I live on that up here in issan no problem depends on your life style we have a beautiful house 2 motorbikes and a new car what else do you want if you are happy I'll have beer when I want and cook our own grown food and buy farang food couldn't do that in Australia on the pension and we travel around Thailand resorts are cheap if your wife negotiates a price stayed at Chiang khan and it was 500bht a night in a new resort you couldn't get that in Australia