• Travis Carrasquillo moved from Hawaii to Hanoi for a job in 2019. • Six years later, he's still in Vietnam and has no plans to move back to the US. • He says the cost of living is affordable, the food is healthy, and there's a strong sense of community.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Travis Carrasquillo, 37, a content creator living in Da Nang, Vietnam. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I've been living in Vietnam for six years now.

Before moving here, I was based in Hawaii, working as a behavior analyst supporting children from military families with autism. It was an incredibly stressful job, and I knew I'd have to find a different path eventually because I couldn't keep that up forever.

I'd always loved traveling, and after visiting the Philippi

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