Why I'm Leaving America (for good)

[ryoko]

You've got one thing right. The biome you're in have a huge effect on culture and values. What biome is SK? Did you check? You also have a really toxic tendency to generalize places as "East Asia", what you refer as East Asia are countries with so varying levels of culture and biome. Don't get tricked by how similar their faces look. 

If you are going to move to a laid back region. Goodluck. But know this, no matter where, you'll always find low conscious people. May be with different values. 

It's easy to get tricked into thinking Korea is laid back. I'm from a tropical region. I can suggest some places, if you're interested. But know that it's not gonna be compatible with what's around, integrating with any culture is bad. Best places are isolated places where you're left with no noise. 

Also people in these countries are Xenophobic to great extents. Especially the laid back people you romanticise. 

[ryoko]

It will be an interesting experiment to go off the grid. Live through barter, get deported because you're staying illegally, or heck even spend some time in prisons. You're living so deep in nature you got no energy to worry about passports and electricity. 

This is extremely hard work, and that exact laid back energy is what helps them survive while doing these hard things. Living in nature is hard. 

Try Nepal, stay in basecamps, bare minimum survival.