Bangkok is not what you described. Bangkok is a great city, not too polluted, there are not a lot of poor people. Bangkok is like Manila.

I spent a lot of time working is South East Asia. Jakarta is the worst city, yes it is big but very filthy like New Delhi or India in general. Second filthiest is Malaysia.

The cleanest city is without a doubt Singapore.

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itake 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> not too polluted

Are we talking about the same Bangkok? I'm talking about the Bangkok in Thailand where they literally shut down the schools due to air pollution being so bad [0].

What Bangkok are you referring to?

Malaysia is wayyy cleaner than Indonesia, both in air quality and trash on the ground.

[0] - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/24/bangkok-pollut...

	▲	projectazorian 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Bangkok has seasonal haze incidents that can get bad enough to close schools etc. Those are a scourge across all of SEA and are generally caused by slash-and-burn agriculture practices. It's much different from having bad AQI year-round. I'd hardly say Bangkok is a clean air capital, but it's next to the ocean with no significant mountains nearby so usually pollution gets blown out to sea.

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darrenf 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> I spent a lot of time working is South East Asia. Jakarta is the worst city, yes it is big but very filthy like New Delhi or India in general. Second filthiest is Malaysia.

Malaysia's a pretty decent size country, not a city. Can't say as I'd have referred to KL as filthy on any of my visits (admittedly only 3 times over the past 12 years). Kuching wasn't filthy either.

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thedrexster 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is such an odd position to create a burner account to argue...

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darkwater 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

N=1 but my experience with Philippines and Malaysia is exactly the opposite.

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moneywoes 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

what is the cheapest for a nomad

	▲	itake 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Vietnam. source: I've been to almost every country in SEA at least 3x. (Brunei was once, never went to Timor-Leste). Check the forex changes and rent prices if you don't believe me. Harder to factor in is visa costs. Vietnam, you need to leave every 90 days. So you need to buy a $25usd visa + flights/buses + hotels for 3-5 days while you get your next visa. Thailand, you only need to leave every 6mo on the DTV.

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ignoramous 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> very filthy like New Delhi

Think you mean Delhi NCR? New Delhi is pretty small, and mostly houses political and social elite.

	▲	bandrami 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I love that they put all the diplomats in Chanakyapur which would be like Italy putting them on Machiavelli Lane