Maybe consider some 2nd/ 2nd and a half tier cities in South Africa (e.g. Durban, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, East London).
1. Level of beauty in women and their difficulty level
There are plenty of good looking girls. Outside of Cape Town and the rich areas of Joburg they tend to be easygoing. Overweight/Obesity is a problem, but amongst the middle class and above, and those striving for this status, less so.
2. Openess of local culture, is it easy to make friends, are people warm, friendly, and open?
People are very friendly. Again. Outside of Cape Town, where many people are snobbish, and the rich areas of Joburg (Northern Suburbs), where many people are paranoid and self absorbed, the population is very friendly.
3. Have some kind of night time entertainment, eg. Clubs, bars,
Most decent sized cities will have at least one decent club and at least one gentrified strip where restaurants and bars have moved back in after reseizing the area from criminals and neglect.
4. Have some kind of day timw enterfainment, eg outdoor activities, cultural events
This is more difficult in 2nd tier cities. Cape Town isawesome in this respect, but is also by far the most expensive city in the country to live in. You could definitely do it, but $3,000 would take you much further elsewhere. When a smaller city does get some sort of big event, that event is obviously well supported. So you'll tend to run into many people you already know.
5. Cost and difficulty of leaningnew local lanuage.
English is one of the 11 (that's right, 11) official languages, but is the Lingua Franca. It's improbable you'll be gaming anyone who does not have at least a basic grasp of English.
6. Weather. Sunny. Warm prefered. But not
priority if other factors are good.
Sunny and warm or hot most of the year, for all the country. Can get quite cold in mid-winter, but can also have some of the best days at this time. Almost no houses are properly insulated (eg double glazing) and/or have central heating, so indoor temperatures in mid winter can get uncomfortably cold. It's as if the local population is in denial about it ever getting cold. Even rich people refuse to properly prepare their houses for the actual temperatures mid-winter. But it is a outdoor "fun in the sun" culture. For around 9 months of the year you could probably live in shorts. Though obviously this is not going to help your night game.
7. Have a positive vibe
Difficult one to answer. Some people are unrealistically positive, others are unrealistically negative. Lots of people on the extremes.
8. Safety
Not really very safe. Very high rate of violent crime. A lot of it is directed towards people who "know each other" and involve stupidly trivial issues and a fair dose of alcohol that result in stabbings/murder. As a tourist/ex-pat you are not even remotely part if that world. But muggings etc. definitely do occur. You'll have to be much more vigilant than any first world area you can imagine. With the possible exception of certain notorious areas in the US or Britain like Detroit or Newcastle. Though I haven't been to these ares so can't comment.
As a final note on costs:
People spending long periods of time in South Africa need to budget for a car. Yes, the majority of the population gets by without one, but an expat would not be able to live reasonably carless. Don't even think about living here longer than a week or two without your own car. Most economical would be to buy a used car, which would cost a bit more than in the US, and get insurance locally, which costs less than in the US. But you'd obviously need the cash to do this since no local bank is going to give a newly arrived ex-pat a car-loan. (Unless you work for a top tier international company like, say, Deutsche Bank and they provide all sorts of sureties.) Metered taxis are laughably expensive (much more expensive/km than taxis in Manhattan) and long term car rentals will also be much more expensive than buying a used car and reselling 6 months later.
1. Level of beauty in women and their difficulty level
There are plenty of good looking girls. Outside of Cape Town and the rich areas of Joburg they tend to be easygoing. Overweight/Obesity is a problem, but amongst the middle class and above, and those striving for this status, less so.
2. Openess of local culture, is it easy to make friends, are people warm, friendly, and open?
People are very friendly. Again. Outside of Cape Town, where many people are snobbish, and the rich areas of Joburg (Northern Suburbs), where many people are paranoid and self absorbed, the population is very friendly.
3. Have some kind of night time entertainment, eg. Clubs, bars,
Most decent sized cities will have at least one decent club and at least one gentrified strip where restaurants and bars have moved back in after reseizing the area from criminals and neglect.
4. Have some kind of day timw enterfainment, eg outdoor activities, cultural events
This is more difficult in 2nd tier cities. Cape Town isawesome in this respect, but is also by far the most expensive city in the country to live in. You could definitely do it, but $3,000 would take you much further elsewhere. When a smaller city does get some sort of big event, that event is obviously well supported. So you'll tend to run into many people you already know.
5. Cost and difficulty of leaningnew local lanuage.
English is one of the 11 (that's right, 11) official languages, but is the Lingua Franca. It's improbable you'll be gaming anyone who does not have at least a basic grasp of English.
6. Weather. Sunny. Warm prefered. But not
priority if other factors are good.
Sunny and warm or hot most of the year, for all the country. Can get quite cold in mid-winter, but can also have some of the best days at this time. Almost no houses are properly insulated (eg double glazing) and/or have central heating, so indoor temperatures in mid winter can get uncomfortably cold. It's as if the local population is in denial about it ever getting cold. Even rich people refuse to properly prepare their houses for the actual temperatures mid-winter. But it is a outdoor "fun in the sun" culture. For around 9 months of the year you could probably live in shorts. Though obviously this is not going to help your night game.
7. Have a positive vibe
Difficult one to answer. Some people are unrealistically positive, others are unrealistically negative. Lots of people on the extremes.
8. Safety
Not really very safe. Very high rate of violent crime. A lot of it is directed towards people who "know each other" and involve stupidly trivial issues and a fair dose of alcohol that result in stabbings/murder. As a tourist/ex-pat you are not even remotely part if that world. But muggings etc. definitely do occur. You'll have to be much more vigilant than any first world area you can imagine. With the possible exception of certain notorious areas in the US or Britain like Detroit or Newcastle. Though I haven't been to these ares so can't comment.
As a final note on costs:
People spending long periods of time in South Africa need to budget for a car. Yes, the majority of the population gets by without one, but an expat would not be able to live reasonably carless. Don't even think about living here longer than a week or two without your own car. Most economical would be to buy a used car, which would cost a bit more than in the US, and get insurance locally, which costs less than in the US. But you'd obviously need the cash to do this since no local bank is going to give a newly arrived ex-pat a car-loan. (Unless you work for a top tier international company like, say, Deutsche Bank and they provide all sorts of sureties.) Metered taxis are laughably expensive (much more expensive/km than taxis in Manhattan) and long term car rentals will also be much more expensive than buying a used car and reselling 6 months later.
