Bangkok vs. NYC vs. Hong Kong – Which City Wins?

what are the differences in similarities between Bangkok New York City and Hong Kong today I'm joined with my New York actor friend Matt L who saw you at the scene of the crime with the murder weapon I hold all the cards it's bad no no no to have a steady job you spent a lot of time in all three places yes I spent a lot of time in all three places let's just get into it man Point number one public transit how do you compare the BTS Sky Train with the MTA in New York the most ratchet one ever and then the MTR in Hong Kong well in the arit awards there's only only New York and Bangkok compete in general um but I think Hong Kong's a clear one a they're s tier right like there's hardly anywhere in the world that's better Subway uh they say that uh if you don't see the next train coming into the station it's already late so that's how frequently they run it's the cleanest they all have the glass doors so you're giving the MTR in Hong Kong s tier yes all right but I would say New York City gets s tier in terms of character oh yeah you're going to get something for social media every single time you're somebody peeing on the train dancing on the train yeah Showtime you're going to see a guy hit on a girl on the train you might even see somebody smoking crack on the train like I've seen videos of everything and in person I seen uh obviously people sleeping on the train the New York F subway system the MTA is probably famous for just like literally being like another planet right uh the Instagram account Subway creatures has all that concept right right what is your favorite ratchet thing that you see in new in the New York City subway I'm going to ask you first while I think of all the things and that I'm thinking about I would say the kids selling candy the churro lady to be honest I'm not eating those churros way too stale uh I was the Bangkok BTS really I've never seen almost anything ret no but the I mean the understanding is that BTS and MRT and Bangkok it's kind of like a like a rich person's mode of transportation right they're not taking the ferry they're not taking those non- aond conditioned buses right I would agree I would agree that that's true that it occupies a different place in the societal structure right right so Subway is not considered a glamorous way to travel in New York but it is in Bangkok right right right I don't see uh like the New York subway is so crazy guys and I don't want to make this whole video about New York because people subway surf on top that's really dangerous for the kids right now and then uh people obviously I don't even want to get into out like push people up front of the train to like murder them yeah I don't know thought for Crime yeah it's just crazy man listen more our density density I would say the New York City has a mixed population density Hong Kong is the most crammed of the three places and Bangkok is generally for a major Mega City way more spread out however certain districts can feel like Hong Kong right selectively I I think just the sheer amount of people you'll get that sort of energy in New York and Hong Kong that you won't get in Bangkok you might feel the density with motorcycles and traffic here but it's not going to be walking on the street as much uh the density also is kind of what I think makes Hong Kong the beauty of it right everything is seem like it's not more than 15 minutes away right but you know some parts of Manhattan are like that but bong everything seems like it's 30 minutes away and you know what's interesting is the main difference is Hong Kong and New York City real estate is Sky High MH uh but Bangkok real estate obviously comparatively for a mega City much cheaper like you can rent something here for $1,000 us that would cost 5,000 in New York or Hong Kong yeah there's no no there's no question about value in Bangkok um China does Hong Kong does have a lot of Great Value but not in the real estate right more than like in what like food or something like that good oh Transportation I think is RA you like as far as Transportation the amount you pay for the quality of Subway or even the public buses in Hong Kong and the tram you're paying less than a dollar and you're getting much better quality I was just in Hong Kong like uh 6 weeks ago though and the food was starting to get up there starting no I'm sitting the Hong Kong food was getting oh food yeah um all right we got to talk into this speaking of food there is a lot of like Southern Chinese influence actually in Hong Kong New York in Bangkok yeah yeah so I said basically what I'm saying is a very Southern Chinese food is like one ton noodles egg noodles yeah and you can get you can get bami in Thailand it's called Bak me or like one me in Cantonese and then it's just called like yellow noodles I guess in New York I don't know I guess would you call them egg noodles right so I guess what I'm saying is that is noteworthy the three of the great cities that are the most similar Bangkok New York and Hong Kong do have a lot of like you know there's a lot of one Tong noodles around yeah I mean that's what I always get in Chinatown New York too so yeah I mean I just think like that's something that always stood out to me especially I guess with Bangkok was the amount of like mixed deu and Cantonese influences and stuff like that point number four Street Markets would you say that New York is based around what Deli and bodegas but then obviously there's a few what taco trucks hot dog trumps from the old school halal food yeah I'm trying to think of the equivalent street from from New York would you say like dog Pizza would you say like uh Popeyes say our version of it oh there's a lot of Popeyes in New York now but that's a new thing I guess uh Hong Kong doesn't really have as much street food as it used to yeah there's a couple places but there's it used to be like everywhere was like some Zer Pole or something like that or like dipie dongs but that's kind of all I would say it's all going away yeah yeah I went to one of the taou area and that's the one area that you will not hear any English in Hong Kong which is a very English speaking place right right right or maybe near the border as well near the uh mainland China border yeah new territories um I would say that Bangkok still has a ton of street food though like but I heard that even in Bangkok it's starting to move towards uh moving the malls yeah I think like I'm saying they they the government yeah like the government had an initiative to move all the street stalls off the street to make the sidewalks more are you a fan of that man to be honest I got to Bangkok once all that stuff had gone away so it's hard to miss it but you probably remember a time you probably went to Bangkok when it was like the street the markets were out on the streets right yeah so that that's the one thing that Bangkok will give you that the other places won't like New York if you consider hot dog carts street food or Hal carts like they have licenses and permits that they have to have to stay like separate right Bangkok it just feels like you could just oh I'm going to just sell like oysters or pancakes or you know tell Roy on this like this territory and I don't know who's in charge if there's like a organized crime that's involved keep it but but just like it's whoever's whoever gets there first could sell here right listen guys people are going to roast me for this in the comment section I've been doing full content for like 12 years on YouTube I've Been Everywhere a lot of places in the world I'm going to the mall if I go to Singapore I'm going go to the hacker stalls that are in the mall over the regular yes over the regular in Bangkok I'm I just go get the the the street foods at like in a mall oh so you're telling me you don't you don't want to you don't want to rough it anymore what happened man I I think that in the mall it's more uh the quality control is there yeah I think the cleanliness is there and actually often times like you know you you maybe uh load up a card and then it's all on like one payment card system like 21 I just think it's easier I met some uh Americans from Chicago and they totally seem like you're chatting Becky but they were roughing it out they were eating the uh you know what's that pork like what uh the the the stew pork overnight what they were eating like in which in which city bangk Che oh Che gong Le gong Le called gong they're roughing it they're roughing it number five uh what do you think about the dating in the different cities New York City I mean this could be like a whole video on its own but what do you think about dating in New York versus Hong Kong versus Bangkok I'll make it really short I mean are you talking from like an Asian-American guins or just generald honestly people on New York a lot I think it's pretty good for a guy like like I know everyone has a different experience maybe we I'll see different profiles but like New York has a lot more girls there's a lot of variety maybe maybe you will see a lot of the same girls and you know they're all kind of well put together I'm going to go Bangkok number one for an Asian-American guy but for a guy in general it could be New York depending on how much money you have and how you look and then Hong Kong at a far third the number one number one and number two could be interchangeable depending on your own personal attributes Hong Kong by far number in my opinion you know what's crazy Hong Kong I feel like was I I was putting like the wilt numbers are coming in for H dude I don't know is it the feel I don't know it could be it could be it could be you are an actor but I'm just saying no I just look very cantones and know like maybe maybe some Chad look it's possible it's possible yeah I'm not I'm not a big HK guy in terms of dating I'm not saying that you know man we'll get into the story maybe that's another video but this is quasi related by dating and nightlife number six how you saying it I'm saying this New York City nlife is super diverse Hong Kong is all either lqu or TST depending if you're more local you go to TST s or if you're more uh International you go to lqu Fong right and then I'm seeing Bangkok is really just wild the whole thing is wild yeah like there's nothing not wild about bangkok's night life like is wild do and through there's one thing that I think that makes New York City a little bit more wild than Bangkok Bangkok they have a lot of wild Pockets like but you know RCA uh you know the Fong lakay and N whatever but those are all kind of spread out when you're in New York if you're an Asian-American guy you go to k toown that's kind of all right there my best friend who moved to LA for business school his the first thing he texted me was missing New York ktown because oh we could have just gone out to Ichi or somewhere and just we didn't have a plan we just could have G anywhere else and made it crazy I know what you're saying the density of being able to walk and bounce around is completely different whereas in La like you're just going to get stuck at Mama lion cuz like where you going to go Mama lion terracotta like he says once you go to a place in La you're just closes that 2 to it doesn't allow you to bounce around I agree I agree especially if you have a lot of spontaneous friends it's it's good to have that number seven cost of living I'm going to go New York number one but it could be Hong Kong right 1B and then I'm going to go Bangkok easily number three in terms of cost of living or number one in the sense of like Bangkok gives you the best bang for your buck compared to New York and Hong Kong well there's no question Bangkok will give you the best value cuz there's nothing housing is always the biggest thing and there's I don't know how many hotels there are there's just so much competition so much real estate and you'll just you'll just get all the amenities you could ever want for the prodction but but to be fair in Bangkok there things that are better deals than others right like if we're talking about omes they're about only 20% cheaper if you're talking about Thai food it could be 80% cheaper beef probably only 25% cheaper massages 75% cheaper so it actually still goes it's still lifestyle based to something exactly and and I think you could almost make New York cheaper if you just if you liveed somewhere deeper on Brooklyn or queens and then didn't really spend the same amount on on your expenses and you could cook more right but Hong Kong is sometimes you can't avoid the the expensive nature of Hong Kong okay I can see what you're saying basically it depends but long story short that's it probably goes New York number one overall Hong Kong then 1 a 1B and then and then Bangkok number eight shopping I think they New York probably has the best culture of shopping I think Hong Kong has the most access for resellers as a global resale Market because you have China right there you can buy and bulk and shenzen and things like that and then Bangkok has insane mold but I think that foreign brands are the most up in Bangkok in the sense that like Zara here is almost like double the price of New York Zara or of course Spain Zara yeah I that was very surprising to me something maybe I took for granted in New York live in Chinatown right Soho is like 5 minutes walking they have the best selection of clothes there and they're actually much cheaper than Thailand too that was a big surprise right right right if you want to get like your trendy New York Brands a kith obviously going to be super marked up in Thailand uh versus in New York even it's still expensive in New York uh number nine what about the vibe and just the general energy like I will say this I think New York's Vibe is always up but right now workingclass people in New York feel like they're getting pushed out and a lot of local New Yorkers feel like the city's not for them anymore there's a lot of Dubai ification London ification going on in the sense that all the systems are catered to Rich outside people coming in with uh big Bank rolls so you're saying when a city gets successful there's always a downside that people aren't really happy about like this you know big successful City lower birth rates too right get so get so expensive that it's harder and harder for people to have kids yeah but I but I feel like the people who are in New York always love being there whereas like like whether you're poor medium or Rich you always love being in New York but it's getting a little bit harder for different segments I would say Hong Kong right now would you agree with me the down the vibe is kind of down I can't explain it you made a video on like is Hong Kong on its way out and I almost wanted to search for answers there because I couldn't explain it either but it's almost like you just had to be there like I've been to Hong Kong seven times and in the past it just felt like more cinematic more like I have to tell my friends about the experience it sounded like there was a little bit of spice missing this last visit dude even if we want to use like was it Lulu wings like xats as a first of all I don't think Hollywood is a great proxy for anything but like even xats was about the kid getting kidnapped in L and K like in in in Flower Street you what I mean like like that was the whole premise of xats is the hopper kit getting kidnapped and like killed or something like that whereas like that was such like a dark premise for Hong Kong like old Hong Kong movies were like you know what I mean like God of the gamblers the economy is booming in the 80s and '90s like we all getting money but who got the most you know what I'm saying like it goes to show you even the xats was like kind of like had a cloud on it uh yeah I guess we need another long Kai War but but but I would say that Bangkok the vibe is up right now oh yeah like it's it's stocks up I mean we're not I don't think it's plateauing you know for any time super soon but you could you could make an argument some parts of Thailand or a little bit uh getting still like maybe like puket or something like that exactly yeah um Point number 10 man how do you pick one bro between NYC Hong Kong and Bangkok where what what are you what do you care about man cuz I know you're a big foodie you like fine dining you like Street dining you like I mean everything that everybody else likes right like like you're not like a super fringed person or anything the same things that I like like you like nice experiences nice people good food good vibes like there's a reason why Bangkok I guess for me is the most visited place in the world right now according to like 10 different charts yeah like people just I feel like the vibe is up it's accessible the affordability you get a lot of Bang from your buck especially coming from the Western World so that's my pig yeah when it comes to visiting I I would put Bangkok number one with the bullet Hong Kong I just feel like it's more of a place to live make money have a you know a convenient predictable life that's going to be uh it's almost just feels like everything's in the right place in Hong Kong for your routine but when it comes yeah big Bangkok is just excitement I mean I'll a quote my friend Gus here where he was in Singapore he moved from there from New York and he found out his was way to Bangkok I'm like you're going to join me he's like well you know I can never say no to a weekend in Bangkok and I'm like what do you mean by that he's like huh I don't know how to describe it it's like maybe for you guys like a weekend in Miami but on steroids maybe a little Vegas in there but he's like yeah I'm the expert in Bangkok he's been there like six times now I understand why he keeps going bash right right there just something for everyone yeah I would describe like a golden era of Vegas maybe like 10 15 years ago from like La SoCal Asians absolutely I knew a guy who went like four times in one week oh you you you think 15 years ago is a golden ER Vegas this is like Vegas honestly I'll say this shout out to Vegas if you got gotten more brand deals for us it's not the spot anymore in my opinion definitely no bang for your book in Vegas um I guess what which one are you rolling with right now cuz I know you're going back to New York to continue your acting career uh so you just I guess you just splitting time yeah I'm I'm rolling with New York but I'm I'm a free agent in my mind like this is just this is just the president here like if the Bangkok movie industry wants to hit you up you're like yeah I'm available well I'm not even sure what I mean it's whether it's you know entertainment or acting or it's something else like I'm still you know I like to be involved with things corporate is still important like the jobs is important like New York has all the jobs Bangkok what I found out is so many jobs are based off tourism here and and one super Hospitality center right you're right and and I would like to see Bangkok diversify for the good of the Thai people and for just people in general um because there's so many people that just move here for work for Hospitality serving the people who are visiting here it almost just needs that balance that I think New York is because New York seems like careful if I'm wrong New York seems like kind of this like hot girl who has it all and people yeah people come for visiting and the tourism and they don't mind that tourism money but they're still G on all its Tech and finance and all these other industries that really pay the bills for the city yeah I would say in my opinion in New York Finance might make up like 40% and the other 60% could go like 10% other Industries yeah like 40% Finance 10 10 10 10 10 10 fashion marketing Global headquarters of whatever whatever everyone want to have their headquarters in New York and as much as you know us New Yorkers we love to complain about New York one thing that's really really going to be hard to match is the well-roundedness of the city and that there is kind of an industry and a place for everyone in that own sense maybe yeah we'll complain about the cost of living but as far as versatility it's it's really an unmat City for sure for sure I mean dude all the heads of Industries I mean New York calls that calls itself the capital of the world for a reason but that doesn't mean depending on your circumstances you know everything is like atomized and individualize nowadays guys so make sure if you guys want to come to Bangkok I got a really cool you know tiger Club Camp coming up soon that's going to be on this website link that in the uh section below follow Matt that's just a quick comparison of three guys who spent a lot of time in New York a lot of time in Hong Kong and a lot of time in Bangkok what do you guys think are the pros and cons and I guess what are the avats of what we just said I mean I want to I want to know what you think in the past video you said what's the uh echi you're living in is the cattle Bell of Bangkok so what's the B what's the bench press neighborhood of Bangkok then the bench press neighborhood would probably be like could you said ecomize look got everything I don't know probably like plowing and chit or like chitlom or something I don't know like I'm trying to think of like what what the bench press would be prom pong I don't know anyway guys let me know what you guys think of this video comparing Bangkok New York City in Hong Kong in the comments section below uh check out Matt stuff again when's your new movie coming out uh yeah for it's March 9th at sou off by Southwest new Premiere and you know depending on what the investors see what they like they will decide what kind of distribution they'll have so maybe coming to streaming or here is near you we'll see all right man appreciate you bet you guys until next time man we out peace