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Penang is a food city first and everything else second. What to order, where, and crucially when, because the best stalls sell out by 8:30pm and most of them close on Mondays.
Manila is really several cities stacked together, and the one you choose changes everything. BGC for order, Poblacion for nights out, Makati for the balance. Real rent figures and what each trade-off costs.
Tokyo asks for four to six months of rent before you get the keys, and one or two months of it you never see again. Here is what moving in really costs, plus the two neighbourhoods worth basing yourself in.
Everyone who lives here calls it Saigon. Which district to pick, what rent actually costs in D1, D3 and Thao Dien, and why the neighbourhood you choose decides almost your entire monthly budget.
Taipei has the best night markets in Asia, a cafe culture that actively wants you to sit there for six hours, and rent well below Seoul or Tokyo. The most underrated big city in the region, explained.
Seoul is the one Asian city where the monthly rent is not the number that matters. Key money deposits run 10 to 20 times the rent. Here is what that means, which neighbourhood to pick, and what a month actually costs.
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