Yeah, I'd say many places in Asia hit the same affordable/convince as KL, but they aren't as "boring". I lived in KL for two months and had a pretty similar experience. Lived in the sunway velocity condos which was connected to Sunway velocity mall. Pool & gym in the building, grocery store was a short air conditioned walk away along with a bunch of different restaurants.
I was living in a bubble (by choice), very efficient and very boring.
I had a pretty similar setup in Busan in South Korea, but the party scene was too fun. Much worse if you're trying to be "efficient".
Strong agree. I'd also add 'comfortable'. For example, to contrast it with bali or vietnam, there's almost no physical pollution, air pollution, and little noise pollution. It's weird how these little things add up, but I have about 10% more energy here, which matters toward the end of the day when you can get more hours of quality work done (assuming productivity matters).
> Pool & gym in the building
Also fortunate to have this. They're a bit better quality than in most parts of the world. I think it has to do with low labour costs in Malaysia, so they're well enough maintained to be inviting and you're motivated to use them more (a very good thing).
I was living in a bubble (by choice), very efficient and very boring.
I had a pretty similar setup in Busan in South Korea, but the party scene was too fun. Much worse if you're trying to be "efficient".