Instead of Hong Kong, there is Shenzhen and Guangzhou in south China. Both of these two megacities have a lower cost of living compared to the West and are near Hong Kong and Macau.
It is around a 30 minute train ride from Shenzhen/Guangzhou to HK. (I’ve been there for tourism.)
Neither the UK.
Same problem here.
Fellow UKer
Agreed on this
While some thirst, others drown.
If you are okay with Central Asia, look for Uzbekistan or Southern Kazakhstan. Very cheap. Very sunny. Not poor like majority of Asian countries. Be ready for that a lot of things differ from Europe drastically, especially human relationships (people are more open and simple-minded). Uzbekistan’s culture is very close to Persian culture. Kazakh culture is something like Mongolian culture with a bit of Persian influence.
At this fuckin point, it’s better if I buy a house, instead of paying rent.
I could buy a house for 200k right now and mortgage would be about 800ish a month. Which is nice but I hate being tied down.
I live in Los Angeles. Cost of living here is not cheap at all.
However I can chime in. If you can somehow manage to make 3k USD a month from your laptop, here is places where you can live very comfortable:
Mexico. Places like Mexico City, Guadalajara, Ensenada are beautiful. Don’t believe the propaganda about the cartel. Most cities are peaceful. I have friends who live in Mexico and right now there’s a huge exodus of Americans moving to Mexico, so plenty of English speakers.
Thailand-Prices have gone up in last 5 years because word got out to westerners, but its still a great bang for your buck. Bonus points if you’re into Asian chicks.
Armenia-small country but the dollar goes very far. Good healthcare system, cheap medicine and the people know how to live. The culture has a great work-life balance.
China-Please check ahead that your money making venture on your laptop is not blocked by the Chinese firewall. China has very low cost of living, but same like Thailand, word getting out and a lot of westerners are moving there.
Costa Rica-This one you may need to bring in 3.5k USD a month to live like a king. Big American retirement community. Probably one of the safest countries on the planet.
Uruguay-The most developed latin American nation. Same as above, this one you may need to make closer to 3.5k a month if you want live like a king. Safe as well.
I’ve also gotten very obsessed with astrocartography to help me answer this question of where to move.
Essentially it’s the horoscope/astrology of the earth based on where the planets were when uuu were born, and it can be very powerful.
Astro.com has a good map
You can use unblocked 5G through providers like Holafly and others I can’t remember. These are legal, use for example China Telecom, but are routed through Hong Kong and are not blocked. Pricey, but work fine. Just pay attention what they say about tethering if you want to use laptop or tablet over Hotspot. Make sure it has unlimited tethering. And data. If I remember correctly, I’m paying around 70e /m.
My IP shows UK, I think. Annoying, as I wanted to get NFL GamePass but my address doesn’t match the UK location.
Even though Thailand was mentioned already, I had a customer at the gas station shortly before Christmas.
German, still owns a flat here, but lives mostly in Thailand. He works in customer service for a German company and gets a flat there for 200€. Living expenses are also cheap.
He only needs to return to Germany once a year for a few weeks to renew his Visa.
He loves to live there and if it wasn’t for the visa, he would stay there indefinitely.
Netherlands if you come here as an expat. Expect.to pay 1500 to 2000 euros a month for an appartment. On top of that perhaps 1000 euros om top of that for food.
Better off buying an appartment if you plan to stay long term.
Serbia around 400 euros a month tp rent an appartment.
Lived there back in 2008 it was a paradise back then not sure now 
Bloody stupid rule. Its so wrong by every metric.
Thank you for your time and answer
Other question at Everyone
Where would you go? and Why?
I mostly like Oaxaca. You can get a 1bedroom apartment for 600/mo and it’s one of the most beautiful cities, amazing people, best food in the world, good wifi and digital work scene, beautiful (submissive) women!
What’s not to love
Sounds very nice
Honestly, If I had to move to a place to live - 100% Albania. Cheap Rent, Local farmers for food etc, I’d live more south and near the coast.
Dated an Albanian. She was a virgin and wow 
Crazy tho 
& would 10/10 do it all again