Real intel.
Real numbers.
Southeast Asia.

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Cities scored
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Countries covered
Apr '26
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Tourist fluff
The Guides

Start with Thailand or Vietnam.
Both live now.

🇹🇭 The Thailand Relocation Guide

10 cities · DTV visa · Real costs

The most complete English-language guide to relocating in Thailand. 10 cities scored across five categories. The DTV visa explained as decision guidance. Real monthly costs, 30-day move plan, and the 7 mistakes that cost people most.

4 Tier A cities 4 Tier B cities 2 Tier C cities
10 cities ranked with full City Index scores
DTV visa deep dive — who qualifies, real costs, how to apply
Verified monthly budgets: $800, $1,400, $2,800
30-day relocation plan, week by week

🇻🇳 The Vietnam Relocation Guide

7 cities · Visa reality · Real costs

Vietnam has the energy of a country going somewhere — and the cost structure of one that hasn't fully arrived yet. 7 cities scored. The visa landscape explained honestly. Real budgets from HCMC to Da Lat. No tourist fluff.

3 Tier A cities 4 Tier B cities
7 cities ranked with full City Index scores
Visa decision guide — 45-day / 90-day / business route
Verified monthly budgets: $750, $1,100, $1,600
30-day relocation plan, week by week
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Where should you live in
Southeast Asia?
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Used by early readers before they commit to a move. Visa pathways, real cost benchmarks, city quick picks — distilled into one page.

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Best visa option by stay length — Thailand and Vietnam, side by side
Real cost benchmarks: $700, $1,100, and $1,800/month lifestyles mapped to specific cities
City quick picks by profile — remote worker, retiree, high earner, lifestyle-first
The three things that go wrong in month one — and how to avoid them
First access to new country guides before public launch
The Asia Unlocked City Index™

Not gut feel.
Not someone's opinion.
Just the numbers.

Every city in our guides is scored across five categories on a 1–5 scale. Maximum 25 points. Three tiers. All scores verified and date-stamped. No other relocation brand in Southeast Asia has a methodology like this.

01
Expat Infra & Community
02
Cost of Living
03
English Fluency
04
Lifestyle Quality
05
Connectivity
Tier A
Easy Entry
18–25 pts
Tier B
Balanced
10–17 pts
Tier C
Lifestyle First
Under 10 pts
Who we are

Not a blog.
Not a YouTube opinion.
A decision system.

Built by people who actually live in Southeast Asia. Real costs, real visa reality, real neighbourhoods — verified on the ground, not aggregated from forums.

We write for people making actual decisions about their lives. Where to live. What it costs. How to move.

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