This is a pet peeve of mine, and I don’t think it’s a recent trend — such complaints were rampant among the expat community when I first lived in Taiwan over five years ago. I’m inclined to treat such complaints as racism (often targeted at people, not living conditions), and don’t hesitate to call complainers out for making blanket statements about locals. That said, the people who tend to complain the most are also people who seem inclined to complain about ANYTHING. And perhaps their persistent dissatisfaction was partly what compelled them to leave their home countries in the first place.
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