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The language barrier thing is barely a problem, except for dating. Even then, I often consider it more of a perk, less yapping.
I live in Vietnam now and the majority of locals speak little to no English. Sure, lots of coffee places and restaurants understand you, young people and expats understand you but the MAJORITY is clueless. Yet you still get by. It's an experience of it's own.
I had the same thing when lhttp://www.imlivin.com/why-im-moving-to-montenegro-for-two-months/. There, almost no one spoke english, even if coffee shops, and I didn't learn tha language. Yet I still got by.
Now I'm trying to learn Vietnamese and i'm getting by with the locals much better, get better prices, have more awesome experiences and get to learn even more about the culture. Anywhere you live, you should put in at least some effort to learn their language and culture. It's depressing to see expats who have lived here for years but cannot even say hello or thank you. Get some manners, people.
I don't get how expats can live in a country for years do that, especially since some of the more common destinations I was checking out for expats the language lessons are pretty cheap for learning language. In Thailand it costs like $125 for 32 lessons a month to learn thai.