There are many people from America living in Mexico and commute across the border like you do. Also what are English teachers in Asia? We are blue collars who look like white collars. Originally it was rich kids just looking for an experience but more and more of them just don’t have opportunities at home. I am one of the few who grew to like it and was confident enough to go independent instead of getting paid minimum wage.
You are probably right about a certain kinds of jobs, yeah. But I think you are imaging Asia to be much worse than US or EU when it’s really not unless you are rich there. Much of my generation is going into ridiculous debt that they will never be able to pay off, and that debt is getting harder and harder to acquire anyway. It’s a similar rat race everywhere although some apartments in some places are way worse than others.