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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by alphakappa on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:15AM (#18165652)
The country is more than its government. If you’ve been to Istanbul, you would know that it’s a wonderful place. Should we shun the country and its people because they have been burdened with a bad ruler? We should look in a mirror first before passing such harsh judgment.
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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by fauigerzigerk on Monday October 08, 2018 @06:03AM (#18165977)
If you're doing business in a country then rule of law is extremely important. Your life and freedom may depend on it.

No matter where your customers are, you are subject to (at the very least) tax and social security regulations of the country you live in.

Rather than looking in the mirror I would suggest looking at:

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corruption-rank

http://www.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness

As a foreigner you cannot do as the locals do when it comes to corruption (even if you wanted to) or you're going to have a target on your back.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by distances on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:33AM (#18165763)
> Should we shun the country and its people because they have been burdened with a bad ruler?

You don't need to shun the people even if you shun the country.

I feel it's already very widespread to avoid any visits to Turkey and Russia (among others obviously), though it's hard to say how much of it is because of the political situation, and how much because of perceived instability. Personally, I would like to see Hagia Sophia but I'm unlikely to visit as long as Turkey stays in the current dictatorial road.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by alphakappa on Monday October 08, 2018 @06:23AM (#18166077)
You should absolutely visit and see Hagia Sofia. It’s too good to miss out in this limited lifetime of ours.
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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by distances on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:09PM (#18170346)
I hopefully still have plenty of time left, and there are lots of other things to see in this world meanwhile. At some point, I'm sure!
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Re:Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atm... by xyproto on Monday October 08, 2018 @05:46AM (#18165871)
This was in the context of having "an intellectual atmosphere", though.
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