Hanoi
City in Vietnam. Part of Vietnam.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Most People’s Definition of Success Will Make Them Miserable | Cammi Pham 🍋 | setting | The author writes from Hanoi, where strangers in elevators comment on her weight, singleness, lack of a degree and tanned skin. |
Why Most People’s Definition of Success Will Make Them Miserable — Cammi Pham 🍋 (2025)
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I am currently in Hanoi. Nothing keeps me more humble than being in Asia.
- Role: setting
- In the article: The author writes from Hanoi, where strangers in elevators comment on her weight, singleness, lack of a degree and tanned skin. She ends with her neighbor in the elevator lecturing her about weight as she collects delivery food.
- Why it matters: Hanoi supplies the social pressure that triggers her reflection on success; the argument would need another example elsewhere in Asia but the specific city matters little.