... were the hostel owners around Parque Lleras, in Medellin 5 years ago

It's funny you say that, because exactly five years ago, I met a hostel owner in Parque Lleras was was doing very well with girls.

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What's up with Riga? I found it extremely dreary and tacky (like London's Leicester Sq/Piccadilly Circus) without much on offer outside the centre either. Tallinn and Vilnius were incredible cities by comparison

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" If you expect owning a hostel to be a non-stop party and fuck-fest then you're wrong. The hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit,"

Nobody expects a hostel to be "a non-stop party and fuck-fest", even though, come to think of it, I posted a thread about such a fuck-fest party hotel, in Cambodia... /thread-50019.html

But, where I do not "believe" you, is when you say: "hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit".

Can you please explain just how, owning a hostel in some poosy-paradise or just holiday-destination anywhere in the world, can not be a benefit, regarding having good times with the ladies, both local or tourist?

Because I am confused. You're saying, the local women would not like you being an entrepreneur, even a modest one? and tourist girls would not like to fuck the owner of the cool hostel with the pool?

(Only way it could cockblock you is because it takes up a lot of your time, am I right?)

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I've been living abroad for a few years and this post is definitely great. +1 rep for you.

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(11-05-2015 01:29 PM)CitizenLiberty Wrote:  4) Owning a hostel (or so-called “hobby business” abroad) isn't what you expect. I've owned moderately small hostels in Tallinn. While they were OK for me, and certainly had their positives, it's a 24 hour business that will consume you. If you expect owning a hostel to be a non-stop party and fuck-fest then you're wrong. The hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit, although I can thank at least 1 threesome to having the hostel. Friends who also own hostels have had their their social lives ruined, and attribute this directly to the hostel business.
BONUS: Spanish are by far the worst guests and people.

It's interesting to hear of someone's experience with owning and running their own hostel, all of this is definitely true. I worked and managed a couple when I was in Europe.. never owned my own but I have considered the idea because I did enjoy it, but with that said I have friends who own and operate their own small hostel business and you can see it wearing them thin.. you definitely have great moments, but it can also feel like it's stealing your life away from you too.

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Interesting post, more overall life lessons than travel IMO. I've been traveling for two years and hope to check out the Baltics next year.

While I plan on traveling for a long time and find many positives about living in other countries I don't agree on the US bashing.

You're from NYC, that's the capital of where people are going to make it big and hustle hence lots of materialism, status signaling, wealth chasing ensues. I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with that, I respect the hustle. Roosh was from DC he found the woman there manly. It's where gov't lawyer cunts go, tons of type A personalities. The whole country isn't like that. You can't compare DC or NYC to lots of other places like Colorado, California, New Orleans, Nashville, etc.. You can find plenty of places and areas where you can find different lifestyles.

And as far as the US only being good for consuming and not producing... What does the Baltics produce? Estonia actually seems to be pretty innovative but what is Latvia creating in comparison to the US? This one really gets under my skin as the US is by far the most innovative country in the world to this day. Maybe it's because i'm plugged into the tech community but come on man there is some amazing shit going on right now. 3d printing, electric cars, small digestible microchips that can scan your body for diseases, giant balloons that are about to be launched into orbit so internet signals can reach places without, body armor, jet packs, I could go on and on.

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OK, we agree to disagree re consumption/production.
Sure USA is the largest economy on Earth so I hope there will be innovation.
However look at the big picture. When you include unfunded liabilities (like Social Security, Medicare, and so on) the United States is 230+ Trillion in debt, a little more than the 18+ trillion official statistic. I'm not Asian but the Math is simple enough for me to understand....negative 230 trillion in debt doesn't seem representative of a nation of production rather than consumption. Speaking of Asians and producing things; check the statistics re the number of engineers in Japan for every lawyer, or if you want to use a less indebted nation, check this with Korea, then compare in to the United States. I do agree with you re the NYC area people as being the worst in America. I liked Boise, Idaho for example. Any place with Paleo-American principles is what like, although that's no longer easy to find in modern America.
From storming the shores of Normandy to Ice Bucket challenges in 2 generations. #audiemurphy to #brucejenner

(11-06-2015 05:09 AM)PsychedelicTaser Wrote:  Interesting post, more overall life lessons than travel IMO. I've been traveling for two years and hope to check out the Baltics next year.

While I plan on traveling for a long time and find many positives about living in other countries I don't agree on the US bashing.

You're from NYC, that's the capital of where people are going to make it big and hustle hence lots of materialism, status signaling, wealth chasing ensues. I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with that, I respect the hustle. Roosh was from DC he found the woman there manly. It's where gov't lawyer cunts go, tons of type A personalities. The whole country isn't like that. You can't compare DC or NYC to lots of other places like Colorado, California, New Orleans, Nashville, etc.. You can find plenty of places and areas where you can find different lifestyles.

And as far as the US only being good for consuming and not producing... What does the Baltics produce? Estonia actually seems to be pretty innovative but what is Latvia creating in comparison to the US? This one really gets under my skin as the US is by far the most innovative country in the world to this day. Maybe it's because i'm plugged into the tech community but come on man there is some amazing shit going on right now. 3d printing, electric cars, small digestible microchips that can scan your body for diseases, giant balloons that are about to be launched into orbit so internet signals can reach places without, body armor, jet packs, I could go on and on.

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Since OP is new here, he may want to read this as a precaution.

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I started replying to your question, but then it turned into a long rant.
So I made a new thread in "Game" (surely it will benefit someone): Why Owning A Hostel Will Hurt Your Game (10 Reasons)

Re your comment about local woman respecting or being impressed by an entrepreneur...yes it has some benefits but due to peoples preconceptions about hostels (some accurate), it also can make you seem like a predator, a promiscuous party type, and so on. Better results can be had simply by not saying what you do for work...the female mind likes mystery.

(11-05-2015 07:07 PM)Going strong Wrote:  " If you expect owning a hostel to be a non-stop party and fuck-fest then you're wrong. The hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit,"

Nobody expects a hostel to be "a non-stop party and fuck-fest", even though, come to think of it, I posted a thread about such a fuck-fest party hotel, in Cambodia... /thread-50019.html

But, where I do not "believe" you, is when you say: "hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit".

Can you please explain just how, owning a hostel in some poosy-paradise or just holiday-destination anywhere in the world, can not be a benefit, regarding having good times with the ladies, both local or tourist?

Because I am confused. You're saying, the local women would not like you being an entrepreneur, even a modest one? and tourist girls would not like to fuck the owner of the cool hostel with the pool?

(Only way it could cockblock you is because it takes up a lot of your time, am I right?)

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I read the rules when joining, which were similar to, but different than this specific post.
As I stated before, my website, citizenliberty.com is not commercial.
I have plenty of savings and don't need to make a dollar/shekel/dinar off any of this.
Fascinating how volunteering information and ideas can be so offensive to people.
I wasn't aware that I'm allowed to have a signature showing my blog. Thanks for letting me know, I'll consider putting one.

(11-06-2015 07:22 AM)Suits Wrote:  Since OP is new here, he may want to read this as a precaution.

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(11-05-2015 07:07 PM)Going strong Wrote:  " If you expect owning a hostel to be a non-stop party and fuck-fest then you're wrong. The hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit,"

Nobody expects a hostel to be "a non-stop party and fuck-fest", even though, come to think of it, I posted a thread about such a fuck-fest party hotel, in Cambodia... /thread-50019.html

But, where I do not "believe" you, is when you say: "hostels were more of a cock-block than a benefit".

Can you please explain just how, owning a hostel in some poosy-paradise or just holiday-destination anywhere in the world, can not be a benefit, regarding having good times with the ladies, both local or tourist?

Because I am confused. You're saying, the local women would not like you being an entrepreneur, even a modest one? and tourist girls would not like to fuck the owner of the cool hostel with the pool?

(Only way it could cockblock you is because it takes up a lot of your time, am I right?)

I missed that Cambodia story first time round. That looks like the Utopia place I went to in Kampot in 2010 - did it change hands or is Arcadia a copycat? Khmer440 must have had a field day with this one...

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Riga is my favorite place in the world right now. Nicely designed, clean place, with good nightlife, the best food market-place in Europe (no exaggeration), and I disagree, there is plenty to do outside the center. Girls are the most agreeable for me as well, and I'm doing best here. Well actually, Budapest was statistically better for me, but I doubt that I could repeat how I did there. When was your Baltic trip? Perhaps you went at the wrong time.
Tallinn is aesthetically nicer, somewhat due to the medieval mix of several different types of architecture. Riga however is said to have the best Art Nouveau architecture in the world. I don't like Vilnius, which is more dreary and run-down than some Polish cities.
Furthermore Riga is unique, in that it's a difficult place to understand. Difficult to understand Latvians, and difficult to know where to go; both day and nightlife. At first I didn't like the place as I do now. It's easy to misunderstand.
Perhaps I'll make a Data-Sheet at some point.

(11-05-2015 05:14 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  What's up with Riga? I found it extremely dreary and tacky (like London's Leicester Sq/Piccadilly Circus) without much on offer outside the centre either. Tallinn and Vilnius were incredible cities by comparison

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(11-06-2015 08:48 AM)CitizenLiberty Wrote:  Fascinating how volunteering information and ideas can be so offensive to people.

Nobody has been "offensive" to you on this thread, amigo mio.

Bringing your attention to a specific forum rule, like Suits did, or asking for explanation (which you gave, thanks) regarding a surprising (seemingly non-logical) line in your original post, does not qualify as being "offensive".

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"offensive" didnt mean specifically here. all good.

(11-06-2015 09:10 AM)Going strong Wrote:  

(11-06-2015 08:48 AM)CitizenLiberty Wrote:  Fascinating how volunteering information and ideas can be so offensive to people.

Nobody has been "offensive" to you on this thread, amigo mio.

Bringing your attention to a specific forum rule, like Suits did, or asking for explanation (which you gave, thanks) regarding a surprising (seemingly non-logical) line in your original post, does not qualify as being "offensive".

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About U.S consumerism, you guys from U.S know that, when someone from another country goes there, the first thing they are going to tell you is what they bought? It's like the main reason. Every other thing to do its just an excuse to go there, shopping.

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(11-06-2015 09:05 AM)CitizenLiberty Wrote:  Riga is my favorite place in the world right now. Nicely designed, clean place, with good nightlife, the best food market-place in Europe (no exaggeration), and I disagree, there is plenty to do outside the center. Girls are the most agreeable for me as well, and I'm doing best here. Well actually, Budapest was statistically better for me, but I doubt that I could repeat how I did there. When was your Baltic trip? Perhaps you went at the wrong time.
Tallinn is aesthetically nicer, somewhat due to the medieval mix of several different types of architecture. Riga however is said to have the best Art Nouveau architecture in the world. I don't like Vilnius, which is more dreary and run-down than some Polish cities.
Furthermore Riga is unique, in that it's a difficult place to understand. Difficult to understand Latvians, and difficult to know where to go; both day and nightlife. At first I didn't like the place as I do now. It's easy to misunderstand.
Perhaps I'll make a Data-Sheet at some point.

(11-05-2015 05:14 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  What's up with Riga? I found it extremely dreary and tacky (like London's Leicester Sq/Piccadilly Circus) without much on offer outside the centre either. Tallinn and Vilnius were incredible cities by comparison

I went to Riga in March this year. I went through Elizabetes and Alberta Streets for the Art Nouveau and just didn't feel blown away by its architectural style the way I did when I saw Gaudi in Barcelona, the Hermitage in St Petersburg, the ancient colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, mediaeval Tallinn. I just didn't really get it, maybe I needed a tour guide to walk me through Art Nouveau to better appreciate what I was viewing.

Everything seemed overpriced in Riga, it seemed gloomy and almost sinister. I got a mobster vibe in Riga. The Latvians I met were completely different to Estonians, more surly, standoffish. The buildings outside the centre look like they are falling down. The tourists Riga gets are the worst, stags and hens from Chav Town, UK. I loved Budapest, Berlin, Tallinn, Vienna, Vilnius, Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Wroclaw.

Riga I would group with Bratislava and Prague as comparatively lacklustre (albeit Prague much visually prettier and with better beer).

Would appreciate a datasheet to see how to do Riga properly from a resident's point of view. I don't doubt there's more to it than meets the eye. I think your insights would be fascinating.

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(11-06-2015 07:29 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  

(11-06-2015 09:05 AM)CitizenLiberty Wrote:  Riga is my favorite place in the world right now. Nicely designed, clean place, with good nightlife, the best food market-place in Europe (no exaggeration), and I disagree, there is plenty to do outside the center. Girls are the most agreeable for me as well, and I'm doing best here. Well actually, Budapest was statistically better for me, but I doubt that I could repeat how I did there. When was your Baltic trip? Perhaps you went at the wrong time.
Tallinn is aesthetically nicer, somewhat due to the medieval mix of several different types of architecture. Riga however is said to have the best Art Nouveau architecture in the world. I don't like Vilnius, which is more dreary and run-down than some Polish cities.
Furthermore Riga is unique, in that it's a difficult place to understand. Difficult to understand Latvians, and difficult to know where to go; both day and nightlife. At first I didn't like the place as I do now. It's easy to misunderstand.
Perhaps I'll make a Data-Sheet at some point.

(11-05-2015 05:14 PM)Que enspastic Wrote:  What's up with Riga? I found it extremely dreary and tacky (like London's Leicester Sq/Piccadilly Circus) without much on offer outside the centre either. Tallinn and Vilnius were incredible cities by comparison

I went to Riga in March this year. I went through Elizabetes and Alberta Streets for the Art Nouveau and just didn't feel blown away by its architectural style the way I did when I saw Gaudi in Barcelona, the Hermitage in St Petersburg, the ancient colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, mediaeval Tallinn. I just didn't really get it, maybe I needed a tour guide to walk me through Art Nouveau to better appreciate what I was viewing.

Everything seemed overpriced in Riga, it seemed gloomy and almost sinister. I got a mobster vibe in Riga. The Latvians I met were completely different to Estonians, more surly, standoffish. The buildings outside the centre look like they are falling down. The tourists Riga gets are the worst, stags and hens from Chav Town, UK. I loved Budapest, Berlin, Tallinn, Vienna, Vilnius, Moscow, St Petersburg, Warsaw, Wroclaw.

Riga I would group with Bratislava and Prague as comparatively lacklustre (albeit Prague much visually prettier and with better beer).

Would appreciate a datasheet to see how to do Riga properly from a resident's point of view. I don't doubt there's more to it than meets the eye. I think your insights would be fascinating.

What bars/clubs did you go to? And opinion?
Agree re surly/standoffish.
Estonians and Latvians are very different. Unlike Estonia, Latvia is a bad place for naive tourists who plan to get wasted, and stumble around town from bar to bar behaving like slobs, or playing off their foreign appeal. At least initially, being a foreigner in Riga is a hindrance, and definitely not a benefit.
"Sinister" was the same word I used to describe Riga about 5 years ago when I had only visited briefly and was not yet familiar. It's true that Riga has a mafia aspect and issues with corruption. Riga used to be notorious for having attracted some of the worst criminals in the Soviet Union, which you can imagine is still true today.
Also somewhat true regarding your comment on stags, offensive groups and so on. Most of these are attracted to the same terrible venues, and aren't a major threat/annoyance. For whatever reason so many tourists go to the worst bars; some that are obvious scams, some obviously Russian or mafia oriented, others generally awful. It's a bizarre pattern, although I reckon it's partially due to the face-control from some bars that turn away most foreigners.

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OP strong points you made. Studying economist in my leisure I find in 1st world countries USA/CA/UK the economy base heavily on consumerism and consumer debt leaves little to no more for producing. We depend entirely on other nations for producing we import more than export.

Question if you don't mind. Not trying deviate the flow you guys got here but how do you guys afford international living. I have been in the hamster wheel for too long.

Post: #25

I want know more about the corruption they tried to pull on you.

Can you elaborate or is it still pending?