You realize there’s a difference in implementing those changes in a small island nation vs a nation the size of the US, right?
Do you think hanging people for drug offenses is remotely viable in the US? We’re going in the opposite direction and decriminalizing drug possession. The death penalty is against the law in some states. Prisons are already overcrowded, so you can’t do life in prison for drug offenses either. So what’s the plan to get tough on drugs? We started the war on drugs how many decades ago?
If you think banning guns while allowing gangs and drugs will fix America, then you have zero understanding of the issue.
Not to mention, there are plenty of parts of the US which are as safe as Singapore. Perhaps even most of it, at least measured in square miles. You just have to get granular and not base assumptions on state averages or even regional averages. Like trying to judge life in the EU based on member states Romania and Slovenia.
Mexico and Singapore enforce their laws with the same rigor?
Having laws on the book is not the same as having them universally enforced.
I find it weird people are so down on America’s state capacity to enforce our laws. If you think that way why even bother arresting the drug dealers? Surely people can still get their drugs elsewhere?
Why bother indeed if we’re just going to have revolving door justice. Now if we went Singapore on their butts…
As for Mexico’s enforcement of law it boils to culture and the social contract. If that’s messed up lots of laws won’t matter. If it isn’t messed up you don’t need a lot of laws.
Well, I think it would be also ignorant and short-sighted to just poo poo how the US has declined considerably in a matter of years. Remember, much bigger and arguably more powerful dynasties in our world’s history have fallen.
Singapore has solved it long ago. Many Malaysians come over daily in the morning to work in Singapore and go back to Malaysia in the evening. As for those further away, Singapore provides dormitories. High paying executives have home allowances. In between, junior professionals and executives, can rent a room.
Singaporeans don’t have a problem… can ignore their whining… HDBs are dirt cheap. Those who complain are that ones who want cheap prices in highly desirable locations (including top floor, good views, good facing)… they didn’t win the lottery to be assigned such a unit. Another group that complain a lot are those where their parent couldn’t pay the downpayment for them, and they are very eager to get married… btw, I live with my brother-in-law for a year while waiting for the condo to TOP. These younger Singaporeans are pampered.
Well, then I guess all those reports and videos on YouTube are all wrong…
I guess this gentleman who was interviewed was just a “poor, misguided Singaporian” who crossed the border to live in Malaysia for over 10 years and whom he also indicated that his friend was thinking about selling his HDB and coming over. These are all fake news, huh???
Only a mere close to a half a million views… (and no, those are not from San Bruno…)
I have been to Singapore. Beautiful place . But hardly significant in the world. Similar to Austin. Without you constantly promoting it I doubt most of us would give it a thought.
Basing on social media to figure out what is happening is not the best way… influencers and YouTubers don’t represent the whole population… they do represent the most vocal guys. These guys amplify the issue in focus significantly. Prices of houses esp HDBs have been quite stable for like 5-7 years before Covid, because of Covid, prices shot up due to shortage of labor and slowdown of construction. Now, HDBs are rushing to increase housing stocks by more than 50% in 5-10 years, construction is moving very fast, supplies are coming on-stream but still haven’t caught up with demand yet. Looking at a longer timeframe, the rate of price appreciation of housing is about 2-4% p.a… within what government wanted. 2-4% p.a. is far slower than Bay Area’s 6-8% p.a.
Most Singaporeans living abroad rarely renounce their citizenship and continues to keep strong ties to the country; there were only an average of 1,000 Singaporeans renouncing their citizenship annually.[6][7]
Btw, not sure why you imply that the viewership represents the number of Singaporeans intend to leave Singapore. Could also be many Singaporeans are interested to know whether is a good idea to invest in Penang or buy a vacation home there. I also clicked on it to see how good is Penang… meh.
Not sure what you mean by significant… many Americans (including you) know Singapore… even you have visited Singapore… we’re talking about property prices. Btw this thread is open by @sfdragonboy.
Remember a few years ago, you said prices in Austin won’t go up and investing in Austin property is a bad deal. Since then, prices have more than double and Austin is viewed as one of the hottest places to go to. Population is still growing fast. Btw, despite recent “huge” drop, property bought in 2017 is still more than double.
Lastly, not sure why you butt in, I was responding to @sfdragonboy’s query.
All those talks about million dollar HDB, those are resale prices in highly desirable neighborhoods with excellent facing and great views.
The article above talks about expected prices of new launches, nowhere near $million. In addition, you can get government grants up to more than $200k (can’t remember exact amount) depending on your situation. So you can buy at pretty low prices from HDB.
Same treatment. Houses own overseas are counted as owned If @sfdragonboy own one house in USA, he would be buying 2nd property and need to pay 20% ABSD.
For other foreigners who are living in Singapore and intend to migrate, should apply for PR. Once successful, can buy at 5% ABSD if didn’t own any houses (local or overseas).
Look, I went there finally for a few days last December and stayed at the Marina Bay Sands. Man, you would have thought the world economy was humming at 100000%!!! The money there was evident and just flowing…
But, I still say what is a common strategy in RE boys and girls, that applies EVERYWHERE (IMO): never buy the most expensive home in a neighborhood right? You buy the cheapest one in that neighborhood. Yeah, different country and different rulers and rules. But, I also loved Malaysia. I am betting on Malaysia. Just like I bet on the Sunset when SFHs were under 1M.
Singapore is landlocked correct? How on earth is Singapore realistically IN OUR LIFETIME going to expand? It won’t. It can’t. It’s that simple. Sure, the prom queen is hot. I get it. But if I want a good deal, I take her friend…
That’s what I thought. For many decades, Singapore is able to increase land by reclaiming seas, increase housing stocks by building taller (there was a campaign decades ago promoting tall HDBs and Condos, then many Singaporeans think government is foolish to build such tall buildings), repurpose cemeteries for residential (again campaign to convince citizens to move towards cremation, then I thought it will fail since is taboo to move buried coffins) and releasing government owned (eg Tengah Airbase) for residential development.
Look, what is being completed as we speak? The LRT or whatever that is called, but essentially a faster way to commute from Malaysia to Singapore and vice versa correct? Tell me, won’t that impact Malaysia positively? Hell yes.
Benefit both Historically, property prices in Singapore rise faster than Malaysia. Ofc, can’t extrapolate, LRT might change history. Other than LRT, safety in Malaysia has drastically improved over the past 5-10 years. We’ll see.
to be assigned such a unit. Another group that complain a lot are those where their parent couldn’t pay the downpayment for them, and they are very eager to get married… btw, I live with my brother-in-law for a year while waiting for the condo to TOP. These younger Singaporeans are pampered.
treatment. Houses own overseas are counted as owned 
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for residential (again campaign to convince citizens to move towards cremation, then I thought it will fail since is taboo to move buried coffins) and releasing government owned (eg Tengah Airbase) for residential development.