“Pick random Asian cities such as Tokyo, Singapore and Taipei “
To really drive the point home: Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai are nice places to live and work other than the air pollution.
Correct. If you can get past the air pollution and slight sewer smell, any of the aforementioned cities is still way better than their American counterparts. Plus, with the possible exception of Hong Kong, these are still on the lower end of Asian cities east of the Bay of Bengal that one would most like to visit.