East St. Louis , any posters living there?

[flyingillini]

Possibly buying a piece of land and building something. Just took a tour , not as bad as some say it is. Close to everything as well. It would be a nice place to have when I come back to America once a year.

[Brock Landers]

Richkas is a resident, assuming he's not 6 feet under

[flyingillini]

Richkas is a resident, assuming he's not 6 feet under

I could walk to draft kings. Just left a soul food restaurant. Great food. Had some sautéed collard greens!

[pavyracer]

Don't build now flyingillini. The price of lumber and steel is through the roof. You will never make your money back.

[Brock Landers]

They don't serve fried chicken and watermelon in my mess hall private snowball

[flyingillini]

Don't build now flyingillini. The price of lumber and steel is through the roof. You will never make your money back.

Not looking to make money. Just a place to come once in a while. I like the area.

[QuantumLeap]

Not looking to make money. Just a place to come once in a while. I like the area.

Any reasons as to why you chose Viet Nam over other cheap places to live in East Asia like Thailand, Cambodia or the Philippines? I'm looking to spend a few months there every year.

[pavyracer]

Not looking to make money. Just a place to come once in a while. I like the area.

I'm just saying wait a little bit to hire a contractor to build your house. Why pay $300,000 to build a new house today when you can pay $200,000 next year when they prices of lumber go down?

[ronald]

Any reasons as to why you chose Viet Nam over other cheap places to live in East Asia like Thailand, Cambodia or the Philippines? I'm looking to spend a few months there every year.

Women horrible in Philippines. The TRANS are the hottest ones there.

Pass.

[Booya711]

Nobody should live there on purpose…

[carolinakid]

it seems like most east part of cites are very dark and close to mlk drive

[QuantumLeap]

Women horrible in Philippines. The TRANS are the hottest ones there.

Pass.

Thanks for the input ronald. I like the friendliness of the Filipinas more than the other countries. Thais seem to be so serious, yet polite. I haven't spend any time in Cambodia or Viet Nam so I don't know how they are. Singaporeans are also polite but that's one of the most expensive places in the world to live, plus it's kind of boring and uptight.

[thetrinity]

Drove through once lucky I’m still around

[jjgold]

Too ghetto Illini

Stay away

[flyingillini]

Any reasons as to why you chose Viet Nam over other cheap places to live in East Asia like Thailand, Cambodia or the Philippines? I'm looking to spend a few months there every year.

I’ve traveled extensively in SEA for years and very familiar with all the countries over there. You will meet many people over there that love one country more than the others. I know people that hate Vietnam and love Thailand vice versa. I’ve been in Vietnam close to 8 years and I’m never leaving. It’s a wonderful country with the most amazing nature one could ever imagine. We have the biggest cave in the world , unbelievable waterfalls etc etc , plus the cities are unbelievable. I do go to Laos , Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China , Myanmar often because everything is so close. I’m on my 3rd passport in 8 years, 56 pages each. I’m always going to all the SEA countries ( before Covid ) Cambodia is a very fun place with an amazing casino etc etc. I definitely consider myself an expert when it comes to expat living there. I’m able to talk with you more about this anytime you want. Shoot me a pm. So many people from all over the world come to that part of the world and don’t want to leave.

[Brock Landers]

I’ve traveled extensively in SEA for years and very familiar with all the countries over there. You will meet many people over there that love one country more than the others. I know people that hate Vietnam and love Thailand vice versa. I’ve been in Vietnam close to 8 years and I’m never leaving. It’s a wonderful country with the most amazing nature one could ever imagine. We have the biggest cave in the world , unbelievable waterfalls etc etc , plus the cities are unbelievable. I do go to Laos , Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China , Myanmar often because everything is so close. I’m on my 3rd passport in 8 years, 56 pages each. I’m always going to all the SEA countries ( before Covid ) Cambodia is a very fun place with an amazing casino etc etc. I definitely consider myself an expert when it comes to expat living there. I’m able to talk with you more about this anytime you want. Shoot me a pm. So many people from all over the world come to that part of the world and don’t want to leave.

Rate the FOOD and the PUSSY in each of those countries please

[flyingillini]

Women horrible in Philippines. The TRANS are the hottest ones there.

Pass.

The Philippines is the only country in that part of the world I don’t like. Been there 5 times, the place sucks.

[flyingillini]

I'm just saying wait a little bit to hire a contractor to build your house. Why pay $300,000 to build a new house today when you can pay $200,000 next year when they prices of lumber go down?

Agreed, thanks Paver ! I do have some connections to build that do keep my costs low. Hope all is well with you in Atlanta! Stay safe !

[semibluff]

Be aware of the Stan Kroenke factor if buying land in East St. Louis.
Also be aware of the reputation posted on many 'America's Murder Capital' lists.

[Cardsfan55]

I live about 40 minutes East of STL. North STL is definitely the worst part of STL. Maybe I'll see you up at draftkings sometime

[Brock Landers]

Be aware of the Stan Kroenke factor if buying land in East St. Louis.
Also be aware of the reputation posted on many 'America's Murder Capital' lists.

Describe the "stan kroenke" factor as it relates to EAST ST LOUIS

[QuantumLeap]

I’ve traveled extensively in SEA for years and very familiar with all the countries over there. You will meet many people over there that love one country more than the others. I know people that hate Vietnam and love Thailand vice versa. I’ve been in Vietnam close to 8 years and I’m never leaving. It’s a wonderful country with the most amazing nature one could ever imagine. We have the biggest cave in the world , unbelievable waterfalls etc etc , plus the cities are unbelievable. I do go to Laos , Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China , Myanmar often because everything is so close. I’m on my 3rd passport in 8 years, 56 pages each. I’m always going to all the SEA countries ( before Covid ) Cambodia is a very fun place with an amazing casino etc etc. I definitely consider myself an expert when it comes to expat living there. I’m able to talk with you more about this anytime you want. Shoot me a pm. So many people from all over the world come to that part of the world and don’t want to leave.

I'll definitely be visiting SEA for a few months each year after I retire. I still have friends in a few of the countries.

I'll be sure to visit Viet Nam and Cambodia and Laos when I'm there next. Thanks for the input.

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Illini how much do you charge as a tour guide to all the blowie cafes/BJ bars/massage parlors in Vietnam?

[semibluff]

Describe the "stan kroenke" factor as it relates to EAST ST LOUIS

I believe Mr. Kroenke owns 2 sections of land in East St. Louis. The 1st section of land is a 'nature reserve' which formally had long-term zero-rent tenants. Most of those tenants had converted their original holdings to permanent dwellings under the previous land owner. Mr. Kroenke had them evicted and they pretty much lost everything they had. Mr. Kroenke was already extremely unpopular and this made things much worse. Mr. Kroenke's 2nd holding was originally intended to become a regeneration shopping mall complex. The local authorities have rescinded all support for the project and Mr. Kroenke has refused to sell the land to anyone else. A long impasse in a depressed area is likely to make the situation worse.

I'm a Rams fan and 1 of the major Rams forums was on the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper website. I'm not in the US so I have no affiliation to St. Louis, or East St. Louis. I may be biased against St. Louis and its inhabitants. However, anyone from outside the area ought to find out whatever the real situation is before they push too far forward with any plans.

[habitualwinning]

This thread has to be a joke. If not though illini stay the fukk outta esl. If you're hitting the book in and out ok but people get jumped and shot around that casino. Thats literally the most ghetto casino in the usa. You can do better in stl. River city and the star are much nicer. You wanna live in edwardsville, shiloh, swansea not fukkin esl, dupo, centerville or granite city. All hood af. Brock doesnt know shit about stl if he hasnt given you that basic info.

[hostile takeover]

Please don't even joke about living in East STL. If you really want to live close to STL, but east instead of west or south then go out to Effingham.

[Brock Landers]

This thread has to be a joke. If not though illini stay the fukk outta esl. If you're hitting the book in and out ok but people get jumped and shot around that casino. Thats literally the most ghetto casino in the usa. You can do better in stl. River city and the star are much nicer. You wanna live in edwardsville, shiloh, swansea not fukkin esl, dupo, centerville or granite city. All hood af. Brock doesnt know shit about stl if he hasnt given you that basic info.

LOL

They have security all over the area, no issues at all on casino property

[flyingillini]

Illini how much do you charge as a tour guide to all the blowie cafes/BJ bars/massage parlors in Vietnam?

Free

[jjgold]

Landers actually lives in that hotel he worked a deal with the manager it figures that’s where he would be

[flyingillini]

LOL

They have security all over the area, no issues at all on casino property

As soon as you step foot off the property, no security walking up the stairs. Very dangerous at night. I took an Uber last night. Hahaha

[flyingillini]

Landers actually lives in that hotel he worked a deal with the manager it figures that’s where he would be

Landers gave me the best tour ever ! He knows everything and everywhere. He is like the second coming , but better!!

[Brock Landers]

As soon as you step foot off the property, no security walking up the stairs. Very dangerous at night. I took an Uber last night. Hahaha

Many times a cop at the top of the train deck....no worries pal

But, as always, keep your head on a swivel