I was pretty much offered a job in HK today with equal or better pay to the U.S.  Well, my wife can fly in from the U.S.  It is only hard if you try to cross the border.  How do all the 141 girls get in?

Congratulations on the offer.  Sounds like good economics too.  And did you say the wife was staying behind??!  Could this possibly get any better?!

Congrats on the job offer!  With this offer, I think it is a no brainer to move to HK. With equal or better pay than US, you can live like a king here.

Now you can plan to be a sugar daddy for the Thai models in Macau saunas.

This is the kind of shit that happens in NY that you hear about all the time.  

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100 ... s_dying_and_ignored

working in HK provides a better pay and living standards because of the lower taxes than NYC... although working too long in HK as a foreigner, i find most people start to have respiratory problems. so to sum it up:

HK = Good Money, possibly bad health
NYC = Good Money, possibly get robbed

If you're looking for a college or MBA education, then choose NYC. But all else considered, HK is better than NYC.
Everything is better value-for-money in Hong Kong.
Also, Hong Kong is in such close proximity to China and South East Asia -- short weekend trips to anywhere is cheap. This also means close proximity to wild mongering excursions in HK/China/SEA.
And as for your con of no car in HK -- public transport is so convenient anyway! plus parking in HK and NYC would be equally expensive. Save on the car and spend the money on fucking more gals!! haha

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ ... men_on_lower_e.html

Asian women beaten up by little teenage kids is just the tip of the iceberg.  Being Asian and living in NYC we are constantly being attacked, although it is not as bad as 20 years ago, it still happens quite often.  The worst part is that a lot of the times, it isn't considered a hate crime.

there was a highly publicized case in Oakland last week where a Chinese man died after being punched in the face with no provocation whatsoever.  Two fucking punk ass black boys got caught on camera doing this.  What a big surprise.

This is the shit we deal with living in the USA that others simply don't understand and choose not to understand.

Yeah that's why ABCs like SF more than NYC

Prejudice and discrimination is all over, not just the U.S.  I certainly don't mean to dismiss anyone's particular experience with this, but I think it's important to realize the universal human condition of this and to acknowledge that it won't change as long as we all perpetuate it.  I've experienced it as well, and to the tune of a couple of million bucks but that doesn't make me write-off an entire race or an entire country.

If anything, the U.S., even with its failings, is the most successfully diversified country in the world.

Can you please clarify where it says above that SF is better than NYC for the ABCs?

I don't think I would accept the job offer.  I'm in NYC-fucking city.  What ever people say, the U.S. is still top dog and I work at a U.S. company.  The woman who gave me an offer is at least 10 years older than me, and we have the same title.  That means no progression.  If I stay in the U.S. until I'm older, I could move to HK and be head of the office.  if I leave now, I'd be pretty far down.  Expats should always report to other expats, otherwise they get shitted on by locals.  That's just in finance.

There is prejudice everywhere.  In HK, I will be an ABC.  Sure no one will try to beat me up (but I am one big guy), but they will try to cheat me.

As for my son, he is my number one priority.  I think I can enjoy two weeks a year in HK and get my fuck on.  Any more, and I'd become a total addict and get some fucked up disease.  When I got back, I thought about DG every 2 minutes for the last month.  

Also, I don't know if this would scare any of you, but my father in law is a high chinese official.  They sent me pictures of my boy today, and they were taken in the great hall of the people in Beijing.  I found a picture of Obama meeting Hu Jingtao in the same room.  They were all alone because they were having a party for my father-in-law.  Let's just say, if I ever got caught, they'd throw me down a deep deep hole.  For my safety, I think I would rather stay in the U.S. and take my man-cation with my wife safely in the U.S.

Sorry, I would also like to add that the next time you go to HK, just remember the smell when you get off the plane.  It doesn't go away.  You just get usedto it.  My friends and I joke that is the stench of oppression, but there is something to say about living free and breathing good air.  When I get to JFK, I always breathe deeply and take in the freedom!

Not only is SF generally more tolerant (generally, but not about all things) but San Francisco county is over 30% Asian, so you don't feel like the only one who looks like you AND you don't have to put up with that nonsense from the 'home country' of being ABC, you know: that attitude that you're not REALLY chinese or vietnameseor whatever if you were born in the U.S.

If it is true that your father in law is a top Commie, I would suggest you to stop mongering. Otherwise, you will be very miserable when your wife finds out.

If your dad in law is up there, he should know where to take u to monger too

Yeah having a dad in high up powerful position could have pros and cons.
For mongering, I think there's more cons than pros. If you don't want word to get out that you're mongering in HK/China then either (1) stop it entirely (which is very hard I understand!) or (2) avoid saunas etc public mongering places and just focus on like hotel gals which is more discrete.
All in all, HKG is still a far superior mongering destination than NYC.

Well, for a top official like that, what he cares most is his own face. If you get caught mongering by the media, he will lose face and you will be in huge trouble no matter where you are...  

So if you are not willing to give up your hobby, you shouldn't have married a powerful man's daughter....

You and your wife live in NY but your kid stays in Beijing? Interesting arrangement.