I have a mongolian friend, he said it was a choice between a dystopian city or the vast empty nature. I guess if you like nature it could be good but the density is sooooo low there are places where you wont see civilization for hundreds of kilometers.
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rustyfish@piefed.world 1 day ago
I have lived in all five of these countries and I can confirm, it’s all true. Especially china. It just sucks cock.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
iocase@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
I watched a heartwarming short of a guy getting stopped by the police in Mongolia for using a wind sail powered horizontal bike thingy.
2 locals also showed up on a moped
Top comment:
“It’s nice to see all 5 people Mongolia to meet up and see how OP’s bike works”
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
There are places like that in the usa. It’s about everywhere actually.
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
driving through iowa for hours is honestly probably more dangerous than driving drunk. you get so bored you just fall asleep at the wheel because there is NOTHING but road
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Imagine thinking the US is just Bakersfield.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
I meant the lack of civilization ^^
borokov@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Oulan-Bator looks like your first SimCity game when you had 10yo and just put random coal plant there and there.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Kinda like Shadowrun.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 20 hours ago
Damn I better get a ticket to china then
iocase@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
sucks cock
🥵🥵 how much does it? 🥵🥵
lobut@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’m ethnically Chinese but never been there, well only the airport … but why’s it suck so much?
I know people that wanna go back due to cost of living but I heard housing isn’t cheap neither (depending on where you live perhaps?)
almost_genocide@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It doesn’t.
Housing is extremely affordable compared to here in the U.S. So is food, transportation and healthcare.
lobut@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
I’m definitely going to visit next year … just putting away money for now. I’ll see if I can add Kunming to the list, thanks!
I can’t wait to eat more food. My Cantonese is “okay” but my Mandarin is garbage … I’m gonna spend the next year or so watching dramas and stuff to catch up!
plutopos@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
How did you end up seeing the airport and only the airport?
lobut@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
lol I was on my way to Vietnam … only had a 3 hour layover and didn’t plan on leaving the airport.
BeUnique@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
I have read this comment therefore I also can confirm that everything stated is 100% facts.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Wait, Mongolia will think I’m cool because I’m 300 lbs? Dope.
I’m going to head there rn and fuckong lift the front end of some trucks.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s interesting, what was Mongolia like and were you there for specific work reasons or just because you liked moving around?
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 day ago
A person lying on the internet…who could have foreseen this?
I’ve been to most of these countries, they are all very nice. But like with anywhere it kinda depends on when and where you are, and you typically won’t get a real sense of the place unless you have a lot of time to travel.
The country side of Mongolia is beautiful in the warm season, I hear it’s pretty barren and freezing when it’s cold. About 50% of the population lives in Ulaanbaatar and it has a pretty bad issue with air pollution. It was very smoggy when I visited, and I hear it gets a lot worse in the winter season when it regularly has some of the worst air pollution in the world.
rustyfish@piefed.world 6 hours ago
The only liar I see is you. Go away.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
The only way you lived in North Korea and South Korea is if you defected, in which case you wouldn’t have also gone to China and Mongolia. My guess is that you’re just a racist European.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Either they started with North Korea and escaped or they ended their tour with NK and they’re still there.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 1 day ago
/> Checks instance /> It’s piefed, not hexbear or Lemmy.ML
It’s the first one
rustyfish@piefed.world 1 day ago
🤫
Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 1 day ago
Y’all are stupid, the answer is so obvious: he’s Kim Jong Un!
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why would someone do that? go on the internet and tell lies?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not sure if you’re serious or not but the reason for it is that it can be pretty fun at times
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I fucked up the quote
knowyourmeme.com/…/just-go-on-the-internet-and-te…
bus_factor@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
You can visit North Korea. They assign a guy to you to make sure you only see the approved stuff.