Ron jeremy

2 hours ago, WhyamIhere said:

I wonder if the government will ever realize that the farangs were the ones keeping this city going.  Visa requirements are still not very friendly.

Falang keeping the city going?

is that why 80 percent of the business are closed?

nothing there but old broke cheap Charlie’s, that why they want the Chinese back!

36 minutes ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said:

Why am I not surprised it was a Brit again? I don´t know, but I always find them overrepresented when it comes to acting like total <deleted>-UPS in Thailand.

Don´t get me wrong, I have a lot of Brittish friends. Just that it can´t go one week without hearing about it.

Had a few friends who were bar owners, 

they said the same thing, any trouble, UK hooligans 99 percent of the time.

sad but true!

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

And yet people continue to live here (me included).  Hasn't toxic air/smog been a fact of life throughout the world's cities since the Industrial Revolution?  Perhaps it's only the advent of the internet and social media that has made it a modern day urban panic?

No it hasn’t, only in certain cities, one of the most polluted cities is where you chose to live! 
great choice ????????????

2 hours ago, mstevens said:

 

You could relocate if you wanted to, but you choose not to.

Spot on, if he was so qualified - specialized-as he states he should be able to find employment elsewhere.

I left to take a lower salary occupation.

I found it to be of minimal loss when compared to what I gained.

air quality today was 2, yes 2 not 200

my children can play outdoors, yes outdoors!

without a mask on, drink tap water, quality of life, food etc etc

is so much better, as education, and they will no doubt get a better occupation, and live longer to enjoy it.

sitting in a condo apartment with air filters on is not what I want my children growing up doing. No life living in a concrete jungle.
glad I made the move and so are the kids.

Just now, bwpage3 said:

Over the years it will continue to degrade to the point you won't be able to see across the street, like in Shang-Hai.

 

So much for all the expats who bought condo's in Bangkok.

 

 

It’s not just in bangkok, it’s chang nobyl, and most of the land of smog!

 Yes I couldn’t imagine anyone buying a condo there or raising a family there

7 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

This thread is very out of date.  Today Bangkok is only 29th in the world - Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Pattaya, not to mention Milan, Hanoi, Kuwait, Yangon and Shanghai are all far worse.  Where to go?

Only 29 th????????????????????????????‍♂️????????‍♂️????????‍♂️
what a cause for celebration 

imagine the children breathing this <deleted> 

13 hours ago, internationalism said:

problem is winter months, november-march, when north-eater monsoon blows poisons from china and when farmers burn fields and jungle.

get an apartment as high floor as possible. Also away from the town centre, preferably west suburbs (the majority of winds are from the west, from birma direction - cleaner than those from elsewhere).

Very decent air cleaner is around 4k baht, filter every 6 month 800b and electricity 30w. I got mine recently for 600b.

If you are going use air-con (probably yes), so it filters pollutants and has closed air intake setting. You can put en extra HEPA filter for 22b a sheet and change once a month.

If you are not going to use air con you can use those filters behind fans and change every week.

Masks are cheap N95 some 25b.

Or builder masks with activated carbon 70-120b, filter 30b every 30h of use.

Also sports masks with activated carbon, 200b. those look better on the street.

All masks can be washed and used for months.

But at the worst times doing health holidays south to huan chin/cha am or east pattaya, rayong, and beyond those provinces

The air is not much better in these places either, Bangkok is toxic, why would anyone live there?

19 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

Westerners with a history of making sound financial decisions typically don't end up in Pattaya so this isn't surprising.

That was the quote of the year!????????????‍♂️????????‍♂️????????‍♂️????????‍♂️

7 hours ago, Surelynot said:

They get sucked into the dream....nice house, swimming pool....by the sea.......easy done....then boom....noisy neighbours, loud music, caged dogs, polluted air and you are in a version of hell and unable to sell.....

Then try to convince everyone that you are living the dream, made the right choice, just wear a mask and lock yourself indoors! The pollution is not that bad, it’s only 6 months a year!

And for the poster who’s friend is paying $42 k a year for a house between hau hin and cha am, not exactly prime real estate, it looks like a Chinese apartment complexes, empty buildings, kind of eerie, if he is happy? Have at er!

There is a YouTube video , guy is walking down LK metro checking out the scene 

it was very very quiet. From billabong to Diana was dark. Busy? Not in this video.

17 hours ago, Pilotman said:

why does anyone who doesn't need to be there for work,  go anywhere near Bangkok.  I just don't get it. 

Or want to raise children there?

51 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Insomnia night club, now that's a good idea, I wonder if they'll close the walking St one

Not so great if you’re trying to sleep nearby 

If the children are testing positive, imagine how many adults have actually got it! As many know, the thais won’t go to the hospital unless deathly ill, for fear of being quarantined and not being able to work and feed their families 

38 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

I've done that.  But not all have international schools nearby, or well-paying jobs that I am qualified to do!  In any case, I'm not convinced that any part of Thailand has "breathable air" all year round.  Having lived in Bangkok for over 15 years, most of the year here is OK (not great but not hazardous).  It's only really Nov-Feb when it gets really bad and with air-purifiers in every room and N95 masks we put up with it.  

Who are u trying to BS brew?

november - February?

no know this is not true, think of your child, not yourself, you’re worried about a well paid job over the health of your child?

and what kind of a life is it locked in your room with fans and masks on?

not many on your side here! 
please don’t send me a PM

8 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

True to a certain degree.  But life here has a habit of making plans go awry.  I never expected to get married and start a family aged 55, and I don't consider that I made a "bad decision".  I have a plan for retirement, but that is still a few years away.  

 

Where is the idyllic paradise that you live and presumably recommend?

 

 

Certainly not Thailand 

I didn’t make the mistake of an unplanned child with a bargirl.

thank god like so many did!

it turned out to be a good decision!

im not trapped, always had plan b

Unlike many others!

I haven’t seen snow in over a decade 

Just now, Tropicalevo said:

I disagree. That is what makes us all unique.

Canada - you can keep it. Enjoy. I love being warm without having to cuddle a polar bear.

Clean air, clean water, nature, no filth, many sunny destination close by, 

I enjoy the four seasons!

yes we are different 

41 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

...and there in lies another problem.....I nearly bought last summer......circumstances have already changed and I am fortunate that I rented as I may to return to the UK.

Always have a backup plan, the pollution and filth: garbage wore on me after a while, so happy I never made the mistake of buying there! 
paradise? Yes back home in Canada ????????!

certainly not in Thailand!

A few months a year?

not anymore ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

33 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

It's no worse than countless cities across Asia - China, India and many others are far worse.  Millions of people live in Bangkok and similarly polluted cities, and they live with it for a few months of the year.  Other parts of Thailand, like Chiang Mai are worse.  Your simplistic view that people can "simply move" is unrealistic (which I think you know, as you enjoy being provocative!).  

The old cliche has never been more true!

never sell up back home!

always have a backup plan!

seems you have neither!

eh brewman?

just saying.

bad decisions?

12 minutes ago, Proboscis said:

And when you think that 50 is the Thai limit for safety while in Europe it is 25.

Perhaps they will up the safe limit to 100 and say things are great 

with so many great places on the world to retire why would anyone choose the land of smog?

oh excuse me I forgot, it’s great to lock yourself in your room with the filters on and live wearing a gas mask????????