Top 10 Reasons to Move to Ethiopia
10. Insanely cheap eating (meal, drink, and coffee can cost 1USD per person)
9. Lose weight quick (of the GI variety)
8. The slow pace of life
7. Ethiopians are gracious, kind (unless on the street) and very attractive
6. Labor is cheap (get your own houseworker, guards)
5. The lack of advertising (unless you can read Amharic!)
4. The overall cost of living can be very affordable
3. If you have ever wanted to be stared and oogled at.
2. Coke doesnt have high fructose corn syrup
1. The sublime climate
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Top 10 Reasons not to move to Ethiopia
10. Your body can handle only so much Injara b wat
9. Lose weight quick (of the GI variety)
8. If you take it personally when drivers dont use their turn signals, pull out in front of you, and run you off the road
7. Cold and depressing rainy season
6. General inefficiency tends to be thematic among the bureaucracy
5. The slow pace of life
4. If you prefer to brush your teeth with tap water
3. If you like simple errands to be just that--simple
2. If you have asthma or for some reason need clean, breathable air
1. If you take it personally when every single person yells "Foreigner" at you
But if you are really wondering what to really think about living in Africa, read How to write about Africa. Brilliant.
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