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I'm a country boy as well but that will not be an option for me here in Vietnam because I have been lazy and speak basically zero of the language and that isn't going to change. When I lived in Thailand I could live anywhere because I learned to speak Thai. I just don't have it in me to learn something that difficult again. Once was enough.
In Vietnam it is very rare to encounter anyone that speaks any English outside of the major cities so this is the reason why almost all of the expat community lives in those places, especially my neighborhood that is so foreigner that other than staff, you rarely see any Vietnamese people.
That makes a lot of sense. It's impressive that you were able to learn Thai. I'd love to learn mandarin or something like that, but I couldn't even handle Spanish that well in high school!