You ever listen to the "Travel Like A Boss" podcast? This is a show about location independent entrepreneurs who mostly do drop-shipping. A lot of them live in and around South East Asia and are from the U.S. It's a lifestyle that wasn't possible until the mid-2000s. These guys make $1000 a month from this online stores yet they live like kings in these low-rent countries. For me it's one of the most interesting sociological developments of the 21st century.