This is my first post after reading for years. Lived in Thailand for 11 hrs. Learned the language, speak, read and write, moved my daughter and Thai wife back to US in 2012, best thing I ever done. I had a car in Thailand and used it mainly for trips and golfing. If I didn't golf Thailand would be like you said, boring as hell, but, driving in Thailand is spending half your life behind the wheel. Living in Thailand is for some, but for me, it was like living in a country filled with adult teenagers. My wife has a bachelors degree and here in US its the education of a 6 grader. Nice things in life are very expensive over there. I'm in the central US and not so expensive around here and life is good. My daughter is 4 now in preschool and schooling is great in smaller towns. Yeah, I pay taxes but it's worth it for me. I can drive down to the local Dairy Queen for a treat in 5 min. Then go for a nice drive on the edge of town with little to no traffic. Play golf n 3 to 4 hrs, Thailand was about 9 to 10 hrs including the driving, showering, traffic jams at toll booths almost everyday. Somebody was trying to cheat me constantly in Thailand. I could go on and on about pluses and minuses but there were very few pluses in Thailand for me, especially with a family. I'll take the US any day.
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This is my first post after reading for years. Lived in Thailand for 11 hrs. Learned the language, speak, read and write, moved my daughter and Thai wife back to US in 2012, best thing I ever done. I had a car in Thailand and used it mainly for trips and golfing. If I didn't golf Thailand would be like you said, boring as hell, but, driving in Thailand is spending half your life behind the wheel. Living in Thailand is for some, but for me, it was like living in a country filled with adult teenagers. My wife has a bachelors degree and here in US its the education of a 6 grader. Nice things in life are very expensive over there. I'm in the central US and not so expensive around here and life is good. My daughter is 4 now in preschool and schooling is great in smaller towns. Yeah, I pay taxes but it's worth it for me. I can drive down to the local Dairy Queen for a treat in 5 min. Then go for a nice drive on the edge of town with little to no traffic. Play golf n 3 to 4 hrs, Thailand was about 9 to 10 hrs including the driving, showering, traffic jams at toll booths almost everyday. Somebody was trying to cheat me constantly in Thailand. I could go on and on about pluses and minuses but there were very few pluses in Thailand for me, especially with a family. I'll take the US any day.