Garadene, of course my hometown isn't going for any of those things, that's one of the things I find so exciting about this place. As for the income tax & ridiculous pay, ya I probably would stay. As I've said, I haven't gotten enough of the expat life yet.

"We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect." Ambrose Bierce