Originally Posted by RealSNR
My thoughts, btw:
A: Complete no go. After Spain, Portugal, and SW Ireland, you get... Botswana as the next least terrible thing I guess? What little upside there is would have bad odds.
B: A lot to like. Most of Western Europe would be awesome, and there's not a bad chance of it. Rwanda has actually become the economic jewel of Africa in recent years, so that wouldn't be so bad, but there are just way too many ways to to have a sufferable life in this one. The Congo is one of the poorest places on earth, Chad and wide portions of sub-Saharan and Saharan Africa have dreadful quality of life, and Libya and Sudan get to combine poverty, horrible climate/living conditions AND civil unrest, wars, and constant violence. I wouldn't roll the dice on this one.
C: Similar problems to B, but you have an even lower percentage chance of getting a good country/locality. The Balkans aren't exactly a walk in the park, and this one also includes a large chunk of Ukraine.
D: The upside here I guess is one of the oil-rich Arab states, and that's only good if you're rich and a man. I'm quibbling here, because Australia is probably nice, but Perth is sooooo secluded from everything. You're getting Chennai in India, which wouldn't be the absolute worst if you don't mind all the monsoon floods. But yeah... Iran and Afghanistan and the possibility of getting foddered in Putin's war is a no for me.
E: Japan is the goal here, obviously. Some lovely parts of Indonesia and Vietnam are possible, and you do get Singapore, but this is pretty much the entirety of the population of China and India. You're not likely to be one of the rich ones in those countries. Bangladesh seems like a horrible existence.
F: Odds are under 50% that you score Canada or those corners of the US. And you're getting some of those polluted Russian cities like Chelyabinsk and Norilsk. Still, that's not terrible compared to some of the bottom places in these other zones.
G: See, this one ranks way lower for me. South Korea would be good if you were smart and loved working your ass off, and Manchuria is on the more peaceful side of China, but North Korea is too high of a likelihood. I'm all out on this one.
H: This is probably the most likely choice. New Guinea is poverty, but that's about it.
I: You've got decent odds to come out ahead on this one, but the absolute bottom here is pretty low.
J: Similar to I. Pretty good odds to come out ahead. Don't like Venezuela, and when you get to poor parts of Brazil, those are REEEEALLY poor parts. Also, if land distribution plays a role in these odds, you're most likely to end up in a village in the Amazon. I'd probably rather die in a war than by any of the shit that lives in that god-forsaken hell hole.
For me, I'm mostly concerned about rolling snake eyes, so I'd rank them like this:
1. H
2. F. Its worst is probably the best of them all
3-4. I and J. I think you get close to 50-50 odds of landing in America in these? Could be wrong.
Now in my opinion after these zones it becomes which hell hole nightmare do you prefer over the rest?
5. E. If you get lucky, you're doing pretty well. If you get unlucky, you're still probably in a survivable situation and can grow somewhat old.
6-7. B and C. If I strike out in one of these zones, I'm probably not going to make it to age 20 anyway, so I guess I'll take them for the reset button option.
And for the rest... yeah, Horrible options. I guess I'll go with G at 8, and A and D are tied for last place at 9-10.
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