"I was being swallowed by this very competitive, very doggish, very materialistic lifestyle. I felt like I had to keep up with the Joneses, become popular, care about social status, and all these things that I never really cared about before," Lee told Business Insider.
"I quickly became depressed and realized I needed to make a change. I did some research and decided I wanted to leave America in general," he said.
"It wasn't a decision to move to Bangkok, it was a decision to just visit. But then I liked it so much that I decided to move there," he said.
Now, he lives in a $600-a-month condo in Bangkok and says he's '99% sure' he won't return to the US.
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