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What was the biggest shock when you visited Malaysia for the first time? Dirk Weber, Regular traveler in Southeast Asia I am from Germany. But when I first arrived in Malaysia I had already travelled for a year or so in Southeast Asia and had previously spent three months in Thailand. So my culture shock was rather comparing my travel experience in these countries than with my own culture. I arrived in a relative touristy region of Malaysia, with the train in Butterworth to get to Penang. Like in many places among the first to greet me were taxi drivers. Of course they asked me if I needed a ride. I was already prepared for an annoying discussion why I needed none and told them I would take the ferry. And instead of telling me that there was none or that it takes too long, was too expensive etc like drivers in touristy regions of Thailand would do, they just showed me the way to get there. The same happened when I arrived in Penang. Another thing was that many people spoke quit

Answered by  Gareth Davies , Lived in Malaysia for 13 Years (KL) | www.quora.com ============= As a non-Malaysian who has lived here for a long time, I’d say a lot of ‘expats’ are moving away too. Even those who weren't relocated here by their company, and actually aren't expats (like me). If you are single or a young-couple it’s a great hub with fairly high English proficiency, very multi-cultural and amazing food culture. It’s a really good place to travel regionally, cost of living is still fairly low apart from Cars (which have become a lot less necessary with Uber and Grab) and housing which can be reasonable if you don’t stay in a prime area (KL, Mon’t Kiara, Bangsar). Income tax is fairly high, higher than Singapore for example which caps out at 22% vs 28% in Malaysia has FAR better infrastructure, Internet, education levels, public transport etc. But there are a lot of downsides, the way people drive, the lack of consistent, easy to access public transpor

Answered by Noraina Rashid |  www.quora.com Lack opportunity. Inferiority Complex. In need of luck. I grew up poor. Not dirt poor but more towards urban poor. My dad is not working due to his health, my mum at that time is just a tutor with 3 young kids. 1. Opportunities are limited for urban poor which are more likely to be classified as middle income class. You can’t do farming to be self sustainable. You don’t get hand outs because you are not considered living in poverty. You are basically poor without any help. Start of school year is the hardest because my parents need to buy me new books because I am ineligible for free textbooks (that is until 2008 when the government declare all are eligible for the free textbook scheme). I am the eldest, so there are no hands me down here. 2. I am not discriminated but I feel inferior. I don’t have Roxy or hard rock cafe merchandises. My parents bought me oversized uniforms so it can fit me until I finish the whole 5 years of hig