To me it depends on your life style I’m always active building ,repairing and just making stuff that’s me that would be harder to do if living in Thailand full time then again se Asia is a fascinating place lots of history beautiful nature and of course the lady’s so we live in both worlds i spend the majority of my time here in the states also please keep in mind the media tends to sensationalize most things ( ratings I guess) it’s not as crazy here as most believe