Yeah, that's good information. I will probably NOT return anytime soon, as long as I can survive out here. The other side has really messed things up for me ( $100k+ student loan debt bondage) and I was LUCKY to even be able to get out of the States intact 13 years ago (on a one-way ticket). There are issues out here too, but not of the sort as over there. Unfortunately, most of the expats out here are bringing their "political baggage" with them, so it difficult to even find places to go where the usual "fake news-based" conversations (and animosity) don't exist. So I am keeping a low profile, just staying in my apartment on the computer for the most part. The food out here in Vietnam is good, and it's safe overall. That is, trouble doesn't come looking for you, and the people don't have guns (which is an interesting thing to see as a believer in the 2nd amendment - so I can confirm that there IS a way to have a society with less violence due to less guns, but the cost of that is that you need an authoritarian government to be able to pull that off). That said, other types of social problems exist here (ex. the educational system is a mess, bad decisions by the government, etc.) That said, I WILL give the Vietnamese credit for their ability to be flexible after the war and create SOME SORT of ordered society. Everyone here is out all day and night, eating on the streets, socializing, etc. That's not to say that they're "sane" (as they're NOT), but it is not the same "flavor" of insanity as in the US (and other "developing" countries). People are enjoying life here, and you don't have that same sort of brute force aggression as in Hawaii, nor the "partially"-foreign culture. Here there is a PROPER foreign culture where you need to adapt or perish. But you can at least have a more HUMANE existence (cheap food, cheap basic living products, $200 USD/month rent, etc.). I was literally pushed out of the US by debt and inflation. Even in Hawaii I lived in hostels most of the time, and a few times got the opportunity to have a little space on someone's land. One of the issues right now is that if I sold some Bitcoin (my "rainy day fund") and flew back to the US (Hawaii would be the cheapest flight in a total emergency) I don't even know where I'd go. I'm not going back to live half-homeless in hostels. They aren't even INTENDED for that, but things have gotte so bad that they've turned into halfway houses essentially. I was so disgusted by the US at the time (and after) I left that I truly considered rescinding my citizenship, but decided not to because having an American passport is a very good thing (which most people on earth do NOT have the advantage of). For instance, next month I'm doing a quick (same day return) flight out of Vietnam to Thailand) because Vietnam has struck a special deal with the US that allows a one-year multiple entry business visa (all other countries only get 3-months). one year is a long amount of time to have a visa (compared to most of the other countries out here (~ 3 to 6 months and then you have to leave and return). So that's one recent benefit of the US passport. I guess it's better to NOT burn bridges, as long as the government just leaves me alone. They've already ruined my life with the student loan debt, so all I ask is to be left alone.

Anyways, it's good to know that there's someone (from Steemit) on the ground over there to report on the general vibe. This is something that has been bothering me, as I have been having trouble getting the proper intel.

Keep up the good work...