Overnight sex service (Batam has plenty and cheaper)
One thing unique about Batam is that since the 80s till now, it still offers overnight booking girl service for customers. This is something we as cheongsters need to appreciate. Because in JB and msia there is generally no overnight booking of girls unless you are willing to pay a exorbitant fee.
The next nearest paradise cewek overnight booking place is Hatyai which is 890km from spore. You would'nt want to travel 890km just to enjoy overnight booking which you can just travel 13km to experience the same enjoyment in Batam, would you ? Massage Booking joints, KTV booking joints, disco, freelancers, pubs, street walkers in batam offers overnight booking.
Risks of being raid (Cheong in JB is very risky)
Although Msia has about 50% muslim population, it is a muslim country.
Whereas in Indonesia has more than 90% muslim but it is not a muslim country.
There is this so called religious police or polisi agama in JB who will go round raiding hotels, massage parlour, etc to check whether any muslim girls working in those trade. If a non-muslim man get caught in a room with a muslim lady by the religious police, the non-muslim man will be punished very severely. That's the reason why when customer book malay girls in hotel, they have to be discreet unlike in Batam, can openly bring cewek back to your hotel.
Almost everybody knows that Batam is a place where cewek can be booked overnight and till now seems like there is no enforcement and the sex trade continue to grow..Many customers feel more peace of mind and worry free to cheong in Batam than in JB..
Shopping malls (JB more)
Over the past few years, JB city has been developed very quickly as investment from china developers start pouring hugh sum of money into it building residential, commercial, industrial properties & infrastructure. This can be seen from the recent JB shopping malls that were just ready like IKEA Tebrau, Paradigm mall,etc JB also building the super hugh upcoming Southkey mid valley megamall. Other famous JB mall include Aeon mall (5 branches), Tesco mall (6 branches), Giant mall (3 branches)
On the opposite, Batam has the 4 main popular mall, nagoya hill, DC mall, BCS mall & harbourbay mall. Therefore Batam is not a good place for retiree who love to shop.
Conclusion
Whether to retire in JB or Batam depend on your lifestyle you like to live, how frequent you like to cheong, what type of cewek you prefer (brown sugar, yellow sugar, etc), whether you love travelling within the city, your health condition, the need to travel to spore unexpectedly and most important of all is the amount of retirement savings you have...