“The locals were always pleasant and if you knew a few words of Vietnamese you moved way up in the world.”
“If you want people to like you, you have only to spend a little money.” Ernest Hemingway
(In fairness to the Vietnamese E.H. was discussing the French.)
I suppose one could live in Cook county for a while to get used to living under a communist form of government. With the exception of the language, the transition from Chicago to Vietnam would be eased by the warmer climate and reduced level of street violence and crime.
With the exception of the language,
Guessing? The English spoken in Vietnam today would be easier understood than the English/ebonics spoken in much of Chicago.